Entangled with My Cousin's Fiancé
Chapter 120 Why Did I Choose to Get Married Back Then

Chapter 120: Chapter 120 Why Did I Choose to Get Married Back Then

"It has nothing to do with you," Yolanda put down her pen and was the first to go over to get a number and wait.

There weren’t many people there for a divorce that day, and there should have been only two couples ahead of them. She found a seat and sat down.

After a while, Cooper Coldson also came over. He glanced around, sat two seats away from Yolanda, with Richard Reyes sitting behind him in the next row.

Cooper turned his head to look at Yolanda and realized that she had no intention of speaking to him.

Suddenly feeling irritable, he turned back and hissed at Richard, "Why are you sitting so far away?"

Richard was taken aback. He always knew that Cooper didn’t like to sit with others, so when they were out, he would either stand or sit in the back row.

What did the boss mean today?

Unable to figure out the situation, he had no choice but to pluck up his courage and sit one seat away from Cooper on the same row.

Still unsatisfied, Cooper muttered, "Am I going to eat you or something?"

Richard didn’t know who that was for, and sat uncomfortably, fidgeting and feeling ill at ease.

After entering the Civil Affairs Office, the halls split into two directions: the left hall for marriages, and the right hall for divorces.

The divorce hall was particularly quiet, which made the occasional laughter from the marriage hall next door all the more poignant.

Cooper frowned, "Is getting married that joyful?"

Richard tugged at the corner of his mouth; his face was more bitter than a bitter gourd: Marrying is not joyful? Then you should be happy about your divorce today!

Cooper glanced at Yolanda again and complained to Richard, "She’s usually so talkative. Why is she so quiet today?"

Richard thought, They’re about to go their separate ways, what’s there to talk about?

Cooper’s expression darkened, "Have you gone mute?"

"President," Richard hurriedly spoke to appease, "I guess Miss Yolanda... I mean, your wife..."

"We’re not divorced yet!" Cooper corrected inexplicably.

Richard immediately understood and whispered, "President, I guess your wife is feeling bad because, as you know, she loves you so much, she definitely doesn’t want to divorce you."

Cooper visibly appreciated the remark, and his expression softened slightly.

Richard was really confused. It turned out, the one who didn’t want the divorce was his own president.

He ventured another suggestion, "President, you could also give your wife another chance. A divorce isn’t the only option!"

"No way!" Cooper was very decisive in his rejection.

He visibly struggled but still got up and sat next to Yolanda.

Yolanda looked at him in complete shock.

The man changed his position, his head tilted slightly toward her, "You can still visit the old house to see Grandfather, and if you need, I can take you."

Yolanda found this even more unbelievable.

"Don’t get the wrong idea," Cooper immediately explained, "I’m just conveying Grandfather’s wishes. After all, I’m usually very busy, so it’s better for you..."

"Don’t worry, I won’t trouble you." Yolanda went back to fiddling with her phone.

Cooper swallowed the rest of his sentence and grew irritable again. Just as he wanted to say something, a couple processing their divorce started arguing.

The woman, clearly in tears, exclaimed, "All these years, what have you done for this family, for me? You never considered my feelings. I’ve decided, we must divorce."

"Keep your voice down," the man said, trying to contain his temper, "Fine, we’ll divorce. But with your attitude, who else would want you once I’m gone?"

The woman paused, then let out a disdainful laugh, "You’ve really been hard done by all these years."

She quickly signed the papers without giving the man beside her another glance.

The man kept babbling, "That’s not what I meant. Our life was getting better, wasn’t it? New house, new car, what more could you want? I work so hard outside..."

Cooper stroked his chin, concluding quickly, "This woman will regret it soon."

Yolanda glared at him.

"Did I say something wrong?" Cooper argued logically, "Clearly, the man can make money and provide a good life for this woman, but on the other hand, that woman..."

Before he could finish, the woman not far from them had already signed the papers, stood up, and was ready to leave. Then unexpectedly, the man who was just giving orders fell to his knees.

He clung to the woman’s calves, "I was wrong, I was so wrong. Let’s not divorce, okay? Can’t we stay together?"

"Let go, I’ve had enough of you." She shook him off and strode away.

The man’s heartbroken cries echoed through the divorce hall as he picked up the two copies of the divorce agreement, "Sorry, sorry, we won’t go through with it, we won’t."

The man chased the woman out of the hall.

Yolanda turned to Cooper, who looked visibly shocked.

She smiled bitterly, shaking her head, and finally spoke, "Cooper, you’ll understand someday."

She knew that Cooper had never loved her; therefore, he couldn’t comprehend the man’s sorrow. But what about the future? If one day Melissa wanted to leave him, perhaps then he would understand what it meant to be unable to let go.

Cooper remained silent, his head bent, lost in thought.

The couple before them finished smoothly, with almost no communication between them, they signed the papers and left quickly.

Now it was Yolanda and Cooper’s turn.

Yolanda stood up, ready to walk forward but was suddenly pulled back by Cooper’s hand.

Cooper looked at her, his face inscrutable, "Are you ready?"

Yolanda retorted, "You didn’t forget to bring the marriage certificate, did you?"

She looked towards Richard.

Richard quickly went through the document bag in his hands. Although the marriage certificate was right in front of him, he didn’t dare take it out, casting occasional glances at his boss.

"I brought it," Cooper released Yolanda’s hand and stood up.

For some reason, for just a moment, he felt unprepared.

But then again, how many things in life happen only after you’re fully prepared?

When he was five years old, was there any chance for him to prepare for the role of the Family Head of a large clan?

The frantic unpreparedness wasn’t the problem; making this decision the right one was what he should focus on next.

He had to marry Melissa.

Soon, they sat across from the staff, placing their IDs, marriage certificate, and divorce agreement on the table.

The staff member first checked the IDs, verifying their identities. Once confirmed, she picked up the marriage certificate.

"You’ve been married for less than a year?" She looked at them both, "Why did you get married?"

Both looked uncomfortable.

Yolanda’s hand on her knee tensed up instantly; she hadn’t expected the staff to ask this.

What should she say? What would Cooper say?

Should she reveal that they got married because she ended up in his bed and her mother brought her to his family’s house, causing a scene, making the marriage inevitable?

It was at this moment that Yolanda truly understood the depth of their marriage’s roots in error.