seven-year itch - Chapter 11

Hearing these words, my heart settled a little.

For Jiang Wan to ask this way, at least it showed she wasn’t too foolish.

She still knew when to stop.

She was just like those other women, jealous and competitive.

She wanted to hint at me, to make me cut off all ties with those flirty women outside.

And then, we could go on living together in peace as if nothing had happened.

After all, she still loved me.

Even faced with the fact of my infidelity, all she did was throw a minor tantrum.

Like a small pebble dropping into a calm lake, stirring only the faintest ripple.

Thinking of this, I couldn’t help but feel secretly pleased.

A man’s life is nothing more than money, power, and women.

Now I had them all.

Even two women willing to tolerate the existence of the other for my sake.

But a mistress and a wife are ultimately not the same.

A mistress is for pleasure and amusement.

A wife is different.

I might not love her, but I cannot leave her.

Because there are things between us that weigh no less than love, things I cannot ignore.

I picked up the phone on the bedside table and called the head of the HR department.

After a few rings, the call was answered.

I suppressed my voice.

Tried to make it sound as calm and unruffled as possible.

“Inform Assistant Zhou that she doesn’t need to come to work next Monday.”