I lowered my gaze. When I looked up again, my eyes were ring with determination.


    "I am voluntarily filing for a divorce," I whispered.


    Nichs fell silent.


    The staff patiently asked, "And you, sir?!


    Nichs didn''t answer her. Instead, he turned toward me, and his eyes began reddening.


    I felt a sting in my nose. Tears started to well up in my eyes, and I felt as if a heavy storm was pouring down in my heart.


    After a long pause, Nichs looked away and croaked, "It''s the same for me too."


    The staff shot us a skeptical look. "But you don''t seem like you have a bad rtionship. You''re-"


    Both of us interrupted her in unison, "We don''t have feelings for each other."


    The fact that we had finally developed a pointless mutual understanding on the day of our divorce was quite amusing.


    We had been together for so many years, and this was the only notion we could both agree on. Indeed, we didn''t have feelings for each other. Otherwise, we wouldn''t have ended up in divorce.


    I was the one who insisted on having a divorce, so I couldn''t show any sign


    of sadness.


    But what we said earlier still sent a pang of agony through me. Trying to rece it with the idea of "let bygones be bygones", I instantly found it easier to ept our current situation and maintain myposure.


    Our synchronized response took aback the woman. She sighed helplessly and began typing on theputer.


    After a few minutes, she said, "The registration isplete. There is a one-month cooling-off period for the divorce.


    I smiled and thanked her while Nichs got up in silence and went out alone. Watching him leave, I felt as if everything that had happened in the past few months had been a dream. Divorce didn''t seem so daunting after


    all.


    He was biased, so he naturally made his choice when the conflict between udia and I reached an irreconcble point.


    We stood facing each other outside


    the court. Just as I was about to leave, Nichs stopped me and


    ve


    said I''ll visit you tomorrow to draft the divorce agreement."


    I remained silent, so he continued, "I''ll give you more in terms of assets aspensation. If it''s not enough, I can add more. I''ll sort it out tonight."


    I couldn''t seem to focus my gaze on


    him. My gaze was fixated on a


    chel.ne


    Cant spot behind him which &


    couldn''t quite discern, and I realized my vision had turned blurry.


    If this were before, I would''ve mocked him by praising how generous he was. But now, it seemed unnecessary to do so.


    "Nichs, can you give me a few more days? Have you forgotten that I''ve yet to recover from my miscarriage? Let me rest," I said softly.


    Nichs''s eyes flickered as he met my gaze. "Alright. Wendy will stay with you and take care of you."


    I nodded and smiled. "You don''t have toe over for the drafting of our divorce agreement. Prepare it with yourwyer first and send it to me directly.


    "As for the assets, just give me whatever you please. I don''t even mind if you don''t give me anything at all."


    Nichs pressed his lips together. Shoving his hand into his pocket, he pulled out a pack of cigarettes, seemingly intended to have a smoke. But


    )


    then, after a beat, he decided against it and stuffed the pack back.


    His hand was still in his pocket, but I could tell from the outline of the fabric that he was clenching his fist.


    "That''s fine. You can contact me if you need anything in the future." He paused before continuing, "I''ll take care of the stuff online for you.


    "And regarding thew firm,


    although the money I''m giving you


    should be enough for you to livefortably, I know you might stil want to continue working. Are you


    nning to stay at Jay Caldwell & Co or are you thinking of starting your own-" Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    "Nichofas?" I interrupted him gently. "From now on, my affairs have nothing to do with you."


    He just had to take care of udia, and he no longer needed to be distracted by people he didn''t care at all.


    "I''ll be on my own from now on, and you should move on as well. We won''t be crossing paths again," I quavered.


    Nichs was stunned. The cold breeze gusted past the hair on his forehead, revealing his intense eyes. "Ariana, aren''t you being too heartless?"