Chapter 26

~ Tring! Tring! ~

The phone rang again with Drake’s name on the screen.

“Get up! Let’s complete this call as soon as possible.” Nik hissed. He thought of speaking to Drake, similar to how he spoke to Lily’s father. But after a whole lot of shouting and quarrels for Drake, Nik didn’t understand how he should talk to Drake.

Taking a deep breath, he lifted the call and put it on the speaker. “Hello, Mr. Cooper. This is Drake Denholm.”

“Hi! How may I help you?” Nik asked in a dull voice, and he sounded disinterested in the whole drama and lies going on. Though he was the one who started the false marriage, he didn’t expect all such nuisance to come after it. 'This is why I hate marriages and relationships.’ He felt it was a waste of time and energy to get involved with all this unnecessary stuff. ‘Can’t people live without getting married?’

“Can I talk to Lily?”

Nik just wanted to hand over the call to Lily and leave them alone. He pushed the phone towards Lily, but before h