In the Years That Followed, There Was No Trace of You in My Life

After leaving the City Hall, Josephine went to the investment company. This company was specifically set up by her for Roderick.

Borrowing the background of the Marchand Family, she slowly pushed Roderick into the public eye. It could be said that Roderick's current achievements were entirely due to Josephine's efforts.

In order not to put Roderick under pressure, Josephine had never revealed this matter. She just didn't expect that Roderick would betray her and get mixed up with Katie just after he had stabilized his position at the top of the stream.

Since they had already divorced, she naturally would no longer provide financial support, connections, or resources. For specific matters, she explained that her secretary would help her to do it on her behalf.

“Mrs. Girault, regarding the withdrawal of investment and shares, when would you like me to discuss this with Mr. Girault?”

“Let's do it after Roderick and Katie’s wedding. This wedding gift, I hope Roderick likes it.”

Josephine recalled what Roderick had just said. He told her not to regret it, that he didn’t need her. She wanted to see if he would regret it without her.  

Josephine's cell phone rang. It was a WhatsApp message from Katie. She sent a photo.

Wearing a lace camisole, Katie was lying in Roderick's arms. Her hair was messy with clear signs of intimacy. It looked like they had just finished. 

Josephine couldn't help but frown. The lace garter on Katie looked familiar as if it was hers. In the next second, Katie confirmed her suspicion.

Katie: [Josephine, the pyjamas you picked out are nice, the bed is nice and of course, the man is even nicer. But from now on, all of this belongs to me.]

Josephine snorted derisively, blocked Katie’s number and called a few more bodyguards to go home with her.

Just as she entered the door, she saw Roderick. He had a determined look on his face.

“Do you know you're wrong? Katie just left out. Wait for her to come back and you apologize properly.”

“I have no intention of doing that.” 

Josephine pointed to the bodyguards behind her and ordered, “It's just moving house. Don't get carried away.”

Roderick's face turned a few more points colder. “Fine, go ahead and move. Don't ever come back if you have the guts.”

He walked straight out the door without looking back. The sound of the door closing completely drowned out Josephine's voice.

“I won’t be coming back.”

She directed the bodyguards to move things around. The clothes, shoes and bags in the closet, the jewellery and cosmetics from the vanity table and pots, pans and utensils from the kitchen, everything that could be taken were packed up and carried away.  

Everything else that was inconvenient to take, Josephine smashed to pieces. Finally, she looked at the wedding photo on the wall.

Josephine tore down the half that had her in it. One by one, the pieces scattered across the floor.  

Roderick came back and only saw a mess. Katie carried the child through the door and was shocked by the miserable state of the house.

“Roderick, what's going on in the house?”

Roderick gritted his teeth. “It must be Josephine's doing.”

“Roderick, I'm sorry. It’s all my fault for interfering with your relationship with Josephine. Why don't we not get married? And after the wedding is over, you can remarry her.’

“I'm afraid that Josephine will be too angry and won't be able to think of coming to hurt my child again.”

Roderick heartbreakingly hugs her. “Don't be afraid, I will protect you. If I said I would get married to you, I would definitely go. We'll go as soon as the wedding is over, okay?”

“But what about Josephine?”

“It's fine. It'll be fine when she's done throwing a tantrum. She loves me so much, she wouldn't want to leave me.”

Roderick gently raised his eyebrows, as if everything was under control. He waited for two days, but never received an apology from Josephine.

For two whole days, there was no sign of her. He opened his cell phone and looked again and again. But Josephine actually didn't even send him a message this time.

It was too abnormal. Roderick was vaguely uneasy inwardly, but quickly put it down again. In Josephine’s age now, it was impossible to find a man with better conditions than him. He believed she would never leave him.