Chapter 23 My Wife Cornered by Lawyer

My Wife Cornered by Lawyer

“Let’s look at this first.”

“What is this…?”

Tokudou-san took out several documents from an envelope and placed them on the desk.

The list contained the countless insults that Rina had thrown at me over the past year that Tokudou-san had compiled.

“Annoying!”

“Disgusting!”

“Disappear!”

“Who do you think you are?”

“Don’t touch me!”

“Sleep separately!”

“Get out of my way!”

“Don’t talk to me!”

“ATM!”

There are many other things she said, but these are the ones that hurt me the most.

I almost want to congratulate myself for not breaking down after more than a year of enduring this.

Well, I was a little down at times, but I continued to devote myself to her because I loved her.

But now I don’t care anymore.

“These words are things you said to your husband, Makoto-san. I made a list of them after hearing from him. They are clearly emotional abuse.”

“E-Emotional abuse…? No, that’s not true… I didn’t mean it….”

“You’re committing emotional abuse because you’re not aware of it? Well, if you were aware, it would be even worse. Those words may have been casual to you, but to Makoto-san and others, they were nothing but insults.”

“Ugh…!”

“By the way, we also have about two days of recordings. Would you like to listen to them?”

“This isn’t my true self…! It's just a normal couple fight…! We just need to make up.”

I see, so that’s her perspective on the situation.

While in some cases it could be considered just a fight, both Tokudou-san and I understand that it’s just an excuse for Rina to avoid responsibility.

So she goes after Rina relentlessly.

“Well, the divorce mediator might see it that way. What about sexless marriage? I heard you refused to even touch him for over a year.”

“T-That’s because… I was just embarrassed….”

“Doubtful. You were normal before, right? It’s unnatural to refuse now just because you’re embarrassed.”

“Ugh…!”

Rina is speechless at Tokudou-san’s logical argument and stutters for a moment.

I thought it was stupid to try to win against a lawyer with words, but on the other hand, it shows how cornered Rina is.

But instead of giving up, Rina glares at Tokudou-san and attacks.

“But many couples have sexless marriages, right?! And that alone is no reason to divorce!”

Is she out of her mind…?

Some people would choose to leave if they were being emotionally abused and denied physical touch.

But Rina is arrogant. She wouldn’t accept that.

So Tokudou-san plays her next card.

“I see. Then what do you think about the fact that you left all the housework to your husband?”

“…I just thought that whoever is good at housework should do it… I didn’t want to leave everything to him….”

Indeed, looking at the state of this room, it’s clear that Rina is not good at housework.

However, even over a year ago, she helped with the cleaning and cooking, even though she was not very good at it.

So this is also just an excuse.

“Oh… You didn’t feel bad about putting all the burden on him and enjoying yourself?”

“I did feel bad. But it’s not worth getting angry about something trivial like housework….”

That’s true, but I really want to yell at her and say, “You’re the one who shouldn’t say that!”

But I hold back and watch the situation unfold.

It’s better to let Tokudou-san handle the situation calmly than to get emotional and interrupt.

As proof, Rina’s complexion gets worse and worse as she realizes she’s being cornered.

“Sure, some people might think it’s strange to get angry about housework. After all, divorce mediators are such a joke. They’d probably tell you to work things out even in a situation as bad as this.”

Tokudou-san has been mentioning divorce mediators and insulting them for a while now.

Does she have a grudge against mediators?

I felt chills because her voice sounded so cold.

But Rina probably feels even colder than I do.

She’s been shaking since earlier.

If she had honestly admitted her mistakes, apologized, and accepted the divorce, she wouldn’t have been treated like this.

Tokudou-san delivers the final blow to the stubborn Rina.

“Then how do you explain this?”

“Wh-What is this…?!”

The last thing presented was a photo of Rina’s affair with a senior she had feelings for (or, to be more precise, Hana-chan told me it was unrequited love).