Ex-husband. I Got Over You

When I got home, it was already evening.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Wally washing my clothes by hand.

Wally had a serious obsession with cleanliness. Even if he was very good to me before, he would not wash a coat for me, let alone private clothes.

He said, “How can I, a grown man, wash these things? It will ruin your clothes.”

It was not until half a month ago when I saw Wally washing Selena’s bloody underwear with my own eyes that I realized that he was not unable to do it, but just didn’t want to do these things for me.

And now, Selena’s return had benefited me. Every time Wally washed her clothes, he would also wash mine.

Seeing me coming back, Wally washed off the foam on his hands and walked toward me worriedly.

“Where did you go today, Honey? Why did you take so long to come home? I just washed all your clothes, using your favorite detergent.”

Before I responded, his eyes fell on the bag in my hand, which had the hospital logo on it and his face changed drastically.

“Wife, did you go to the hospital? What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell or is there something wrong with our child? Didn’t you say that you should tell your husband about this kind of thing first?”

As he said that, he was about to take the bag to check the contents.

I dodged his hand, hid the bag behind me and then handed him an agreement.

“I’m fine. I saw that you had a lot of things to do at the company today and didn’t want to disturb you, so I went for a prenatal checkup by myself. This is the new pregnancy protection plan launched by the hospital. I think it’s good. Please sign it.”

Wally looked at me halfdoubtfully, but didn’t say anything. He just took the document and prepared to open it to read.

But at this moment, Selena coughed from the second floor.

That was coming from the master bedroom. It was originally my and Wally’s wedding room, but now Selena lived with him and I lived in the guest room on the first floor.

Wally almost threw away the agreement without hesitation and ran to the second floor. I quickly grabbed his hand.

“Sign it first, I’ll take it to the hospital later.”

I clearly caught the irritability in Wally’s eyes, but he still retracted his steps, quickly signed his name on the last page of the agreement and then threw the agreement on me and ran to the second floor.

The agreement was thrown on my face and the sharp corners scratched a blood mark in the corner of my eye, which was a fine and dense pain.

I watched the man disappear in the corridor and then looked at the name on the agreement, with mixed feelings in my heart.

If Wally really cared about me, he would find that this was a divorce agreement.

And the bag behind me contained the child I induced abortion.

I just put the child’s body in the refrigerator and Wally came down from the second floor.

He looked at me coldly with an ugly face.

“You knew Selena was allergic to dust. Why did you open the window of the master bedroom? The dust from outside floated in and made Selena allergic.”

I frowned and was about to tell him that I had not entered the bedroom today, but he dragged me to the bedroom.

He threw me to the ground and ordered me condescendingly, “Selena is my most beloved sister. Now you have made her allergic, so you have to clean the room. You must clean it until there is no dust at all.”

I had just had an induced abortion and my body was weak. When he threw me like this, my stomach felt a piercing pain.

But Wally seemed to be blind. He turned around and picked up Selena and walked out of the bedroom.

I looked back at their backs as they left, my eyes sore.

Wally didn’t treat me like this before. He was reluctant to let me do some heavy work or say something harsh, but everything changed since Selena came back.

He began to side with Selena. As long as I didn’t do what Selena wanted, he would punish me.

I knelt on the floor and mopped it with great effort until the pain in my stomach made me unable to straighten my back and I finally fell to the ground.

At this time, the door was opened and Wally came in to check the progress. Seeing me fall to the ground in pain, he frowned.

“Wife, it’s useless to pretend to be pitiful. I won’t spoil you like before. If you don’t clean the room today, don’t go downstairs to eat.”

After that, he closed the door and locked it from the outside.

My nose was sour and the last bit of hope in my heart was completely shattered. Then I took out my mobile phone with great effort and dialed the number that I remembered by heart.

“Dad, I regret it. I don’t want to be with Wally anymore. I want to go home and inherit the family property. Come and take me away.”

I thought I would be reprimanded by the other party, but I didn’t expect to hear my father’s relieved smile.

“My daughter, you finally figured it out. I said long ago that Wally is not worthy of you. He is the richest man, so what? A small Serton is not worth mentioning compared to our Dolmenvale. You should come back to inherit the family property and become the eldest daughter of our Woolridge Family.”

My nose was a little sour. I didn’t expect that, after so many years, my father still loved me so much.

