After three years of marriage, Wendy Stewart was used to Michael Lucas's sarcastic remarks, his frequent threats about getting divorced, and even his indulgence of a mistress. She thought that she could bear with this her entire life, until she accidentally got pregnant with a child that Michael did not want. Finally despondent, Wendy signed the divorce agreement and left. She thought they could have parted ways forever, but Michael refused to stop looking for her after the divorce. When they met again, she was the world's top designer. Smiling sweetly at her ex-husband, she said, "My dear, we're already divorced." Michael simply stared at her coldly, "Tell me, what will it take for us to reconcile?"
"I'm sorry, Wendy," Michael uttered each word from his heart.
"You don't need to feel sorry," Wendy sighed. "At times like these, I'd rather you put energy into discussing what we should do next against Christian instead of wasting your effort on such a word."
"You mentioned that Christian might have back-up plans and it crossed my mind before too," Michael said. "I have been investigating Christian.
"Why he prioritizes the new project is, first, because he wants to defeat me, and second, because he wants to use this opportunity to clean his records.
"This new project is not a mere industrial project, but one supported by the government.
"If he succeeds at overseeing this project, he can ride on the success of this project as a cover-up of the other crimes that he had been involved in.
"That way, his cover would be perfect, and no one would suspect that someone who worked with the government had been involved in criminal activities overseas.