[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce":3,"chapter-our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-222":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Our Anniversary, You Chose Her – I Chose Divorce",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1662939,2128,"Chapter 222: Refusal is Useless","our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-222",222,"\u003Cp>Chloe Reed: [I don’t think so.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Owen Sterling: [But I’ve never had this much trouble in my life. Ever since I met Mr. Grant... my luck just ran out.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Owen Sterling: [When are you free? Can we meet? If it really was Mr. Grant, could you please try to talk to him?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed’s fingers tightened. Just as she was hesitating, a voice spoke from above. \"We’re on the first floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed immediately locked her phone and shoved it into her pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car was parked right at the main entrance, and the driver respectfully opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Grant, Ma’am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant acknowledged quietly, letting Chloe Reed get into the car first before getting in from the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed stared out the window, her expression particularly cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant spoke up. \"There’s a dinner party in a few days. You’ll be attending with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed refused outright. \"I’m not going.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Walker Grant said slowly, \"The dinner party, or being locked up at home. You choose.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gritted her teeth. ’If I had a knife, I’d stab him to death!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is threatening me all you know how to do?\" she scoffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hint of helplessness touched Walker Grant’s eyes. \"If I don’t do this, you won’t listen to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed’s expression was frosty. \"What’s the point? The more you do this, the more I hate you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant’s expression darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time and again, she told him she hated him, that she didn’t like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hated hearing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like an unsolvable, vicious cycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t break it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just watched her, his gaze heavy. \"So, have you made your choice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Staying home sounds nice, actually.\" Chloe Reed just didn’t want to attend an event with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’As if they were still a loving couple.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What a complete joke.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant felt the emotions churning violently in his chest again, a desperate urge to do *something* rising within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine,\" he said tonelessly. \"Then I won’t go either. I’ll stay home with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed blurted out, \"I’ll go to the dinner party!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Stay home with him? God knows what he would do!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The man was infuriating!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant saw that she had given in, but he felt no sense of victory. He turned his head, his gaze cold and dark as he stared out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, his phone pinged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a message from the bodyguard he had assigned to secretly watch over Chloe Reed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—[Mr. Grant, your wife went to Maplewood Gardens today. The security there was too tight for us to get in. She stayed for about an hour before coming out.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant stared at the message, an icy chill spreading in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why would she suddenly go to a place like that?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What was she doing?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant’s gaze fell upon her face—deep and probing, as if trying to see right through to her thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gaze was heavy with pressure. Chloe Reed felt it, and her breath hitched in her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why is he suddenly looking at me like that?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What is he going to fly into a rage about now?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed kept her gaze fixed on the view outside, refusing to look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, that almost tangible gaze was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed let out a quiet sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car reached the apartment complex and parked in the underground garage. Walker Grant got out of the car with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately said, \"I’m here. You don’t have to see me up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant said in a low voice, \"I’ll leave after I make you dinner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed was wary. \"I can just order takeout.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chloe, don’t refuse me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant stepped in front of her. \"It’s useless for you to refuse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",641,"2026-06-06T12:35:59.743Z",1,"novelbin.me","8a0f07deed8218906de61e49416549ba729b27d244dc2d892723a018adb06a0a","our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-161","our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-446",518,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Four-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-cover.jpg"]