Delaying This Won’t Be Good

During this period of recuperation, Louise often visited me to chat. And each time, she would bring me nutritious soup. All wounds on my body might heal, but the void left by my failed marriage might not so easily heal. Even if that wound were to heal one day, it would still leave a scar in my heart.

Shane called me several times, but not once did I answer him. Each time that I saw his name flickering on the screen of my phone, it felt like my wounded heart was being hurt again.

Truthfully, I didn't want to recall what that bastard did to me. Every time I remembered it, I would feel as though my heart and very soul were being torn apart. It was a most painful process for me, almost akin to torture.

And since he couldn't get through to me, Shane came straight to my house.

The second I opened the door and saw him, I was about to slam at his face without a word. But then, he reached out to hold the door.

"Eveline, we need to divorce. It wouldn't be good for either of us to delay this." He was wrong. He was the only one who would suffer if this divorce was delayed. After all, his damned mistress was pregnant.

The more anxious he became, the less I did. Just the thought of upsetting him would instill joy in my heart.

"Shane, if you want to have fun with your shitty mistress, then do it. But don't even think of persuading me to sign the divorce agreement. Once her belly gets bigger, we'll see who the people will scorn; me or her."

After that, I slammed the door at his face. Shane kept on knocking and calling my name for a while, but I completely ignored him.

Later, Louise arrived and I told her how

it turned out. She praised me for what I did.

"Eve, stall him for as long as you can. After all, you're in no hurry to marry another man. You can do whatever you want to do! Piss him off as much as you can. That bitch is dying to marry Shane, but you're going to make her suffer. Don't give her the satisfaction of being able to wear a wedding dress. If everyone finds out that she destroyed another woman's marriage, she'll be criticized by the public!"

Louise's words made a lot of sense. It was true that I must be tough. When I thought of what had happened, I realized that aside from the fact that I had no powerful family background, another reason Shane and Vivien were pushing me around so blatantly was because I used to be cowardly.

So, whether it was for revenge or just for the sake of never being bullied again, it was high time that I changed myself.

During Valentine's Day, Louise visited me and brought me new clothes. She to/d me that she wanted to take me out for some fun. Truthfully, I preferred not to go, but I couldn't change her mind, so I had to change into the clothes she had bought

for me.

Once I was almost done, I heard someone knocking at the door, followed by Louise's cursing.

"Shane Hayes? What the fuck do you think you're doing here? Did you come here to let me punch your ugly mug?"

Right after she said that, I heard the sound of a face being punched. Hurriedly, I zipped up my dress and walked out. It was then that I saw Shane, bent over and turning to one side, motionless.

Louise had studied Taekwondo, and it would not be surprising for her to deliver a powerful blow.

"That punch was for Eve, Shane. I'm telling you, I've trained my fist just so I could beat up scumbags like you."

Shane finally got up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked

at me.

time

to

settle

our

"Eveline, it's disagreement."

He was quite good at choosing a date, I must say. He had chosen to talk to me about our divorce during Valentine's Day.

"Screw you, Shane! Just get the fuck out of here, and stay as far away as possible!

Louise growled.

Then, she pulled me away from Shane, and shoved the latter.

"Don't get in my way!"

It was then that she put her arm around my shoulders. "Come on, Eve! Let's go have some fun. We'll find some handsome men to play with. If you end up liking any of them, get a room and sleep with him! That scumbag won't be able to stop you anyway."

Naturally, I wasn't going to do what Louise had said, but her bald words had excited me, especially when I walked around the corner and saw the displeasure written all over Shane's face. I couldn't be happier.

Later on, Louise took me to a salon to get my hair done. I stared at myself in the mirror and saw that my medium-length hair had been waved. I looked quite fashionable

While staring at me in the mirror, Louise remarked, "Look at that! I knew you'd be beautiful with a little dressing up. Today, you're going to make all of those men stare at you."

She then took me to a bar named Blue Sky.

I seldom visited such places. The sound of the harsh music and flickering neon lights made me very uncomfortable.

With her arm around my shoulders, Louise passed through the dancing_crowd. From time to time, people would whistle at us.

"Try to be more open-minded, Eve," she said to me as we walked. "You can even do the same thing that asshole did to you! Have some fun. If you happen to like any man out here, go and flirt with him."

Awkwardly, I walked while looking around uneasily. Suddenly, I was stunned when I caught sight of a familiar face.

There were two women and three men sitting at a VIP booth nearby, and one of them was Derek