She stood by the road side right in front of the mansion with her bag in her hands. Her dark brown hair was tied in a messy ponytail and dressed in white short sleeved top and a flare knee length skirt. With white slippers, she had no makeup on and she looked like an innocent eighteen years' girl who had been thrown out of her house.
Her eyes were dried,and she had no regrets about her decision. Five years had allowed her to recognize the fact and she had no more regrets.
She was thinking about returning to her true identity when the car window was lowered and a handsome face appeared in front of her.
She smiled slightly and walked towards a young man dressed in white suit. His hair wasn't combed and looked messy, his face looked masculine but the smile on his face looked boyish as he smiled in the way of Elsie.
He winked in her direction and asked,
"Is it time yet? Are you sure, you won't ever look back? As soon as you enter this car, you won't come back here even if you beg me to allow you. Elsie, are you sure about this?"
Elsie looked back at the building behind her and she nodded and the door opened. She sat down and turned to him and inquired,
"You have the documents ready right?"
He smiled as if he was a child that was waiting for the reward for a long time. She looked at him as if watching a comedian and stretched her hand. He hurriedly opened the suitcase he had brought along with him. Several stacks of dollars could be seen filling the bag and a piece of paper on it.
She took the paper and glanced at it with satisfaction but then, she looked back at him and asked,
"Why are you carrying so much money on you? It's dangerous to do that or hire a bodyguard." Sid smiled and touched her cheek with his palm and said to her,
"Thank you for worrying about me. This isn't for me, it's for you. You didn't ask for any remuneration for the divorce from them but I prepared this just in case they ask settlement for their false accusations."
Elsie was grateful for his thoughtfulness, Oswald's mother is a snob and she is likely to make unreasonable demands, but Oswald has deliberately sent his family away to talk to her about the divorce.
Does she have to thank him for not embarrassing her in front of his family?
'Elsie, wake up, Oswald is so cruel to you, you can't be easily sentimentalized by his small gesture.'
"Sid, thank you." Elsie retrieved her thoughts and looked at Sid seriously and said.
Sid sighed and hugged her into his arms, he was moved to sympathize with her for what happened to her, but he vowed that he would protect her all after that.
Sid remembered something, he let go of Elsie and said,"From what my assistant told me, Oswald went straight to the hospital after you left, so we go and get them to sign now?"
Elsie thought of Oswald being so impatient to go to the hospital to tell Tess about their divorce, and she still couldn't help but feel heartbroken at the thought, but she wouldn't let herself be so foolishly wronged again, and she nodded at Sid's suggestion."Let's do it."
She didn't want anything more to do with Oswald, and the sooner it was resolved the better.
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They arrived at the hospital and she asked to go alone. Sid handed her the money but she didn't take it with her. Upon her arrival at the door to the room, she saw his fingers crossed with Tess's. He was busily cleaning her head with a towel with his order hand. Tess was happily smiling but she tried to act as if she was in pain. Seeing how he was caring for her, something she had never seen in him, Elsie was more determined. If memory serves right, Elsie had never seen Oswald taking care of anyone in his family.
Elsie felt an anger rise in her heart and she opened the door without knocking. Tess saw her first and smirked in her way but she hurriedly put on a surprised expression as soon as Oswald looked at her. He looked in the direction Tess was looking and saw Elsie standing inside but by the gate.
He raised his eyes. First puzzled, later turning angry, he thought how Elsie dared to come here to pester him."What are you doing here?"
Elsie didn't want to explain too much, she took out the divorce papers from her bag and flung them hard in front of his face."If you don't want to see me again in the future, sign this agreement as soon as possible. Then, I will disappear immediately."
"Divorce? No! I don't want you to do that!" Tess said excitedly before Oswald could speak, sounding genuinely surprised by the outcome.
"Just a divorce? What are you trying to play at again?" Oswald couldn't believe that she really didn't want anything from the divorce, just like she said, his determination to divorce was shaken when he saw that Elsie's name had been signed, and his anger rose even higher at the thought of it.
Oswald's hesitation gave Tess a chance, and she immediately cried and said to Elsie, " Elsie, I am so sorry that you might be thinking that I am breaking your marriage. but I swear that I really did not, although my family told me you caused the accident, I am fine now, aren't I? I think we all make mistakes and you were good for Oswald during the past five years, I'm sure you had a good five years of marriage, it was me... I know, I shouldn't have woken up and caused you to misunderstand, I should have died!"
The more Tess said, the more excited she became, and with that, she immediately pulled the syringe out of her hand and got up to crash into the hospital wall, but Oswald pulled her back just in time.
In the past Elsie might have believed her, but since Tess had made up this lie she wanted to spit in her face. Today she just wanted to be free from this bad marriage.
Oswald held Tess tightly in his arms and kissed the tears off her face as if Elsie didn't exist at all, she did live as a shadow in his life before, but she had seen the end of that paranoid unrequited love and she wouldn't lie to herself anymore.
She reminded them coldly,"I don't have the patience to watch your drama here, Mr Crofts, sign the papers and you can go on to do more."
Oswald heard her words and roughly yanked the divorce papers over and quickly signed his name.
He gave her a cold look and said,"I'm done signing, I hope you do what you promised and you won't show up in front of Tess again."
Elsie gave a cold laugh and replied,"Me too. May you be happy forever."
Elsie finished and was ready to leave the place, but she saw Tess's evil smirk and Elsie raised her middle finger and cursed her, 'bitch.'
