I walked out, and within the hour, I had both documents ready—the resignation letter and the divorce agreement.
When Ethan saw the clause stating I'd leave with nothing, his excitement was almost impossible to hide.
Still, he kept up the act.
"Stop this," he said, voice soft with feigned concern. "She's pregnant. How can you threaten her like this? What if the stress hurts the baby?"
He shook his head slowly.
"Besides... you love her so much. Could you really go through with it?"
"If you don't want me in your position, fine—I'll stay her assistant. I'll even resign if seeing me bothers you that much."
"Just... please don't let your marriage fall apart because of me. I couldn't live with myself."
His voice cracked on the last words. His eyes glistened, as if tears might spill at any moment.
Ethan Mason's little performance made my skin crawl.
But Nora ate it up.
She shot me a vicious glare and scrawled her signature across the divorce agreement.
"I've approved your resignation, and I've signed this. You can leave now."
"Alex, the moment you walk away from me, everything you have goes back to zero."
"You'll regret it. I'll be waiting for the day you come crawling back."