My heart missed a beat. I looked back at him and played it down. “No one, just an ordinary sales call.”
After hearing this, Xavier was ready to continue asking when a knock came from behind. Millie leaned in with half her head showing, her large, lively big eyes looking around.
Her tone was gentle and pure. “Ah, President Barrington, did I interrupt you?”
Xavier answered gently, “No, you come at the right time.”
He walked over and led Millie inside. Right in front of me, he said, “Didn’t you have an abortion two days ago? I give you one week off. Go home and rest. Leave the upcoming work to Millie.”
I opened my mouth, but finally said nothing and simply nodded in silence.
Before, I had miscarried twice for him, and he never cared about my physical health. Now, just to clear the path for Millie, he could actually go this far.
He had actually promoted a newly graduated college student to design director!
My chest throbbed with a dull pain. I forcibly held back the bitter emotion.
Either way, I was about to leave. The company’s future no longer concerned me.
Once Xavier finished his instructions, he walked out with Millie.
I calmed my emotions and printed a resignation notice and a divorce agreement.
It stated that I would leave the marriage with nothing. I wanted nothing.
Even the twenty-three years of feelings I had for Xavier.
I didn’t want it anymore.
Clutching the documents, I walked to Xavier’s office. As I opened the door, I vaguely heard someone say, “Shadow, go! Bite the bad person to death!”
Almost immediately, a dog lunged out and bit my leg harshly.
Enduring the pain, I kicked the dog away. Only then did I recognize it as a small Pomeranian. It hit the ground and whimpered in pain.
“Shadow, Shadow, are you okay?”
Millie hurried forward and scooped up the Pomeranian, accusation written in her eyes. “Miss Gordon, how can you have no compassion? Didn’t your parents teach you to love animals?”
“Or is it that you don’t even have the most basic human compassion?”
Enduring the throbbing pain in my calf, I stared coldly at the dog. “If an animal isn’t properly leashed, it deserves to be taught a lesson.”
Millie became so mad that she aimed a finger at me.
I brushed it away and said coldly, “You may have been born to a mother, but clearly not raised by one. Has no one ever told you that pointing at people is impolite?”
“President Barrington, Director Gordon is really going too far, bullying others. Come stand up for me!” Unable to argue back, Millie immediately called for help.
Xavier, who had been working, walked to her side and backed her up. “Irene, apologize.”
Although I already understood Xavier could bend many rules for Millie, my chest still burned with pain.
I stubbornly replied, “I did nothing wrong. I will not say sorry.”
Noticing that I stayed stubborn and showed no regret, Xavier directly said, “Millie, slap her.”
Before I could respond, Millie struck my cheek.
My anger immediately rose. I lifted my hand to hit back, but Xavier stopped it in midair.
He coldly scolded, “How long are you going to keep causing trouble?”
Seeing the provocation in Millie’s eyes, my chest tightened with pain. In a rough voice, I asked, “Am I the one causing trouble? Wasn’t it her urging the animal to bite me?”
Xavier’s eyes turned cold. “It is only a dog bite. It will not kill you.”
“How can you be so fake?”
After arguing back at me, Xavier turned toward Millie, his eyes showing concern for the Pomeranian. “Let us take it to the hospital first.”
I stood there, stunned.
I thought back to when I was pregnant the first time. Back then, I was carrying a six-month belly when I caught him being unfaithful for the first time.
Overcome by anger, I disturbed the fetus, and blood poured out everywhere. Xavier looked at me with disgust. When he passed by, he left behind one sentence. “Really unlucky.”
Back then, I pleaded with him to bring me to the hospital, but he replied, “It is just some bleeding. It will not kill you.”
In the end, the baby did not survive, and I became extremely weak afterward.
And now, because of Millie, Xavier was actually willing to take her to the hospital himself.
I laughed self-mockingly in my heart.
In a hoarse voice, I said, “There is a document here. Please sign it.”
Xavier accepted the document and was just about to examine it when Millie called out nervously, “President Barrington, Shadow seems like it is dying…”
Xavier had no time to review it. He signed it casually and left with Millie and the dog.
As he passed me, his shoulder struck me hard. My leg throbbed faintly, almost making me lose my balance.
I handed my resignation to HR. When a colleague saw it, they seemed unable to accept it. “Director Gordon, everyone recognizes your skills. Perhaps President Barrington is just temporarily mistaken. How about giving it a bit more time?”
I shook my head and answered decisively, “Not waiting. I find my family.”
From the moment I first caught Xavier being unfaithful to now, three full years had gone by.
Every half month, Xavier would tell me to “wait a little longer.” He was just fooling around with those women to handle the boss.
But this time, I plainly realized that Millie held no ordinary position in his heart.
So, I didn’t want to keep waiting anymore.
