When I picked up my wife Hailey at the airport, I accidentally met her childhood sweetheart.

Brian knelt on one knee in front of Hailey in front of hundreds of people, holding a can ring in his hand.

My wife's expression changed from surprise and helplessness to joy and acceptance.

She let Brian put the can ring on her finger.

Then they hugged each other tightly. Some people even applauded.

I was as good as dead and became speechless.

I turned around and left the airport.

As soon as Hailey entered our house, she kicked off her high heels and slumped on the sofa.

"Phew, this business trip was exhausting."

"Honey, come here and rub my feet, they're sore."

I was sitting by the side and watching TV, not moving at all.

Hailey was a little surprised. In the past, as long as she acted like a spoiled child, I would put down everything and come to take care of her as soon as possible.

"Didn't you hear me, honey?"

"I heard you," I said casually, "If you feel sore, just sit in that massage chair. I bought it for hundreds of thousands of dollars. It's not just a decoration."

"But I want you to offer the service, it's much more comfortable than the chair."

Hailey placed her delicate stocking-wrapped feet on my lap and smiled teasingly, "You were enjoying massaging me before. Don't pretend. Come on."

When I saw the faint dent on her finger, I stood straight up.

Hailey frowned. "Hubby, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm exhausted. I'm going to sleep."

I was lying on the bed, preparing to turn off the light and rest when Hailey came in.

She handed me a gift box.

"Honey, it's a gift I bought for you abroad. Open it, have a look. You will definitely like it."

I removed the packaging and it turned out to be a designer perfume.

After taking a whiff, I threw the perfume straight into the bin.

My wife was stunned.

"Honey, what are you doing?!"

"Brian picked this perfume, didn't he?" I asked coldly.

"He did give the advice, he told me it was the most popular fragrance of the year, but what's wrong with that?"

"He's not wrong. I'm the one who's wrong. I should have noticed that there's something fishy going on between you two."

"Hailey Anderson, let's get a divorce."

Hailey raised her eyebrows and said with a gloomy face, "Honey, what is wrong with you?"

"You're divorcing me over a trivial matter?"

"I've told you that I grew up with Brian. I've always regarded him as my own younger brother. Before my grandpa died, he told me to take good care of him."

"Honey, when did you become so unreasonable?"

I stared at her coldly without saying a word.

"Alright, alright. I'm tired after getting off the plane. I don't want to argue with you. Let's sleep separately tonight."

"When you calm down, let's have a serious conversation."

After that, she picked up the perfume in the trash can, held it in her arms like a treasure, and went out of our bedroom.

My acquaintance with Hailey Anderson was purely an accident.

That summer, I was digging for mantis shrimps on the beach in my hometown to save up for tuition fees.

Three young, pretty girls came to visit in a group and, despite my warnings, ran out onto the reef to take pictures.

As expected, a girl was swept into the sea by the sudden waves.

The other two girls were scared out of their wits and shouted for help.

I was kind-hearted by nature, so I risked my life to save the girl who fell into the water.

When I came ashore, my left leg was so cut from the shells on the reef that even the sand was stained red.

Enduring the sharp pain, I gave the girl artificial CPR and finally she woke up slowly.

After thanking me profusely, I found out that her name was Hailey Anderson.

In the blink of an eye, two years had passed. After graduating from college, I suffered several setbacks in job applications because of a hidden disease in my left leg. In the end, I accidentally received an offer from a listed company.

It was not until the day I went to work that I found out that Hailey was the boss's daughter.

It would only take one phone call to hire me.

She remembered the saving of her life back then, and I was also grateful, and after a while, the two young people came together.

When her father knew about this, he didn't agree at first, because the gap between our families was too big.

It was no different from a toad dreams of eating swan meat.

However, Hailey was determined. She showed a pregnancy test report to her father.

Either we got married or she got out of the paternity.

In this case, Hailey's father compromised.

After getting married, he found out that the report was fake, but it was already too late.

After getting married for so many years of marriage, despite not favored by her family, I strived to play the perfect husband.

From food to clothing, housing, or travelling, Hailey was taken care of in every possible way.

I could also tolerate her unruliness and willfulness.

I had thought that we would spend the rest of our lives happily. However, at the beginning of this year, after her childhood sweetheart appeared, everything changed quietly.

On the second day of Brian's return, Hailey recruited him into the company as a general manager.

I've been working in the company for so many years, but I'm still just an junior employee.

Except for a few people, no one knew that I was Hailey's husband. This was her father's request. The reason was that he was afraid that I would bring shame to his family.

For the dinner to welcome Brian, Ruyan Hailey brought me along.

The first moment we met, Brian opened his arms and embraced her in a face-to-face hug that froze me in my tracks.

Hailey was afraid that I would misunderstand, so she immediately explained that Brian grew up with her in diapers. He was indeed her little follower since childhood.

Therefore, the two of them were as close as real siblings.

