Upon her arrival at Chase Headquarters, Lyla took out a hundred in cash and handed it to the driver. Then, she stepped out of the taxi without waiting for her change.
Most of the employees had left by now and there were only a few of them working overtime on each floor of the headquarters. When the security guard manning the lobby downstairs saw Lyla, he quickly pressed the button for the elevator.
It wasn’t hard to guess why Lyla was here and the security guard was only being helpful as he said, “Miss Fisher, Director Chase has only just gone up.”
Lyla’s nails dug into her palms when she heard that. She entered the elevator before she pressed the button to close the door and for the designated floor respectively.
As the elevator began to make its climb, her chest tightened with rage and anxiousness. When the doors opened with a ‘ding’, she walked out and headed down the hallway.
It was quiet on this floor, but the lights were turned on.
Her eyes immediately found Sean’s office, which was situated at the end of the long hallway. She took a deep breath and wore a calm front as she marched toward the office.
Sean was staring at the document on his desk. It was nothing more than a simple set of divorce papers with neither signature nor stamp to validate it.
He had found it at Myra’s work station, which had been vacant ever since she left. When he returned to Chase Group earlier, he was inexplicably drawn toward her workstation whereupon he saw the divorce papers.
He remembered the time when everyone had accused her of leaking company trade secrets on Hilliville. She had said that the only thing she took from his office was a set of divorce papers and nothing else. No one had believed her, not even him himself.
Now that the divorce papers were before him, how could he believe Myra?
Could he believe that these divorce papers were, as she had said, taken from the desk in his office? Had she designed the documents to cover up for her lies instead?
Sean wasn’t sure what to think. All he knew was that if he had a chance to go back in time, he would not be so quick to judge Myra, although it was too late for him to do anything now.
“Sean!” A voice cried abruptly, pulling him from his thoughts.
He looked up with a frown to see that Lyla had stormed down the hallway and into his office.
There was a sour look on her face, and her eyes immediately registered the document on his desk. She was more than familiar with it. After all, she had been the one to type out the heading and now the words ‘Divorce Agreement’ seemed to leap off the page to greet their maker.
Lyla’s heart jolted and a moment later, she watched as Sean calmly slid the divorce papers to one side of his desk. He looked up at her and asked, “What’s wrong?”
She didn’t know why the papers were with him. She was sure that Myra had taken them. If the papers were here with him, could it mean that he’d figured things out?
Lyla could feel her heart racing and her fists were clenched at her sides. She seemed to have forgotten why she came in the first place.
When Sean saw that she was staring at the document with what looked like shock on her face, he pursed his lips and repeated flatly, “What’s wrong, Lyla?”
She saw that while there was a look of mild indifference in his eyes, he didn’t appear to be harboring any anger. The unease in her dissipated slightly. She convinced herself that there was no way he could have figured things out, because if he had, he wouldn’t be so calm and collected. She shook off her worry before biting her lip as tears pricked her eyes. “Sean, are you hiding something from me?”
The resentment was clear on her face.
Lyla had felt as though she could instantaneously combust when she heard the sales assistant saying earlier that the other woman was pregnant with Sean’s child. She couldn’t let things go south, not when she’d only just married him, and especially not when it concerned the Chase Family lineage!
Meanwhile, after hearing what she’d said, Sean felt the vein near his temple began to pulse again. He reached for the divorce papers once more and began to flip through it, reading the words in earnest.
When he did not respond, she only grew more anxious and upset. She crossed over and snatched the divorce papers away from him, snapping, “Answer me! Are you hiding something from me? Are you and Mom up to something terrible behind my back? Do you know how much I love and trust you, Sean? I was forced to stay away from you for two years, but I did that for you! How could you treat me like this after all that we’ve been through to be together again?”
She was getting more agitated as she spoke. Her heart clenched with rage at the thought of the other woman bearing a son for Sean. When did that b*tch even climb into his bed in the first place? How dare she become pregnant with his child?
“Lyla, what could Mom and I possibly be hiding from you?” Sean was getting annoyed with her and he frowned when he caught the crazed look in her eyes.
He found himself worn out all the time from his marital and family life ever since he married Lyla. It was as though she had turned into a completely different person. She was no longer as gentle or considerate as she had once been and instead spent her days being jealous and suspicious. He knew that women often experienced a change in temperament following their pregnancy, but he was beginning to be tired of her dramatics and the effects they had on his life.
He couldn’t help but think about his encounter with Myra today. He thought about how calm and independent she’d been, how there was a gentle warmth to her placid disposition. He remembered how it was when they’d been married. Eve had constantly spoken up for her and claimed that she shared a friendly relationship with the latter. Myra had never once caused him trouble.
As he thought of these, his gaze flickered over to the divorce papers once again and he appeared to be in a daze.
Lyla, on the other hand, noticed that he was looking at the divorce papers. Coupled with what he’d said, she was beginning to feel threatened. She had never felt this way before; she had never felt that everything was slipping out of her hands.
She remembered what Kris had told her the other day. She registered the look on Sean’s face and thought about how he had been distant and cold with her lately—how he’d humored her instead of paying attention to her.
Lyra’s nails dug into her palms painfully, but the gaze with which she regarded the man before her was calm. “Don’t tell me you’re still thinking about Myra, Sean.”
Sean snapped out of his thoughts and shook off the dazed look on his face. His face was grim as he looked at her and he responded coldly, “Lyla, if you’re here only to make unreasonable accusations against me, then I’m afraid I don’t have the time to argue with you. I have a lot of work to do today, so I’ll be spending the night in the office. You should head back home.”
“Unreasonable accusations?” All the tears and bitter resentment she’d pushed down had bubbled up within her and burst. She was turning pale with fury as she pointed at the divorce papers. “Kris told me that you went to see Myra. Why did you do that? There is nothing left between the both of you, so why did you look for her? You said you’d spend the whole day with me, but you left me alone instead! You’ve been cold and distant with me these days. Is it because you’re expecting a child with another woman? Is that why you don’t care about me or our baby anymore?”
“Do you even know what you’re talking about, Lyla?” Sean’s face was thunderous.
“Of course I know what I’m talking about! Tell me right now, Sean—are you expecting a baby with another woman?”
“You’re impossible!” He roared. He stood up abruptly, took the suit jacket that had been draped over the back of his chair, and made his way toward the door.
However, Lyla pulled his arm before he could reach the door.
Tears were streaming furiously down her cheeks as she glowered at him, shouting, “Don’t you dare leave, Sean! Let me tell you this—I will not let that child be born! And if you were to divorce me, you should know that I’d never agree to sign the papers!”
A sudden ‘bang’ resounded in the room, shocking Lyla and silencing her sobs.
