Our Anniversary, You Chose Her – I Chose Divorce

”Sorry, I just wanted to get some water.”

Walker Grant heard someone approaching and spoke, his head lowered.

Chloe Reed felt a suffocating pressure. She walked over, pulled him away, and then called a maid to clean up the mess.

They then sat down on the other side to eat.

Chloe Reed typed on her phone, ”If you want something, just ask someone to do it for you.”

Walker Grant was silent for a long time before he finally said, ”I just wanted to see if I’ve really become useless.”

Then, he let out a low chuckle. ”And I am.”

The atmosphere in the dining room grew heavy, like a damp, rainy day—clammy and deeply uncomfortable.

Chloe held her phone, looking at his lonely and dejected expression, at a loss for words for a long moment.

Walker tilted his head slightly toward her and said, ”Let’s eat. I’m hungry.”

Chloe put down her phone and picked up her chopsticks to place some food on his plate.

Outside the dining room.

Fiona Linton had seen everything. She curled her lip and returned to the old madam’s side, whispering, ”What a schemer. He’s just acting pathetic to make Chloe feel sorry for him.”

The old madam raised an eyebrow in surprise. ”Your hostility toward him is quite strong.”

Fiona said with grim seriousness, ”Chloe suffered so much because of the pain he caused her. Whenever I think about it, I can’t even look at him without getting angry.”

The old madam sighed helplessly and shook her head. ”Then just say a few words behind his back. Don’t say anything reckless to his face. You’re still collecting a salary from him, after all.”

Fiona nodded. ”Mhm, I know. I won’t argue with money.”

During the acupuncture session that evening, Fiona Linton adjusted the treatment plan, and Walker Grant felt a slight, sharp pain.

He said in a low voice, ”I suspect you’re trying to assassinate me.”

Hearing this, Fiona’s mouth twitched. ”Even if I wanted to kill you, this wouldn’t be an assassination, would it? This is just straight-up murder.”

Walker immediately said, ”Chloe, she’s trying to kill me.”

Fiona was thoroughly annoyed. ”That’s enough out of you! All day long it’s ’Chloe, Chloe, Chloe.’ Anyone who didn’t know better would think you couldn’t live without her.”

Walker said, ”But I can’t.”

Fiona: ”...”

’I shouldn’t have even bothered talking to him!’

’What could she do against such a shameless scumbag?’

Chloe typed out her question, ”Why is he in pain?”

Fiona explained patiently, ”He was having nerve pain before. I looked through some ancient medical texts and learned a new technique. I’ve changed the acupuncture method to see if this might stop the pain.”

Chloe acknowledged her.

When the acupuncture was over, Fiona asked, ”Does it still hurt?”

Walker took a moment to feel it out, then said, ”It doesn’t hurt because Chloe is right here beside me.”

Fiona: ”...”

’I’m speechless!’

She grabbed her medical kit and turned to leave. She didn’t want to stay in that room for another minute!

Chloe was also exasperated. She took out her phone and typed, ”Can’t you be a little more serious? The more you act like this, the more she’ll target you.”

Walker replied unhurriedly, ”The more she targets me, the more I’ll act like this.”

Chloe: ”...”

’So childish!’

The traditional medicine had been brewed. Chloe went downstairs to drink it, and the intense bitterness made her face scrunch up.

Fiona had a sweet and sour tangerine ready. The moment Chloe finished the medicine, Fiona brought it to her lips. Chloe opened her mouth and ate it, the fruit’s sweetness covering the bitter taste of the medicine. Only then did her brow smooth out.