When I told my family that I wanted to marry Wally, my family was opposed, especially my father, who warned me that if I married Wally, he would break off relations with me. In the end, it was my mother who persuaded him and he didn’t really want me as his daughter.

On the day I married Wally, my father, with red eyes, told me helplessly. “If you regret it one day, call Dad and come back to inherit the family property. The Woolridge Family will always welcome you.”

At that time, I was still immersed in the false love created by Wally and vowed to tell him that I would never come back and let Dad find a new heir.

Who knew that after only five years, I was slapped in the face, which was really ironic.

I held the phone tightly and told my father calmly.

“Thank you, Dad, but the divorce coolingoff period will end in a month. I will come to you then.”

My father was a little disappointed when he heard it, but he didn’t say anything else. He told me a few words and said goodbye.

On this day, Wally didn’t come to see me. I was forced to stay in the bedroom and couldn’t go anywhere.

This room used to be where I lived, but since Selena came back, because she said “I’m scared to sleep alone”, Wally drove me out of the bedroom and slept with Selena every night.

At this time, there was no place for my things in the bedroom. The daily necessities that were paired with Wally had become Selena’s, as if they were the couple and I was an extra outsider.

It was not until noon the next day that Wally remembered my existence and hurriedly opened the bedroom door.

Seeing me pale and weak sitting on the ground, he frowned fiercely.

“It was obviously your fault; wasn’t it natural for me to punish you? Who are you showing this aggrieved look to? Hurry up and get up and go downstairs to eat.”

I bit my lip hard and passed by him, holding my stomach.

When he saw my distant look, a trace of irritation flashed in his eyes. He opened his mouth to say something, but his attention was attracted by Selena, who came out of another room.

Selena was adopted by the Hudson Family and had no blood relationship with Wally. Therefore, the two of them developed feelings beyond family members and were secretly together. Later, they were discovered by Keith. He was furious and forcibly separated the two and sent Selena abroad.

Wally fell seriously ill and lay in bed for three years until he met me by accident. He fell in love with me at first sight and pursued me madly.

I didn’t like him at first, until that day when I was blocked in the alley by a group of gangsters, he rushed over to protect me without hesitation. In order to save me, when he was stabbed in the heart and bleeding, the first thing he asked me was if I was scared. Because of his words, my heart was moved and I finally accepted him.

After marriage, he treated me very well. I became a treasure that he held in his mouth and was afraid of melting and held in his palm and was afraid of breaking. He gave me all his tenderness. Even his brothers said that he had never done this to other women.

I believed it until two days ago when I was cleaning his study, I saw the chat content between him and his brothers on WhatsApp on his computer that he had not yet deleted.

“Wally, if sisterinlaw knew that you hung up on her so many times on the day she had a car accident because you were busy being affectionate with Selena, she would be so heartbroken. You have been married to her for five years. Is her company still not as good as Selena’s?”

“What do you know? Selena is Wally’s first love. Wally married Linette just to use her as a substitute. When Wally dealt with the people at home and agreed to let him and Selena be together, he would dump Linette as soon as possible.”

The brothers were all excited when they heard this and they all asked Wally what he meant.

Wally only replied with one word: [hmm.]

But it made me feel like I was struck by lightning and my heart was broken.

It turned out that the love I was proud of was just given to me by Wally because of another woman.

The two of them entangled all night last night. I heard it clearly in the master bedroom, but when I saw the ambiguous traces on Selena, my heart was still deeply hurt.

Aware of my sight, Selena shyly approached Wally’s arms.

“Sisterinlaw, don’t look at me like this. I’m scared.”

Wally quickly blocked Selena behind him, looking at me impatiently.

“Don’t look at Selena with your eyes like that. Hurry downstairs to eat.”

I didn’t say anything, turned around and went downstairs. I hadn’t eaten all day and my stomach was growling with hunger.

The meal was made by Wally. Selena had a bad stomach, so he specially took classes to learn how to cook. Every day, no matter how busy he was, he would prepare three meals a day for her.

And these treatments were what I hadn’t received in the five years of marriage.

Not long after I sat down, Wally took Selena downstairs and the two sat opposite me, loving like a couple.

I didn’t say anything, just buried my head in eating.

Wally saw that I was so calm and he felt inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart.

At this time, Selena said she wanted to drink a drink.

Wally immediately got up and walked to the refrigerator and the place where the drinks were placed was exactly where I placed the child’s body.

