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Chapter 1 The Indifference Of Her Husband
The beginning of December in Olkmore City was colder than in previous years.
Amber Reed nestled expressionlessly on the sofa and listened to the curses of her mother-in-law downstairs.
“Amber Reed, you can’t have a baby, and now even your brain isn’t functioning? It’s already late, and you’re still not cooking! You want to starve me and Logan to death, don’t you?”
For the six years she was married to Jared Farrell, her mother-in-law complained behind her back all day about her not being able to have children.
But who would know that it was her husband who had never touched her from the start?
“Come on down and help me with my school bag. I have to go to school!” A teenager’s voice urged immediately after.
Logan Farrell, Jared’s younger brother, was nothing short of a jerk and had tormented Amber a lot.
As far as he was concerned, his sister-in-law was an easy target.
Amber came downstairs and went into the kitchen, cooked dinner, and helped Logan sort out his school bag and lunchbox.
“Mom, dinner’s ready!”
Shonna Woodham was irritated by the impassive look on Amber’s face and slammed her glass of water down on the table, “Amber, how dare you? You’re spending my son’s money and living in our house, and you treat me with that attitude. Believe it or not, I’ll call Jared right now and tell him to divorce you!”
Amber’s hands shook as she gripped the dinner plate. She let out a deep breath and forced out a smile, “Mom, I didn’t.”
Shonna didn’t believe her and said grimly, “Amber, don’t think that just because you have Lady Georgia backing you up that you’ll always be Jared’s wife. You’re nothing in front of Makenna!”
At the mention of Makenna Gardner’s name, Amber paled.
Logan rolled his eyes, obviously having sensed something. He grinned, “You didn’t know that, did you? Makenna is about to be discharged from the hospital. My brother is bringing her back to live with us.”
Amber’s eyelashes fluttered, and her hand shook as she set the plate.
Shonna couldn’t stand to see how aggrieved Amber was pretending to be and grunted as she waved impatiently, “Don’t stand in front of me! You’re spoiling my appetite. Get out of here!”
Amber didn’t linger. She turned around, went upstairs, and then nestled into the sofa again.
Around late afternoon, a Maybach pulled up at the door.
Amber got up abruptly from the sofa and jogged to the balcony to look down.
A tall man in a suit got out of the car. He was handsome and elegant, better looking than many actors on TV.
The man seemed to have noticed someone looking at him and looked up to meet Amber’s eyes.
His eyes were cold and unemotional.
Amber was used to the stare, and the corner of her mouth tugged without a smile.
After Jared entered the room, Amber went to the bathroom to get the bathwater for him as usual, “Honey, it’s been almost a month since Grandma went to the Buddhist temple. She called back in the afternoon and said she had got you a talisman…”
“I have something to tell you,” Jared interrupted her.
Amber turned back.
Jared had been staring at her with his deep-set eyes, which were indifferent, detached, devoid of warmth.
Jared’s thin lips parted, and he spoke in a gruff voice, “Makenna’s coming back. You’re moving out tomorrow.”
Amber’s heart went cold, inch by inch.
Sure enough, Logan was right.
“What if I don’t?” Her voice was soft like a misty cloud of smoke.
Jared frowned.
For the first time, the woman in front of him, who always did what she was told, had disobeyed him.
His voice was cold, “Don’t forget how you married me six years ago!”
How could Amber forget?
When Makenna was in a car accident, she was the one who called 120 and gave Makenna the blood transfusion. Jared thanked her and promised her a request.
The only thing Amber said she wanted was to marry him.
It was a thought that had been rooted in her heart since the first time she met Jared in high school.
Chapter 2 Never Serving Them Again
When the doctors had concluded that Makenna had no chance of waking up, only then did Jared agree to marry her.
But Jared had been indifferent to her.
Amber lifted her chin and stared determinedly straight at him, “I’m your wife. Why should I have to move out when she comes back?”
Jared looked over at her with a grim face, and his gaze became more chilling, “Why? Because Makenna told me that you hit her six years ago!”
Amber froze for a moment, then smiled wryly, “Do you believe me when I say I didn’t?”
Jared stepped closer to her, and finally forced her into a corner as he snarled, “You think I’ll believe that?”
The man kept his dark eyes fixed on her.
There was disgust and contempt in his eyes!
“You’re a malicious woman. What Makenna has suffered, I want to inflict them by a thousand times more on you!” Jared’s face was stiff.
Amber was shocked by the ruthlessness in the man’s eyes.
After six years, even an ice-covered heart should have melted a little?
But his heart was still pretty much frozen.
“I didn’t do that!” Amber pursed her lips.
Jared looked at her from above, and his eyes were like shooting out ice arrows, “You’re a smart woman, and you should know what to do.”
He left with a room of bleakness.
Amber looked at herself in the mirror. She was pale and weary.
Was this still her?
She was such a proud person back then, but she had become so humble in this relationship.
It was ridiculous.
After a long time, she exhaled slowly, “It’s time to let myself go …”
The next morning, Jared took Makenna to the hospital for a re-check.
Amber stood in front of the mirror, took off the apron she had worn for six years, and replaced it with a white dress as she carried her suitcase downstairs.
