She had once been a star English translator, on the verge of becoming department head.
But that same month, he was promoted to editor-in-chief, and his workload piled up relentlessly.
Some days, he was so buried in work that he forgot to eat.
She could not bear watching his chronic stomach condition worsen, so she gave up her own promotion.
Then, for his career and for his health, she quit entirely.
Seven years of her youth poured into shaping his success.
And how did he repay her? By reducing her love to line items on receipts.
Watching Chloe still hunched over those bills, greedily tallying numbers, disgust twisted his gut.
"Enough."
He snatched the papers, shredded them, and flung the pieces into the trash.
"A top editor pulling six figures, nickel-and-diming his own wife. How
