CHAPTER 10: I Want A Divorce

Two weeks later. It was Saturday and Lucius decided to meet his unknown wife for the first time.

Lily was still a stranger, and it bothered him more than anything else. Even though he had allowed Grandma Mabel to orchestrate it, he still needed to see the face and appearance of the person who was legally bound to his name.

The reason wasn't due to sudden curiosity or due to emotions, after all he had already made it clear, and she seemed to understand perfectly. The problem was that family events would eventually come and the board also had eyes everywhere. If Lily showed up anywhere close to Hunt Corp or attended events with him and embarrassed him, it would reflect on everything he had spent years building. So he needed to meet her personally, at least to see the face behind that sharp tongued text partner.

Lucius' lawyer sent him the address of her new apartment, a building in downtown Cedarville. His grandmother had arranged for the apartment, and he approved, but he had been too busy to check out the place, heck, he had been too busy to even attend the wedding.

He painstakingly had to skip a scheduled conference call just to see her today, at least this once, then probably till further notice.... that's whenever her appearance would be needed in family gatherings or attending an event that required bringing his 'wife' along.

It was evening already when his black Mercedes parked in the visitors parking lot of her apartment building.

Lucius stepped out and looked up at the building. It looked simple, with decent security, not too flashy.

A small, reluctant part of him noted that the apartment was a reasonable choice, at least it's not the kind of place a woman trying to drain someone's money would pick. He pushed that petty thought aside and walked through the lobby.

The elevator to her floor was quiet. He straightened his suit and told himself this would take twenty minutes, maximum. He would introduce himself, simply tell her his expectations, and leave. Simple.

He found her apartment number in the middle of the corridor. He raised his hand to knock.

But the door wasn't fully shut.

He paused and frowned. How can she be so careless as to leave the door open. He pushed it open slightly, about to call out — but froze almost immediately.

A weird sound hit him before anything else. He wasn't sure what it was at first...but It was definitely loud moans.

"Yes....oh gawdd, yes! Right there...."

A deep groan followed the loud moans, "Yeah! You like this."

"Uhhhh, harder, don't. stop."

The headboard of the bed was slamming hard against the wall in a rhythm that left absolutely nothing to the imagination. Deep male grunts mixed the creaking of bed spring bouncing wildly. And then the lady's voice reached a high pitch that must have definitely disturbed the neighbors two floors down.

Lucius stood completely still by the doorway.

"What the...." He whispered in awe, unable to find proper words to describe how disappointed and disgusted he felt.

If it wasn't his lawyer who gave him the address, he would have sworn it was the wrong apartment.

His grandmother had called this woman 'pure' and even 'Special' She had looked him dead in the eyes and vouched for Lily's character like she was the most innocent lady on earth.

Yet the woman in that bedroom was currently screaming like a banshee in heat.

"That was amazing, baby!" she gasped, breathless, followed by a man's low laugh.

Lucius stepped back. He pulled the door shut behind him quietly, and walked back to the elevator.

His face was completely indifferent. That was the thing about years of boardroom warfare, you would learn to keep every emotion on the inside where it couldn't be seen or be used against you. Although anyone who looked closely as he walked down that corridor would have known that something was burning fiercely behind his eyes.

He pressed the lobby button and stepped in, the elevator descended.

She's living in the apartment his grandmother arranged. Living comfortably yet she couldn't even manage basic decency. At the end of the day they are all the same.

"She's just like...." He shook his head and held his nose bridge, he didn't complete his words because he had sworn never to mention That name ever again. To him that person was dead.

The lobby doors opened. He walked to his car, got in, and sat there for a moment with his hands on the steering wheel.

"I knew it." He muttered with gritted teeth, he had known this arrangement was a mistake the second his grandmother mentioned it. He had signed the papers anyway because it was easier than arguing with Grandma Mabel, and because he genuinely didn't think it would matter especially since it would get the board off his back.

But apparently Lily had other plans.

He drove home in complete silence. The first thing he did upon getting home was to pour in a glass of whiskey and downed it in one go.

Then he picked up his phone, brought up their chats and typed without hesitating, because hesitation was for people who were still deciding how they felt about a situation, and he definitely already knows how this made him feel. It made him feel betrayed....for the second time.

'I came to your apartment tonight. I heard everything. I Want A Divorce immediately. I will not tolerate this behavior, you were clearly only after money, and I won't be humiliated by a wife who sleeps around in an apartment my family provides.'

He hit send without thinking twice.

Then took another shot of whiskey, the glass hit the counter hard.

His suspicion had been proven right, which meant he could now end things with her without feeling guilt and without his grandmother being able to say he hadn't tried. He decided to deal with the board later, but first he'll call his lawyers in the morning to process their divorce papers.

"Funny how we didn't get to meet each other before things end." He whispered to himself. He felt like he just wasn't lucky with women, either real or take, they all took what they wanted and then betrayed him.