My Wife Sent Me to a Psych Ward, So I Gave Her a Big Surprise Chapter 01

My Wife Sent Me to a Psych Ward, So I Gave Her a Big Surprise Chapter 01

It had been three years since my ex-wife sent me to a private psychiatric facility.

And after all that time, the first thing she brought me was a divorce agreement.

“Sylvan, just sign it. I’ll get you out of here.”

Her voice was still as gentle as ever.

As if she wasn’t the same woman who had pinned me down three years ago because of Auden, forced me to sign those papers, and sent me into this place.

I smiled and signed my name.

Wren clearly hadn’t expected me to agree so easily.

She froze for a moment, then quickly put the agreement away. The relief on her face was impossible to miss.

“Back then, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have gone traveling with Auden and caused your father to lose his defense attorney, which led to his death.”

“But you wouldn’t stop fighting me. You even started an online harassment campaign against him and destroyed his career. I had no choice but to send you here.”

“If you’d just done what I told you back then, you wouldn’t have suffered in a private psychiatric facility.”

Then she turned and walked away.

I stared at the crack in the ceiling and laughed.

Three years ago, after my father’s death, I really did lose my mind.

I was so desperate for justice that I actually believed a knife could bring it back.

But now…

I wasn’t that person anymore.

Wren would never know what these three years had taught me.

…

After Wren and I got our marriage certificate for the second time.

When we walked out of county marriage office, her law firm partners were already waiting outside, laughing and making jokes.

Their eyes kept drifting toward Auden.

“Wren divorced her husband once for Mr. Vale, and somehow she still ended up taking her ex-husband back?”

“Guess some men really just can’t let go.”

“Who can blame them? Some people will do anything when they can use their father’s case as leverage.”

Quiet laughter spread through the crowd.

Wren frowned slightly, as if she was worried I would lose control right there.

Before she could say anything, I laughed first.

“I wasn’t the one begging to get back together. The remarriage agreement clearly spells everything out. This is a deal.”

Wren’s expression stiffened.

“Sylvan, did you really have to say it like that?”

I looked directly into her eyes.

“Was I wrong?”

She had nothing to say.

She opened the car door and motioned for me to get in.

The moment the car started moving, the silence inside became suffocating.

“You’ve changed a lot.”

Wren kept her hands on the steering wheel, her voice cold.

“People don’t stay the same forever.”

I looked out the window.

“Before we remarried, I made you a promise. As long as you stayed out of trouble, I’d do everything I could to win your father’s case.”

“Remember that promise, and don’t cause any more trouble for Auden.”

The moment I heard his name, I turned back to her.

“As long as he stays away from me, I won’t even bother looking at him.”

Wren slammed on the brakes.

“Sylvan! Auden’s mother is my mentor. Without her help, I never would’ve been able to afford Grayhaven University. Can you show some empathy for once?”

I let out a cold laugh.

“Empathy? Putting your mentor’s son into the law firm and turning our wedding anniversary into dinner for the three of you?”

Wren tightened her grip on the steering wheel, trying to hold back her anger.

“I already told you. Auden was new and needed guidance. Why are you keeping score?”

“I’m keeping score?”

“Then what about the time he showed up at our house in the middle of the night wearing pajamas? Was that also because he needed guidance?”

Wren’s brows drew together.

“His pipes burst. He had nowhere else to go. You’re being paranoid!”

I tightened my grip on the seat belt.

“You know I wasn’t paranoid. The trial begins next week, so don’t cause any trouble.”

Wren scoffed.

“I’m an attorney. I don’t need you to tell me how to do my job.”

“Good.”

I turned away from her.

My father had been deliberately framed and dragged into a massive financial fraud case.

Every piece of evidence had been stacked against him.

It was a case everyone thought he would lose.

Except Wren.

After ten years in the legal field without a single loss, she was the only person who could get him out of it.

Back then, I had caught Wren and Auden together on the couch in her office, their clothes a mess. I didn’t hesitate. I asked for a divorce.

But I never expected that just two months later, my father would be taken away.

To save him, I had no choice but to swallow my pride.

Wren looked at me with a smug smile.

“Sylvan, if you’d been this reasonable from the start, we wouldn’t have gone through all this.”

“Remarriage is fine, but you need to promise me one thing. You can’t interfere with my work or my friendships anymore.”

I looked at her.

At the woman I had loved for five years.

And all I could say was:

“Fine.”

As long as my father could walk free, I could endure anything.