Chapter 18

Kate took a deep breath after she slammed the door of the apartment behind her. She was still trying to process what had just happened.

She was furious with herself because, despite everything that had happened, everything that that man had done, she had to admit that she was still in love with Matt. Aside from her mother's weak heart that prevented her from hearing bad news, it was her love for Matt that made Kate stay for so long despite him being a useless man.

All she ever wanted was to have a good life with Matt because he was her first in everything. Her first love, her first kiss, and the first and only man she gave herself to, at least until last night. In her mind, in the past, he was the ideal man, the man she dreamed to love and settle down with.

Kate thought she'd forget about Matt in just one night, but all those years spent together, the years they had been dating and later on the years they were married were simply too hard to erase.

There would be traces of him in her heart forever, good or bad.

"It's time to move on, Kate," Kate reminded herself as she toughened up and hardened her heart. "There is no turning back, and you don't want to tolerate his cheating. Don't let him stomp your dignity."

Thus, Kate finally left. She put her luggage and bag inside her car and drove to her other apartment, where she would be staying from today until she decided to get a better place.

The moment Kate caught Matt cheating she had already made up her mind about divorcing him, but she just needed to time things right, her mother's health kept getting worse each day and Kate wanted to protect her from the news.

"I don't know what Mom will say if she finds out that Matt cheated with Erin. She might actually get a heart attack…." Kate murmured.

Aside from that, she also didn't want to just hand over 50% of her wealth to Matt because he didn't do anything to earn it.

He wasn't even a good househusband, he didn't clean or cook. He just called the housekeeping service once per three days, and ordered food through food delivery apps, all with her money, of course!

"Maybe I should call the bank and cancel my credit card. I don't want to feed Matt's and Erin's filthy mouths with my hard-earned money," Kate wondered. She didn't know how they would react, especially Erin.

Unfortunately, Kate had no one but herself to blame, she had spoiled Erin since she was a child. "I'll have to think carefully about this first…."

Kate grabbed her phone and searched for the process for filing for a divorce, she then googled how to nullify a prenup since her marriage to Matt was bound by one.

"Ugh, that stupid prenup. What was I thinking back then?" Kate blamed herself for being so gullible. She had no idea that a small prenuptial agreement that they had signed before marriage could potentially be used against her.

According to the agreement, if she divorced Matt, he'd get half of her assets, living his best life without doing anything. He was a freeloader and Kate didn't want that to happen.

He didn't deserve to live a good life after cheating on Kate, she wanted him to be poor because he was not even capable of getting a proper job.

Kate was well aware that she wouldn't be able to find a solution to her problems at the moment, at least not when her mind was in chaos..

She decided to just put everything aside and chose to focus on working again. She still had a lot to do since her job as Chief Editor was demanding. The new CEO would come to the office in a month or two, so she had to help prepare everything he needed to know about the company.

Mrs. Cadwaller—the higher-up from the parent company, kept nagging her to prepare everything because, apparently, this new CEO was a 'very important young man,' which in Kate's mind translated into a spoiled baby born with a silver spoon.

Working was also Kate's escape.

In fact, the idea of working herself to death didn't sound too bad.

'I'd rather be numb from working than having to feel the pain of heartbreak,' Kate thought. Her fingers stopped typing when she realized that her gaze was slowly becoming blurry as tears fell from her eyes.

There was this empty feeling in her heart right now. Though she could mask her sadness by working nonstop, the hole in her heart kept getting wider and wider until it was excruciating.

"What to do to fill this hole in my heart?" Kate pondered as she placed her palm over her chest. She closed her eyes, and the image that appeared was that mysterious man she had met in the office.

"I want to meet him again…" she murmured as she followed the voice in her heart.