Our Anniversary, You Chose Her – I Chose Divorce

Nathaniel Monroe was completely thrown. ”Wait, why? If she didn’t do it, why would she confess?”

Walker’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and he remained silent for a long moment.

Nathaniel Monroe was completely baffled. He scratched his head, unable to understand why Chloe Reed would do such a thing.

She had nothing to gain from it.

She would be vilified, cast out by the Grant family, and condemned by the Reed family...

Nathaniel didn’t even dare to imagine what her life would be like from now on.

”So, we have to find evidence to prove she didn’t do it,” Walker said, his voice low and raspy.

”Yes, we have to find evidence.” Nathaniel nodded emphatically. ”Walker, I’m with you.”

”Okay.”

...

「The Hospital」

By the time Madam Grant arrived, Noah Grant was already out of the emergency room.

Autumn Linton said, ”Thank goodness Noah was caught. He wasn’t seriously hurt, just a minor concussion. He’ll be fine after a few days of rest.”

Madam Grant’s heart ached for him. She held Noah’s hand tightly, saying, ”Oh, my poor great-grandson. To have to suffer like this at your own birthday party.”

She looked at Autumn Linton, her tone turning cold. ”Chloe Reed has already confessed. I’m making her and Walker divorce, and Charles has already agreed.”

Autumn Linton’s face was filled with disbelief. ”That... how is that possible?”

”Hmph. What’s so impossible about it?” Madam Grant scoffed. ”She admitted it herself. How could that be a lie?”

Autumn Linton was flustered and bewildered. In her memory, her daughter, though spoiled, would never do something so wicked.

Just then, Charles Reed arrived. With a grim expression, he said, ”Walker Grant and Chloe Reed will file for divorce tomorrow.”

Autumn Linton looked at him. ”Chloe would never do something like this.”

Charles Reed glanced at Sunny Reed, who was keeping vigil by the hospital bed, and said to Autumn Linton, ”Come outside for a moment.”

Autumn Linton followed him out, her face pale.

In the quiet stairwell.

Charles Reed said, ”Since Walker treats Sunny so well, we might as well have him divorce Chloe and get together with Sunny.”

”How can you say that? What about Chloe?” Autumn Linton retorted instinctively.

But Charles Reed sneered. ”Do you have any idea what Walker did? He had a vasectomy! He never wanted to have children with Chloe. His heart and mind are completely focused on his older brother’s child.”

Autumn Linton clapped a hand over her mouth in shock, unable to process the news.

Charles Reed sighed. ”This is just bad karma. I originally wanted to separate the two sisters, have one of them move far away so there wouldn’t be any friction. But I never imagined they’d end up marrying into the same family. Then Julian died... If he hadn’t, things might have been fine. Who could have known...”

Autumn Linton composed herself and said, ”I have no objection to Walker and Chloe getting a divorce, but he can’t get together with Sunny. Chloe wouldn’t be able to bear it.”

”Hmph, she brought this all on herself!” Charles Reed scoffed. ”If she hadn’t been making a scene and demanding a divorce, why would I even be thinking this way?”

He looked at Autumn Linton with a complicated expression and said, ”In the end, our family owes Sunny. We have to do everything in our power to be good to her.”

Autumn Linton’s lips trembled, but in the end, she said nothing.

Outside the stairwell.

A figure turned and walked away, a triumphant smile on their lips.

Late that night, the door to the hospital room was pushed open again, and Walker Grant walked in, bringing a chill with him.

Sunny Reed was asleep, slumped over the side of the hospital bed. Madam Grant had already gone home, and the room was silent.

The little boy in the bed, however, opened his eyes. When he saw it was him, his little lip quivered as if he were about to cry.