Chapter 6 Don't You Care If She's Dead?

"Hmm? Why isn't the wife of the year sending you lunch today?" Eric Parker was Jude's close childhood friend, who had joined the Simmons Corporation as Jude's secretary instead of working for his family's business. It was Jude's first day at work after returning from Provence. "Mrs. Simmons" had always delivered homemade lunch to the office every day without fail. Jude hated Scarlett, so Eric was the one who always ate all the good food. Scarlett's cooking skills had made him a picky eater and he wouldn't eat food from just any restaurant. Of the three meals in a day, lunchtime was the only time when he could eat the food that Scarlett had prepared for Jude. Seeing that it was about time, he waited and waited for the familiar blue lunchbox until he was forced to question Jude. "We're divorced." The man behind the desk sounded so nonchalant yet his words were like a bomb strike to Eric. "A divorce?" Eric's voice was loud and full of disbelief. "You're joking! How could she bear di