“Do you think it’s that easy?” Marley harshly interrupted her and said, “A divorce? Do you think getting married is child’s play? We got married very suddenly, but it didn’t mean that we should get a divorce so quickly.”
Sylvie quivered, she thought about something to say, but as words were about to come out of her mouth, she stopped. She swallowed her words, pursed her lips, and stayed quiet.
He stared at her and was waiting for her reply.
After a brief pause, she said, “The marriage was a mistake. Why should we continue pestering each other because of this mistake? Am I right?”
Marley felt faint upon hearing her. He was about to take a drag off his cigarette, but he slowed down his action.
Her face was fair, her voice was soft and gentle. She always looked so obedient and it still made him jump every time and gave him uncontrollable desires. He took a deep drag and smiled vilely, “What will you do if I say that I want to continue our mistakes until the end?”
Sylvie felt awkward, she smiled plainly, “I just want a divorce! That’s it!”
She just wanted to be free! She thought that they should just walk their own paths!
“I’m sorry, I’m leaving! Goodbye!” she said softly. She then started to walk into the apartment building.
Marley stared at her back as her small figure moved closer and closer towards him, and then, she passed by him with her head hung low. He clenched his fist slightly as if he wanted to do something with his hand, but his hand froze up mid-air.
She was about to go into the corridor. He quickly took large strides and walked over, “Wait!”
Sylvie was forced to halt in her tracks again, “Mr. Hughes, do you need anything from me?”
“Did you read the newspaper?” he suddenly asked.
Sylvie nodded calmly, “Yes, I saw it!”
“What’s on the newspaper isn’t real!” he said desolately.
But Sylvie smiled and said, “That’s none of my business!”
“Sylvie, I won’t get a divorce with you!” said Marley again.
“Not everything will go as you wish!”
Marley was stunned by her words and couldn’t say anything back.
“Marley, let’s get a divorce. Don’t make life difficult for us.” Sylvie’s tone of voice was so calm it made him shiver.
Marley’s whole body tensed up. He looked at Sylvie coldly and stared at her for quite a while.
“Sylvie stared at him as well, her eyes unfocused and empty.
called her
didn’t move an inch as if she didn’t hear anything. She felt like he was about to grab her hand. She couldn’t help but said, “Marley, don’t touch me.
he was struck by lightning.
face was gone. His
scared looking at
forget about what you said today. You won’t believe anything I say today, and I will not agree to
want a divorce!”
grabbed her forcefully and yanked her into the
bag she had in her hand at him.
fell out. Cucumbers, tomatoes, kale, and water spinach fell all over the
Marley, her voice trembled in despair, “Marley, I don’t care about what you think, I want a divorce. I’m not a
yelled the last sentence hysterically. Even without looking into the mirror, she knew that her face was
never lost control
irritable, or if it was because
echoing in her body. The valley of her heart was so deep and empty, she couldn’t tell
phone rang. It broke up
phone and the first thing he
even smaller
already knew that this was the outcome, but even so, her heart
they made,
man she loved for 5 years out of
the vegetable. She walked into the lift when he was still on his phone and was
tone of voice sounded helpless yet gentle. She assumed he was comforting Jemima! She wasn’t supposed to
out his hand abruptly and stopped the door from closing. He said to the phone, “Sorry, I’m hanging up! I’ve something to
hung up and walked
trying to follow her
didn’t say anything. She was quiet as she managed to calm
angry at him only meant that she cared about him. And the more
the lift, the atmosphere
He just
again. She turned her face away but she met his eyes through the reflection of the wall in the
his dark pupils through the glass wall in the
shocked, he continued staring at her with a complicated look in his eyes. Why was she stabbing his heart with a knife like this even though she had
and hurting each other, was there really nothing else
about the time when he got married to Sylvie. He was touched by what she did for him
exposed, Sylvie immediately confessed and didn’t look a tad bit guilty. But that was a living
of sorrow in them and he laughed as he shook his head. From the start, he and
of them turned into adults. But then she mentioned breaking up and getting a divorce so easily.
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