Where Stars Don't Follow

From that day onward, I had not gotten in any arguments with Sean regardless of what he did. It was because I decided that I no longer wanted to be with him.

I hired a lawyer to draft our divorce papers. At the same time, I submitted my application to the non-governmental organization to participate in the work of medical humanitarian assistance.

Now that they had approved my application, I just needed Sean to sign the divorce papers.

I met up with a close friend for a meal the next day. She teased me by saying that the sun would probably rise in the west the next day.

"It's been four years! Ever since you got married, you always said that you needed to prepare meals for your husband whenever I tried to ask you out."

During our four years of marriage, I had made sure to prepare meals for Sean every day. However, that was not going to happen anymore.

While we were eating, I picked up on a familiar voice and looked in the voice's direction.

Evelyn pouted. "Dr. Chandler, you had to stay up for the entire night just because I didn't know how to write a report. You must think that I'm pretty dumb."

Sean brushed the tip of Evelyn's nose with his finger playfully. "You are quite dumb. What would you do without me? You probably won't be able to finish the report even if you have a month to do it."

"I'm so dumb and clumsy. The soup's really hot."

"What do I do with you…"

Sean smiled with a look of resignation. Then, he picked up the bowl of soup before Evelyn and blew on it patiently.

I felt choked. A bitter feeling swelled inside me.

There was once when I had some hot soup and scalded my tongue. However, Sean merely said that I was overreacting. He looked at me with disdain back then.

"No one's trying to take the soup away from you. Why are you acting like it's your first time having it?"

It turned out it was not about the person overreacting to being scalded with hot soup. It was just because that person was me.

I averted my gaze and pretended not to have noticed them. Unfortunately, my friend had spotted the pair. She poked my arm.

"What the heck? Maisie, isn't that your husband? Why is he with another woman?"

"I saw them, too. She's just a colleague."

"A colleague? Who would sit side by side next to a colleague like that and even help cool down her soup by blowing it? That woman is practically glued to Sean already! I can't take it anymore. She's picked the wrong day and the wrong man to lay her hands on!"

My friend stormed toward the pair. She started yelling at them before I could even stop her. "Sean Chandler, do you not have any sense of boundaries? That woman is practically stuck to you like glue! Those who didn't know better probably thought that you were a couple!

"Also, you vile woman! He's a married man. Are you that eager to become his mistress?"

The other patrons began looking in our direction after hearing the commotion. Meanwhile, Evelyn clutched onto the hem of her shirt, as if she were a child who had done something she should not. Her eyes were red.

"Enough!" Sean shoved my friend away forcefully. He cast me a stony gaze.

"Maisie Williams, how could you be so mean? Evelyn hasn't eaten since last night. I just brought her here to eat. Yet, you had your friend say all these things to humiliate her.

"What on earth are you trying to achieve? Are you happy now that you've put Evelyn in an awkward position? I never thought you were such a spiteful person. I guess I've always been wrong about you."

Sean had a look of disappointment in his eyes. He placed his arm around Evelyn's shoulders and comforted her.

For a moment, all eyes were on me.

It turned out that was how Sean viewed me.

I looked him right in the eye and replied calmly, "I never told anyone to humiliate her in any way. However, people have eyes. We're not blind."

Without paying any mind to the bewildered expression on Sean's face, I grabbed my friend, who was positively fuming, and left the place.

My friend was still cursing and grumbling even after we stepped out of the restaurant.

"That heartless, ungrateful bastard! You gave up your dreams for him back then and chose to work at a hospital instead. Yet, this is what he says to you now? I'm so pissed! If only I could squash that pest…"

I forced a smile. Back then, it was also at this very restaurant where Sean had held out a ring and promised that he would be good to me.

I could still recall how I teased him playfully at the time. "I hope you're not lying about that. Otherwise, I'll disappear from your life for good and make sure you won't ever be able to find me."

What was meant to be a harmless joke between lovers ended up coming true.