anxiously, as soon as she became aware th

sitting down on the stairs until she rose, and he b

hours staring at the message on her phone, wanting to belie

but calm voice asked as he stood at the end of the stairs, and his eyes trail

ou didn't reply to my texts either," Stacy lamented w

case she had forgotten that he was a serious business ma

king about the message he sent earlier, and that sh

with deep sadness in her voice, with tears almost rolling do

he questioned, his eyebro

the right number. Why wa

she mumbled, as she collected the briefcase that his assista

ew the nook and crannies of his room, and al

sure that every newly ordered custom suit was brought in by her. Replacing all of his deodorant and accesso

im instantly as she followed him into his room, and helped him to bring a neat bathrobe

ivolously as he pulled off his

th levity, because she knew that he probably did not remember

ersary. All the food must have been wa

th anger flashing his eyes, "Why are you taking this marriage seriously when, deep down, you know that it is a

necessary irrelevance to the

didn't see my message?!" he dem

ck with the way he asked, stuttered fearful

y, when he had announced to everyone that he was gett

keen on it until his grandfather clamored the same clauses to

et married. Then, I am sure that you can manage everything in your lif

n his life, and it had cost him a lot of things including, his business investme

t it over with and give her a lot of comfort with his wealth as his wife. However, Marilyn had many

going to receive after the marriage, she agreed

unreachable. She dropped a note to Carlton through a delivery man, stating that she was

nd just like that, and couldn't back down, when he was j

elder brother desperately so that she would be a

be present at his court wedding in place of her brother, who was not able to

gistered as his bride at court so that he could send the proof to his grandfather. A follow-up visit to the old man in Seattle conf

even if he had control over the Howard b

each other, and can do anything desired by just staying as a married couple on paper for the

married as a husband and wife," she refuted strongly to his face, with her eyes t

crificed so many things for a mar

not understand?!" He reminded her again if she had forg

y to him, deeply hurt that he still saw their marriage a

t is time to end this fake marriage," Ca

d what Carlton said, as different kinds of emotions swi

warmness that would contradict his words, but his face was i

zed that her husband was not joking with his words. She

ing for a while, and I have the divorce papers ready with me now," he m

the heavy tears that had weighed down in her chest. Her throat was dry and painful, as it felt like s

arlton," she st

angry, because he really could not understand why she

m from falling, "Why do you suddenly want to break off the marriage when we have been living

file from her hastily as he tore it open, "Take the papers and sign them. My lawyer would process it and we could go our se

er it today and speak tomorrow," she turned away from him with more tears strea

these papers and we will go our separate ways," Carlton

ith bitterness, louder than she had ever done in t