It was a western rule to hug each other when they met. It was also a habit that had been around them for many years.

I smiled and let it go at the time, completely not noticing that Brian's eyes were filled with desire as he looked at her.

Hailey went in and out with Brian together in the following days.

Both of them were senior executives of the company, and they were as close as siblings, so it was understandable to others.

But accepting something like a ring is something I could never stand.

This meant that the man was declaring his sovereignty over women, and Hailey agreed without any hesitation.

The moment she put on the ring, my heart had already died.

I was already dead from that moment.

I slept through the night and in the early the next morning, Hailey knocked on my door.

"What time is it? Why don't you get up and make breakfast?"

In the past, every day when I woke up, Hailey would pout in my arms, saying that she was hungry.

After getting married for so many years, she rarely ate breakfast outside, because I cooked it for her.

In order to please my wife, I spent a lot of time and energy on learning cooking, and I often don't bring the same dishes for a whole month. I tried every means to please her every day.

Thinking of this, I smiled bitterly.

Seeing that there was no movement, Hailey patted the door a few more times. "Shawn, it's time to get up and make breakfast. I'm starving."

Her voice was cold, as if she was ordering a servant.

Her temper was undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

I got up, dressed and washed up, and when I opened the door, I looked at her pretty face with light make-up and said lightly, "I'm not going to make breakfast for someone else's wife anymore, so from today on, you're on your own."

Hailey frowned. "Shawn, what's wrong with you this early in the morning?"

"There's nothing wrong with me. I'm just reminding you."

"I am your wife. It's clearly written on the marriage certificate. Isn't this crazy?"

"From the moment you accepted Brian's ring at the airport, our relationship was over."

Hailey's expression froze slightly.

"You... you saw everything?"

I nodded.

"You misunderstood. It's just a small game between Brian and me. It's meaningless, and it doesn't mean anything. It's just like playing house when we were children!"

As she spoke, her eyes looked around and she didn't dare to meet my gaze.

"Huh, you guys sure know how to play the game of kneeling down to propose in front of hundreds of people."

"I'm too lazy to explain too much to you, and there's no need to do so." Her expression was cold, "All in all, I can swear to God that I, Hailey Anderson, didn't do anything wrong to you."

I glanced at her coldly and went out to work.

In the next few days, Hailey and I continued to have a cold war and did not say a word.

When I went to work that day, I suddenly felt a soreness in my left leg, so I asked for leave and planned to go to the hospital for a check-up.

Unexpectedly, when I turned off the computer, Brian's secretary came in with a pile of documents in her arms.

"Shawn, Mr. Graham has some important clients' information for you. Please sort them out and finish them before you get off work. Is that okay?"

After the cold war, Brian probably wanted to avenge, so he left some troublesome work to me from time to time.

I did what I was told every time, but this time, I wouldn't compromise.

"Ms. Brown, I've asked for leave to go to the hospital. You'd better find someone else."

"What's wrong with you? Do you have a headache or fever?"

"My legs are uncomfortable."

"It's just a leg problem. It's no big deal. Go after tidying up."

The secretary glanced at me from head to toe and said seriously, "Shawn, Mr. Graham is in a hurry. Don't delay his business."

I said I couldn't do it.

"Shawn, are you disobeying your superior's order?"

"You can think whatever you want, or you can count me as absent."

The pain in my leg was unbearable. I pushed the secretary away and walked out.

She frowned and quickly caught up with me, reaching out to block my way.

"Shawn, don't even think about leaving the company without our permission!"

I was in so much pain that cold sweat broke out on my forehead. Just as I was about to argue with her, Hailey and Brian happened to pass by.

Hailey didn't even look at me. She asked the secretary, "What happened? Why are you so noisy?"

"President Hailey, Shawn didn't obey my orders and left on his own, so I stopped him."

"Oh, you're talking about sorting out the client's information, aren't you?" Brian's mouth curved into a smile. "That's indeed very important. Shawn, if you have any dissatisfaction with your work, you're perfectly welcome to comment. There's no need to make trouble. We're all civilized people. Just talk nicely."

"I didn't cause any trouble," I replied. "I've already asked for leave from Mr. Jones to go to the hospital."

"To see a doctor?"

Brian looked me up and down like his secretary and said with a smile, "Shawn, I think you're in a good state of mind. You don't look sick at all. Are you pretending to be sick because you don't accept the arrangement?"

"President Hailey, what do you think?"

Only then did Hailey turn to look at me.

"Shawn, get back to work and don't cause any trouble."

"The company didn't pay you to play here."

She looked indifferent and superior, and her attitude toward me was no different from that of other low-level employees.

The grievance and anger that I had accumulated over these days, as well as the increasingly severe pain in my legs, made me unable to bear it any longer. I took off my badge and threw it hard on the ground.

"I'm quiting!"

"Can you let me see a doctor now?"