They say the best way to forget someone is to start another relationship.
Josh’s mother asked me to help Josh get over
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it, and she would give me a sum of money to
leave afterward.
To repay her, and also to understand a
mother’s difficulties.
I agreed.
After a chance encounter, I began pursuing
Josh.
Finally, under his mother’s urging, he married
- me.
Everyone in the circle said I was love–struck,
giving up my dignity for a man.
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Some also said I was only with Josh for his
family’s money.
For the past six years, I tried my best to treat
him well.
But it couldn’t compare to someone who looked like Julia.
Fortunately, Nancy appeared now, and I could finally leave Josh.
The next day, I started my studies.
School life was colorful..
In addition to regular classes, I also
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participated in many extracurricular activities.
With the $50 million from Josh’s mother, I
could live freely.
In contrast to my happy and comfortable life,
the Montgomery family was currently in a
different state.
After returning from Europe, Josh habitually
called my name.
Usually, I would respond immediately, but this
day, there was no answer.
Josh frowned and asked the housekeeper why
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yet.
The housekeeper stammered for a long time before telling him that I had already left the Montgomery house.
Josh walked inside while telling the housekeeper not to look for me.
“Ashley’s getting bolder, learning to threaten me by running away from home. I’ll teach her a lesson…”
He stopped mid–sentence when he saw the divorce agreement I left on the table.
Josh stared at the signature at the bottom of
the divorce agreement suddenly
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the divorce agreement, suddenly
remembering the contract I had given him
that day.
Josh roared furiously, “Ashley, you’ve got some nerve…”
He still didn’t believe I wanted a divorce from him.
After all, I had always acted like I couldn’t live without him. Everyone said I was his doormat.
How could a doormat give up so easily?
Josh thought I would definitely come back.
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In the following days, everyone in the
Montgomery family lived on tenterhooks, afraid of doing something wrong and angering Josh.
It wasn’t until the day Josh’s mother gave him the divorce certificate that he realized I would never come back.
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Josh looked at the divorce certificate in his
mother’s hand, his expression changing from
confusion to anger in an instant.
He hadn’t expected that I had been planning
for a divorce a month ann
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for a divorce a month ago.
After six years with me, Josh couldn’t imagine how bad life would be after the divorce.
At this moment, Josh’s mother told him about the agreement I had made with him.
Josh refused to believe that I had been so
good to him for the past six years just to repay a favor.
From the day I got my marriage certificate, I had prepared a divorce agreement, constantly reminding myself.
But people aren’t machines. After spending
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so much time together, feelings develop..
Just as I started to develop feelings for Josh,
he hurt me again and again, making my heart
turn cold.
Josh kept calling me, but couldn’t get
through.
In a fit of rage, he threw his phone on the
floor.
“Ashley, don’t ever appear in front of me
again!”
I met a good friend from college, Sarah Jiang,
abroad.
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She was the only one who stood by me and
spoke up for me when that incident
happened.
Sarah had advised me against repaying the
favor in this way, but I was stubborn and
didn’t listen to her.
But I didn’t expect her to be a professor at
this school.
The next time I heard about Josh, it was also
from her.
“Did you hear? Josh and that secretary are
getting engaged.”
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I paused while picking up food, my expression
unchanged.
“Isn’t that normal? Nancy looks so much like
Julia.”
Sarah said that Josh had made a big deal out
of the engagement,
Almost every family with any reputation was
invited.
Everyone in the circle said he was truly in
love, which was why he was so flamboyant,
unlike the first time when he refused to even
have a wedding.
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I felt nothing after hearing this.
When I was with Josh, I just treated it as a
task, let alone what he did afterward.
Now that I knew he was getting engaged, I
felt relieved.
But what I didn’t expect was that a week
later, Sarah came to me, her face full of
gossip.
“On the day of his engagement, Josh ran
away!”
Just listening to her excited voice, I knew that day must have been a spectacle.
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On the day of his engagement, in front of all
the guests, Josh said he regretted it and that
he loved someone else.
Nancy went crazy at the scene.
Josh ended up getting annoyed with her and
kicked her out.
After finishing the story, Sarah said
mysteriously, “The day after the engagement,
Josh started asking about you everywhere,
asking many of your friends if they knew
where you were.”
“He’s quite resourceful, managing to find me.”
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I asked in confusion, “Did he suffer some‘ kind
of shock?”
Sarah took a sip of coffee before telling me
the truth.
Josh had a high fever for three days after I
left.
If I had been there, I would have taken care of
him around the clock.
Now, no one put him first anymore, and he somehow started to miss the good things I did. Moreover, after I left, some of his friends started to talk about how thoughtful and kind
I was.
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With all these factors combined, Josh became
even more eager to find me.
Unfortunately, he asked everyone he knew,
but no one knew where I was.
Josh even went to his mother, but she also said that she hadn’t contacted me since giving me the money.
Like a man possessed, Josh put aside his business and focused on finding me.
