CHAPTER 18: CHAPTER 18: GRANDPA WILL SUPPORT YOU

"..." Mrs. Gallagher thought she misheard, looking incredulously at Josephine Thompson.

The Gallagher Family was the top financial power in Audenburg.

Her son was young, talented, and strikingly handsome. Many socialites dreamt of marrying into the Gallagher Family, and yet she dared to speak of divorce?

Nathaniel Gallagher took a heavy breath, looking at her sullen and impatient, "There you go again, just for such a small matter, do you really need to make a fuss about divorce?"

"What happened today was my fault, I misunderstood you, and I shouldn’t have laid hands on you. But in front of the police just now, I have already earnestly apologized to you and promised never to do it again."

Josephine calmly lowered her head, signed the divorce agreement, "We signed a prenuptial agreement before, so there’s no property to divide between us."

"The only thing to divide is Henny’s custody. I know you won’t give up custody of Henny. So, let’s leave Henny’s custody up to the court to decide! If it is awarded to you, I won’t contest it."

"Also, I have already moved my personal belongings. Rest assured, I won’t take anything that belongs to the Gallagher Family."

After saying that, Josephine took off the 20-carat wedding ring from her finger and placed it on the divorce agreement.

After doing all this, Josephine turned to leave.

Seeing this, Nathaniel instinctively took a few steps forward, "Josephine..."

Mrs. Gallagher’s face darkened, angrily stopping her son, "Nathaniel, let her go. Does she really think the doors of the Gallagher Family are that easy to enter, for her to treat us like this?"

Mrs. Dixon also chimed in indignantly, "That’s right, young master, let her go. If she leaves, she shouldn’t come back. You can’t spoil women like this; the more you indulge her, the more she’ll take advantage."

Nathaniel frowned deeply, feeling anxious and frustrated.

He wanted to chase after Josephine to explain.

But Mrs. Gallagher and Mrs. Dixon blocked him firmly, so in the end, he didn’t go after her.

Josephine felt a pang in her heart, leaving the hospital without looking back.

If she was still hesitating about the divorce yesterday...

Then today, she could make a firm decision.

Their four-year marriage had no reason to continue.

...

At half-past ten in the evening.

Josephine drove back to the Thompson Estate.

Master Thompson had already gone to bed but upon hearing the car in the yard, he knew it must be his granddaughter returning.

The old man quickly got up and hurried out of his room to check.

Sure enough, his granddaughter was back.

"Josephine, why are you back so late?"

"Grandpa..." Josephine’s nose tingled, and she could no longer hold back her tears.

She could be strong in front of everyone...

But in front of her grandfather, she was still a child.

Seeing her like this, Master Thompson’s heart ached, "Josephine, what happened?"

Josephine sobbed once and said chokingly, "Grandpa, I might disappoint you."

"What’s wrong? Darling, what happened? Don’t cry, don’t panic, even if the sky falls, grandpa can hold it up for you," Master Thompson hastily comforted her.

Josephine knew she couldn’t hide it from her grandfather anymore, and she finally spoke the truth, "Grandpa, I... I’m going to divorce Nathaniel Gallagher!"

"..." Master Thompson listened, looking at her with both heartache and heaviness.

His granddaughter had always been well-behaved.

She handled things with great discernment and principle.

Unless she had suffered immense grievances, she wouldn’t have easily decided on a divorce.

After half a minute of silence, the old man asked nothing, "Alright, as long as you’ve thought it through, grandpa will support you."

Upon hearing this, Josephine was a bit grateful and surprised; she thought grandpa would stop her, "Grandpa, I know you want me to start a family soon, but I..."

The old man patted her shoulder kindly and said warmly, "You don’t need to say any more. Grandpa knows you must have been wronged. The Gallagher Family dared to make you suffer because they think our Thompson Family has no one to stand up."

"Don’t cry anymore, grandpa will stand for you no matter what. Even after the divorce, you’ll always be grandpa’s pride. Grandpa can support you."

Hearing this, Josephine cried even harder, "Thank you, grandpa."

No matter when, grandpa was her strongest support.

"Good child, take a bath and have a good sleep. Even if there’s something as big as the sky, we’ll talk about it after you’ve rested."

"Yes."

Josephine wiped her tears and turned to head to her bedroom.

As long as grandpa supported her, she could rest easy.

Just as she returned to her room...

Her phone rang.

"Beep beep beep."

She checked her phone; it was from an unknown number.

"Hello..."

After the call connected, there was a silence on the other end.

"Who is it?"

The silence persisted, and after a few seconds, the caller abruptly hung up.

Josephine wasn’t in the mood to care who had called, so she turned off her phone. Then she took a shower and went to bed.

...

Mooncove Bay.

When Nathaniel Gallagher got home, it was already midnight.

Returning to the room, there were no longer any of Josephine’s belongings in the house.

He opened the wardrobe to look.

Her clothes were all gone, along with socks, toothbrushes, and more.

The jewelry from their wedding, and the presents and jewelry he gave her during festivals and holidays, were all left on the dressing table; she didn’t take any of it.

The only thing left in the room related to her was their wedding photo.

Seeing this left him incredibly upset.

He didn’t want a divorce.

But he couldn’t clearly cut ties with Vivian Shaw, either. After all, she was so fragile and needed his care.

...

The next day.

Josephine’s personal lawyer sent another legal letter to Nathaniel Gallagher.

Nathaniel didn’t even look at it and directly tossed it into the trash.

After that, he drove to the Antiquarian Market where Josephine worked.

"I want to see Josephine."

The receptionist saw it was Nathaniel Gallagher, and quickly went ahead to greet him, "President Gallagher, please wait a moment while I announce your arrival."

"No need." Nathaniel coldly finished speaking, striding his long legs towards Josephine’s office.

The receptionist and assistant didn’t dare to stop him and quickly went to inform Josephine.

Inside the office.

Josephine was diligently restoring a damaged Shengli Dynasty Ancient Painting.

"Click!"

The assistant pushed open the office door and said in a panic, "President Thompson, President Gallagher is here to see you."

Josephine didn’t lift her head, carefully smoothing the canvas, "I’m not seeing him. Tell him I’m not here."

"But..."

Before the assistant could finish, Nathaniel Gallagher already came in with a dark expression.

"You all go out."

"Bang—" Nathaniel turned and closed the office door, locking it.

Josephine’s heart skipped a beat, watching him coldly, "What are you here for? Please leave, I don’t want to see you."

Nathaniel seemed not to hear, face dark as a hunting beast, he strode his long legs towards her.

"Don’t come any closer."