Learning Love From Goodbye

"I've thought about it. Please draft up a divorce agreement for me, Mr. Chastain," Carina Sherwood says to her divorce attorney, Leo Chastain.

It's her fifth wedding anniversary with Aster Ducant, but Carina spends it at the lawyer's office instead because Aster is busy having fun with his secretary, Stella Winters, at home.

Carina is his wife, but she ends up being the one chased out of the house.

They have been married for five years, but Aster hasn't announced their marriage to the people at the company. At first, Carina thinks of bringing it up to him.

However, it just takes a few sentences from Aster for her to know that there's no need for that anymore.

"Stella's home alone, and the electricity at her place just went out. She has nowhere else to go. I'm asking her to come over for dinner. You're fine with that, aren't you?"

The best way Carina can think of to end the last five years of their relationship is through divorce.

"Can you have the divorce draft ready by today, Mr. Chastain?" Carina Sherwood asked her divorce attorney, Leo Chastain.

She was unable to put up with the sounds of Aster Ducant and Stella Winters happily chatting with each other in the mansion anymore.

The night breeze was very cold that night, but it couldn't even compare to the loneliness in Carina's heart.

This was her home too, and today was supposed to be her fifth wedding anniversary with Aster. And yet, her own husband had chased her out of the mansion so that Stella, his secretary, wouldn't feel awkward about being there.

There was a sigh on the other end of the line. "Ms. Sherwood, let's talk in person instead."

…

An hour ago, Carina had just reached home, feeling thoroughly exhausted, as she sat down at the dinner table. She looked at the colorful dishes on the table—a full 12-course meal—and sighed quietly.

"Aster, you know that I can't eat spicy food…"

Carina wasn't picky with her food, but there wasn't much she could eat on the table at all. She didn't want to put her life at risk just because she wasn't a picky eater.

Aster knew that she was deathly allergic to peppers. That had been the reason why all of the food she'd prepared in the past was seasoned without anything spicy at all.

And yet, the entire 12-course meal laid out before her was mostly spicy or made with peppers.

Aster pushed the only dish that didn't have peppers in them toward Carina. It was a simple cheese omelette.

"You know that I'm very busy at work and never have the time to pay attention to all these little details," he said, sounding displeased.

"Everyone at the company is depending on me for their livelihood. I've already made the time and effort to meet you for dinner today, so stop making such a huge fuss over a problem that doesn't even exist. Isn't the cheese omelette