Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.

He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!

Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!

However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?"

"Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."

Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?"

"Technically, she's a widow—"

Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'

Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y