Chapter 3

When the relationship between a husband and wife changed, as a husband, I bore an undeniable responsibility.

I tried to have a proper talk with her, doing everything I could to salvage our marriage.

Bertha said she was going to Paris for a performance and would stay there for a while.

I asked with concern who she was going with.

She hesitated before replying, "Of course, with the team."

But she didn't know that in the afternoon, I chatted with the dance troupe leader at the hospital, and there was no such performance in Paris.

Suppressing my anger, I tried to persuade her earnestly.

"Bertha, I'm about to take my annual leave. I'll go anywhere you want with you. I don't want you to be with someone else..."

Bertha suddenly jumped up, furious and embarrassed.

"Daniel and I are colleagues. We're going there for work! Can you stop being so unreasonable?"

"I now have the chance to perform on a better stage. I'm just one step away from becoming a top dancer. Are you trying to stand in my way?"

I didn't want to continue arguing, so I tried to appease her with a diamond necklace I had prepared in advance.

"Bertha, your favorite brand has a new product. Try it and see if you like it."

She angrily threw the box aside and stormed out.

This time, we parted on bad terms, and Bertha didn't come home for an entire week.

I went to the rehearsal room to apologize.

From outside, I heard her laughing and joking with Daniel.

"I'm not going back. He has no sense of propriety at all. He's completely vulgar."

Daniel chuckled lightly, "Mr. Wells is a busy man, busy with saving lives. Go easy on him even though he lacks elegance."

Bertha suddenly burst into laughter. "He is busy and dirty, always with an awful smell. It's all your fault for leaving without saying goodbye back then. Otherwise, would I have married a butcher?"

A butcher?

She used to praise me for having noble ideals. Was that what she truly thought of me?

I stood outside the door with a bitter smile, feeling as if my heart was being torn apart.