The cold, mechanical beep echoed through the office. Even Chris, standing at the desk waiting for documents, heard it clearly. William pulled the phone away from his ear and let out a short, mocking laugh. “She hung up on me that fast? Did I hit a nerve? Did it only take her a few days to find someone new?”
Ever since he’d returned to Lebavia, his mood had been all over the place.
After a moment’s thought, Chris reached for the bottom file in the upper–left stack on the desk and pulled out a yellow folder. “The agreement was drafted by the lawyer four days ago. I put a sticky note on it. You might not have noticed.”
William gave him a look that was impossible to read, took the folder, and flipped it open at an unhurried pace. “You seem to have a problem with me lately.”
That accusation came out of nowhere. Chris had no idea how William had jumped to that conclusion and felt completely wronged. “Mr. Cooper, I swear on my conscience, I absolutely do not!”
William leaned back lazily in his leather executive chair. “Oh. Then I guess I just don’t like the look of you.”
What could Chris say? William was his boss, after all.
Scarlet had been right. Without disputes over assets or child custody, this was about as simple a divorce agreement as it could get.
However, William tore through it like he was grading an exam, scrutinizing every page and nitpicking every line.
“What’s with the font? It’s ugly as hell.
“This should be a semicolon. Why is it a period?
“Breakdown of the marriage? What kind of term is that? Does a divorce automatically mean the marriage broke down?”
He picked up his pen and crossed out the words “breakdown of the marriage“, then apparently felt that wasn’t enough. He drew a box around it and filled it in black with a few swift strokes.
Chris was genuinely puzzled. “Mr. Cooper, hasn’t your relationship with Mrs. Cooper already broken down?”
That question made William pause mid–pedantic rage.
He shot Chris another glare, looking even more displeased. “Did you ever pay attention in school? Something has to exist before it can break. There was never a relationship between us. What exactly is there to break?”
Chris decided not to argue.
William slapped the folder onto the desk. “What kind of garbage is this? Did that lawyer buy his license with cash?”
Xyla had been discharged from the hospital, but she still wouldn’t leave Scarlet alone, pestering her every few days to have a meal together.
Scarlet was busy and hard to pin down, but Xyla had figured out the trick. As long as she brought Lucy along, Scarlet would mostly show up.
Lucy, after all, had zero principles. Anyone who treated her to a meal was instantly a best friend. The two of them often waited for Scarlet to get off work outside the ophthalmology department together.
A colleague joked, “Dr. Benson, you look like you’re raising two kids.”
Scarlet laughed. “They’re harder to handle than kids.”
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Chapter 81
2/2
Xyla was constantly hovering around, so Scarlet ended up seeing Ryan more often as well. He usually came to pick up Xyla. Sometimes he happened to be dining with friends or clients at the same restaurant they were in.
When they ran into each other, he’d usually just come over to say hello, quietly pay their bill, and leave. He was polite and restrained, never overstepping or lingering.
Scarlet wasn’t blind to Xyla’s painfully obvious intentions. “My divorce with William isn’t officially finalized yet. For your brother’s reputation, you really shouldn’t be playing matchmaker.”
“What’s there to worry about? The whole world already knows you’re divorced,” Xyla said dismissively. “The paperwork can be done in minutes. Besides, you and Ryan haven’t even started anything, whereas William and Nicole are about to get engaged.”
“What they do has nothing to do with me,” Scarlet replied.
William had been entangled with Nicole even during the marriage, so of course, he didn’t care about details like this. However, she did.
“Jumping into something new before the last marriage is settled is irresponsible, to yourself and to other people. I don’t like messy situations.”
“What’s messy about it? You’re avoiding Ryan at all costs.” Xyla pouted. “You don’t even talk to him. Do you just not like him? What’s wrong with him anyway?”
“I never said there was anything wrong with him,” Scarlet said calmly. “Even if my paperwork were done, I still wouldn’t be looking to date.”
She’d only ever loved one person, and that love had wrecked her completely. It took everything she had to pull herself out of it, bit by bit. After something like that, she couldn’t imagine ever opening her heart again.
COSSIP
End of the Contract,Start of His Obsession
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