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Okay, so Lucas and I met through a blind date and got married because we looked good on paper.]
But I can’t lie – I was completely head–over–heels in love with that man.]
He was my college crush from way back.[]
Total campus heartthrob.]
Straight A’s, gorgeous face the whole package.[]
Girls were literally throwing themselves at him left and right.]
I fell for him the second I saw him.]
I joined his clubs, signed up for every event he organized, just to be near him.[]
Hell, I even picked my grad school based on where he wanted to go.[]
He was like this shining star in my teenage years.]]
Didn’t even have to try – just being Lucas was enough to make me obsessed.[]
After I finished my master’s, I figured that was it. I’d never see him again.[]
But then boom – we got set up on a blind date. What are the fucking odds?
He was still doing his PhD then.]
I knew he was only with me partly because of my dad.]
Dad was this big shot in academia back then. One recommendation letter from him could get Lucas a job at any university in
the country.
From day one, I knew his feelings weren’t real.]
But I didn’t give a shit.]
I thought if I loved him hard enough, I could melt that cold heart of his.[]
But right after we got married? Dad’s whole world came crashing down.[]
Someone reported him for academic fraud.[
People can be so cruel. Even though Dad didn’t do anything wrong, they crucified him anyway.[]
He went from being this respected big shot to total social outcast overnight.[]
When Lucas’s parents found out, they were pushing hard for him to divorce me.[]
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But he didn’t.
Back then, I was so grateful to him for that.]
I thought maybe he actually had real feelings for me.
So I loved him even harder, gave him everything I had.[]
It took six whole years for me to finally learn the truth.]
Last month, his mom turned sixty. The party was packed with all these important academic people.[]
She specifically told me not to come – said Dad’s scandal might come up and embarrass the family.]
I swallowed my pride, but I still wanted to drop off the gift I’d bought her.]
Even if I had to leave right after, whatever.]
I showed up at their place with the present. Nobody even noticed I was there.]
Lucas was chatting with this famous professor from Harvard.]
Sarah was standing right next to them.]
That’s when I found out – Sarah was the old professor’s daughter. His precious little princess.
“Lucas, I’ve always thought highly of you. Too bad you’re already married, or I’d be pushing hard to marry you off to my daughter.”
Lucas looked totally flattered, raising his champagne glass. “Honestly, that marriage no real love between Maya and me.‘
s just… I got pressured into it. There’s
“After her dad’s whole mess, I wanted to divorce her. But her mom came begging me not to abandon her daughter.“[]
“I’m too soft–hearted, you know? Seeing her mother grovel like that… I felt bad for them. So here we are.”
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My heart just stopped.]]
Felt like someone was choking the life out of me.[]
The pain was so sharp I thought I might actually die right there.[]
So that was the truth about my marriage.[]
All these years, I thought we at least had something real between us.[]
God, I was such an idiot.[]
Tommy came bouncing over to Sarah, arms stretched out for a hug.
“Aunt Sarah” this, “Aunt Sarah” that – so sweet and loving.]
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“Aunt Sarah, will you be my mommy? I’ll be super good, I promise!“[]
Sarah laughed and played along. “But Tommy, you already have a mommy. Why do you want me to be your mom?”
Tommy made this disgusted face.]
“I don’t want that woman as my mom! Grandma says she’s just our maid. Tommy doesn’t want to be the maid’s kid.“]
Everyone burst out laughing.[]
“Kids say the darnedest things,” they all said.[]
Only me – I was dying inside.[]
That’s when it all clicked.[
Life’s too short to keep torturing yourself like this.[]
If the people I love think I’m garbage, then fuck it. I’m done loving them.]
So I started thinking about divorce.]]
Spent weeks going back and forth, wondering if I actually had the guts to go through with it.]
Until Lucas took Sarah to Tommy’s school event behind my back.[]
Until Tommy changed his emergency contact to Sarah’s name.]
That was it. I was completely done.]
Divorce. I had to get divorced.]]
Otherwise, this fucking marriage was definitely going to kill me slowly from the inside out.[]
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