CHAPTER 4 Divorce

　　"It's a legal certificate," Perry blurted out. He already knew what her reaction would be, and he wasn't in any way surprised when he got the exact reaction he had expected.

　　"What the fuck?!" Autumn exclaimed. "I'm so dead! How did we even get to this point? How and when in the world did we sign this in the first place?"

　　"When we were both drunk, he said we went to a chapel last night, we had some shit done and we got married." He said and sighed. "It's just fucked up,"

　　"So, what's the way out uh?" Autumn asked and began to pace around the room. "We have to find something to do about this, or else it'll hurt my career. My career is on the line!" She exclaimed.

　　"Calm down, young woman!" Perry snapped at her, getting tired of how she kept pacing around.

　　"How do you expect me to—"

　　"There's a solution," Perry blurted out, making Autumn stop in her tracks as she looked at Perry with a glint of hope in her eyes.

　　"There is?" She asked. "What is the solution?"

　　Perry parted ways with Autumn that morning after giving her a solution that he thinks might save them both.

　　Although not very convinced, Autumn accepted when Perry said he was going to see to it and make sure he and his lawyer cancel out the certificate by filing for a divorce and that would be the end of it.

　　One of the maids brought the last set of food from the kitchen and set it on the table in front of Perry and his father, Mr. Moore.

　　Immediately after Perry left Las Vegas and returned to his father's mansion, he told him he would like to have a feast-like dinner with him to celebrate his arrival.

　　Perry, however, knew his father was only doing that so he could ask him for the details of his proposal to Gloria.

　　"Thank you," Mr. Moore said to the maid who bowed her head in respect in return, before leaving the son and father alone in the dining room.

　　"Let's eat," he then said to Perry, who simply nodded.

　　Midway into the food, Mr. Moore broke the silence between them. "So, how did your proposal go?"

　　Perry almost choked on his food. Though he was expecting the question, it still came a little unexpected for him.

　　He quickly took the cup of water in front of him and drank a little from it before dropping it back on the table.

　　"I hope it went well?" Mr. Moore added, ignoring the fact that his son just choked on his food.

　　"About that, it didn't go quite well. It didn't go as planned," he said.

　　His father paused to stare at him hard, expecting him to explain what he meant by what he had just said. Seeing that he wouldn't say anything else, he dropped the spoon in his hand on his plate. "Come again, Perry."

　　Perry sighed before replying. "She didn't accept my proposal."

　　"I expect you to tell me why without even asking." His father replied with a stern voice.

　　"She claimed to love someone else." Perry blurted out, making his father scoffed.

　　"Your girlfriend loves someone who isn't you?"

　　"Ex-girlfriend, father."

　　Mr. Moore chuckled lightly, unable to believe what he just heard his son say. "Are you even hearing yourself? Do you know the weight of what you have just said?"

　　"Father, I know how important getting married is to you, but I can't force—"

　　"I didn't tell you to force anyone!" His father raised his voice at him a little.

　　"I mean, if I were to do this my way, I would have made one of my rich friends give me their daughter and set you two up. Do you even know how many of them have offered me that opportunity and I disagreed?"

　　Perry let out a sigh before lowering his gaze as his father continued to scold him at the top of his voice. He knew his father to be that way, and whenever he was like that, it was best not to interrupt, but to let him vent his anger.

　　"All because you claimed to have some woman that you truly love! Now it is time to propose and get married and this is what you get?" His father scoffed. "You and the girl must be a joker."

　　"Father," Perry called. He was beginning to get pissed with the way his father spoke to him. "This isn't my fault either. I had no idea she was going to say no."

　　"And now that she has, what's your plan? You know quite well that without getting married you cannot gain your inheritance, you have to marry quickly so that you can claim your grandfather's shares!" Mr. Moore explained to him as if he had not done that before.

　　He has sung it like a song to his ears for a long time now, that it wasn't a new thing to Perry anymore.

　　"I know, dad."

　　"Then find something to do about it. And make it fast." Mr. Moore added the last sentence a bit more silently than the first. He then stood up from his table.

　　"Enjoy the rest of your meal," he said to his son and walked out of the dining room, leaving Perry behind.

　　Perry sighed as he watched his father's retreating figure. He has also lost his appetite, so he stood up right after his father was out of sight and also headed to his room.

　　On getting to his room, Perry paced around in anger. The discussion he had with his father annoyed him so much, but he did not know what to vent his anger on.

　　The thought of Gloria leaving him crossed his mind again, and he got even more pissed. He clenched his teeth and made his hand into a fist as if he was about to hit someone with it.

　　"Damn!" He yelled in frustration as he hit his fluffy bed. He was about to hit it the second time when he heard his phone ring.