My phone rang.

The phone was filled with messages wishing me a happy new year.

Tristan: "Happy New Year."

Ruben: "Sylvia, I wish you became more beautiful, and happier, and said goodbye to all your troubles!"

Dylan: "Syl, Happy New Year."

Marcel: "Happy New Year, Mrs. Hudson. Thank you for letting me drive back. My dad had some health issues a few days ago, but luckily I was able to take him to the hospital in time."

I replied to Marcel first: "Happy New Year! You don't have to rush back to work. I'm going abroad after the New Year, probably for about two years. During this time, you can take care of your dad and come to my house to drive for my dad. The salary will be the same."

Afterward, I opened the group chat with four people.

Greta acted like a fool, spamming emojis in the group chat, while Janessa went crazy with fireworks effects. Only Cecelia silently agreed.

I took a video of the fireworks outside the window and posted it in the group: "Everyone, a new year, a new beginning."

Greta, Janessa, and Cecelia were all in Aroma City and could naturally see the fireworks outside. They each took a video of the fireworks and posted it in the group, which was considered watching the fireworks together.

Upon learning that I stayed home for New Year this year, Greta was very excited and exclaimed, "Well done, Syl!"

He/she posted a happy emoji in the group while speaking.

I also replied with a smiling face emoji.

I continued to talk about going abroad. My friends were very reluctant, but considering that Frederic refused to divorce me, they all agreed. Then Janessa and Cecelia sent me a long message expressing their support.

After chatting for a while, I replied one by one to the New Year's greetings from others, and also sent a New Year's greeting to Frederic's parents.

After learning about Lillian's situation, my previous love and closeness towards Frederic's parents had completely disappeared. I felt like I was being used by them.

Although I willingly married Frederic at first, the lonely days after five years were not what I wished for. It's ridiculous that I was so foolish and couldn't figure out why Frederic treated me like this.

However, Frederic's parents were always on my side at that time, so I still maintained basic etiquette. After all, I had not divorced Frederic yet.

Soon, Frederic's parents also replied to my message and added a long paragraph of blessings. I did not reply again.

At this time, Frederic's message also came over, "Happy New Year."

This was the first time he sent me New Year's greetings. In the past, I used to send him greetings at midnight.

Was he a severe procrastinator? It took him so long to respond to others' initiatives.

I simply ignored his blessing, just like he had ignored me countless times before.

My intuition told me to check the Timeline instead.

Sure enough, I came across the post that Emilia had just made. It was a screenshot of a New Year's greeting.

The sender's name and profile picture were both cut off.

Emilia wrote: "Happy New Year! I hope to have you by my side every year."

That person was likely Frederic. I had calmed down enough, but my heart still skipped a beat when I saw that screenshot.