Suddenly, Selena poured a bowl of boiling soup on her thighs and then screamed in fear.

Wally’s hand paused when he opened the refrigerator and he hurried over to hug Selena in his arms.

“Selena, what’s wrong with you?”

Selena’s eyes were red and she looked at me angrily. “Sisterinlaw, I know you don’t like me, but you don’t have to treat me like this. If you don’t want to see me, I’ll just get out of this house.”

As she said that, she pushed Wally away and was about to leave, but was pulled back by the man.

Almost the next second, Wally’s slap fell on my face.

“Linette, my sister has suffered so much abroad for so many years and finally came back to me. Can you stop bullying her all the time!”

My face was tilted by the slap and the sound of the slap kept ringing in my ears.

I looked up at Wally, pointing to the surveillance in the corner.

“What she said is what it is? We have been together for five years, don’t you know my character? I asked someone to turn on the surveillance and you can take a good look at who splashed her.”

As soon as the words fell, Selena covered her thigh in pain and cried, “Brother, my legs hurt so much…”

After hearing this, Wally no longer cared about me. He picked up Selena and walked out.

When he passed by me, he gave me a cold look.

“If anything happens to Selena, I will not let you go.”

I looked at his eyes that had once looked at me with love and curled my lips in selfmockery.

For the next five days, Wally stayed in the hospital with Selena and never looked at me.

I was not idle either. I packed up all the things Wally had given me over the years and donated them all to poor areas.

When all the things were loaded into the car, Wally drove back.

He looked at the full things in the car, recognized that they were the things he gave me and couldn’t help frowning.

“Why did you donate them all?”

I said lightly, “Isn’t your company’s latest project related to poor mountainous areas? I will donate things to those places in your name to earn a good reputation for them, so that it will be more convenient for you to develop there.”

The questioning in Wally’s eyes instantly turned into relief after hearing what I said.

“You are worthy of being my wife. You are so thoughtful.”

I pulled the corners of my lips, but still couldn’t hold back a smile.

At this time, Wally seemed to have thought of something and his eyes fell on my belly.

“Didn’t you say before that there was a plan to preserve the pregnancy? I didn’t have time to see it at the time, so show it to me again. I’m worried that there is a problem with the plan.”

I didn’t know whether I should be happy that he still remembered this or sad that he remembered it after a week. Just as I was about to speak, Selena got out of the car.

“Sisterinlaw, today is my birthday. My brother is going to hold a banquet for me. Sisterinlaw, you must come to attend.”

I frowned and wanted to refuse, but heard Wally say, “You are my wife. If you don’t attend my sister’s birthday party, others will gossip.”

I knew that if I didn’t agree, Wally would not let me go, so I could only nod and agree.

In the evening, at the birthday party.

Selena wore the most gorgeous dress, holding Wally’s hand and toasting with the guests.

I looked at the bright appearance of the two and suddenly remembered that in the past five years, Wally had never taken me to any largescale events. He said that I was too beautiful and would attract men if he took me out, so I had to hide it and only show it to him.

As a result, many people had heard of me, but they didn’t know what I looked like.

At that time, I regarded his possessiveness as love for myself and felt that it was sweet.

In fact, he just wanted to make room for Selena. In his heart, the only person standing next to him could be Selena.

At this time, Selena pulled Wally to me and handed me a piece of strawberry with mango filling.

“Sisterinlaw, this is the cake I specially saved for you. You should try it.”

I didn’t want to expose her. The cake in her hand was actually the leftovers of others.

“I don’t feel well in my stomach, so I won’t eat it.”

Selena’s face changed immediately and she cried in grievance, “Is Sisterinlaw disliking the cake? Brother, Sisterinlaw doesn’t like me and I’m an eyesore to her, so I’d better leave.”

Wally’s face darkened instantly when he heard this and he picked up the cake and forced it into my mouth.

“Eat it if Selena asks you to. Don’t show off here.”

The sweet cream tasted bitter in my mouth and I slapped his hand away and scolded him coldly, “I said I don’t want to eat it, so don’t touch me.”

After that, I turned around and left, leaving them with a resolute back.

But as soon as I walked to the exit of the banquet, my head was dizzy and I could only hold the pillar next to me to stabilize my body.

Just when I was thinking about the cause of my stomachache, someone pushed me hard from behind and I rolled down the stairs of more than ten steps without any defense.

