Marriage lies Ch 4

Marriage lies Ch 4

To help him, I worked like crazy for days

calling in every favor, drinking Godknows- 

what, just to give him a surprise on his 

birthday

Rainey saw I was late, and snorted

She can’t even be on time for your birthday

That’s so disrespectful.” 

Mark waved her off

She’s always dragging her feet. No sense of 

time, it’s so annoying.” 

Rainey sipped her tea, then laughed

How can you say that about your wife? She’s 

a bigshot executive, she manages a bunch 

of people! She’d be furious if she knew.” 

Mark was dismissive

It’s true, though. If she didn’t have her 

parents backing her up, she’d never have 

gotten that far.” 

Seven PM, I finally landed the client, signed 

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the deal

I ran to the party, so excited to tell him

Everyone was impressed, praising my skills

But Mark just threw a bucket of cold water on 

  1. me

So what? It’s just a little client. Nothing to 

get so excited about.” 

The way you’re acting, you’d think you 

landed a billiondollar deal.” 

Everyone looked uncomfortable. Old Bai tried 

to change the subject

I sat down, embarrassed. Mark was still 

glowering, so I tried to get him to lighten up

I brought up my plans to buy some new 

clothes

Which of these dresses do you think looks 

good on me?” 

Rainey came over, holding her wine, then 

looked at my phone screen and gasped

Ugh, those are so frumpy. You wear those 

drab skirts to work?” 

She covered her mouth and giggled

No wonder Mark says he’s not interested

It’skind of a turnoff.” 

Rainey giggled, then put her hand on Mark’s 

shoulder

She snuggled up close, her eyes so innocent

Mark didn’t pull her hand away. He just 

looked at me, his face disgusted

No taste at all. Totally drab.” 

I didn’t get it. What was so wrong with normal 

professional clothes

Later, I found out that when everyone was 

praising me, Rainey pulled Mark aside

Mark, you married her because she’s 

capable, right? Oh, so longI am still 

nothing.” 

If I could be a boss like that, it would be so 

good.” 

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Mark felt bad for her

Don’t say that. Even if you can’t do anything

you’re beautiful, and you’re a million times 

better than her in my eyes.” 

Rainey choked up

Waaah, I’ll dress up more, then, and make

you happy.” 

I only found out about that conversation 

because one of Mark’s friends couldn’t stand 

what was going on

He pulled me aside to warn me about Rainey

That night, I confronted Mark. Was he 

planning to get back together with Rainey

Mark didn’t look guilty at all. He just 

shrugged

Did you even think before asking that? If

said yes, would you divorce me?” 

Let’s be real. I married you because you 

loved me so much. You were my backup 

plan, but you were the backup plan who 

worshiped me the most

You’re like a puppy, always there when I call

Marrying a woman like you is good for my 

career.” 

I was stunned

Mark, all these years, have you never loved 

me?” 

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He looked me up and down

Look at you. You don’t even dress up for 

work. Which man doesn’t want to look at 

beauty? You think I love you now?” 

If I walked down the street with you and 

Rainey, who do you think looks more like my 

wife?” 

He was right

I hadn’t bothered dressing up for years

But did he ever ask himself who was helping 

him with paperwork at night while, holding 

down a fulltime job

Did he forget who was calling in favors to 

land the big clients he couldn’t get

I put my years of youth and energy into 

building his company, and now he was

complaining that I didn’t dress up

I always thought people had hearts. I thought if you put in enough effort, they’d notice

But I forgot to look at his nature. If he was 

heartless, nothing I did would matter

He only loved himself

For two days, Mark visited me at the hospital

I gave him the cold shoulder, so he sat there 

like a lost puppy

Finally, my best friend, Liz, kicked him out

Seriously going overseas? Not coming back 

for three years?Liz said, sighing

I nodded, showing her my new assignment

Three years to grind overseas. When I get 

back, I’ll see what I can do.” 

I’d made my decision

Without love, I could focus on my career

I told you to dump him a long time ago. Glad 

you finally came to your senses,Liz said

clearly hating Mark

Mark’s family was welloff in town

But my family was richer and more influential

In Liz’s words, I was marrying down

When we were planning the wedding, Mark’s 

parents were happy

They wanted to give me three million in cash

plus a big apartment

But Mark said that would spoil me

He secretly told his parents to cut back

Just give her a million. Her family’s so rich

they won’t even notice the difference.” 

If we give her more, she’ll just brag about it 

and make me look bad. If I weren’t worried 

about hurting her feelings, I wouldn’t give her 

a cent.” 

His parents did what he said

He admitted this while drunk

He came in with his assistant, pointed at me

and slurred

Won’t ask for anything. You just love me so 

much.” 

One million, and her family gave back

mansion. I can brag about that for the rest of 

my life. Marrying a woman and making 

money? I’m the best.” 

Now that I didn’t love him, all his behavior 

seemed awful

When are you going?Liz asked

I was a little out of it

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