Unwanted Marriage: Honey, No More Divorce!

Chapter 309: Headlines

Wendy felt really groggy. She had a dream.

In her dream, Michael had his arm around Yvonne’s waist. She smiled at Wendy and said, "You hussy. You knew that Michael was in love with someone else, but you still insisted on marrying him. You are shameless!"

"I will not fall in love with you, Wendy. I will never fall in love with you." Michael said to her.

"No, no..." Wendy wanted to explain. She took a step forward but the people in front of her disappeared.

Then, she heard someone speaking behind her.

"Wendy, why are you still alive? If you were dead, Michael and I would have been married a long time ago. Why did you come back? Let me tell you. Michael doesn’t love you. He has never loved you. He only feels guilt towards you and wants to make up to you."

Wendy turned around and saw Michael and Yvonne standing together, their hands were clasped tightly together.

"Go to hell, Wendy!" A knife suddenly appeared in Yvonne’s hand. The knife went straight into Wendy’s chest instantly.

Wendy looked down. Her heart lurched. She was frightened and afraid.

Meanwhile, Michael stood by and watched the whole scene play out with a smile on his face.

"No, no, please..." Wendy’s forehead was soaked with large beads of sweat.

"Corrine, Corrine?" Todd saw the pained expression on Wendy’s face and guessed that she was having a nightmare. He reached out to grab her hand tightly. "Corrine, don’t be afraid. I am here..."

Wendy heard his voice and woke up from her nightmare.

She opened her eyes and saw Todd and breathed in deeply.

Her mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts and there was a searing pain in her head.

Countless images appeared in her mind. Wendy grabbed her head tightly, looking like she was in a lot of pain.

When Todd saw that, he immediately hugged and comforted her. "It’s just a nightmare. Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid..."

Todd’s tone was very gentle and it made one feel very secure.

It was a pity that Wendy could not hear him at all. fгeewebnovёl.com

After a long while, Wendy finally calmed down.

She breathed in deeply and looked at the man in front of her. She asked, "What happened just now was all fake right? I was dreaming, right?"

"Yes. It was just a dream. They were all fake." Todd repeated after her.

"It’s all a dream. It’s all a dream..." Wendy muttered to herself.

However, she hugged her knees to herself and started to sob.

How could that be a dream?

If that was a dream, why had she woken up on a hospital bed?

Todd did not know what to do when he saw how Wendy was behaving.

He pressed the emergency button on the wall and a doctor quickly came to the room.

Todd said helplessly, "She’s awake. Do you guys need to give her a checkup?"

The doctor approached Wendy and wanted to examine her.

However, Wendy was very agitated and refused to let him close.

However, Wendy had only been unconscious earlier. Since she was conscious now, it shouldn’t be too much of an issue.

The doctor could not force Wendy to undergo an examination. He could only say, "It would be better if we come later. You should also try your best not to agitate her and let her calm down."

Todd nodded.

After the doctor left, Todd sat by the side quietly and did not disturb Wendy.

He did not know what he should do.

Perhaps it might be better to wait for Wendy to calm down a little.

...

Time slowly ticked by. Wendy sat on the bed with her knees drawn close to her for a very long time.

Todd stayed by her side silently, not saying a single word.

Her phone rang, breaking the silence in the room.

Todd looked at the phone next to Wendy. When he saw that she was not going to pick it up, he reached out for the phone.

The display stated that it was a call from ’Home’.

Todd guessed that it was probably the children at home who were calling.

He hesitated for a moment before asking Wendy, "It’s a call from your home. Do you want to pick up the call?"

When she heard this, Wendy slowly lifted her head and looked up.

Her eyes were red and swollen and her vision was blurry.

She stretched out her hand slowly and took the phone.

The ringing stopped just as she hesitated about whether to pick up the call or not.

Just as well, Wendy did not have to struggle with whether to pick up or not.

However, her phone started ringing again soon after.

Wendy swiped her hands over her eyes, wiping her tears away. She sniffled and tried her best to pretend everything was normal.

Then, she picked up the call.

She heard Jake saying on the other end of the phone, "Mommy, you and Daddy didn’t come home all night. When are you two coming home?"

Wendy only glanced at the time then.

She realized that it was already the morning of the next day.

Wendy pursed her lips and said in a slightly hoarse voice. "We... We will be a little late. You and Leah have to listen to Zess okay?"

"Mommy, are you sick?" Jake heard that something was off in Wendy’s tone. He asked in concern, "Mommy, you have to go see the doctor if you are sick."

Wasn’t Wendy in the hospital right now?

"Okay..." Wendy did not dare to say much to Jake. She was afraid that she might not be able to bear it and show him her negative emotions. She said, "Mommy is busy. I am going to hang up now."

