“Here, sign it and leave!” he demanded. Sophia stared down at the document tossed at her. ‘Divorce agreement’ she read in her mind. Sophia smacked her lips. ‘He didn’t even wait for a solid week before getting rid of me,? she thought to herself.
She wanted to believe it was a dream, but that was her reality. Her husband wanted a divorce from her, after two years of marriage. Even if the marriage was based on a contract, it was still a marriage. Noah Milton paced the floor of what was supposed to be he and Sophia’s bedroom, a place she never dared to enter, except on special occasions.
She recorded the look on Noah’s face before speaking, “Noah, your dad just—” Sophia swallowed the next words about to escape her lips as Noah’s icy grey eyes met hers.
Sophia Whyte was married to the most influential man in the city. The CEO of Milton group Noah Milton. It would be an honor for any woman in the whole city to be engaged, not to talk of being married, to the most sought out man in the city, but for Sophia, it was simply a nightmare.
“Did you not hear me Whyte? I said get up and leave,” Noah’s eyes gradually changed color as his voice remained stern. His icy gaze sent chills down Sophia’s spine. `He referred to her by her last name`. She doubted her husband even knew her name.
Sophia was Noah’s executive secretary before they got married. It would have been the most beautiful Cinderella story making the headlines. ‘Rich CEO married poor office secretary out of love’, but that wasn’t the case.
A few months after she started working at the Milton group, Noah’s company, her mother fell terribly ill and needed an emergency surgery. Sophia was a hard worker and doubled her effort month after month.
Just when she had finally gathered the courage to ask for a three month advance on her salary, Noah blatantly refused her request claiming she hadn’t worked hard enough to make such a request. Instead of honoring her request, he decided to take advantage of the situation she was in.
He offered her a deal that any woman would have agreed to without complain, she had to get married to him for two years. In exchange, he would take care of all her mother’s medical bills and her loans. Noah knew how financially unstable she was.
At first, she didn’t quite understand it, a wealthy CEO who had captivated the hearts of all the women in the city, it wouldn’t have been exaggerating if someone said Country. He could have any woman he desired, he sure had the money and looks for it.
During the course of the marriage, Sophia understood why the immaculate billionaire needed a wife even though he already had a girlfriend.
It didn’t take long before she agreed. The pressure was too much for her to handle, she had no other choice. The doctor threatened to withdraw her mother’s treatment. Looking back at it, Noah was cruel, he would have let her mother die if she didn’t agree to his terms.
Their wedding came as quite a shock to everyone in the office, as well as family and friends. Noah only related with people of high social standing and wealthy backgrounds. Sophia had none of that, she was poor and barely getting by.
“But Noah—” she tried to speak but was cut off almost immediately.
“Don’t you dare address me by my name, remember your place!” he demanded. Sophia gulped hard, “I’m sorry sir.” A stranger, that was what she was to him. Even after two years of marriage he still treated her like a common staff member, she had no place in his house anymore.