Divorce, Please: The Young Master Does Not Love Me

"Mom and Dad miss you. Come on home," said Archie Summers from the other end of the line. As he spoke, he gestured for Louise Jordan to pinpoint Mika Summers’s exact location.

Louise Jordan nodded and gave Archie Summers an "OK" sign.

Mika Summers’s expression darkened. She guiltily searched for an excuse. "Archie, it’s not a good time for me to come back right now. How about I visit Mom and Dad another day?"

"Mika, are you hiding something from me? If you are, you have to tell me. You need to remember that in this world, family is the only support you can rely on, the only ones who can help you."

"Archie, what could I possibly be hiding from you? Stop making wild guesses."

Archie Summers sighed. He knew that if Mika didn’t want to talk, he wouldn’t get anything out of her, no matter how much he pressed.

"Archie, I know you’re just looking out for me, but I’m grown up now. I don’t want to trouble you anymore. I’ll handle my own affairs. I won’t be a burden to you."

"Silly girl..." ’How could she ever be a burden? If anything, he wished she would be.’

Mika Summers looked up at the oil painting on the wall, an indescribable bitterness welling up in her heart. "Archie, you’ll always be the best big brother to me. That won’t change, no matter what happens... right?"

Hearing Mika’s words, Archie Summers felt his heart tighten. A flash of panic flickered in his eyes, but he quickly covered it with a calm smile and said in a deep voice, "Of course, silly girl. Why bring that up all of a sudden?"

"It’s nothing. I just wanted to be sure."

"Sure about what?"

"To be sure that my brother is still my brother."

Archie Summers’s handsome brows furrowed tightly. "Of course I’m your brother. What on earth is going on in that little head of yours?"

"It’s nothing, really! Archie, let’s leave it at that. Bye." Mika Summers said with a laugh, trying to smooth things over.

Before Archie Summers could reply, she hung up.

She stared at the oil painting on the wall with a complex expression. ’It’s just a painting. It doesn’t have to mean anything.’ 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

’When she was little, kids would taunt her and bully her. She’d run home to her mother, who always told her the same thing: she had carried her brother for ten months and endured a difficult labor to bring him into the world. She, more than anyone, knew he was her son.’

’Anyone else could have their doubts, but she couldn’t. Mika Summers, oh, Mika Summers, what are you even thinking?’

’If he wasn’t her biological brother, why did she resemble him more and more as she grew up?’

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In the office, Archie Summers watched Henry Archer and Lily Shaw standing in the doorway, the smile on his lips growing increasingly cold.

His patience had completely run out. He was in a hurry to find that foolish sister of his; he had no time to waste on them.

"Have you made up your minds? Are you going to tell me your president’s whereabouts?"

Henry Archer replied helplessly, "President Summers, our boss truly had an emergency and left on a last-minute business trip."

"I’ve heard that once, and I don’t want to hear it again. What I want to know is where he went, and why he left on a business trip without my approval!"

’What? Our boss needs *his* approval to go on a business trip?’ Henry Archer shot Archie Summers a disdainful look, deciding to ignore him.

’This is the LK Group, a Grayson Family enterprise. By what right does our boss need *his* approval?’

"Heh. It seems you’ve decided not to talk?" Archie Summers had, of course, noticed Henry Archer’s subtle act of defiance. The corner of his mouth curled up again as he spoke in an icy tone.

"President Summers, as I’ve already stated, we cannot disclose our boss’s whereabouts to anyone. Even as a shareholder, you don’t have the right to that information."

"Good. Very good. Excellent." Archie Summers rose slowly to his feet, a contemptuous smile on his face. He began to clap slowly as he walked toward Henry Archer. "You’re Henry Archer, correct? I’ll remember you."

No matter how mentally tough he was, Henry Archer couldn’t help but shiver at Archie Summers’s words. "I-I’m just following procedure. Keeping my superior’s whereabouts confidential is my job."

Archie Summers raised a handsome eyebrow. "And what about you? The beautiful Miss Shaw, don’t tell me you feel the same way."

"I-I-I don’t know."

"I never like to make things difficult for a beautiful woman. The beautiful Miss Shaw, please give me your president’s phone number. That shouldn’t be a problem, should it?"

"N-no problem..." Lily Shaw was completely captivated by Archie Summers, and she nodded with a blush.