Steven asked, "Are you really suggesting I learn from him? Aren't you afraid I'd become worse under his influence?"
Justin shot him a look. "You came to me for help, yet you're not taking my advice. What's the point of coming to me then?"
When it came to handling family and marriage issues, Steven felt that he had far more experience than Marcus, at least in terms of the length of their marriages.
He said, "Justin, I don't think you know this. To get his wife to leave him, Marc even staged a fake divorce. Then he started hiding and was even afraid to see his own wife. What am I supposed to learn from him?"
Justin replied, "Who says I didn't know about that? Cornelia had a period of morning sickness, and one of his subordinates, Ben, came to me hoping I could help her."
Steven expressed his surprise. "How come I didn't know about this?"
Justin continued, "Although he didn't personally ask for help, I could still feel his concern and care for his wife. You, on the other hand, had a good marriage, but you ended it as if it was some game."
Steven was silent for a moment. He never considered marriage as a game. From the moment he decided to register the marriage with Hannah, he had decided to be with her forever, and never to part. But it was Hannah, who time and again wanted to divorce, and wanted freedom. And all he did was give her the freedom she wanted.
Justin said, "You can't respond to me, so you're just keeping silent?"
After a long while, Steven finally said in a low voice, "Justin, I can't be without Hannah."
Justin was not surprised to hear Steven say this, as he had often flaunted his love for Hannah. "If you can't be without her, why did you divorce her then?"
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