Chapter 4

As Ryan said, my left arm had limited mobility due to the accident injury, causing excruciating pain every time I raised or moved it outward.

I couldn't even hold the steering wheel with both hands while driving.

I had been persistently doing rehabilitation for the past two years, but with little effect.

I took a taxi to the Jiuzhou Club.

Ryan was already waiting at the entrance on the first floor. When he saw me, he smoothly took the bag from my hand and led me towards the elevator.

In the elevator, he wrung his hands nervously, awkwardly apologizing to me: "Mrs. Wil... I mean, Olivia, I'm sorry."

"It's just that Mr. Wilson is only meeting friends today. I was afraid you'd worry, so I said he went to see a client."

Today he's meeting friends.

What about before?

My expression remained cold, and I didn't look at him again.

How could I expect sincerity from an outsider when my husband of twenty-three years would cheat?

Ryan escorted me to the private room door, then excused himself to go to the bathroom and left.

I wanted to push the door open, to see which woman Jack was holding in his arms.

Voices teasing Jack came from inside.

I withdrew my hand and stood quietly at the half-open door of the private room.

Someone spoke up to joke: "Old Jack is really behaving himself. We're all surrounded by women, but he's just sitting there drinking juice."

Someone quickly responded.

"Of course, Jack married the campus beauty we all envied back then. She's a perfect helper. I heard their son even got into Fudan University under Olivia's guidance. Tsk tsk, having a virtuous wife really does bring prosperity for generations."

"You're all wrong!" This voice belonged to Marcus Evans, Jack's old friend.

Half mockingly and half enviously, he said: "He's keeping himself pure for his little girlfriend. She's strict with him, set twenty house rules, including not drinking or messing around behind her back. Otherwise, she'll punish him by not letting him into her bed. Last week he secretly drank and upset his little girlfriend. It took hundreds of thousands worth of jewelry to appease her."

"Really?" Several people snickered in surprise.

Jack relaxed back against the sofa, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.

Marcus continued sarcastically: "The girl is only 26, just 7 years older than his son. He can actually bring himself to do it. Don't you think he's a beast?"

No one responded to his words.

Jack crossed his left leg over his right, looking even more at ease.

"Haven't you heard that men are forever young at heart? I'm just seeking some excitement.

"You don't know, Olivia is no longer the campus beauty you guys knew. Now her figure is all saggy, no different from a middle-aged woman. She's always sickly. I feel unlucky every time I see her bland face.

"Besides, even if she were a celestial beauty, I've been sleeping with her for over 20 years. I'm tired of it.

"If it weren't for having to split half of our assets in a divorce, I would have married your little sister-in-law long ago."