Chapter 6

Riley's Pov 

When I woke up the next morning, my sins came knocking at me. I woke up in an unfamiliar hotel room and on someone's bed who was not my husband. I packed up all my clothes and wore them quickly as I sneaked out of the room when the man was still sleeping. I boarded a cab to Claire's house.

"Where were you last night? After drinking up my drink, I looked for you, and when I couldn't find you, I came home." Claire asked me immediately after I stepped into the house.

I dropped my voice to a whisper when I answered her, "I spent the night with a stranger."

"What? I only told you to drink out your worries, not to spread your legs to a stranger. Though, I won't regret my actions if I were you."

She was wrong. I was regretting everything from going to the bar with her to everything that happened at night. It made me feel as if I was not different from Ethan and Sophia.

But what was done was done.

Claire nudged my shoulder, "Cheer up, be happy you get fucked."

"What if I get pregnant?" I asked Claire frightfully.

"That can be prevented. Go on, wash up and dress up. We will go to the hospital for a check-up and some prevention. All you need are a few pills, and you will be okay. Trust me."

I nodded and went to her room to wash up and dress up in her clothes.

We got to the hospital and we told the nurse what we wanted. It did not take us more than a minute, she prescribed us the drugs and some immediate injections, which I took, and everything was set. When we were at it, thoughts ran into my mind and I knew I couldn't let Ethan go for what he did to me.

I wanted revenge.

When we returned to Claire's house, she stepped outside to see someone, while I had the house to myself to think about where to start, and I had not signed the divorce papers yet.

I remembered that half of the property that Ethan had was under my name. When he was getting them, he got them with both of our names. But that was not enough for the revenge I was craving. I wanted everything he owned. Maybe then, he would know how capable I could be.

I picked up my phone and placed a call to my lawyer, who answered the call after a few rings. "Mrs Spears."

Once upon a time when I loved hearing people calling me that name, 'Spears', but now, I felt like it was not real. I suddenly hated the name.

"Call me Riley," I told the lawyer.

"Is there a problem?"

I ignored his words, "Can we meet? I have some questions I would need your clarification."

"Do you mean now, Riley?"

"Can it be now?"

"Okay, I will come to the house to meet you if you're there."

"I'm not in the house, I'll send my location to you. Also, please keep my meeting with you confidential. I won't appreciate it if you tell anyone about it, especially my husband."

"Okay, Riley. I'll come by."

It was when I dropped the call that I felt a little bit calm about what was happening and that I was getting help for myself.

I waited impatiently for my lawyer.

A knock on the door brought a smile to my face. I didn't have to check who was at the door to know that it was my lawyer. Since I knew that Claire would not knock on the door for the house was hers. I opened the door and let him in. He sat down on the sofa, and I got a glass of water for him in case he was thirsty.

"Thank you." He appreciated and took a sip from the glass.

I sat down opposite where he was sitting and got ready for the discussion I called him for. He dropped the glass he was holding and concentrated on me.

I did not allow him to ask me before I started talking. "Help me check all the properties my husband has his eyes on, is there a loophole in the documents that can make all the property mine?"

He was dazed, and he did nothing to hide it. "What?" He almost yelled. "Why, Mrs Spears?"

I relaxed on the sofa I was sitting on and let my index finger rest under my jaw, thinking whether I should tell him what was going on or not.

Truthfully, keeping it to myself would have been better, so I decided to say nothing to him. "I just want to know."

"You cannot just sit down and start thinking of something like that, Mrs Spears. Something must be going on and as the lawyer, I have to know everything that is going on. Trust me, finding a loophole will not be so difficult if I know why I'm doing it."

I had no choice after hearing that, I had to let him know what was going on, and when he heard about it, and that Ethan had already sent the divorce papers to me, he said to me. "That's very unwise of your husband, Mrs Spears. Now, I know what gets you thinking hard."

I did not comment on what he said, and he was silent as well. I knew he was thinking of what to do, so I let him think to the fullest without any distractions. When he was at it, my phone began to ring and I checked the person calling.

I saw the caller was my father, and I excused myself to pick up the call.

"Hey, Riley."

"Father, why are you calling me? Is something wrong with mum?"

I was neither close to my father nor my mother. I was like that neglected middle child.

"Your mum is okay. Come home, let's discuss your husband. You might still win your husband back."