Chapter 11
In the early hours of the morning, Anne’s fever finally subsided.
After Garrett had put her to sleep, he got up and went to the balcony.
He rubbed his tired eyes and sent two messages to Ruth using his phone.
“Ruth, I have something to take care of tonight, I will come back to see you tomorrow.”
“Are you feeling well? Is there anywhere that feels uncomfortable? Do you need me to call a family doctor to come and check on you?”
The person who always responded instantly has been silent today.
Garrett waited for a few minutes, but didn’t receive a reply. He thought she had fallen asleep, so he didn’t bother her anymore.
He slowly sat down, supporting himself with the back of the chair, dealt with some work–related messages, and then opened his social media account.
In a large batch of vacation gathering news, there were several marriage proposal videos from a single perspective.
It was shared by a few friends of Ruth’s, and as soon as he saw it, his eyes squinted and he couldn’t help but click on it.
The video began by focusing directly on the man who was proposing.
As soon as Garrett saw this face, he inexplicably felt somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it
somewhere before.
But he was also too lazy to think about who this person was. He was about to leave when suddenly the camera shifted slightly to the left, capturing the back view of the girl who was being proposed
- to.
He took just one glance and instantly sat up straight, directly widening his eyes and holding the phone up to his face.
Why does the silhouette of this girl look so much like Ruth?
This thought quickly flashed through his mind and was soon dismissed by him.
He shook his head, trying to clear his mind.
They were still a married couple, she was still wearing her wedding ring, how could she possibly agree to someone else’s proposal?
It was probably one of his friends that he had never met before-
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Garrett convinced himself successfully with this reason, then he exited the video playback interfa and gave it a thumbs up
The next second, the sound of coughing came from the ward. He had no more thoughts of resting
and got up to take care of the person
All night long, Anne slept and woke up, woke up and slept again, causing a constant commotion.
Garrett stayed awake all night, constantly watching over her, afraid that she might start burning
again
When it was dawn, he was also tired, so he called his secretary to take care of things and prepared to go home and rest.
As soon as he entered the villa, he sensed a faintly different desolate atmosphere compared to the
past.
He didn’t know where this feeling came from.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the house, which was originally filled with things, seemed to be quite empty.
All the figurines in the three or four display cabinets disappeared, the fancy utensils in the dining cabinet also vanished, and the pillows and dolls on the sofa were nowhere to be found.
He walked along the way, looking around, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.
As he approached the bedroom, he pushed open the door and was about to ask Ruth what was going on, but the scene inside made him freeze in place.
Compared to the living room, which was only half empty, there was even more space left in the
bedroom!
In the wardrobe, there were still some clothes in his few closets, but everything in the dressing room and jewelry room was gone. In the main room, there was nothing left on any of the cabinets or
tables.
Until this moment, Garrett finally realized that something was wrong.
Where is Ruth, along with all her belongings, gone?
Is she starting to play the angry tantrum and wanting to move out again?
At the thought of this, a nameless anger arose in Garrett’s heart.
He had told her so many times that it was just for
fun why couldn’t she just play along?
It seems that she was just acting to be magnanimous and tolerant in the past few days.
He became more and more annoyed, and directly called the butler, with a very bad attitude.
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“Madam has moved out, why didn’t you tell me? Where did she move to
The butler, upon hearing the words, quickly and fearfully started to explain
“Yes, yes, you said last time that no matter how mad the lady was, he would post let her be txert bother you with these troublesome matters, so we didn’t report it. This time, the lady called the Krause family’s drivers to pick her up. She should, she should have moved back to her parents house.”
Did you go back to your parents‘ house?
Didn’t the father–in–law and mother–in–law know about it?
Why did Ruth make such a big deal out of such a small matter?
Garrett’s face turned extremely ugly, and he took out his phone to call her.
After a long period of ringing, there was still no answer.
His patience was running out as he pulled at his tie and walked towards the bed.
He pressed on his tired eyes with dark circles, and when he opened them again, his peripheral vision caught sight of a thick stack of paper on the bedside table.
When he saw the four words “the divorce settlement” on the paper, he froze in place, and an expression of disbelief slowly appeared on his face.
Divorce?
What did Ruth do this time?
After realizing this, the burning anger in Garrett’s heart reached its peak.
When they used to argue the most fiercely in the past, she never mentioned this matter no matter how angry or furious she was.
