Chapter 701: Divorce
The sudden ringing of the phone always felt jarring—sometimes even heart-pounding.
Lynch stared at it for two seconds, then picked it up.
He had just lifted his pen, ready to write something. Now, there was only a blot of ink on the paper in front of him, no words.
“It’s me…”
“I’m Nail…” came his father’s voice, followed by a short silence. Then it resumed. “If you’re free, you should come back to the Federation. Your mother and I are getting a divorce.”
Lynch wasn’t surprised. From the moment he arrived in this world, Nail and Serra’s marriage had already reached its end.
For many ordinary people, marriage isn’t about love—it’s a social arrangement.
This is the reality most people face: The person I married isn’t the one I love most, but the one I can’t live without.
It sounds abstract, but it’s the truth. If Lynch hadn’t come to this world, the original Lynch would have broken up with Katherine, endured several beatings from society, and matured.