{"id":826,"date":"2026-09-28T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/my-sweetheart-160\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:17:00","slug":"my-sweetheart-160","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/my-sweetheart-160\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 160"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 160<br \/>\nMy Sweetheart novel Chapter 160<\/p>\n<p>Joseph frowned. He was going to turn around and get out. But Kathy subconsciously grabbed his wrist and held it to her chest.<\/p>\n<p>The desire he had had such a hard time controlling seemed to burn again all at once. He became expressionless, and then he pulled his hand out and walked out of the room.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Kathy slept until almost noon time. She looked at the clock and realized she hadn&#8217;t taken the day off!<\/p>\n<p>She took off the fever reducer and called Alexia immediately. But she was told that she had taken the day off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was Dr. Joseph who called me. He said you have a fever. Kathy, you should get some rest,&#8221; Alexia said.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy frowned. She didn&#8217;t want that man meddling in her affairs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m divorcing him.&#8221; Thinking of what happened last night, Kathy said quietly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What? Kathy, it&#8217;s not April Fool&#8217;s Day. Don&#8217;t be ridiculous.&#8221; It was obvious Alexia just didn&#8217;t believe her.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy rolled her eyes. Forget it. She&#8217;d had the same attitude when she&#8217;d wanted Alexia to believe she was married. Anyway, she&#8217;d find out late.<\/p>\n<p>After hanging up the phone, she didn&#8217;t have to go to the office. She was a little hungry, so she planned to cook something to eat.<\/p>\n<p>The maids came up to the kitchen every day to put away the ingredients. Kathy simply cooked the noodles. When she sat down, she saw a contract on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Her heart trembled and she flipped through the pages.<\/p>\n<p>On it was a detailed record of her financial troubles with Joseph over the past six months. The largest amount was for the renovation of Kathy&#8217;s family, which amounted to millions.<\/p>\n<p>She froze. Yes. That house was all smashed up and now it&#8217;s brand new in less than a month. The cost of renovation plus furniture must have been a lot. She just didn&#8217;t expect the materials used to be the best, so of course the cost was high.<\/p>\n<p>She plopped down on the couch. If she were to divorce Joseph, she&#8217;d almost have to pay him back two million&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Didn&#8217;t they get divorced?<\/p>\n<p>Kathy lay down on the table. She was frustrated with herself for having no guts. If she continued to live with Joseph, she didn&#8217;t know how she was going to get along with him herself.<\/p>\n<p>Since she would love him more and more in the long run, she might as well leave sooner rather than later. After all, he&#8217;d said he wouldn&#8217;t like her.<\/p>\n<p>So there would be no spark of love between them.<\/p>\n<p>But the two million&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Kathy calculated her salary. It would take her at least twenty years to pay it off&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At this moment, a news message popped up on her phone. Seeing the words the Joseph&#8217;s Group, Kathy subconsciously clicked on it.<\/p>\n<p>She didn&#8217;t realize it was a live feed, and the man on the screen was Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today is the first quarter launch of the Joseph&#8217;s Group. The newly appointed President of the Joseph&#8217;s Group, Mr. Joseph, and the Vice President of the Medical Research Institute, Ms. Edith, are present&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Edith?<\/p>\n<p>Kathy stared unblinkingly at the woman on the screen. She was wearing a sheer white bralette dress and standing next to Joseph, who was wearing a black suit. The two of them were surrounded by reporters asking questions. Joseph had explained everything about the Joseph&#8217;s Group, and now the picture was of reporters gossiping about Joseph&#8217;s private life. Naturally, their attention would fall on Edith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Joseph, rumor has it that you are married. Is this Miss Wesley beside you your wife?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kathy zoomed in on the video, not wanting to miss the slightest change in Joseph&#8217;s expression. For a long while, she finally heard his reply.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m married. As for Miss Wesley, please give her some privacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After that, he put his hand in front of Edith&#8217;s face and escorted her all the way away in a very gentlemanly manner.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy stared at his hand, and anger burned in her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Joseph was so considerate of women!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Joseph, I thought you guys had a fight. I was worried.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joseph was still as gentle and polite as ever, &#8220;Mom, it&#8217;s my fault for upsetting Kathy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Leaning against the door, Kathy listened to Joseph&#8217;s muffled voice and held back from opening the door.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My daughter, she&#8217;s just too tenacious sometimes. She doesn&#8217;t lose her temper, but when something happens, she always likes to keep it all to herself and won&#8217;t tell anyone. She was even autistic for a while when she was little&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joseph listened intently, and his brows knitted. His eyes fell slowly toward the closed door across the room.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Joseph, I don&#8217;t know why you guys are fighting. But in our older generation&#8217;s mindset, two people don&#8217;t get separated once they&#8217;re married. I just heard Kathy say&#8230;divorce. It really pissed me off. It&#8217;s not true, isn&#8217;t it&#8230;&#8221; Angela asked apprehensively.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph smiled faintly, &#8220;Mom, Kathy and I are not getting a divorce. Don&#8217;t worry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the room, Kathy&#8217;s heart trembled. She clenched her fists tightly and her eyes reddened.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph, how did you feel about me&#8230;exactly?<\/p>\n<p>Not getting a divorce&#8230; wouldn&#8217;t you even be with another woman in the future?<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, there was a knock on her door. Joseph&#8217;s deep voice came, &#8220;Honey, I&#8217;ve come to take you home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Home.<\/p>\n<p>She lowered her eyes and didn&#8217;t respond.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;d locked the door anyway, so Joseph wouldn&#8217;t be able to get in.<\/p>\n<p>But she&#8217;d underestimated that Angela would favor Joseph, and she&#8217;d taken the key to open the door for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-826","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}