Love is Far Away: Protect My Own Sincere Heart

We'd been married for so many years, and my cooking skills were not bad. Every day, I would create a new cuisine and prepare a healthy lunch for Scarlett.

Last Friday, I heard her complain to her assistant that the food I made was so bad that even dogs were unwilling to eat it. She said, "I really regret marrying such a useless man."

Thinking of this, I said in a flat tone,

"I didn't prepare lunch today."

Scarlett looked at me in disbelief and asked a very stupid and naive question.

"Why not? Ethan, you know I only eat what you cook at noon."

Mateo said in a weird tone,

"Scarlett, you must have made Ethan unhappy. Otherwise, how could he bear to let you starve?"

She looked embarrassed. She asked me what I wanted to eat and her assistant would order takeout.

"No need. Just order what Mateo likes to eat. I'll just grab a bite at a restaurant near the company."

Seeing that I turned to leave, she quickly picked up her Hermes bag and insisted on going with me.

In the end, I had no choice but to eat with her and Mateo.

During the meal, she kept chatting with Mateo.

They grew up together and talked about a lot of things that I didn't understand.

I tried my best to chime in with a smile.

However, every time I spoke, there was an impatient look in her eyes.

At first, she thought that I was too dumb to be part of the conversation.

Later, I went silent, and she accused me of being rude and deliberately ignoring her good friend.

Since everything I did was wrong, I remained silent and busied myself with delicious food.

After I was full, I went to the restroom. When I returned, Mateo already left.

"Ethan, you didn't wear glasses today. You look as handsome and young as a college student."

After I paid the bill, Scarlett blushed slightly and looked at me.

I pointed at her smudged lipstick and told her to fix it.

The funny thing was that when I went to the bathroom, she just finished fixing her lipstick.

After I reminded her, panic glinted in her eyes.

"Don't get me wrong. Just now, Mateo told me jokingly that there was something at the corner of my mouth, so I was like this."

She frowned and became more and more nervous as she spoke.

"Oh," I responded, walking forward.

Scarlett stood frozen for a while and caught up with me in high heels.

When I was almost downstairs, I said without looking back,

"I'm heading in, and you go back to the office after a few minutes."

Except for her assistant, no one in the company knew that I was her husband.

In fact, office romances were frowned upon in the company.

However, at the beginning of our relationship, she didn't make it public to spare herself the trouble.

Over time, even when we met in the company, we pretended not to know each other.

That night, Scarlett got off work on time and brought back a branded gift box in which lay a new watch worth tens of thousands of dollars.

While she was waiting for my praise, I took out a divorce agreement.

"Let's get a divorce."

The watch was thrown to the ground. After losing her temper, she didn't even look at the agreement and only said,

"Are you for real this time? You even printed the agreement."

I replied calmly, "I'm serious."

She sneered and said,

"Ethan, you're serious about everything. You've even prepared a divorce agreement. Next time, are you going to hire a few actors to do a mock trial at home?