For as boring as he was, he had his charms. She could only count those charms on one hand, but, well, money and influence had its way of smoothing things out.
Takeshi was a stable, predictable man from an esteemed family. A plain sort of handsome that anyone could appreciate. He was what she thought she needed at the time. A change of pace with an incredible company written into his inheritance. Did he deserve it? Not necessarily.
There were times where Setsuna had wanted to end things a little too early. Like when he refused to meet with investors in Suna because the sand was too harsh on his skin. Or how he wouldn’t go with her to visit her sick brother in the Land of Water because the mosquitos were very bad that time of year – he had heard some terrible things about malaria. There was also the fact that he chewed too loud, made an infuriating habit of pacing all around the house, and only wanted missionary for the three minutes he could keep it up.
But she stuck it out for five long years, like a good wife should. Appeared hand in hand at building dedications and soirees at the Daimyo’s estate. She told him she loved him, told everyone she loved him. The phrase only took one short season to wear a hole in her tongue, but it never ran out.
Setsuna knew everything about him. He hated leeks and the smell of roses. His least favorite color was orange. He couldn’t go more than three days without a woman.
So, she made herself scarce, donning the house with marigolds and floral perfume. At parties she introduced him to her younger, perkier acquaintances and stuck a nin on his tail wherever he went.
It went on through fifteen women, four years, and thousands of receipts from hotels, chefs, jewelers, and tailors. She’d even managed to dig up several of his secret accounts in Grass. When the time was right for her to walk in on him and his mistress (and it was a ridiculously short window), he had to have been worth more than ten of her lifetimes.
The day the divorce went through was gorgeous. The sky had never been so blue, and her pockets had never been heavier. She invested in several tech and transportation startups, bought and franchised three new restaurants, and bought a large island of her very own.