I held onto those words.
So after we got married, just like before, I never troubled him. I simply stood by him silently.
Roger was a professor at Hensen University and also the vice dean of the college.
Daniel never wanted people to say he was networking, so I never appeared in front of his colleagues.
He was busy, so I waited for him at home every day, making sure he could come back to a meal and relax.
I knew Barbara had returned to the country, and I knew they were working on the same project.
But I trusted him because he promised to be good to me for a lifetime.
But long-term companionship could be exhausting.
I wasn't sure if I had the strength to continue chasing after him.
"Could you look over my divorce agreement for me?"
I handed the printed divorce agreement to my good friend, Bella Dent.
Bella was a lawyer. She had joked before that if I ever got divorced, she would help. Little did I know how true that would become.
This wasn't the first time I had seen this divorce agreement.
I had seen it in Daniel's study before.
We had argued about it for days.
He explained it was a colleague's divorce agreement that he was reviewing.
I made him promise never to show me a divorce agreement again.
I never thought that this time, it would be my own divorce agreement and that I would be seriously considering divorce.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure he leaves with nothing," Bella said confidently as she took the divorce agreement and left in a hurry.
Indeed, I had already lost his heart; I couldn't afford to lose my money as well.
After all, I couldn't afford to be reckless now that Roger was gone.
I went back to Roger's house to collect his things.
Daily necessities were few, so I quickly tidied up.
However, the sheer volume of documents in his study left me in a dilemma.
Roger fell ill suddenly this time, so many of his horizontal projects had not been handed over.
I realized I hadn't added many of his students on WhatsApp.
It had always been Daniel contacting those students.
Daniel, my father's proud disciple, had stayed at Hensen University after obtaining his Ph.D.
Roger had provided him with many project resources, so despite his young age, Daniel's projects were even better than those of many senior professors.
The academic conference he was currently attending even bore my father's name.
It seemed best to contact him for the project handover.
After much deliberation, I called him.