The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 440 No Longer Associated

"Susie." Flashes of unprecedented exhaustion and despair appeared in the pits of Julian's eyes. "That’s my mother. If I let her go about her way, she'll kill herself.”

"Yes, that's your mother." Susan stared at Julian, a mocking tone slowly tinting her eyes.

Susan's expression suddenly threw Julian off.

He grabbed her hands. "Susie, we aren't really divorcing. I can forge a certificate of divorce and deceive mom. I have clues about the poisoning case too. When the truth is revealed, everything will be fine.”

Susan drank in Julian with her eyes quietly. She loved this man deeply. He had said that he did not really want to divorce her. He had said that he only wanted a fake divorce to outwit Madam Shaw.

Why then... Why did Susan only feel endless despair?

Susan’s silence unnerved Julian. "Susie... I promise that I won't let you bear this for too long."

A small smile finally appeared on Susan's face as she kept her eyes on him. "You won't let me bear it for too long. Julian, should I be thanking you for your benevolence right now?”

There was a strange glint in Susan's expression that Julian could not put his finger on for now.

"We'll stay husband and wife, openly and legitimately, if you want that. We will divorce, just as openly and legitimately, if you want a divorce. I’m not accepting a fake divorce," Susan said calmly.

That was her marriage and her home, but she and Chessie had been kicked out without any respect.

A fake divorce? Yes, perhaps they could dismiss Madam Shaw that way and perhaps she would not make their lives difficult when the truth was unearthed, but Susan was truly quite exhausted.

Ever since she had gotten together with Julian, Madam Shaw had felt like a nightmare haunting her life constantly.

The damage Madam Shaw had done to her and Chessie alone was much more than everything else added together, yet she had only forgiven her time and again because she was Julian's mother.

Did Julian think that she had been born to please someone who despised her? Did he think that she did not harbor a sliver of resentment in her? Did he think that she deserved being humiliated by Madam Shaw over and over again?

This was enough.

Susan really thought that she'd had enough of a life like that.

Madam Shaw did not approve of her from the bottom of her heart. Even if this incident was over and done with, there would be another one and then another one

One Madam Shaw was enough to cause her the trouble of 10 Madam Shaws.

If Susan had been alone, she could have gone through such a predicament tenfold for Julian. Now, however, she had Chessie.

She was never letting Chessie go through another grievance.

"Susie." Julian's gaze on Susan was heartbroken. "It’s just a few days. Wait a few days for me, okay?"

An extreme sense of exhaustion bubbled from the bottom of Susan's heart. She rubbed the spot between her brows." Julian, haven't I waited enough? She's your family, but Chessie and I are not? We didn't even do anything wrong, but we had to go through all this. Do we deserve it?"

"Susie, my mom’s more domineering and obstinate. Her decisions can hardly be changed. You're my lover, but your temper i s much better than my mom’s. I can only..."

"You can only hope that I bear this time and again, right?" Susan's tone was deep and laced with erupting anger. She lifted her head up abruptly to pierce Julian's eyes. "Because I love you, because I have a good temper, I can only keep bearing this? Julian Shaw! The squeaky wheel gets the oil, huh? Do I have to cry, make a fuss, and threaten to commit suicide too so you'll think of me and Chessie more?”

Julian had never seen Susan this enraged and could not help being stunned.

Taking a deep breath, Susan repressed her rage. "Julian Shaw, even when this poisoning case is over, next time and the time after that, your mother will still grouse and argue with just the slightest instigation to force us to get a divorce.

Since she looks down on me so much and you're such a great son, I, Susan Shelby, will excuse myself and stop being a part of the Shaw Family. You can leave now."

Susan expressed her wish to see him leave, rousing unprecedented panic within Julian. Before coming he had always felt that Susan would forgive him, like she had done in the past, as long as he explained it all properly to her. This time, she had erupted.

Julian refused to leave, causing Susan to call out for George. The latter pulled him out of the door forcefully.

"Susie!" Julian called. With a bam, Susan closed the door.

She leaned against the fixture, her eyes rimmed red, but she persevered, refusing to let her tears flow. She still loved Julian and longed for him. However, she had parents, a family, and a kid. She was fine with a small injustice, but her family would worry and her kid would feel the disservice too.

In that case, divorce was the only way out.

She might as well comply with Madam

Shaw's wish. From now on, she and the

Shaws would no longer be associated.

Leaning against the door, Susan slowly slid down and hugged her knees helplessly.

'Chessie, I'm sorry... Mommy can’t give you a complete family anymore.’

'Don’t worry, mommy will love you even more. Mommy will make sure you have a happy childhood.’

George summoned the guards and hauled Julian to the entrance directly.

"Okay, you've seen her now. You can leave." George's voice resonated like a copper bell.

"Dad, let me see Susie a bit more. She didn't look good at all just now. I’m worried about her health..." Julian said anxiously.

"What do you need to be worried about when Susie's with her family? No one will barge in here and ask her to get out." Luna taunted him. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Julian choked, unable to say anything.

After a long moment, he said grimly, "Mom, please, let me see Susie. I never thought that she poisoned my mother from the beginning, nor have I considered really divorcing her. I was going to

fight for more time by bluffing and getting a fake divorce for my mom while I investigated the truth. I

"A fake divorce? How could you even do that?" Luna cut him off with a frown.

"It won't take long. I'll find out the truth as soon as possible," Julian quickly said.

"You don't get it. The point isn't the truth now. It's that Madam Shaw doesn't even believe in Susie.” Luna raised a brow. "This is bound to happen again. Since you’ve caved in to your mother once, you'll do the same again. Are you going to keep getting a fake divorce?

"Even if it's a fake separation, you’ll have to act, right? What will Chessie think when she sees how her parents are behaving? She's really young. How could she distinguish a real from a fake divorce?”