Till Wealth Do Us Part

My wife was gone for 6 months on a business trip. The day she returned, however, she was not alone.

Hand in hand, my wife showed up with her lover—my client. This was not even the worst part—she was also 3 months' pregnant.

My client, in all his beer-bellied arrogance, hurled the contract at my feet, smirking. "Mr. Carter, your wife has gone to so much trouble for this partnership. Truth be told, I would never, not even in a million years, have agreed to partner with you if it wasn't for her!"

My wife caressed her pregnant belly and said smugly, "I was the one who successfully got Mr. Lewis' business! I'll let you have it, though, as long as you agree to get a divorce!"

I tore the contract into shreds and roared, "You want a divorce? Fine! I'll give it to you, but I'll never sign this!"

My wife, Mia, stared at the shreds of paper all over the ground, utterly dumbstruck. "Miles! You better think long and hard about this…

"Don't you know that this partnership alone is enough to sustain your lame company for almost a year?

"Or perhaps you're not satisfied by this amount I'm offering?

"Well, in that case, you can eat yourself!

"You're too greedy, and this will be the last time I'm ever helping you!"

I stared at her, affronted. I knew my eyes were probably red from close to crying, but I did not care. "Mia, do you know what day it is today?"

"What day?" She finally paused to gaze around her, registering her surroundings for the first time since stepping in.

To her surprise, she realized that the entire office was decked out in streamers and balloons.

She read the banner and sneered. "Celebrating three years of Carter Advertising?

"What's there to celebrate?

"We would have much more to celebrate if it weren't for your poor leadership! If you had been a better boss, you wouldn't need to send your own wife, the vice president of your company, out to get clients!

"I guess I shouldn't be complaining, though, because I'll be working for Keith very soon."

I slowly took my wedding ring off and placed it on the table before me. I could not help but notice that Mia was not even wearing hers anymore.

"You probably don't remember anymore, Mia, but today is not just our company's three year anniversary. It's also our fifth wedding anniversary. Don't you remember? Two years after we got married, you fell pregnant, but you insisted on terminating it, because you wanted to be a high-flying career woman. You didn't want to have a child because it would prevent you from reaching your goals.

"I honored your wish, and took out a massive loan to start up this company. All these years I've treated it like the child we never had…"

I did not even get to finish, because the next moment, Mia hurled my wedding ring onto the ground and