While William could help this time, what about the next?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Being taken for granted, William shot back, \u201cScarlet, do you always have to be so prickly?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not trying to be prickly,\u201d Scarlet retorted. \u201cI just don\u2019t want others to know about us, especially not now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William smirked. \u201cAm I some kind of embarrassment? We\u2019ve been married for three years, and you\u2019ve kept it so well that none of your colleagues even know. Scarlet, what were you in your past life? A spy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWasn\u2019t it you who suppressed the news and didn\u2019t want my identity revealed?\u201d she asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was to protect you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cProtect me?\u201d Scarlet let out a dry laugh, her eyes locked on him. \u201cAnd what about all those times when you and Nicole kept showing up in the news? Was that protection too?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William\u2019s expression slowly cooled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet continued, \u201cNow that Dr. Parker knows I\u2019m your wife, he treats me with respect. But when he finds out we\u2019re divorced, and I no longer have the Cooper family backing, will he still care? Or will he make my life miserable and take out all the frustration from today on me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe word of our divorce has already spread through the department. Jeremy and Clementine were caught off guard today, but it won\u2019t take them long to realize my so\u2013called \u2018backing\u2018 is nothing more than a paper shield. One strong gust of wind, and it\u2019ll collapse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOr maybe it\u2019ll collapse on its own in a few days, even without a gust. Have you ever thought about what my situation will be like then? Of course, you wouldn\u2019t. You probably can\u2019t even understand it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were born with a silver spoon, adored wherever you go, enjoying every privilege others can offer. The darker sides of society have never been visible to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
This incident would soon be the talk of the hospital. Just the thought of the looks she\u2019d face made Scarlet grimace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what if we\u2019re divorced? You\u2019ll still be my ex\u2013wife. Can\u2019t you play the intimidation card? If anyone gives you trouble, just come to me. Do you really think I wouldn\u2019t help?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William went on, his frustration boiling over. \u201cWhat kind of hospital is this anyway? Instead of focusing on treating patients, everyone\u2019s climbing over each other to curry favor. Why didn\u2019t you tell me that you\u2019ve been dealing with this nonsense every single day?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Telling him wouldn\u2019t have helped. The frustration Scarlet endured with him far outweighed anything at the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly, she asked, \u201cDo you remember the last time you came to see me at the hospital?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As if doused with cold water, William\u2019s anger vanished instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was Christmas Eve. You came to celebrate my birthday. Remember?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nearly three years had passed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She went on. \u201cI was still at my residency hospital back then. You used to drive me to and from work every day. One of my fellow residents saw you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That classmate had always envied Scarlet for marrying before finishing her master\u2019s degree, and for having a husband who was both handsome and caring. After graduation, Scarlet successfully joined this top\u2013tier hospital, while that classmate went elsewhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since she started here, William hadn\u2019t picked her up even once. No one in the hospital had seen him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
VIP UPGRADE REWARDS\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 75\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf you\u2019d come even once in the past two years, my colleagues wouldn\u2019t still be in the dark about who you are,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William\u2019s expression was unreadable, and he fell into a long silence. Never one to lose an argument, he rarely found himself at a loss for words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI never relied on being William Cooper\u2019s wife before, and I won\u2019t need it in the future. I\u2019ve already told everyone I\u2019m in a posthumous marriage and that my husband is dead. You should have stayed gone instead of suddenly appearing and causing me trouble.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William, who had been lost in thought, was caught off guard by her words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPosthumous marriage?\u201d His expression hardened. With gritted teeth, he demanded, \u201cScarlet, is that how you\u2019ve been cursing me behind my back all this time?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
VIP UPGRADE REWARDS\u00a0<\/p>\n
While William could help this time, what about the next?\u00a0 Being taken for granted, William shot back, \u201cScarlet, do you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-the-contractstart-of-his-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13590,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13552\/revisions\/13590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}