Chapter 5

His account documented his daily life with Ava. Netizens affectionately called them [The Internet Boss and Subordinate Love Story].

Everyone wanted to see their office romance.

And through those posts, I confirmed that Ava and Caleb had been secretly involved for a long time.

One video, in particular, caught my attention.

It was Caleb's birthday, and Ava was with him the entire time. Their intimate interactions made even me, an outsider, envious.

If I weren't Ava's husband, I would have applauded them.

That day was also my birthday, but Ava had said, "You don't celebrate your birthday every year. How did you celebrate before we got married? You can't live without me now? I have something very important to do. You can find anyone you want to celebrate your birthday with."

Now that we were about to separate, I didn't feel much about it.

After all, this relationship started as an alliance. If it were true love, I'd be devastated.

I thought Ava might do something extreme for Caleb to get the project, but I never expected her to risk her own reputation.

She told the North City project manager, "Caleb is the most important person to me, more important than my husband. If this project is assigned to him, our family will prioritize working with your company in the future."

The other party was indeed hesitant and immediately called me and Daniel to confirm.

We both denied it flatly. Ava called me, furious. "Ethan, do you think your dirty tricks will make me give up? I'm telling you, targeting Caleb is targeting me! If you keep this up, we're getting a divorce!"

"Fine, let's get a divorce."

I immediately sent over the divorce papers I had already prepared.

Ava's tone changed completely after seeing the papers. "You... you want to divorce me? Ethan, we're an alliance. Do you know how many projects our families have tied together? What good will divorcing me do you?"

"That's none of your business. After all, even for an alliance, I don't like being associated with filth."

"You..."

Ava felt utterly insulted. She wanted to retort, but I sent her the latest video.

Since we were divorcing anyway, to prevent Ava from causing trouble, I naturally had to investigate properly.

I didn't realize how bad it was until I started digging.

Ava and Caleb were even more intimate than I'd imagined.

She had even pulled a lot of strings for Caleb after he joined the company.

And this latest video was of them sleeping together.

After watching the video, Ava was silent for a long time.

After a while, she stammered an explanation. "I was drunk that day. If Caleb hadn't helped me, I might have been... with other men..."

"Enough." I didn't want to hear such absurd claims. "Sign the papers and get out."

With that, I hung up.

I thought things had reached a point where Ava would quietly sign the divorce papers, but I never expected Ava to pull a desperate stunt.

My assistant called just as Mr. Davis, the North City representatives, and I were signing the contract. All three of us received calls simultaneously.

We keenly sensed something was wrong and picked up at the same time.

The next moment, my face changed drastically. "Could you repeat that?"