Chapter 1 Divorced
Jenny Walter walked out of the divorce court with a divorce decree in hand. Warren Duncan, her butler, looked somewhatembarrassed as he said, “This is for you from Old Mr. Faust, Miss Jenny.” Then, he passed her a bank card. Even though hedidn’t explain what it was for, Jenny understood. She was a little taken aback. After a moment, she responded, “There’s no needfor this. Please thank him for me. I am grateful for his care for the past two years.” With that, she headed to the street andentered a black Maybach that had been waiting a while for her. She felt a little frustrated when she saw the people in the car. “It’sjust a divorce. Why are y’all so nervous?” “Did you really get a divorce?” asked Zack Chandler, who was in the driver’s seat. Heturned around to cast her a skeptical look. Nodding, Jenny chuckled, “Look at my divorce decree. It’s still warm from theprinter.” She produced the document from her bag and waved it before them. “Lovely!” said Zack, laughing aloud. “You should’vegotten a divorce ages ago. In fact, you should’ve never married him!” Jenny looked at him before interjecting, “Can you focus onthe road? I don’t want to die right after my marriage did. Also, a divorce isn’t exactly a good thing. Why are you sohappy?” Wasn’t marriage something sacred? Jenny wondered why her brothers had wished hard for her to get a divorce. “Ofcourse, I’ll be happy,” he said, glancing at their eldest brother, who had been silent since Jenny entered the car, “I’m not the onlyone who’s happy. Gilbert is happy too.” When Jenny looked at him, Gilbert Hawthorn did not deny Zack’s statement. He noddedimmediately, saying, “Zack is right. This marriage should have never happened in the first place.” “It was Grandpa’s last wish,”she replied with a helpless sigh. “You know I couldn’t go against his will.” At the mention of their grandfather, they fell quiet for amoment. Zack broke the silence, whining, “I don’t know what Grandpa was thinking. Why would he make you marry that bastardAlec? He treated you as if you were invisible for the entire two years of your marriage!” If Jenny hadn’t stopped him, Zack wouldhave taught Alec Faust a lesson ages ago. In contrast to Zack’s outburst of anger, Jenny was much calmer. “It’s not too bad. Werespected each other’s space and boundaries for the past two years. He never visited the Faust mansion since we got married. Ibet he doesn’t even know what I look like.” After two years, the married couple should have been each other’s closest person.However, for some ridiculous reason, they had never met each other. No one else would have been able to accept such amarriage, but Jenny accepted her situation. To begin with, she had been reluctant to marry Alec, but she needed to fulfill hergrandfather’s last wish. Meanwhile, Alec must have been coerced by Old Mr. Faust; therefore, neither of them would have beenhappy. “If I knew he was such a jerk, I wouldn’t have allowed you to marry him,” Zack said, clearly resentful towards Alec. “IfGrandpa really wanted you to marry, he could have asked you to marry me!” he suggested, grinning. Then, he added, “Or youcould have married Gilbert. We are both better candidates than that bastard Alec.” Jenny was speechless. She had no idea whatwent on in his head. “Can you stop joking around? No one would marry their sibling.” Unfazed, Zack countered, “We are notrelated by blood. There’s no reason we can’t marry.” Jenny rolled her eyes at him. Although her older brothers had been adoptedby her grandfather, they all grew up together. Hence, regardless of their biological relationship, she regarded them as her truebrothers. “Stop it, Zack. You’ll always be my brothers.” Zack was joking around, so Jenny didn’t take it seriously. However,neither noticed how Gilbert was utterly silent in the back seat. When Zack asked Jenny to marry him, Gilbert’s eyes immediately
shifted toward her. However, after hearing her response, the intensity in his eyes died, returning to normal. He had kept things tohimself very well. Despite being around each other for so many years, neither Zack nor Jenny noticed anything unusual abouthim. “Let’s talk about something else. It’s great that you’ve finally gotten a divorce. Do you have any plans for the future?” Gilbertasked. His voice had a magnetic lull to it. Like the sun in winter, it brought warmth and comfort to the listeners. “You chose toretire for the sake of your marriage, and you disappeared for two years. Everyone outside our family is going crazy trying to lookfor you.” Jenny sighed, feeling a little nostalgic about the old days. “I’ve been gone for too long. I wonder if they still rememberme as Dr. Walter.” “Of course, they would!” Gilbert looked at her, his eyes flashing with emotion as he said, “You are one of themost famous brain surgeons in the world. No matter how long you’re gone, no one will ever forget you.” “Really?” asked Jenny,smiling. Her eyes glowed with eagerness as she said, “In that case, let’s celebrate my return as a surgeon.”Some content on the website is uploaded by users. If it infringes on your rights, please contact us.