Chapter 3
Category:
Urban
Author:
MonyWords:1113Update time:25/05/26 19:55:14
Actually, I started to regret it after I returned.
Being together with Elliot for so many years, even dividing assets would be a complicated matter.
For both of us, it would be a significant upheaval.
That's why over the years, we've tacitly maintained separate lives without ever mentioning divorce.
But remembering Neil's gaze, I felt a secret excitement and a sense of liberation, as if I were throwing caution to the wind.
Maybe it's time to start a new life.
"A kid, you know. They're impulsive, and if I don't agree, he'll be upset.
Do you understand?"
I looked at Elliot,
"Isn't Lauryn like that too?"
Elliot's brows furrowed, revealing a trace of concealed gloom.
"Nicole, you're really serious?"
Admitting that I'm serious about a boy eight years younger than me isn't something I'm comfortable saying.
But I still nodded.
"Neil is different from others."
Those were the words Elliot told me when I pressed him about why he insisted on being with Lauryn. He had a resigned smile in his eyes:
"Lauryn is different from others."
Of course, his "others" included me.
I didn't expect to be saying those words to him now.
Elliot paused. A storm gathered in his eyes, and his fingers tightened, the knuckles turning greenish.
He mocked,
"Nicole, you're really regressing.
What can a little punk like him give you?"
He nodded towards the coat I had thrown on the sofa behind me:
"Can he afford one of your coats with a year's worth of work?"
That's not false.
Over the years, although Elliot's heart hasn't been with me, he's been generous materially.
I can use his card freely. I don't even need to visit the stores when new luxury items arrive; the managers bring models to my door to show me the latest fashions.
No wonder Lauryn went to great lengths to become the main woman. The life of a rich wife is truly decadent.
I touched the unassuming diamond ring on my hand.
It's a regular brand, with average clarity and a standard setting.
It's the kind of thing that wouldn't appear in my jewelry box.
But I like it more than all of those.
"It doesn't matter. I don't care about these things."
Elliot obviously saw the diamond ring on my hand.
The diamond ring he bought me initially was a seven-million-dollars pigeon egg, glittering and glamorous, specially purchased in Hong Kong.
I never wore it, opting instead for a cheaper set of matching rings to wear with him.
But after those early good years passed, we started living separate lives under the same roof.
Or rather, he became bored on his own.
He stopped wearing the ring because the girls outside didn't like it.
During one of our arguments, I removed the ring and threw it away in anger.
I never found that ring again, and my hand has remained bare since then.
I repeated,
"Elliot, let's get a divorce."
He paused for a moment, then lunged forward!
The coffee table jolted as he pushed it, sending a vase crashing to the floor, shattering loudly.
I was startled, but then he grabbed me by the neck!
Elliot leaned in close, his eyes filled with viciousness.
"Nicole, who gave you permission to be serious?!"