Chapter 9

Resigned, Joshua placed the fruit in front of Cynthia and sat down next to her. Before he could remind Cynthia to discuss. their divorce, Old Man Neal spoke again, “Don’t you see that Cynthia is too shy to eat? You’re not very attentive as at husband.”

“Am I adopted?” Joshua finally asked.

Mrs. Neal replied, “No.”

Neal Senior joked, “You came as a free gift for our credit card.”

Cynthia sensed the time was right and broached the subject. Mother–in–law, Father–in–law, Grandpa, actually, we came here today to discuss something important with you.”

“Are you pregnant?”

“How many months?”

“When did this happen?”

Mrs. Neal Senior and Old Man Neal fired off their questions, one after the other. Seeing the hope and happiness in their eyes, Cynthia found it difficult to break the news, but she finally said, “I’m planning to divorce Joshua.”

As soon as the words left her mouth, the atmosphere turned cold. Mrs. Neal Senior’s hand froze mid–air while reaching for fruit, Old Man Neal’s smile gradually vanished, and even Neal. Senior, who had been disinterested, put down his newspaper.

It was clear just how shocking this news was to them.

“Why do you suddenly want a divorce?” Mrs. Neal Senior

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asked after a long pause.

“It’s because of me.” Cynthia took responsibility, aiming to quickly close the matter. “I don’t love him anymore.”

Mrs. Neal Senior replied, “Well, that’s fine.”

Old Man Neal breathed a sigh of relief.

divorce him. Your father and I will teach you how to manage the company, and you’ll become the president of the Neal

could be cultivated, and as long as there were no other significant problems, they could keep Cynthia

them.

not joking. The divorce process is already underway. We’ll submit the divorce application on Monday, and once the cool–off period is over, we’ll get our divorce

we ask you to speak?”

angry.

his position clear. “We

it’s you who wants the divorce, not Cynthia? You had a whirlwind marriage with her, and now you want a divorce.

Neal Senior asked, “Why did you marry Cynthia in the

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“Don’t tell me

as a substitute for someone else, did

and Old Man Neal turned to Neal

speechless. Was he

details. “It was me who brought up the

serious tone and sincere attitude, everyone realized that Cynthia was not joking. They wanted to mediate, but upon noticing the invisible rift between Cynthia and Joshua, they understood that some unknown conflicts might have arisen between

moment, the atmosphere in the

say anything more and waited for the

holding Cynthia’s hand, genuinely fond of her. “How about this? Divorce is

it together. If they can’t make

has never bothered to visit Cynthia’s parents. Whether they

genuinely

taken their daughter and failed to

grandfather, he would have

decision on my

Senior persisted,

family situation for the first time, admitting, “My relationship with my family isn’t

looked at Cynthia, whose expression seemed no different from usual. Feeling a suffocating sensation in his chest, he asked

Bang!

Man Neal struck Joshua with his

really could not

situation in his mind. After finding someone new, her father no longer cared for

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