Chapter 10
Lysander stepped to the balcony and sided Navier’s number, intending to evenince her in play along with his divorce scheme.
But after countless attempt all he got was the same robu
“Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is power ull..
A flicker of unease settled in his chest.
same robotic voice message.
Brow furrowed, Lysander pulled up WhatsApp to message her instead.
But a glaring red exclamation mark popped up,
“Goddammit, Navier! What the hell are you playing at?!” he muttered, fariously typing, “It’s the middle of the night–in this really the time for one of your little tapis?”
Fighting back his growing agitation and panic, he called his secretary
“Nick, contact Navier immediately. Tell her I need to see her.
ASAP
Following the directive. Nick mobilized multiple people to call and message Navier, but no one got through.
“Sir,” he reported back nervously, “Mrs. Vanderbih–she’s completely unreachable. Should we launch a more thorough investigation?”
NO! Let her salk all she wants!” Lysander snapped before ending the call.
If she didn’t want to face him now, then maybe she should never show her face again!
Seething with anger, he stormed into the living room, intending to clean up the broken bottle. That’s when the paper on the coffee table caught his eye
“Divorce papers…
Lysander froze, his breath coming in uneven gasps
“What the hell? When did
id Navier a and I get divorced?
He snatched up the e paper with trembling hands, dipping it open to see his own photograph next to the official court seal.
He had wanted a divorce, yes. Yet somehow, the reality of it left bitter taste in his mouth.
“She loved me so much… how could she divorce me this easily?”
“This must be some kind of sick joke, right?”
Strangely, he refused to entertain the possibility that Navier no longer loved him.
Lysander’s thoughts were so chaotic that he didn’t even hear Celeste calling his name.
He rushed back to the balcony and dialed his secretary Nick again.
“Verify if these divorce papers are legitimate.”
“Tm sorry, what?” Nick stammered in disbelief. “Sir, you and Mrs–Ms. Armstrong are divorced?”
“I look into it immediately!”
After hanging up, the next fifteen minutes felt like an eternity to Lysander.
Soon enough, Nick send a screenshot from the court records system.
“Sir, I can confirm the divorce is legitimate. Ms. Armstrong filed the paperwork a month ago with your signed agreement attached. And it’s done today.
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Each word on the screen seemed to bare Into Lysander’s eyes, yet he couldn’t comprehend what he was reading.
“A mouth age?”
A deafening explosion went off in his mind, leaving his ears ringing.
So Navier had been planning this divorce all along? Iter talk abinu reclaiming her life was real? Her burning her prosessions and saying the wis leaving–all of it was real?
She hadn’t been bluffing. She truly intended to leave him forever?
The irony was that he’d been looking forward to this day–anticipating divorting Navier, enger for Ophelia’s return. So why did it feel so wrong now?
Lysander kept telling himself that Navier initiating the divorce was great. He should be happy,
“Lysander? Lysander?”
Celeste, wearing his bathrobe, had been calling his name repeatedly.
Until she stood directly in front of him that he finally snapped back to reality.