Logan crossed his legs to watch TV and looked up, “Hey! What are you doing?”
Amber gave him an indifferent look and ignored him, then headed straight for the door.
Seeing that something was wrong, Logan hastily stepped forward and grabbed her case, and snarled, “Are you deaf? Can’t you hear me talking to you? Have you cleaned the room? Have you made dinner? Where do you want to go in the morning?”
The sixteen-year-old had no respect for his sister-in-law and was even yelling at her and telling her what to do.
Amber pried his fingers loose one by one, her face expressionless, “Listen, you little bastard, from now on, I won’t serve you anymore.”
She didn’t use much strength, but he deliberately shouted, “Mum! Mum, come here! This bitch is bullying me!”
“What’s wrong, Logan?”
Shonna came downstairs and her face immediately turned livid. She cursed and whipped Amber with a stick, “Damn you! How dare you bully my son, bitch! I’ll beat you to death!”
Shonna had beaten her before.
She put up with it for Jared’s sake.
But this time …
Amber grabbed the stick quickly and threw it to the ground. Her voice was icy cold, “Try hitting me again?”
Shonna was instantly stunned by her.
She yelled, “Amber, you’re out of your mind! I’m going to make my son divorce you!”
She had always avoided confrontation with Shonna for Lady Georgia’s sake and didn’t want to be disliked by Jared.
She was afraid of it before, but now she didn’t care.
Amber spoke indifferently, “Whatever.”
Not caring how the woman behind her made a scene, she dragged her suitcase out of the Farrell family.
There was a red Ferrari parked outside; the man in it was good-looking, with a mischievous half-smile hung on his face. He waved to her, “Come on up, baby.”
Amber got in and the two of them left.
Chapter 3 Freedom
Cole Lyon was her childhood friend, a typical rich kid.
Cole asked tentatively, “Have you really decided?”
“I’ve never been more awake.” Amber had been smiling since she came out.
She was delicate and beautiful, and when she smiled, it was as if the years of gloom had been dispelled and she became brighter.
Cole sighed, “I thought you’d never be able to think straight for the rest of your life. I’ve been worried sick about you for the past six years. Why do you fall for that scumbag?”
Amber nodded, “Yeah, how could I have been so stupid!”
“Luckily, you didn’t come to your senses too late. Another six years of this and you’d be an old woman.” Cole continued jokingly, “I was thinking that if you got kicked out when you were old, I’d marry you reluctantly as a companion. At least, we’re childhood sweethearts.”
Amber gave him a cold stare, “Please shut up.”
“By the way, here are the divorce papers you asked me to prepare. Take a look.”
Taking the stack of papers, Amber flipped through them, “I’m not taking anything from Jared. I don’t owe him anything back then, and I won’t owe him anything in the future.”
She didn’t hesitate to write her name down.
Seeing how decisive she was, Cole couldn’t help but laugh, “Good, you’re not stalling at all.”
Amber put the pen away and raised an eyebrow slightly, “Let’s go to Fairmont Hospital.”
“Okay, my princess.”
The top floor of the hospital was reserved for VIP patients.
Finding room 1203, Amber knocked on the door, then pressed the handrail and pushed straight in.
On the hospital bed, the pretty woman seemed to be frightened by her and hid under the covers in terror. She was teary-eyed and very afraid of her.
Jared’s face darkened and his voice was like a wisp of piercing wind, “What are you doing here?”
Amber took the divorce papers out of her bag and handed them to him, “Sign this, and I’ll leave immediately.”
The look on his face turned even gloomier as he took it. “You want a divorce?”
“Or what?” Amber stroked her hair around her ear and smiled warmly and detachedly, “It’s been a hard six years for you. Sign it and you will be free, won’t you?”
Jared frowned. He wondered what trick she was playing again.
At that moment, Makenna in the hospital bed called out weakly, “Jared …”
The cry was like some sort of cue.
Jared looked at Makenna and once again kept his eyes on Amber’s face before his Adam’s apple moved, “We’ll talk about this when we get back. You go out first and don’t disturb Makenna.”
Amber smiled, but the smile didn’t reach her eyes, “I’m serious. You’re taking Miss Gardner back anyway. Wouldn’t it be nice if I left? Before I get in your way.”
“Amber Reed!” Jared’s voice was almost like growling as if he had reached the limit of his patience with her.
“Miss Gardner is watching. It can’t be that you’ve taken a liking to me and won’t divorce me?” Amber’s lips curled up into an elegant and charming smile.
Makenna looked at Jared pitifully and tested his mind, “Jared, what’s wrong with you?”
Amber looked at the man with detached gaze and waited for him to make a choice.
“Fine, I’ll sign!” Jared pursed his lips.
Amber smiled in satisfaction. With the signed divorce papers in hand, she left dashingly without a moment’s hesitation.
As soon as she stepped out of the ward, however, she could no longer control the tears in the corners of her eyes.
Her six years of marriage and her eight years of love had all gone down the drain.
It was a lie to say that it was not heartrending for her.
It was as if someone had stabbed her heart with a needle, and it hurt with every twinge.