Chapter 2 The Compensation

Joe’s eyes narrowed, tossing the divorce agreement onto the

table.

He lit a cigarette and blew smoke toward Mia’s face, staring at her through the haze. “You’ve taken your little game too far,” he

sneered.

It didn’t make sense to him that she would settle for just a clean split and nothing else. He thought this agreement was just a game to threaten him. He knew Mia loved him. She would never leave him. Plus, her family’s company would never let her go through with a divorce.

Mia clenched the blanket next to her, locking eyes with Joe. She spoke slowly and firmly,

“I only want a divorce. I’m not plotting anything. I’ve given back everything I owe you.”

‘I don’t love you anymore…”

Her words were a mixture of sadness and determination. She didn’t explicitly say it, but Joe somehow knew the hidden meaning underneath.

It was… affecting him. More than he’d care to admit.

Something was wrong.

He took a step forward, pinning her with his intense gaze. He lifted her chin with his fingers, blowing smoke in her face, making her turn away and cough.

He smirked and grabbed a pen from the table. “You really think I won’t sign it?”

She coughed, tears welling up in her eyes, but she quietly watched him sign his name.

“You better not regret this.”

He wasn’t going to let her have her way.

After it was signed, he tossed the divorce agreement to the floor. Then he pulled a card from his wallet and threw it at Mia.

his frown deepening. “…hardships

left. He

into

the card with trembling hands, her eyes turning

red.

lip, tears streaming down her pale

in her heart was unbearable.

touched her belly, curling up on the bed, and

few clothes, and booked a flight to

Joe for three years. Sometimes

now, it was all over.

Joe stayed in an apartment near his company. The next

were supposed to visit Joe’s grandpa, Sir Smith. However, when he

asked the maid, “Where’s Mrs.

cautiously before answering, “Mrs. Smith hasn’t arrived yet. Should I

then walked into the house. He paid no mind to Mia’s absence, assuming she

from the Smith Group, Sir Smith fell in love with gardening. When Joe

Joe, Sir Smith glanced behind him and his face. suddenly darkened. “Where’s Mia?”

nonchalantly, “But she was with me

the divorce

Idiot!” Sir Smith scolded.

that it had to be his idiot grandson’s fault that Mia, who usually arrived

his grandson in front of others, he ordered sternly, “Come with me.”

of them

for that scandal?” Sir Smith looked at Joe with a gloomy

asked, “What scandal?”

Joe and snapped, “Take a good

took the phone.

a trending headline that read:

Actress, Wendy Swan’s Mysterious Boyfriend

The paparazzi managed to capture them at an

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