On the afternoon of September 11th, Raline cooked chicken soup for Hudson and brought it to him. The two stayed together in the CEO’s office until 1:30 a.m.
Later that night, Raline waited at the hotel entrance. At 11 p.m., she picked up Hudson and drove him home. He never went back that night.
At September 12th at 8:00 a.m., Raline spent two hours preparing seafood and took it to Hudson’s office. They were together for an hour.
On September 13th, they went out shopping. Raline bought Hudson a suit and even chose a tie herself, carefully tying it for him.
The next day, September 14th, Raline, who almost never posted on social media, shared a romantic photo from an Italian restaurant for the first time.
A bouquet of bright red roses was handed to a pair of elegant hands; even the caption was filled with joy. [Rekindling our love is my greatest blessing.]
The sound of their clinking glasses burned in my eyes.
After thinking it over for a while, I finally commented under it. [If you’re rekindling your love with another man, then what does that make your husband?]
My comment was deleted almost right away and then several sixty-second voice messages came from Raline.
“Why are you commenting on my Instagram? How do you expect people to react when you talk like that about Hudson?”
“You’re getting more and more petty, jealous over the smallest things. I only said that to get closer to my brother-in-law so we can have a child soon.”
Soon after, my mother-in-law burst into the house, angry and shouting. “Raline is younger than you, yet she knows how to look at the bigger picture. You’ve wasted thirty years of your life; it’s no wonder you’re destined to be a nobody.”
“Our Leighton Family helped you become a vice president, gave you honor and status, yet you’re still not satisfied and now want to ruin Raline Leighton’s plans.”
“Listen to me, if Hudson turns away from Raline because of you, I’ll never forgive you.”
I looked at my mother-in-law in disbelief. This was the elder I had always respected, now insulting and scolding me with harsh words.
Finally, I gave up completely and quietly handed her the divorce papers.
“If I’m so useless, then let Raline sign them. I won’t stand in the way of her big dream to revive the Leighton Family business.”