Our Anniversary, You Chose Her – I Chose Divorce

Chloe Reed went straight to Iris Yates’s place last night.

Iris Yates opened the door, a game already in progress on her phone. She spared Chloe a quick glance before her eyes darted back to the screen. ”What are you doing here so late?” she asked.

Chloe Reed stepped inside. ”I missed you, so I came over.”

Without looking up from her phone, Iris Yates puckered her lips for an air kiss. ”Chloe, love ya, love ya.”

Chloe Reed: ”...”

’Could she be any more half-hearted?’

Iris Yates lived alone. A huge gamer, her room was filled with video game merchandise.

A massive collectible figure stood in the corner. The craftsmanship was exquisite, making it a perfect replica of a video game character.

Chloe Reed grabbed a bottle of water and sat on the sofa, waiting for Iris to finish her game.

Muttering a stream of curses, Iris Yates finished her match, plopped down next to Chloe, and asked, ”Okay, what really happened?”

Chloe Reed explained, ”Walker Grant insisted on staying at my place. I didn’t want to see him, so I left.”

”Tsk...” Disgust was written all over Iris Yates’s face. ”Aren’t there enough other women to warm his bed? Why does he insist on pestering you?”

A small smile played on Chloe Reed’s lips. ”Why don’t you go and ask him?”

”No way. If I saw him, I wouldn’t be able to stop myself from slapping him,” Iris Yates said, waving her hand dismissively. ”But then, I can’t win a fight against him, so I’d just be asking for trouble. Why bother?”

Chloe Reed fell silent.

”Oh, by the way, if you hadn’t come to me, I was going to look for you tomorrow,” Iris Yates said, her expression turning serious. ”Remember we were going to investigate the earthquake? The guy I sent to check things out came back. He said no one saw you rescue anyone.”

Upon hearing this, the color drained from Chloe Reed’s face. ”How is that possible?!”

”I couldn’t believe it either, so I had him double-check. But that’s what he said. He took your photo and showed it to everyone at the school from back then, one by one. No one recognized you.” Iris Yates’s brow furrowed in confusion.

”That can’t be right. They know Sunny Reed, but not you? That makes no sense at all.”

Chloe Reed’s expression was grim. If no one remembered her, then no one could testify that she was the one who had saved Walker Grant.

’No matter how she looked at it, the whole thing was utterly bizarre.’

Iris Yates added, ”Could it be that the earthquake struck so suddenly that everyone was just scrambling to get away and didn’t notice you in the chaos?”

For now, that was the only explanation that made any sense.

”Then why does everyone remember Sunny Reed?” Chloe Reed asked, her face cold.

Iris Yates shook her head. ”I don’t know.”

’With no witnesses, her claim of saving Walker Grant sounded like a complete joke.’

’But she had experienced it all firsthand!’

’Back then, she had a huge crush on Walker Grant and followed his every move. How could she possibly have rescued the wrong person?’

’She had to get to the bottom of this.’

’It looked like she would have to make a trip back to that mountain village.’

Iris Yates looked at her, her expression growing complex. ”Chloe, worrying about it now won’t help. Get some rest. We can deal with this tomorrow.”

”Okay.”

Chloe Reed didn’t sleep well that night.

The next day, she called Kyle Coleman to ask for some time off.

But Kyle Coleman was adamant. ”Absolutely not. The production team is already breathing down our necks. If you take time off now, who’s going to record the female lead’s lines? Chloe Reed, I know you’re talented and conscientious, but that doesn’t give you the right to take leave whenever you want. Are you going to start skipping work all the time like Sunny Reed? If you do, then don’t blame me for getting tough. I’ll report this unprofessional behavior to the entire voice acting industry!”