Second Marriage to Mr. Rich (Ned Fletcher)

Chapter 12

Angeline never thought that she and Ned would end up like this either. But it was neither his nor her fault that they ended up like this.

On Ned’s 22nd birthday, he said that his first wish was to register his marriage with her as soon as possible. His second wish was to spend his 26th birthday with their child, and his third wish was to grow old with Angeline by his side.

Only the first wish came true.

She remembered coming out of the courthouse right after registering their marriage. Ned told her he was going to burn the marriage license after their marriage because they would only be separated through death and not divorce.

To Angeline, who lost two years of her life after that, everything still felt like it just happened yesterday.

Now, they were back at the courthouse again for their divorce. It felt ironic to hold the divorce certificate in her hands.

Angeline rubbed her reddening eyes with the back of her hand and tucked her cert and ID away safely. Just as she was about to unlock her phone to book a flight ticket to Cloudsville, a black sedan rolled to a stop before her.

The window in the back passenger seat rolled down. Sean’s emotionless face appeared behind the glass.

Angeline glanced around her and hurriedly locked her phone before walking up to the car. She crouched over, holding on the the side of the car, and asked Sean, “What are you doing

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“Just came back from the Oceanford branch,” Sean replied before gesturing to Angeline. ‘

Get in the car.”

Sean’s assistant had already alighted from the car and greeted Angeline with a polite smile. He was about to open the door for her. However, Angeline didn’t move from her spot.

She looked at Sean’s facial features and considered for a while. She said, “Mr. Lawson, I think it would be better if we pretended to be strangers from today onward. You always appear in media channels and articles, and if someone snaps a photo of us together, people will see how much we resemble each other.

“And then, the Emmersons will come after you, especially Benjamin. The whole Lawson

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family might even be dragged into this mess!”

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Angeline then saw that the bus was about to arrive at the stop. She said, “The bus is arriving. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Mr. Lawson-”

“Get in the car first,” Sean ordered in his deep voice.

Angeline curled her fingers against the car as the bus started honking at Sean to leave.

However, there wasn’t a flicker of panic or hurry in Sean’s eyes. He still looked at Angeline with a calm expression, as if he was challenging her.

Just before the honking bus swerved into the stop, Angeline relented and got into the car.

Before Angeline could tell the driver where to drop her off, someone called Sean on his phone and started talking about work.

Angeline saw that Sean’s lap was full of documents he was in the middle of reviewing. So, she put her phone on silent mode and kept as still as possible so she wouldn’t disturb him. However, news of her divorce had spread like wildfire. She kept getting tons of messages on her phone, making it vibrate non–stop.

Sean finally hung up and fished a pen from his pocket before uncapping it to sign some documents. He then lowered his head and asked Angeline, who was busy fiddling with her phone, “Why aren’t you at the hospital?”

Angeline was busy deleting the contacts on her phone. She didn’t even lift her head when she answered, “Ned said he would apologize to me publicly tomorrow, so I came here to finalize the divorce with him.”

Sean’s pen froze mid–air.

Had they finalized their divorce already?

He hadn’t expected it to happen so quickly.

The first time Sean noticed the spark between Ned and Angeline, he’d told her that Ned was a good friend to have. However, he wasn’t a suitable companion for the rest of her life..

Angeline had only been 17 years old then. Her messy hair was tied back in a high ponytail. She wore a baggy, cream–colored batwing shirt, slim–fitting black jeans, and a pair of white canvas shoes with a backpack from Math Club.

She looked fresh and lively as she looked at Sean with her bright eyes with a hint of stubbornness in them.