The Great Commander Strikes Back

Chapter 2

“What are you doing, Whitley? Is this a joke?” Harvey continued to stare straight at Whitley with his eyebrows bent downward. Harvey tried to smile and assume everything Whitley said was a joke.

Even his smile became very strange and dubious. “There's no way you'd say something like this at a party.”

This was a special party for the family. They must have wanted to surprise him, so they told Whitley to say that. Harvey kept thinking positively about all of this.

However, their faces didn't seem to change. They were still sarcastically looking at Harvey. Whitley herself tilted his head and looked up slightly. “I'm telling the truth. There are no lies or jokes now. Look around you, do they think I'm joking?”

Shawn glanced at the people there. It turned out that they were looking down on Shawn. Giving him a disgusted look in their eyes.

“You are an ordinary man who entered this family because of my grandfather's orders.” Whitley's brows furrowed and the edges rose. Her face began to turn bright red. “That old man suddenly gave a strange order, asking me to marry a man like you. A rat picked out of the trash.”

Several family members chuckled when they heard the word 'rat', as they seemed to agree with Whitley's simile.

Whitley sighed. “Grandfather threatened that he would remove me from the list of heirs if I didn't marry you. So, I had to do it. It was disgusting that I had to share a room with a filthy person like you. However, grandfather is gone now. I don't need to be with you anymore, do I?”

Harvey tried to be calm. He gently looked directly into Whitley's eyes. He wanted to show her his true sincerity. “Whitley, listen to me. Marriage is not something to play around with. Marriage is how we make each other happy.”

Whitley gave Harvey a frivolous smile. “Making each other happy you say, Harvey? Take a look... are you any good to me? You're just a burden to the family. Do you think you bring me happiness? I'm ashamed to have been married to someone like you for three years. I'd rather be with an equal, right?”

Whitley turned to Andreas while smiling slightly at him. She deliberately did that so that Harvey could see for himself how Whitley wanted her separation from Harvey.

Harvey approaches and tries to touch Whitley, but is immediately stopped by Andreas. He looked Harvey square in the eye. “Hey, didn't you hear what Whitley said? She should be with someone who is equal and beneficial to her.”

Harvey, who had been holding back his irritation towards Andreas, began to lose control. He furrowed his brows and his face began to turn red. “Shut up! You don't need to interfere. Let alone getting close to someone else's wife.”

As soon as Harvey said that, Whitley stepped forward. “You're the one who doesn't know any better, Harvey! I'm already divorced from you. You have ears, right? I divorced you earlier.”

The other family members began to corner Harvey.

“She divorced you, Harvey. We heard it clearly.”

“Be ashamed of yourself Harvey, you're useless.”

“Who would want to be the wife of someone like you, Harvey? You deserve to be banished.”

These people did not even hesitate to say these things in public. Harvey had already thrown away his pride when he married Whitley, but being publicly humiliated like this was something Harvey could never have imagined.

Harvey squeezed his hand tightly. Andreas looked at him with a frivolous smile. “Why? Are you angry? The fact that you heard about it. Do you not accept what I said?”

Harvey tried to ignore the man with the annoying face. He looked at Whitley. The woman seemed to fold her arms across her chest with a disgusted look at Harvey. When Harvey took a step forward, she took a step back.

Harvey stopped there and took a breath. “Whitley, I'm giving you one more chance. Now come closer to me and I'll forget everything you said earlier.”

There was silence after Harvey said that. Whitley and Andreas looked at each other. A moment later, everyone burst out laughing. The family members who were there even laughed until they burst into tears.

“Look, this guy is so funny.”

“He says stupid things. He acts like he's in control.”

“Wake up, you're expendable, you idiot!”

Andreas then stepped in front of Harvey. He pushed Harvey's shoulders a few times. “You're an outcast. Poor. Stupid. Useless. No power either. You're just like a cockroach. Existing only to be thrown away.”

The man continued to smile as he insulted and pushed Harvey. Because Harvey was so annoyed, he raised his hand and delivered a fist to Andreas' face.

The man was pushed back. However, Harvey did not stop. He grabbed Andreas by the collar and punched him in the face so many times that blood came out of his nostrils. “Damn man!”

Seeing Andreas being beaten, Whitley did not stay silent. She grabbed Harvey's hand and immediately pushed his body away. Then the woman quickly examined Andreas' injuries.

Angrily, Whitley turned to Harvey. “Hey! See what you did? Andreas is hurt. You should have gotten out of this house while I was still saying it nicely. If it ended up like this, I should have told the servants to throw you in the trash!”

The sarcastic remark that escaped Whitley's thin lips made Harvey lose his train of thought for a moment. It was as if everything had come to a standstill and was silent. Harvey saw how Whitley held Andreas's face and body with a worried expression. It was different from Whitley's attitude towards Harvey all this time. He often insulted and hit Harvey even when Harvey had done nothing wrong.

It was now clear that during the three years of Harvey's marriage to Whitley, the woman had not looked at Harvey in the slightest. Harvey had thrown away his pride to follow William Smith's request to marry Whitley and love her. He accepted the consequences of being humbled in the Smith family. However, it seemed that Whitley was not worthy of Harvey's love.

Harvey took a deep breath. “You really want a divorce, Whitley? Well... I'll give it to you. After I endured three years of being your husband, I'm finally going to tell you who I really am. However, I don't think you deserve to know.”

Harvey gave his ex-wife and son a faint smile with a piercing gaze.

That gaze was met with a red-eyed glare from Whitley. He glared while pointing at Harvey's face. “You don't know yourself! You're going to get charged. You're going to jail!”

On the other side, Andreas did the same. He snarled. “I'll kill you, Harvey! I'll definitely kill you, then skin you. I'll throw your flesh to the dogs!”

Harvey glanced at Andreas. His eyes did not blink at his bloody face. “Yes, I'm happy to wait for it.”

Harvey then walked past the two of them, not caring anymore about what they were doing. He walked through the stairs.

The other family members saw Harvey and tried to stop him. “Hey! What are you doing? You must be stealing!”

Harvey didn't care what they said. He walked into the room and was soon carrying a bag. “I'm just taking my stuff. It's too valuable to stay in the devil's lair.”

Everyone wanted to immediately berate Harvey, but they immediately fell silent when they noticed how Harvey was looking at them. It was a vengeful look.

Whitley clucked his tongue. “This loser... is a pain in the ass.”

Harvey then walked out of the house. Leaving everyone behind without looking back. It was no longer worth giving them sympathy. In fact, they didn't even deserve a little goodbye.

Harvey walked steadily towards the gate. Outside the gate he saw a man with slightly curly hair. Tall and stout in stature, he was also wearing a neat suit.

When Harvey opened the gate, the man immediately approached and bowed his head in salute. “Good evening, General.”

Harvey nodded in return. “Are you alone?”

The man nodded. “Of course. I don't want to be too conspicuous. Why is the General carrying a bag? And more importantly, have you told your wife?”

Harvey glanced sharply at the man. “I didn't. After all, she's not my wife anymore, Jordan.”

The man opened his eyes wide. He didn't expect those words to come out of Harvey's mouth.