The Ex-Husband’s Revenge By Dragonsky
The Ex-Husband’s Revenge By Dragonsky Chapter 1

The Ex-Husband’s Revenge By Dragonsky Chapter 1

The Ex-Husband’s Revenge By Dragonsky Chapter 1

Twenty-six-year-old Leon Wolf was a married man whose dishonor was well-known across SpringfieldCity. He lived with his wife’s family—the Mansons—and was treated like a slave during his three-yearmarriage. Dignity was something foreign to him, but he finally had enough of it one fateful night! For thepast three years, he worked like a horse in the Mansons’ company every single day, yet his salary hadto be handed over to his wife Marilyn whom he could not even get without touching distance.By thetime he came home at night, he had to do laundry, mop, cook, and do all sorts of housework. Still, heworked hard without complaining.He thought that doing all that would allow him to prove his worth tohis wife and convince her to stay with him until they grew old, but what he received in exchange was abig gift—a baby!His wife—whom he never once had the chance to get within touching distance of—waspregnant, and he was about to be a father!Would anyone consider that good news, though?“Is it thathard to wash the clothes clean or mop the floor well, Leon? You’re useless! Can’t you do anythingright? Why should we let you stay with us when a dog would’ve done better than you?”…The harshwords came from Leon’s mother-in-law, Helen Manson. She pointed a finger at his face while shechastised him like there was no tomorrow.Leon looked up, and his eyes were bloodshot due toanger.“Helen!” Leon gritted his teeth and suppressed the voice in his throat.“Don’t call me by my firstname. You’re not worthy to be addressing me like that!”Helen had an expression of disgust andcontempt.Leon remained silent and refrained from talking back.Three years ago, he happened tochance upon the Mansons’ patriarch when the latter’s illness acted up all of a sudden.Elder Manson,as he was known, was carried to the hospital on Leon’s back for about eight miles or so. The old manreceived treatment in time and was thus saved by Leon’s kindness.Elder Manson probably felt itprudent to repay the favor by marrying off his granddaughter, Marilyn, to Leon. Everyone else in thefamily opposed it, but the old man turned a deaf ear to them.Since then, Leon stayed with Mansons forthree years.Three years!Even the coldest of people would warm up to someone in those three years,but it was impossible to do anything with that bitter mother-daughter duo!Marilyn and her family lookeddown on him from the bottom of their hearts simply because he was an orphan with zero prospects and

no family background.Despite his best efforts, Marilyn and the others continued to nitpick, smack, andscold him at every turn.Elder Manson was the only person in the entire family who treated himwell.When Elder Manson was around to protect him, his mother-in-law Helen was able to restrainherself—but only a little.Ever since Elder Manson passed away from illness a month ago, Helen andeveryone else had practically stepped up their efforts to drive him away.He became a redundantexistence in the family and spent his days being treated worse than a dog…The room door swungopen and Marilyn walked in, reeking of alcohol. Clad in fashionable clothes and black silk stockings, thegait of her long legs and her seductively blushing face was irresistible to almost every man.Since shewas back, Leon looked up at her and felt a surge of pain from his aching heart. He could not fathomhow she could bring herself to go out for some drinks even when she was pregnant!Leon’s first instinctwas to head up and support her, but Marilyn immediately shoved him away.“Hands off me! Pack upyour stuff right now and get the hell out of here. We’re getting a divorce at the Civil Records Officetomorrow!” “What! Why?!”At that point, Helen showed up and began cursing at Leon as soon as shesaw him standing there in a faze.“What are you doing, Leon? Bring over a basin of water and startwashing Lulu’s feet!”Helen walked over to Marilyn with a doting expression on her face. She then heldthe woman’s hand in the gentlest of manners and asked worried, “Why are you drinking so muchalcohol? It’s not good for the baby. You’ve put in so much effort to finally get pregnant with Brody’s son,so you mustn’t let anything happen to him.”She already looked forward to having a grandson eventhough the baby was still months ahead of the due date because only a boy would give her daughter achance to become Brody’s wife. The only reason she kept Leon around was that she was unsure aboutthe baby’s gender—after all, someone needed to take care of her daughter, and a babysitter would costextra money.“Don’t bother washing my feet! I’ve suffered enough from your uselessness for the pastthree years, Leon! Let’s get divorced tomorrow!”Marilyn looked at Leon with a cold, arrogant, andcontemptuous expression.Leon immediately felt as if his heart was pierced by thousands of arrows. Heknew that he was not worthy of Marilyn, and yet he continued to work hard and endure everything forthree years in the hopes of getting Marilyn’s approval.Little did he know that he would receive a requestfor divorce in exchange for all his hard work!“You’re right!” Helen understood soon enough. “After all,

we have Brody’s child now, and it’s going to tarnish our reputation if news gets out that he’s still livingwith us.”“I’m tired. Could you walk me to my room so I can rest? The sight of this idiot disgustsme!”Marilyn stroked her stomach tenderly and began worrying whether other women around Brodywould try to interfere with them once her belly got bigger. As Helen helped Marilyn into the room, shetook a jibe at Leon, “Why are you still here? Are you going to stay around and take care of a baby thatisn’t yours?”In that split second, humiliation, anger, and a plethora of other negative emotions began tooverwhelm Leon’s heart. He felt like an abandoned stray that was chased out mercilessly from itshome. All his belongings from the three years of marriage—including his ID Card—were thrown into thetrash can, and Leon’s strongest emotion right then was that of bitter disappointment.He washomeless.In those three years, his earnings from work were handed in full to his mother-in-law and hewas never given a single cent. He was the same as a wild dog.Leon wandered on the street and endedup at a cemetery, where he felt the cold air within the darkness.He stood in front of a tombstone with alonely expression and widened eyes, but not a single tear was shed.He did not know whether to feelanger, despair, or disappointment.He looked silently at the tombstone of the late Elder Manson, theonly person who protected him and took care of him during those three years. After being kicked out ofthe house, Leon felt to pay his respects to the old man one last time.Although the purpose of his visitwas to pay his respects, he did not have any money on him and could not even afford to buy thecheapest flowers.“Thank you for taking care of me during these three years, Sir…“I’m going to divorceMarilyn tomorrow…“I failed to live up to your expectations…”Leon’s eyes were red. He knelt in the darkof the night and bowed to Elder Manson’s tombstone several times in a row. It was difficult to put thebitterness and sadness in his heart into words.Once he paid his respects, he took a pendant, held it inhis hand, and sat blankly on the ground with his back against the tombstone.Unbeknownst to Leon, thependant seemed to glow with white light, almost as if it could sense the anger and humiliation withinhim…