My head hit the floor hard and blood spurted out instantly.

When I raised my eyes, I met Selena’s smug eyes.

She crossed her arms and looked down at me.

“Linette, are you happy to be my substitute? My brother has never loved you from the beginning to the end. In his eyes, you are just a defective product that looks like me.”

As she said, she held my wrist, pointed at the wedding ring on it and said with a smile, “Do you know why this wedding ring is in the shape of a moon? It was specially designed by my brother based on my name. It should be worn on my hand, but you have occupied it for so many years. Give it back to me.”

Selena took off the wedding ring on my hand. The hard wedding ring rubbed a blood mark on my finger and I gasped in pain.

This wedding ring was given to me by Wally when he proposed to me. He said that the moon on it represented me and was the only light in his world.

But in fact, he left it for another woman and gave it to me just because I was a substitute.

The dizziness in my head became more and more intense and I had no strength to break away from Selena.

Selena saw my embarrassed look and laughed madly and then her fingers fell on my flat belly.

“Didn't my brother say that if you give birth to a boy, you should name him Howard and if it’s a girl, you should name her Audrey? In fact, this name is the name my brother and I chose for our future child.”

My heart tightened and the image of Wally excitedly naming the child when he found out I was pregnant flashed through my mind.

It was not enough for him to use me as a substitute, he even wanted my child to be a substitute.

The hatred in my heart was surging, but my body didn’t even have the strength to speak.

My head was really dizzy and my body was still hot.

Selena looked at me in a daze and sneered, “Finally, I have something to tell you. I put a little love potion in the cake I gave you. You may feel dizzy and hot, but it doesn’t matter. I have prepared a man for you.”

She clapped her hands and five gangsters came out of the darkness, looking at me with a wretched face. Selena pointed at me and ordered the five gangsters, “You can do whatever you want with this woman, but it’s best to kill the baby in her belly.”

As soon as the voice fell, the five gangsters carried me up and walked into the darkness. I struggled desperately, but it was useless. I wanted to shout for help, but I could only utter a few words hoarsely, “Help... Help…”

One of the gangsters covered my mouth, so that I couldn’t even make the last sound. I was taken into the darkness by them and placed in a corner near the banquet. From this angle, I could just see the entrance to the banquet. I saw Wally coming out. Seeing Selena standing at the door, he covered her with his coat considerately and asked her about my situation.

“Have you seen your sisterinlaw? I called her several times, but she didn’t answer.”

Selena immediately put on a selfblaming expression when she heard this.

“Sisterinlaw must be angry. It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have forced my sisterinlaw to eat cake. Brother, I’m sorry. If it weren’t for me, you and sisterinlaw wouldn’t have had a conflict. Otherwise, I’d better leave. Let’s contact less in the future.”

Hearing that Selena was leaving, Wally instantly forgot about my affairs, pulled her into his arms and said domineeringly, “You finally came back to me. You can’t leave anywhere. Your sisterinlaw is angry because she is narrowminded. You have been treating her well and she has been excluding you. Let her be angry if she wants to. I will definitely let her apologize to you later.”

After that, he hugged Selena’s waist and returned to the banquet.

Selena glanced at me, her provocative eyes seemed to tell me, “Linette, I told you long ago that you can’t win against me.”

I watched them leave in despair, tears welling up in my eyes.

“Don’t cry, little sister, we five will serve you well and make you unforgettable for life.”

The five hooligans looked at me with ill intentions, their eyes full of desire.

I wanted to struggle, but the effect of the drug in my body had reached its peak and my whole body seemed to have turned into a pool of water. I didn’t even have the strength to raise my hands.

The next second, the five hooligans rushed toward me and tore my clothes hard.

At the critical moment, it was the security guard who found me. He led people to drive away the hooligans and sent me to the hospital.

The dose of medicine Selena gave me was very large and I stayed in the hospital for nearly five days before I recovered.

I thought Wally would look for me when he found out that I had disappeared for so many days, but he didn’t, not even a message to ask.

I laughed. For five whole years, even if you raised a dog, you would have some masterservant feelings. But I had been with him for so long, but he was not willing to show me any concern.

After completing the discharge procedures, I took a taxi home.

There were still ten days before the divorce coolingoff period ends and I would be able to go to my parents soon.

