"No, I just figured if we ever actually get to the point of divorce, I need to leave myself an out." Evelyn replied with a smile.
"You just said the agreement was signed and has no legal effect." Charlotte was speechless for a long moment.
What difference does signing make?
"You forgot, we also signed a property agreement." Alexander answered with a deep smile.
"And then?" Evelyn squinted.
"There's an additional condition at the back. If you remarry, and the person isn't me, you have to double the property you got from me." Alexander winked.
"..." Evelyn stared at Alexander, her mouth hanging open.
Now she fully understood what Charlotte meant. You can't outsmart Alexander.
It wasn't even a matter of fighting. They weren't on the same level at all.
The moment she stepped onto the stage, she was already knocked out.
"You're sleeping on the couch tonight." Evelyn finally gritted out.
"Why?" Alexander asked innocently.
"Because you're always scheming against me." Evelyn replied with great justification, then threw the book at Alexander and headed to the bathroom.
"That's the bathroom." Alexander reminded her.
"I need to pee, can't I?" Evelyn shot back without turning around.
After entering the bathroom and sitting on the toilet, Evelyn found the whole situation funny again.
She thought back to the day she and Alexander just had their wedding. She asked him to sign a post-marital agreement, and he was so nervous he ran to the bathroom.
The scene was almost identical to today's.
Evelyn came out of the bathroom and saw Alexander half-lying on the couch, wrapped in a blanket, looking at her pitifully.
Evelyn almost laughed.
When did Alexander become so obedient?
But she still smiled, climbed into bed, and lay down.
"Wife, do you sleep with the light on?" After a while, Alexander couldn't help asking.
"Whoever can't sleep can turn it off." Evelyn finished speaking and turned over to go to sleep.
Actually, she was just messing with Alexander.
She couldn't bear to let him sleep on the couch all night.
His arms and legs were long, and half his body would hang off the couch. If he lay there all night, his back and neck would ache tomorrow.
The next second, Alexander came over with a pillow in his arms. After turning off the light, he quickly slipped under the covers.
Alexander hugged Evelyn and murmured to himself,
"Wife is the best."
Evelyn wanted to tease Alexander, but she didn't say anything and went to sleep.
Today, Charlotte had said something to her that actually touched her deeply.
Charlotte said, what will you do if Alexander makes mistakes again? Or will you forgive him when he catches a bad cold again? After all, nothing is more important than health.
At that time, Evelyn was shocked by Charlotte's words for a long time.
It wasn't that she hadn't thought about it. She just hadn't thought it through.
Now that Charlotte had broken it down, she had to face it.
"Charlotte, I've thought about this possibility. Like I said just now, now I can only hope for more happiness.
If we still can't make it to the end with Alexander, there must be a reason for both of us.
Either he keeps making mistakes, or I give up completely.
If you really want to give up, how much do you still care about a person?
So the most terrible thing isn't that I don't love you anymore, but that I don't care at all.
After all, not all mistakes can be corrected by illness.
Not everything will have a next chance.
Just like when we play games, when the number of tries is up, it's game over."
So in the end, it wasn't a question of who forgives who and who gives who a chance, because there is no chance.
She believed in fate, and marriage needed two people to manage it well.
If only one side was putting in the effort, it would basically fail in the end.
A failed marriage, no matter how careful you are, is meaningless.
She was willing to give Alexander a chance, willing to try. In the final analysis, she still believed in Alexander's feelings and believed they still had a chance to grow old together.
Not because Alexander was sick.
If their marriage had come to an end, other external factors were irrelevant.
Marriage makes people grow.
Maybe this was also the reason Evelyn had matured a lot after marriage.
No matter what she did, she would think more carefully.
Although she didn't go to work, took care of the children at home, and became a full-time wife, Evelyn still tried to be a good Mrs. Sterling.
Every day she went to chat with her mother-in-law for a while, took her for a walk, or went to her sister-in-law's side to make tea with her and make some desserts, or went to her second sister's side to visit her.
Although she couldn't help Alexander in his career, she still hoped to make the whole family warmer and more harmonious through her own efforts, so that Alexander had no worries.
But Evelyn's tangled thoughts were finally untied by her sister-in-law's words.
That day, the weather was fine. She and her sister-in-law were making tea in the shade of the trees in the yard, eating the cakes they had just made.
Later, they talked about her divorce with Alexander.
Evelyn didn't know how her sister-in-law knew about it. She explained awkwardly that she was "young, willful, and not sensible. She was in conflict with Alexander."
"There's nothing between husband and wife that doesn't cause conflicts. If there are occasional conflicts, they can cultivate feelings." Isabella said with a smile.
Evelyn nodded awkwardly.
"Evelyn, what you care about isn't a problem from the beginning." Isabella poured tea for Evelyn and said.
Evelyn looked at her sister-in-law in confusion. She didn't know what she meant.
"Think about it. With Alexander's personality, if he really likes someone, will he let go?"
Evelyn thought for a long time and said conservatively,
"I don't think so."
Alexander's personality was still strong.
"If Alexander really liked that girl, would he let it go? Even if the girl proposed to break up?" Isabella smiled at Evelyn and asked.
Evelyn met her sister-in-law's gaze in a daze.
"You see, you had a divorce with Alexander before. Alexander racked his brains to coax you back.
If he didn't like you, with his personality, he shouldn't be reluctant.
Think again, why he and that girl didn't end up together in the end.
Because of personality incompatibility, because the girl broke up?
Actually, in the final analysis, it's because he didn't like her that much.
When you really like someone, you're full of possessiveness. How could you be willing to let the other person leave?
Even if the other person doesn't want to be together, you'll try your best to win them back, not because of pride.
Pride is fragile in front of love.
Maybe I will miss you, just because I'm too proud to accept the feeling of losing." Isabella answered calmly.