Love's Farewell Dance: Walking Away with Dignity

After work, the meals I ordered also arrived home.

This time, I ordered all the dishes that our family usually can't afford.

As for the dishes like kind crabs, Australian spiny lobsters, and the ones my mother-in-law mentioned before, I ordered them all.

As for my mother-in-law and husband not answering my calls and going out to eat alone, that was not my business.

When the two of them came back home at eight o'clock in the evening, they were stunned to see the table full of dishes.

I had already eaten half of it. When I saw the two of them coming back, I immediately looked aggrieved and said, "Oh hi, Chuck and Pearl, why did you just come back? I called you but you didn't answer."

"You spendthrift woman, why have you ordered so many dishes?" Seeing the table full of dishes, my husband was so angry that he forgot about the air conditioners. He wanted to rush up and tear me apart.

But at this point, we hadn't turned nasty. If he hit me, he would lose his job.

After all, his company culture valued family atmosphere the most, which was the reason why he didn't choose to divorce me to be with his mistress.

"Didn't we agree to take good care of Pearl? These are all the dishes she wanted to eat before. I specially ordered them today. You came back so late. You must be starving. Hurry up and eat."

I diligently fetched the chopsticks and bowls, and both of their faces looked funny.

They had already eaten with the mistress outside. Even though the food in front of them was good, they couldn't eat much.

And there were so many leftovers. Our refrigerator at home was already full and couldn't fit anymore.

They were expensive dishes, so my mother-in-law naturally would feel it such a waste and disagree to throw it all.

Seeing the two of them forcing themselves to eat the cold seafood, I considerately brought out boxes of orange juice and beer.

"Pear, Chuck, take your time and have some cold drinks to cool down."

Seeing the two of them greedily enjoying themselves, I sneered in my heart.

I packed my luggage, pulled the suitcase, and used the excuse of a business trip arranged by the company to leave immediately.

Seeing this, Chuck immediately stopped me, "You can go on your business trip, but install the air conditioners first."

"Chuck, Pearl has said that using the air conditioner is not good for our health." I pretended to be understanding. At the same time, I threw out a big temptation, "I'm very busy on this business trip. Maybe I won't have time to deal with the household matters. But don't worry. Once I finish the project, we will have a bonus of 50 thousand dollars, and then we can find a chance to have some fun somewhere."

After hearing that, Chuck immediately made way.

"Pearl, I'll leave the house to you," I said to Pearl before leaving.

She was busy solving the seafood and ignored me.

I smiled and didn't care.

After leaving home, I went straight to the hotel outside the mistress' community. I turned on the Do Not Disturb mode on my phone and used the tablet to open the surveillance at home.

This was newly installed to have a close eye on these two.

At this time, the daytime temperature was almost forty degrees. Even if it cooled down at night, it was still impossible to sleep without air conditioners.

Pearl's face was covered in sweat. "Son, when will the air conditioners be installed?"

"When Coco comes back from her business trip," Chuck casually replied, and then called his mistress to go to her place to sleep tonight.

"Son, if you don't ask her install the air conditioner back, what should I do when I sleep at night?" Pearl became anxious and immediately put down her chopsticks to argue with Chuck.

"You said you're not afraid of the heat when sunbathing? Bear with it!" The door slammed shut as the words fell.

Poor Pearl, she could only stay at home alone.

It was late at night. Even if she wanted to install an air conditioner, she couldn't find anyone.

She found a fan in the utility room, but after using it for only a couple of minutes, the fan that hadn't been used for a long time, emitted some black smoke.

I saw tears streaming down Pearl's face. She kept coughing, and called her son, only to be impatiently hung up on.

Chuck was a typical man who pretended to be a good son. If it were me, he would blame me to death. As for himself, he wouldn't care about his mother at all.