When I opened the door at home, I saw Selena sitting on the sofa at a glance.

Selena sneered at me, “You are back. Do you feel good to be played with by five men?”

As she said that, her eyes fell on my belly.

“Is the bastard in your belly still alive? It doesn’t matter if he is alive. Brother will definitely not want a dirty thing that has been played with by other men.”

The anger that I had suppressed in my heart these days broke out completely when I saw Selena and I rushed up and slapped her.

“Shut up! You are a mistress. How dare you stand in front of me?”

Selena was slapped so hard that blood oozed from the corner of her mouth. She was about to get angry, but she caught a glimpse of Wally who came over. She immediately sat on the ground, covering her mouth and crying.

“Sisterinlaw, I just want to ask where you have been recently and why you haven’t come back for so many days. If you don’t want to tell me, forget it. Why did you hit me?”

Wally pushed me away without saying a word and picked up Selena carefully.

“Linette, why are you so vicious? What did Selena do wrong to you? You actually hit her like this. Apologize to her immediately.”

The man’s voice was gloomy, as if he would tear me apart if I didn’t agree.

I looked at him calmly and said word by word, “She asked five thugs to molest me. I gave her a slap, which was a bargain. You still want me to apologize to her. Impossible. Selena, this matter will not end like this. I have called the police and will send you to jail soon.”

Wally’s original sympathy for me disappeared instantly when he heard that I was going to call the police. He scolded me coldly, “Why do you let Selena go to jail? If she goes to jail, her future will be ruined. Linette, you can’t be so selfish.”

I smiled. “You should tell the police about this.”

Selena’s face changed drastically when she heard this and she threw herself into Wally’s arms in fear.

“Brother, I don’t do it on purpose. I just wanted to scare my sisterinlaw because she has been occupying my position for these years. I don’t want to go to jail, Brother…”

Wally patted her back and comforted her softly, “Don’t be afraid, Selena. I won’t let anything happen to you. It’s useless for your sisterinlaw to call the police. I am her husband and can sign a letter of apology for her. I won’t let anything happen to you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at me with anger in his eyes. “Before that, you can’t go anywhere. I will let you go only if you know you are wrong.”

I didn’t wait for him to finish his words and I admitted my mistakes.

“I’m sorry.”

Wally was stunned and looked at me in surprise.

I was afraid that he didn’t hear me, so I apologized to him loudly, “I’m sorry, I won’t hurt Selena again. Can you let me out?”

During the days I was locked up, Wally didn’t give me any food because I refused to admit my mistakes. I was so hungry that my chest was sticking to my back. I had used up my last strength to say that.

Wally looked at my haggard appearance and said helplessly, “Wouldn’t it be better if you did this earlier? Why are you always so stubborn? Let’s go, I’ll take you to dinner.”

I nodded and let him lead me to the dining table.

Selena had been sitting at the dining table waiting for a long time. When she saw me coming, she looked at me with guilt. “Oh, I’m sorry, sisterinlaw. I haven’t eaten all morning today. I have a very good appetite. I accidentally ate all the food and only left you some soup.”

As she said that, she pushed a bowl of pork rib soup with bone residue in front of me. “Sisterinlaw, you don’t mind, do you?”

In the past, I would definitely spill this bowl of soup on her face, but now I was so hungry that I was dizzy and took the bowl without thinking and drank it all. My body finally recovered some vitality.

Selena was surprised by my reaction and Wally said with relief, “It seems that you have to suffer a little to be obedient. Don’t do this again in the future. I will also feel bad if I punish you.”

Selena’s eyes flashed with hatred and she kicked me hard from under the table and I fell directly to the ground. Wally’s face changed and he reached out to help me, but Selena stopped him with a wail as she bumped into the table. He gave up and walked toward her without hesitation, turned around, hugged Selena and walked away.

I watched the backs of the two people going upstairs, a sneer flashed in my eyes and then I stood up and limped out of the villa.

After taking a taxi to the City Hall to get the divorce certificate, I sent Wally’s copy by express delivery, along with the divorce certificate and the induced abortion record.

After doing all this, I booked a flight to Dolmenvale and then left by car.

From now on, there would be no trace of me, Linette, in this country.

When Wally found out, I was gone. All I left him were the gifts I carefully prepared the child's embryo in the refrigerator, the divorce certificate and divorce agreement, and my termination of pregnancy record.