"Mommy, mommy..." Leah’s voice could be heard from the other end of the phone.

However, Wendy did not dare to say anything else.

She hung up immediately and tears streamed down from her face.

Todd watched beside her and sighed silently.

Wendy must not have wanted the children to be affected by how she felt.

But given how things were now, the children would find out eventually.

Wendy might be able to suppress her emotions for now, but she would not be able to face them as if nothing had happened when she goes home.

Besides, Jake had always been a sharp kid.

He would probably realize that something was not right.

But what else could Wendy do?

Was she going to not pick up their calls and make the children worried and sad?

Or was she going to cry to them once she picked up their call and tell them what had happened last night?

She couldn’t do either of that.

Wendy clutched her phone tightly in her hand. Then, she placed it to the side.

Suddenly, she thought of something and picked up the phone again.

What happened yesterday must have already made the headlines.

Wendy unlocked her phone...

Todd seemed to have guessed what Wendy was going to do. He immediately snatched the phone from her.

He smiled and asked, "Are you hungry? What would you like to eat? Shall I go and buy you food?"

"Give me back my phone..." Wendy stretched her hand out at Todd.

Wendy would not have been certain that the news had made the headlines if he had not taken her phone from her.

Todd snatching the phone away meant that what happened last night was already all over the internet.

"Look at how swollen your eyes are. Why are you still using your phone?" Todd said with a smile. "I shall take custody of your phone for now. I will return it to you once your eyes are not swollen."

"Todd, give it to me." Wendy’s tone was gloomy and tinged with hopelessness.

"Corrine..." Todd sighed. He felt a little helpless as he gazed upon Wendy’s stubborn expression.

He understood Wendy’s character.

Since she had decided to look, she would find a way no matter what.

Even if he refused to give her the phone, she would simply look elsewhere.

"Todd, I know you’re trying to protect me, but it won’t make a difference whether I see it today or tomorrow. Even if I do not look at it, everyone else will know about it.

Just because I don’t see it doesn’t mean yesterday’s events will cease to exist."

Wendy was right.

Todd hesitated a little then handed the phone to her.

Wendy took her phone back and unlocked the screen. The headlines jumped out at her even though she didn’t log in to the news app.

As expected, the incident from yesterday was in the headlines.

Wendy browsed the app and read the headline "MC CEO Michael Lucas and Collins Group CEO to join in marriage".

Wendy skimmed through the content. As expected, it was full of embellished gossip.

She then checked Twitter.

At least five of the trending tags were related to yesterday’s incident.

Wendy clicked on one and read the most popular tweet.

There were photos of Wendy, Michael, Christian, and Yonina attached to the post.

[Michael Lucas crashed an event organized by DR Group and Collins Group yesterday.]

[At about 10 o’clock last night, Michael Lucas and Yonina Collins were found together in a room with their clothing in disarray. The first person to come upon them was Wendy Stewart, Michael Lucas’s wife. As expected, the scene was chaotic. Christian and Michael Lucas chased out the reporters who were there covering the event immediately after that. However, witnesses on site reported that Wendy Stewart was so mad she stabbed Michael Lucas. Michael Lucas was confirmed to have been sent to a hospital that night.]

The tweet on Twitter was a condensed version of the one in the news, but essentially talked about the same thing.

There were already hundreds of thousands of comments and shares.

Wendy read the comments.

[F**k! This is my first time cussing, I’m sorry. The question is, what happened? It was supposed to be Christian and Yonina’s engagement party last night, but Yonina ended up in bed with Michael halfway through?]

[The two of them were found together with their clothes in disarray. Don’t tell me they were comparing the physical differences between a man and a woman!]

[That’s weird. Doesn’t Mr. Lucas love his wife deeply? What does this mean? Why was he with Yonina?] fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

[Just a guess, but perhaps Mr. Lucas has always hated his brother, Christian, so he tried to break up his brother’s impending marriage?]

[Commenter before me, that doesn’t make sense. If that’s the case, who is Wendy then to Mr. Lucas? Are relations of the rich and powerful beyond the comprehension of regular people like me? Are Mr. Lucas’s devotion and love for his wife all a sham?

Ah! How is this possible?]

[Everyone can take a look at the video that has been uploaded. Yonina said that she and Michael would have gotten married if not for Wendy’s return. The two of them did indeed get together for a while about half a year ago. Remember, there were rumors of the two hooking up? Then, Wendy returned and Michael turned his attention to his wife instead. According to Yonina, Michael has no feelings for Wendy.

He’s merely acting out of a sense of responsibility and guilt. If that’s true, I’m not sure what to think.]