Though I had never worked in his company, even I could tell that he had sacrificed significant amount profits for Taylor's sake. The company’s spokesperson was her favorite celebrity. The projects were always based in Taylor's favorite location. Even the payment schedules for each deal were tied to dates significant to Taylor, whether it washer birthday, her wedding anniversary, or the day she first met Matt.
With trembling hands, I opened his private photo album. There, in every photo, was Taylor's smiling face. Some photos showed her attending events as Mrs. O'Donnell, while others captured her celebrating successful projects with Gregg.
In every shot that featured Gregg, Matt would crop him out of the photo and only left Taylor's face in it. There were a thousand photos in total. They were the chronicled of the events of the past five years.
Beyond the photos, I also found numerous records of auction purchases. Each one was for a piece of jewelry sent to Taylor under the guise of a corporate gift. He told her that it was a thank-you gift for the partner.
Each detail stabbed at my heart like a needle. I recognized those jewelry brands because I’d seen them before.
Matt told me they were gifts he’d chosen for me, but now I knew they were just promotional giveaways from the auction house.
A bitter laugh escaped my lips as I closed the album. Instead, I booked a plane ticket to leave the country in three days and filed applications to cancel all my legal documents.
Three days were enough to end five years of marriage.
I could not fall asleep at all last night. So when the morning came, I went out to freshen up, only to hear my phone rang.
Matt's confused voice immediately sounded, "Did you cancel some documents, Fiona?"
I quickly grabbed my phone and calmly explained, “It’s nothing. My ID card expired, so I scheduled a time to renew it.”
“Aren’t you supposed to have a meeting today?" I asked. "Go on, don’t keep them waiting.”
He didn’t press any further. He simply pulled me into a tender embrace and whispered in my ear, “Thank you, my wife. Marrying someone as kind and virtuous as you is the greatest blessing of my life.”
I smiled faintly but said nothing.
“As a reward, how about a big surprise from your husband today?” he teased.
“Sure. I’ll be waiting at home," I calmly said.