After Stella Xu once again tacitly allowed others to call her sister's boyfriend "Brother-in-law" in the name of work. I didn't go crazy. I didn't make a scene. I even raised my glass generously, echoing the compliments others showered on them. "Yes, they are a perfect match." Stella looked up sharply, shock unhidden in her eyes. "What did you call him?" I looked at her pale face and smiled faintly. "Brother-in-law." Chapter 1 Stella's shock lasted only a second. In a blink, she was cold and indifferent again. "Shawn, do you have to talk like that?" She frowned slightly, her tone impatient. "The day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Tyler and I are going to New York to meet clients." "Stay home and behave. Don't try to ruin anything. We are just..." She paused, as if waiting for me to explode. But I just nodded. "Mmhmm. I know. You guys are together just for work." She narrowed her eyes, scanning my calm face, trying to find a crack. "He's also the brand ambassador for the company's new line," she added tentatively. "You know..." I curled my lips again to show understanding. "I know. Helping Tyler build his career was Nora's dying wish." "As her sister, you should fulfill it for her." She froze again. Hesitating to speak, "Shawn, you..." I smiled calmly. "Don't worry." "I won't disturb you anymore." Chapter 2 Stella seemed to want to say more, but was cut off by Tyler's warm, magnetic voice. "Stella, come quickly! Time to cut the cake—" On stage, Tyler acted like the host. He waved at her openly. Under the spotlight, he was tall and handsome, like a well-nourished pine tree. The next second, an intimate photo of them appeared on the big screen. Cheers erupted from the crowd. "Perfect match!" "The boss's husband is insanely handsome!!" A company gala was turned into something resembling their wedding. The company expanded fast. Few knew I was the real husband of the boss. A few old employees cast sympathetic glances at me. Stella didn't move, just glanced at me lazily. She was waiting. Waiting for me to lose control, roar, and smash the cake into Tyler's smug face like before. But I just calmly took out the gold gift box I had prepared for a long time from my pocket. Handed it to her. "A belated gift for the IPO. Congratulations, President Xu." She was visibly stunned, then her mouth curled into her habitual lazy arc. "How long has it been since the IPO? You just remembered now?" She took the box, fingertips accidentally grazing my skin. "Finally learned some sense." Under the glittering gold packaging, a divorce agreement lay quietly inside. Thinking about it now. We started with a gift, and ended with a gift. A beginning and an end. "Shawn," her voice suddenly softened, the warm light plating her with a gentle illusion. "Come up with me." Is she asking for peace? No, it's charity. Giving me a little sweetness in public to keep me leashed. I shook my head. "No need." After all, last time, I presumptuously stood by her side. And was mercilessly pushed away by employees who didn't know me. "This is Mr. Tyler's spot. Who are you to steal the spotlight?" At that time, Stella acted as if she heard nothing, indifferently letting me embarrass myself. Then she intimately pulled Tyler to her side. The past is unbearable to recall. I immediately stopped the memory. Her eyes turned cold instantly. She stepped closer, lowering her voice so only we could hear. "Pretending to be generous? What new trick is this?" Her breath hit my face. "Who was kneeling on the ground begging me not to leave half a month ago? Shawn, who are you performing for?" I looked up, looking at her clearly. "Not pretending." I said. It's just that the tsunami in my heart has long subsided. After all the pain, madness, and unwillingness evaporated. I have no reason to stay here. Chapter 3 She turned and went on stage with a tense face, the spotlight chasing her. That graceful back suddenly overlapped with old memories. I almost forgot, she was once the person who held the whole world in front of me. One evening without warning, the doorbell rang. I opened the door, and a distraught figure stumbled, exclaiming, and fell right onto Stella who was about to go out. She supported his arm almost instinctively. I still remember his tearful face, saying something ridiculously unbelievable. "Stella, Nora is gone..." "The things she promised, haven't been done yet..." "She said you would complete them for her, is it true?" He held the so-called Nora's long "Bucket List" in his hand. Kissing by Erhai Lake, a wedding on a cliff... Asking my wife to romance her dead sister's boyfriend? But such an absurd request made Stella silent. Silence like ice, creeping over my chest inch by inch. "You won't... really date for your sister, will you?" I asked hoarsely, my voice shaking a little. She met my eyes, the coldness on her face disappearing immediately, hugging me gently. "What are you thinking?" "If I chase a husband for Nora, who will spoil my husband?" My suspended heart settled immediately. But later. She flew to Tibet on our wedding anniversary to accompany Tyler on a "pilgrimage hike." New Year's Eve, she went diving with him in the equatorial waters. When I realized it later. The simple silver ring on her ring finger had been replaced by a sky-high priced diamond matching Tyler's. Facing my breakdown and questioning, she said lightly, "Respect the dead." "It's just a list. Nora owed him, I have to pay it back." She started taking him around in the name of work. VP title, million-dollar salary, always together. That moment I understood, there was no dying wish. It was just a woman's long-planned change of heart, and another man's justified plunder. And I became the most pathetic joke in this game. Chapter 4 Arguments, questioning, screaming. I tore the upbringing accumulated over twenty years into shreds. Hysterically shouting at the phone screen late at night, "The list says a wedding, are you going to marry him too?!" She didn't answer. Leaving me with longer silences and later returns. The last breakdown happened at her financing celebration banquet. The champagne tower refracted blinding light. Tyler held her, accepting compliments about being a talented man and beautiful woman. I stared at them dead on. "Homewrecker." My voice wasn't loud, but it made the whole venue dead silent instantly. The look Stella turned to me was cold enough to freeze my blood instantly. A week later, I received a dismissal letter from the university and a notification that my platform account was permanently banned. The professional image built over ten years turned to nothing overnight. I rushed into her office like a madman, smashing the documents on her desk. "Clarify! Stella, go tell them clearly—" She leaned back in her chair leisurely, her gaze sweeping over my tear-stained face. As if examining a failed defective product. "Look at yourself," she curled her lips. "Don't you look like a lunatic?" "Aren't you supposed to understand psychology best?" She leaned forward, word by word. "With your behavior, how can you counsel others?" "I told you long ago, Tyler follows me for work." She sneered, picking up the dismissal letter and tossing it lightly back to my feet. "You insisted on making a scene. Shawn, you deserve this bitterness."
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