CH 48

Suzuya san Side

It has been a week since I contacted him, Nanase Yuuki.

The house where my ex-wife and I used to live is now lonely as I’m the only one there.

However, things have only returned to normal.

There are still remnants of the house from when I lived with my ex-wife, and there are still dishes and other things for the two of us.

I must throw them away as soon as possible.

While thinking about this, I recalled the events of a week ago.

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A visitor’s room at home. Across from me sits a pale-faced woman and a boy with a puzzled look on his face.

Behind them stand their parents, some glaring at them, others standing dumbfounded.

“..Now, do you know why I called you here?”

“U-um, you…”

“I’m sorry, I don’t know why I was called here.”

My wife looked at me as if frightened, and the other man, Otori Kaisei, looked a little annoyed.

Otori kun seems to have no idea what’s going on with these members or the situation, so I’m glad he has a naive mind.

Since I don’t think he will understand until I tell him clearly anyway, I’ll start showing him the evidence.

I turned to them and show them the computer screen and say,

“I wonder if you can tell from this video. Otori kun, I’m married to the person next to you.”

“Ah? …That means.”

After saying that much, I show the video of them having an affair to everyone present, including his parents.

It seems that Otori kun understood what was happening.

When the first video was over, he spoke up.

“Are you the husband?”

“Yes, I am. That’s still the case for now.”

“Dear…’for now’, you mean…”

Yes. For, now, I’m married to her, but I don’t want to be with someone who committed an affair and even criminal acts.

“Well, this is not important. Here’s the thing.”

“…Um, I’m sorry!  I was just forced to do it by her !”

“Eh? …Ka-Kaisei kun? What are you saying?”

“I didn’t mean to do that ! But she forced me to do it, and she even took a video of it.”

“Hmm.”

What a disgusting man. He probably doesn’t even question the fact that I have this video.

Does he not understand that the fact that I have this video means that I have other videos as well?

As for my wife, she’s staring at Otori kun with a soulless look on her face.

I have plenty of proof, so I show them the e-mail exchange between the two of them.

“Is it my imagination or does it look like you’re the one asking her out?”

“Um…no, but…”

“No more excuses. Excuse me, please.”

It was painful to see any more ugliness, so I spoke to the man next to me, who had been sitting silently all this time.

He was the lawyer I had hired, and I entrusted him with explaining the compensation and other details.

As he proceeds with his story, their family members behind them turn pale.

Of course they turned pale, but as for Otori kun, he looked as if he thought he could still manage, looking down and muttering something.

After the conversation was over, Otori kun spoke up again.

“Um–“

“I apologize for my son’s foolishness. We will pay you the alimony immediately.”

As if interrupting Otori kun when he was about to speak, his parents opened their mouths.

Then, perhaps because he was trying to rely on his parents, he looked at his parents in surprise as soon as they said, “[ will pay the alimony.]

Apparently his parents still have some sense of decency.

So why has he turned out this way? It’s very questionable.

And on my wife’s side, she was clinging to her parents and begging them for something.

After my lawyer finished speaking, she seemed to have been insulated from her parents.

Maybe that was the original plan (I had told them in advance what we were going to discuss. So why didn’t Otori know?), but the suddenness of the situation seemed to have surprised her.

Her parents apologized to me and then told me they would make her pay me the alimony, and after a moment of pouting when she heard this, she clung to her parents.

She had been a housewife and had never had a job, so it would not be that easy for her to pay them back.

Incidentally, the alimony was 3 million for Otori kun and 4 million for my wife (the amount was higher because she had apparently spent some money on Otori kun).

Since we’re getting divorced anyway, there should be no problem in charging alimony to my wife.

It seems that recently it was only Otori kun, but when I looked into it, I often saw shadows of other men. Considering that, it could have been more.

Even if they were not convinced, I wouldn’t be afraid of a trial because I have the video and photos as proof.

Rather, it would be obvious that they would be at a disadvantage because they would know that they were attracting minors and that they were filming themselves.

They’re making a lot of noise, so I quiet them down and resume the conversation.

I present her with the divorce papers and ask.

“Could you please stamp it for me?”

“Uh, yes…”

My wife replied in a voice that sounds as if it might disappear at any moment.

She went out of the room and got the seal, then stamped the divorce papers.

“Then, about the division of property, it will be mine to some extent, okay?”

“Why? Isn’t that kind of thing a 50/50 split?”

“The house was originally mine, and I originally owned the car and other things.

I don’t have that much income left because I’m using it for my company’s business. And it doesn’t look like you were doing housework while I was home.”

“…Well, what about my portion?”

“I’d be willing to discuss it between us and determine a percentage. You would be the responsible spouse.”

I will check with her parents as well, and we will discuss and decide the percentage.

She didn’t say anything about the fact that she didn’t do any housework, so I guess she really didn’t. I’m a little disappointed, but I don’t particularly think about it anymore.

She has hardly ever worked in the first place.

I fell in love with her at first sight, and then we started dating and married.

This happened when I was a senior in college, and since we were dating with the intention of getting married, she had no intention of working.

I had started a very successful company with a friend when I was a student and had a lot of money at that time.

Now we are short of money to fund our new business, and I’m taking money out of my savings account as an executive loan, but that business is going in the right direction.

The company is still doing well and I had no intention of letting her work for me.

Therefore, it’s safe to say that she has very little property left.

I don’t recall her making any major purchases during our marriage. The house and car were bought by me before we were married.

If we split my current savings, I could pay back the alimony, but I don’t think there would be much left for my wife.

She has been insulated from her parents and doesn’t have a large amount of property. She seemed to understand the situation of divorce without even working and suddenly started to panic.

“I-it was my fault. So, why don’t we start over? Okay?”

Saying this, she grabbed the edge of the divorce papers.

I took the divorce papers from her hands and said, 

“We can’t. I don’t love you anymore. And I will never love you again.”

“N-no.”

After I said that, she dropped her head and slumped down.

After that, the conversation proceeded at a brisk pace, and after some of the details were decided, the meeting was broken up.

I wonder if she knows that Otori kun’s parents were constantly glaring at her.

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Yuuki Sise

ーーThe above is the content of the email sent by Suzuya san.

After that, his wife moved out of the house and now she has managed to get her parents to let her live in their house.

I don’t know what happened to Otori either, but I was informed that he received his alimony.

Well, I’m sure Otori is also being told something by his parents at home.

Anyway, today is Friday.

Tomorrow I might be able to relax for the first time in a while.

However, there are still some things I need to think about.

I was so excited to have a day off for the first time in a long time, but it seems I was naive.

On Saturday and Sunday, another troublesome event occurred.