Sir, Please Sign Here to Get a Divorce-Chapter 87: I Love You

’Sylvia Schuyler is actually here?’

’Who let her on the island?’

’Why is this woman so relentless?’

A wave of anger washed over Ethan Yardley, and he suddenly growled into the phone:

"Haven’t I made myself clear enough? Go back to wherever you came from right now. Don’t make me lose my temper."

With that, he hung up the phone.

He was inexplicably irritated.

’He’d just barely managed to get Serena to give him another chance. What was Sylvia Schuyler thinking, showing up now?’

’Wasn’t she just trying to stir up trouble?’

’This time, he absolutely couldn’t let Sylvia Schuyler get between him and Serena again.’

"Ethan Yardley."

Just then, Nina Thorne’s voice called out from inside the room.

Ethan Yardley put his phone away and walked over. His expression softened, and his voice became gentle and magnetic. "Yes? Are you two done eating? Would you like to go out for a walk?"

Nina Thorne smiled. "Serena said she wants to get some fresh air. Come on, let’s all go for a stroll."

"Okay."

Before following the two women out, Ethan Yardley sent a message to the island’s manager, telling them to find Sylvia Schuyler and send her away.

’At a critical time like this, he couldn’t risk upsetting Serena again.’

...

Serena Yardley walked ahead with her arm linked through Nina Thorne’s, glancing back at the man behind them from time to time.

She leaned closer to Nina Thorne and asked, "Nina, do you know why I married him in the first place?"

"He’s about ten years older than me, isn’t he? Why would we get married with such a big age difference?"

’In any case, she felt so insecure around that man.’ 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

’She felt like she didn’t deserve him.’

’A man like him deserved a better, more exceptional woman.’

"Have you forgotten that he’s the one who rescued you from human traffickers? Or that he paid for your education?"

Nina Thorne sighed. "I wasn’t there when you two got married, but I believe you, Serena, must have truly liked Ethan Yardley to have gone and registered your marriage with him."

After all, marriage isn’t something anyone can be forced into.

Serena Yardley was silent.

’In the back of her mind, she had always thought Julian Thorne was the one who saved her.’

’She never would have guessed it was Ethan Yardley.’

’Did she marry him to repay his kindness?’

She couldn’t help but glance back at the ’older man’ again. Serena Yardley realized from the bottom of her heart that he wasn’t really that old.

On the contrary, at thirty, he possessed the maturity and composure befitting his age, along with an innate air of nobility and refinement.

’The more she looked, the more she found him quite charming.’

"Serena, how about you spend some time alone with him? I’m going to go find my husband."

Nina Thorne was eager to enjoy some private time with her husband on this romantic island.

Besides, she had left right when her husband was getting... worked up. She’d have to go back and smooth things over.

Serena Yardley wasn’t a naive little girl; she knew that Nina wanted some alone time with her husband.

She nodded and replied, "Okay, you go ahead."

"Then I’m really going. Don’t worry. Ethan Yardley is your husband in the eyes of the law. He’d spoil you rotten; he would never bully you."

"Mm."

Serena Yardley nodded. After watching Nina leave, she turned back to look at the ’older man.’

Seeing him keep a distance of about five meters, she asked, puzzled, "Why are you standing so far away?"

The island lights were dim, and it was pitch-black all around. Now that Nina was gone, she felt a little scared.

Hearing this, Ethan Yardley quickly moved closer to her. "I was afraid you might not be comfortable."

"Actually, I’m pretty adaptable. After learning that we’re husband and wife... while it’s hard to process, it’s not impossible to accept."

They strolled aimlessly along a path through a coconut grove near the hotel.

Ethan Yardley followed her, keeping a meter’s distance.

"I’ll help you accept it, one step at a time."

Serena Yardley looked at him and asked, "Why would someone with your status marry me?"

Ethan Yardley stopped walking to look at her. The light was too dim to clearly make out the expression on his face.

But his voice was exceptionally gentle and pleasing to the ear.

"Because I love you."

’I love you...’

Those three simple words struck Serena Yardley’s heart with unexpected force.

She felt her heart skip a beat. A wave of heat washed over her, and she suddenly felt ill at ease.

"What’s so special about me? Why would you love me?"

"In my eyes, everything about you is perfect, Serena."

’He meant every word.’

’His Serena was better than any other woman.’

’It was just that he hadn’t known how to cherish her before.’

’But that wouldn’t happen again.’

’He would slowly prove to her that he, Ethan Yardley, loved her. That for her, he would do anything.’

Serena Yardley felt herself flushing, flustered by this ’old man’s’ smooth words.

She continued walking forward.

As she walked, she said, "If you love me that much, does that mean you’ll do whatever I ask?"

"Of course."

His reply was firm.

Serena Yardley pursed her lips. She didn’t believe his nonsense.

’Especially from an ’old man’ like him.’

’She’d heard older men were the most cunning.’

Stopping in her tracks, Serena Yardley pointed to the pitch-black expanse of the sea in the distance and said, deliberately testing him,

"Then go down to the sea and catch a fish for me. Right now. If you can catch one, I’ll believe what you said."

’Wasn’t he the one who said he’d give her time to fall in love with him?’

’Then he’d have to pass her tests first.’

’If this high-and-mighty CEO was really willing to do anything for her, then maybe she could believe that his words were true.’

"At this hour? Catch a fish?"

Ethan Yardley frowned. This was a difficult request.

’It was hard enough to catch one during the day, let alone at nine o’clock at night.’

’The light by the sea was so dim; he wouldn’t be able to spot a fish even if he had eagle eyes.’

"It’s okay if you don’t want to. We can just go back."

Serena Yardley turned to head back to the hotel.

Ethan Yardley was truly at her mercy. He had no choice but to compromise. "Alright, let’s go to the beach. I’ll see if I can catch one."

As they walked, Ethan Yardley took out his phone and asked the manager to turn on the lighthouse searchlight for him. ’It’s pitch-black,’ he thought. ’It’s hard enough to walk, let alone catch a fish.’

Serena Yardley hadn’t expected the ’old man’ to actually go through with it.

Eager to see him make a fool of himself, she hurried to catch up.

"Let’s be clear, I’m not forcing you to do this. If you have some kind of accident, it’s not my fault."

"Perfect. If I have an accident, you can inherit my fortune."

He replied casually.

At this, Serena Yardley’s eyes lit up, and she blurted out, "So... what’s your total net worth?"

Ethan Yardley frowned, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

’This woman... Is she really more concerned about his fortune than whether he lives or dies?’

He replied nonchalantly, "Just a hundred billion or so. I haven’t counted it specifically."

A hundred billion???

Serena Yardley gulped, trying to count the zeros on her fingers.

’If she really had that much money, couldn’t she do whatever she wanted in this world?’

Feeling a thrill of excitement, she hurried to keep up with Ethan Yardley.

"Ahem... Since I’m your wife, what about me? How much money do I have?"

’What she really wanted to ask was how much she would get if they divorced.’

But to her surprise, Ethan Yardley told her, "What’s mine is yours. Everything I have is yours."

Serena Yardley: "???"

’Isn’t that just marital property?’

’It’s not like she could spend it however she wanted.’

The two of them soon arrived at the seaside. Serena Yardley saw that the beach was now brightly illuminated by the searchlight from the lighthouse.

And then she saw him—the ’old man’—actually taking off his shoes and wading into the water to catch a fish.