Sir, Please Sign Here to Get a Divorce-Chapter 5: Serena, Come Home with Me

Serena Yardley was baffled. "What are you talking about?"

"Listen to me. Don’t go looking for trouble with Sylvia Schuyler again. Be good, and don’t make things difficult for me."

"..."

"That’s all for now. I’m hanging up."

Before Serena Yardley could even process what was happening and defend herself, he had already hung up.

’So that woman played the victim and complained about me first?’

’Damn her.’

’She was the one who came looking for a fight, and she still had the nerve to tattle on me to him?’

Serena Yardley was furious, but she stubbornly swallowed her grievances and headed back to school.

For the next two days, she stayed at school instead of going home. She didn’t send Ethan Yardley a single text or make a single phone call.

Of course, the man hadn’t initiated any contact with her either.

Then, on Friday, a lecture that had the whole campus buzzing was about to begin.

Serena Yardley sat staring blankly at her desk in the dorm room, while Kylie Cross frantically tidied up and searched for her phone.

Just as she found her phone and was about to dash out of the room, she saw Serena Yardley still sitting there motionless. She doubled back, looked at Serena, and asked:

"Serena, what’s wrong with you? Let’s go! Professor Yardley’s lecture is about to start."

Serena Yardley didn’t move an inch. "You go with the other two. I’m not going."

"Huh? You’re not going? It’s Professor Yardley’s lecture! So many universities across the country don’t get this opportunity. Plus, this time it’s in the main auditorium, big enough for the whole school. Why wouldn’t you go?"

"I don’t feel well."

"What’s wrong?"

"It’s nothing. You guys go ahead. I’m not interested in some boring lecture."

Kylie Cross felt a little helpless. Normally, Serena Yardley, who loved to learn, wouldn’t be uninterested in a lecture by such a successful man. ’Why is she so down this time?’

Realizing it was about to start, Kylie Cross didn’t press her any further.

"Alright, you stay here then. I’m off to the lecture."

"Mm."

After her roommate left, Serena Yardley was the only one left in the dorm room.

The truth was, she really wanted to go to his lecture.

Just like the one last year.

He had stood on the stage, dapper and distinguished, exuding an air of elegance, composure, and gentility. He seemed to radiate light, completely captivating every student and teacher in the audience.

And she was no exception.

Back then, she had sat in the crowd, gazing at him with utter infatuation, desperately wanting to get closer, to tell him to his face that she liked him.

Of course, back then, she never would have dreamed that one day she would become his wife.

Thinking of how much joy and sweetness their six months of marriage had brought her, she didn’t want to give up just like this.

Even if he told her to her face that the title of Mrs. Yardley belonged to someone else and she had to give it back, she wouldn’t be willing to let go.

’My marriage is my decision to make.’

Resting her head on the desk, Serena Yardley forced herself into a state of Hypnosis.

Slowly, she fell asleep.

She was finally woken up by the chatter of her three roommates.

"AHHHH, Professor Yardley is so handsome! Standing on stage giving his speech, he looked like a god! How can such a perfect man exist in this world?"

"Yeah, yeah! I secretly took so many pictures of him. From now on, Professor Yardley is my husband."

"Professor Yardley is so handsome, it’s a shame he’s not in the entertainment industry."

"The entertainment industry is such a complicated place. How could it possibly be worthy of Professor Yardley’s status? He’s perfect as he is now—the President of the Serene Empire Group, the richest man in the country, occasionally giving lectures on university campuses. It’s great.

"Tsk tsk, I wonder what woman in the world could possibly be worthy of a man like him."

"Hey, Professor Yardley’s last name is Yardley, and his company is the Serene Empire Group... Doesn’t that seem strangely connected to our Serena Yardley? It feels like fate!"

Kylie Cross gasped in surprise. "You’re right! Not only do Serena Yardley and Professor Yardley share a last name, but ’Serena’ sounds just like his company, ’Serene’! It really is fate."

Seeing that Serena Yardley was awake, the roommates hurried over to her. "Serena, you’re awake! Do you know Professor Yardley?"

Serena Yardley looked at them without saying a word.

Azure said, "How would Serena know Professor Yardley? It’s just a coincidence with the names. Besides, there are plenty of people with the last name Yardley in the world. Aren’t there several students with that last name right here at our school?"

Another roommate agreed, "That’s true."

Then they quickly held up a phone with photos in front of Serena Yardley.

"Serena, look! Isn’t Professor Yardley handsome? Is he your type? I’m telling you, every student and teacher was there today. The applause never stopped. The whole scene was spectacular."

Serena Yardley looked at the photo of him on her roommate’s phone. Today, he was wearing a black suit and a gray shirt, standing tall and exuding an air of elegance.

’Perhaps it’s his innate nobility. No matter where he is, he seems to glow.’

He really was very handsome.

Serena Yardley stood up, avoiding her roommates’ topic. "I’m going to the library."

Her roommates paid her no mind and continued to discuss their dream man, Professor Yardley.

Just as Serena Yardley stepped out of the dorm, her phone rang.

She glanced at the caller ID. It was Mr. Young, the assistant who was always by his side.

Serena Yardley answered without hesitation. The man on the other end said, "Miss Serena, please pack your things and come to the parking lot. We’re here to take you home."

Serena Yardley: "..."

’We?’

’He’s here too?’

Remembering how he had lashed out at her indiscriminately last time, Serena Yardley stubbornly refused:

"I need to study at school. I’m not coming home this week."

The assistant’s phone was snatched away by Ethan Yardley. His voice held a coaxing tone. "Serena, come home with me."

But the moment she heard his voice, Serena Yardley’s defenses crumbled instantly.

But she reined in her emotions and said resentfully, "I’m not going back."

"Hm? Do you want me to come get you from your dorm entrance? Be good."

His voice had become much gentler.

Serena Yardley knew that no matter how upset she was, she ultimately couldn’t resist that older man’s allure.

Pouting, she reluctantly replied with a drawn-out, "Ohhh..."

Putting her phone away, Serena Yardley returned to her dorm to pack her books.

Seeing her return, her roommates quickly asked, "Serena, didn’t you just leave for the library? Why are you back?"

As she packed her textbooks, Serena Yardley replied, "My family called and told me to come home, so I’m heading home now."

Her roommates were full of envy. "It’s so nice to be a local. You can go home anytime. You’re so lucky, Serena."

"Serena, you should invite us over to your place sometime!"

Serena Yardley finished packing, looked at her three roommates, and nodded with a faint smile.

"Okay, if I get the chance, I’ll definitely invite you over. I’m leaving now."

"Okay, be safe on your way."

Serena Yardley walked out of the dormitory and hurried toward the school parking lot.

Her three roommates were all very nice, and this was the first time they had asked to visit her home.

But the house she lived in was his, and their marriage was a secret. She couldn’t bring them home with her.

After all, she could be facing a divorce at any moment.