She didn’t want to waste her breath trying to defend herself anymore.
She just said lightly, “Whether I’m cheating on you or not isn’t the point. It’s just that I don’t love you anymore. There’s nothing to say between us now. Just read the agreement and sign it.”
“Never!” Adam roared.
Riley pursed her lips unhappily.
“Adam, our marriage is just a piece of paper. You don’t Love me anymore. What’s the point of continuing?”
Adam didn’t answer her. He simply stared at her coldly.
Riley sighed. “It’s better to set each other free than to keep torturing each other just for your so-called reputation. Trust me. This will be good for the both of us.”
Adam’s expression darkened. He turned his face away from Riley and said to me, “Debra, you’re coming back to the office with me. You don’t have to work for Riley anymore.”
“What ?”
The topic suddenly shifted to me, which took me by surprise.
Adam cast a cold glance at Riley and said, “Since someone here doesn’t want to be the wife of the mayor anymore, she doesn’t deserve an assistant. From now on, I’m not giving her a single cent. She has to know what suffering is Like so that she can learn to appreciate the wonderful life I’ve given her.”
A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y
Confused, I pointed out, “But Riley is the one who has been paying for all the household expenses.”
Adam felt embarrassed. “Did I ask you to meddle in our affairs? Just shut up!” he cursed angrily.
I touched my nose awkwardly and didn’t say anything more, but I couldn’t shake off my worries about Riley.
Although I really wanted to go to the office to continue the investigation, what would happen to Riley? What if she couldn’t hold on without me?
Moreover, now that Janiya was in the picture, who knew what sort of trouble she’d stir?
Riley seemed to read my mind, because she shook her head and reassured me in a soft voice.
“I’ll be fine, Debra. Just go with him.”
Hearing this, Adam gritted his teeth angrily and roared, “I’d like to see how Long you can keep being so stubborn!”
Then he stormed off.
Sensing that I hadn’t moved a muscle, he shouted at me, “Why are you still standing there? Do you want to lose your job?”
In the end, I had no choice but to leave Riley.
“Take care, Riley.”
Before Leaving, I looked back over my shoulder at Riley.
She stood there alone, staring at the divorce agreement on the table with empty eyes. She said nothing as though she didn’t hear me.
