Chapter 50
Iâm really worried, your aunt canât take it anymore and her blood pressure is through the roof,â
Salma replied,â Joey is such a jerk. If he and Gianna canât make peace, they should just get a divorce. Why does he have to lie like this? I heard that Joeyâs the other woman even has a fiveâyearâold daughter with him. That means theyâve been together for years. And now sheâs pregnant with their second child, a son. The Edmunds family really wants this kid, but theyâre not willing to divorce.â
Thinking of Joey playing the innocent victim in the hospital, claiming that his mistress was the one clinging to him, Anastasia couldnât help but think what a great actor he was
Their daughter is five years old, so theyâve been together for at least six years now
That means Joey started having an affair not long after he got married to Gianna.
He was really good at keeping his secret activities hidden all these years.
Joeyâs career has been getting better, and heâs always been incredibly sweet and caring towards Gianna. He was the perfect husband, except for the fact that they didnât have any kids. They were the model couple.
Because of Joeyâs affair, Anastasia started to lose faith in marriage.
If even the perfect man can cheat, what else is impossible?
On the phone, Anastasia reminded Salma not to interfere too much. Even if she goes, she should just be there to comfort Gianna. As for how Gianna handles her marriage, she shouldnât intervene too much.
After hanging up the phone, Anastasia sat in the living room, lost in thought, wondering how far her marriage with Herman could go.
If Herman ever betrayed her, what would she do?
Anastasia was too distracted to work all afternoon and ended up watching TV shows on the couch.
Around five oâclock, she heard a noise at the door and turned to see Herman coming home.
She glanced at the time and thought, oh crap, she havenât even started cooking dinner yet.
She didnât expect Herman to come home so early today
Anastasia immediately stood up and said, âIâll go make dinner.
âAnastasia, letâs go out for dinner tonight.â Herman said as he changed into his slippers, âLetâs celebrate your new job tomorrow. Iâll go take a shower and change clothes.â
Anastasia was a bit surprised. Herman came home early today to celebrate for her?
âAlright,â she said, Iâll go change clothes too.â
After Herman went back to the bedroom to shower and change clothes, they left the house around six.
Herman was driving and Anastasia was in the passenger seat. He noticed that she seemed to be preoccupied with something and asked, âHow was your medical checkâup today?â
Anastasia replied, âNo issues, everythingâs normal.â
âSo, somethingâs bothering you?â
When Herman asked that, Anastasia who was full of worries, couldnât help but blurt out, âMy cousin Giannaâs husband Joey cheated. Theyâve been married for eight years and now that Gianna canât have kids, Joey had a child with someone else. The whole thing was exposed and now Gianna is arguing with him about a divorceâ
Hearing this, Herman understood, âYouâre worried about our marriage.â
Anastasia was a bit taken aback by how straightforward he was.
She gave a weak smile and said, âNot reallyâ
âAnastasiaâ Herman suddenly called her name very seriously. âAs long as weâre married, I will never betray you.â
His words meant that as long as they were husband and wife, he would be absolutely loyal to the marriage.
Anastasia awkwardly responded with a laugh, âI trust you completelyâ
Whether she really believed him or not was another matter, but she had to say this out loud.
Herman smiled and didnât call out her lie.
As Anastasia thought about Giannaâs situation, she sighed and said, âEven though Gianna and I arenât close, I feel bad for her. She was deceived for so many years, and her husbandâs mistress is even pregnant with their second child. The thing I hate most in life is deception.â
Hearing this, Hermanâs heart tightened.
âYour cousin and her husband wonât get a divorce, Herman said, âAt least, not in the short term.â
ââWhy?â She asked, looking at him, âGianna is very strongâwilled. Now that sheâs found out about her husbandâs affair, sheâll definitely get a divorceâ
âYou just said theyâve been married for eight years. They must have feelings for each other. Right now, Gianna is just furious. Once she calms down, she wonât want to divorce either, Herman analyzed, âHer husband probably doesnât want to divorce eitherâ
Anastasia still didnât understand, âWhy wouldnât they want to divorce? His mistress is pregnant with their second child, and heâs made it clear at home that he wants the child.â
Herman laughed and said, âAnastasia, youâre oversimplifying things. If her husband really wanted a divorce, he wouldâve done it a long time ago, not hide
it until now. He probably just wanted children. But in a manâs eyes, his wife is always irreplacableâ