A Love That Transcends Mere Romance

Nina sometimes couldn't help thinking that perhaps all married men were natural-born actors. Otherwise, how could Lucas and Henry act so convincingly?

"Hehe, Nina, don't be angry. I just wanted my little sweetheart to earn some extra cash," Henry acted as if it were completely real. "Since Lucas was going to spend money to make you happy anyway, better for my Melody to earn it than some stranger."

"Get lost!" Lucas kicked Henry as soon as he approached. "Let me tell you, my Nina is upset with me today because of you! You keep a mistress, and I almost took the blame for it!"

They were such convincing actors! Nina silently applauded these two married men in her mind. If she hadn't personally witnessed Lucas passionately embracing Melody at the bathroom entrance just hours ago, she might have actually believed them.

"What? Nina actually suspected you of having a mistress?" Henry widened his eyes, displaying a look of disbelief. “Nina, you must be joking! Everyone in our circle knows Lucas is crazy about you. Since he met you, he's either busy working or revolving around you all day... He doesn't even hang out with his old friends anymore!"

"Every time we organize a get-together and invite him, he never comes. On the rare occasion he does show up, he doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, and certainly doesn't flirt with women. He's like a monk who's taken vows. We don't even bother inviting him anymore... such a killjoy!"

Nina thought, Is this what all men do? Cover for each other with their buddies?

When a wife discovers something, they push the mistress onto a friend, claiming she belongs to the friend, not themselves.

When Henry's wife comes to catch him cheating, would Lucas also embrace Henry's mistress and righteously tell Henry's wife, "My dear, you're overthinking this. You know Henry's character, don't you? Even if he had bad thoughts, he wouldn't dare act on them! Don't worry, I'm keeping an eye on him. If he dares to mess around, you won't need to step in—I'll break his legs for you!"

“Nina, you still don't believe us?" Seeing that Nina remained silent, Henry grew anxious and decided to go all in. "Fine! Since you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you. I'm going to take this little flirt right here, right now, in front of you and Lucas! Then you'll have to believe me, right?"

With that, he threw Melody onto the sofa and pressed himself over her, pretending to force himself on her.

Lucas visibly panicked. His body shifted, clearly wanting to intervene.

But he quickly regained his composure and didn't step forward, only warning verbally, "Henry! What are you doing? This is indecent!"

Then he put his arm around Nina and pulled her toward the door. "Let's go, let's go. They're disgusting. Nina shouldn't watch this—it'll taint your eyes."

He was clever, knowing that at this moment he shouldn't pull Henry away but should remove Nina from the scene instead.

After all, once Nina was gone, Henry would stop the act.

The two left the club. Nina guessed that after dropping her home, Lucas would immediately find an excuse to leave so he could return and comfort Melody.

Sure enough, as soon as the car stopped, Lucas's phone rang right on cue. He answered and launched into his usual work excuse, "What? There's a problem with the North City project? You guys are really something!"

Nina closed her eyes wearily, no longer wanting to hear his lies.

"Go ahead," she said, getting out of the car before he could even hang up. "Remember to come home tonight. I... have some documents for you to sign."

Tonight, let's sign the divorce papers.

From then on, they would part ways, owing each other nothing.