She walked out of the room with hurried steps but as she left the building she slowed down. The paper in her hand wrinkled due to the forced she was putting on it. A few more steps forward and she stopped and kept her back against the hallway wall. Elsie breathed in several times but she still couldn't stop the tears rushing down her eyes. She looked at the sheet in her hand and read through it again and she sniffed and said to herself,'That's right, Elsie, you have held on for too long. Your love wasn't reciprocated but you have been shamed instead. You should learn your lesson and let him go.'But then more tears flowed down. Just when she was about to break down, she heard footsteps coming her way and she hurriedly stood upright and wiped away her eyes. She didn't want anyone to see her in a bad state and she adjusted herself and started walking away. The lady watched her back wondering what could be wrong with Elsie.She hurried back to the car and entered. She sighed as she thre
"Cheers, let's toast to Elsie who finally gets rid of her misery!"Sid suggested, and Elsie did not hesitate, ready to pick up the glass and drink, but Aires grabbed the glass from her hand and replaced it with a glass of soda.Sid looked at him strangely, Aires realized that he was too abrupt, his face immediately turned red, he hurriedly explained, "Elsie, it's been a long time since I drank, the alcohol concentration here is too high, I'm worried that you will get drunk in a while, next we have to talk about Elsie accepting the company, don't we?"Elsie saw Aires' handsome face covered with red, she thought he was too cute, she couldn't help but touch him with her hand, but before she could reach out her hand, a bottle flew in her direction. Aires saw it and hurriedly pulled Elsie into his arms, the bottle hit the wall behind them and broke into pieces.Elsie looked up and realised it was Dwight, Oswald's brother. Dwight is not considered a villain, he always rescued her when his m
Dwight came home to see his mother Huldah sitting on the couch putting on a mask, she looked as if nothing clear had happened, he frowned and walked towards her."Elsie divorced my brother, did you force Elsie to do this thing?""What? Is it true what you say, that Oswald finally came to his senses and threw that beggar out?" Huldah heard Dwight's words and excitedly pulled down the membrane to confirm.She was happy to see Oswald made this decision, no wonder she came back from shopping and didn't see that beggar, she was ready to wait to see her and then scold her severely, it's already meal time, she even had the guts to be lazy and not cook!"Beggar? Mom, watch your words, if other people hear you talking about your daughter-in-law like that, you will be written up in the media as a vicious mother-in-law. That won't help crofts' reputation." Dwight said coldly.Huldah, however, did not care at all, she remembered Oswald and could have discussed the matter with her."How do you know
Elsie knew that the investigation of her father's death can't be rushed, now the first step was to find the mystery man. Sid proposed that they go home first, when they find the mystery man, then act.When they came out from the bar, Sid proposed to let Elsie stay at his house, but Aires immediately objected. Elsie did not want to make them unhappy, so she proposed to go back to her previous home with her parents.Sid finally agreed with her decision, he said helplessly,"I knew you would want to come back, so I had ordered someone to clean up early."Aires found it was improper to object again, so he told Elsie that he was always there and he could protect her at any time.Elsie was very happy with their thoughtfulness, and she was surrounded by such loving people. Why was she so obsessed with Oswald?Fortunately, Oswald's determination made her completely awake.When she saw the familiar environment, she could not hold back from heartbreak. Before her mother died, their family lived
"Grandpa?" Elsie asked again uncertainly."El love, how are you my princess?" grandpa's voice rang out again after a similar pause, and Elsie could hear grandpa's excitement."Grandpa?" she managed to whisper out of shock."Yes, my princess, come back home now. I have something very important to tell you.Elsie didn't ask what was going on, she was completely shocked again by the appearance of her grandfather, who had also disappeared after her father's accident, and she wondered where he had gone all these years.She hung up the phone and went outside before she could gather herself.A man dressed in a black suit and standing beside a Benz. When she looked in his way, he immediately pulled open the car door.The drove towards a vintage building and the car stopped. an old but gentle looking man stood in front of the door with a walking stick in his hand."Grandpa, it's really you! I thought I'd never see you again!!!""El love, my princess. grandpa missed you so much.""Grandpa, I'm s
In the bedroom, two maids are busily cleaning diligently, Huldah is standing in front of the door and giving out instructions as if her life depended on it."Hey, put that there! Remove that! Take that out of the room. You must make sure there isn't a hair of hers in the room."Oswald entered the house and walked towards the hall. He saw his mother at first sight, she was helping the maids bring out the wardrobe he made for Elsie after their wedding. He rushed towards her and pulled the wardrobe down. His mother stared at him with anger and surprise but that didn't concern him rather he asked,"What do you think you are doing here mom?""I'm cleaning the stain you brought in the house. I don't want to smell anything familiar with her. Tess wouldn't be staying in this room but yours but I still don't want her to see anything that would burden her. That girl, make sure she gets nothing from this family, that gold digger." Huldah responded with a disgusting expression on her face.With a
As if watching him, Ford calls back as soon as he finished reading the words. Oswald picks up and in angry voice shouts at him,“What is it again Ford?”“I don’t know, are you that foolish? I would have held her above all my riches. Why would you lose such a good, beautiful, intelligent and hardworking woman to a super idol? I can’t believe that you choose that proud woman? You were actually cheated on? The whole Oswald crofts? Oh dear, I pity you now and your near future.” Ford teased him in serious voice“Okay, did you only call to mock me? When have you been more sensible than me?” Oswald asked in an angry tone.“Well, I’m not sensible than you but I’m not the one who had been cheated and divorced and his ex-wife is throwing a party over the divorce. Ford in a laughing tone.”“What? Elsie is holding a party? And why do you know about it?” Oswald asked in a questioning and surprised tone.“It’s because your insensible friend has been invited as a special guest to the party. I haven’
Aires looked at Ford and nodded towards him, he held Elsie’s other hand and asked her to dance. Elsie smiled in his way and also nodded towards Ford, before he knew it, they were already on the dance floor. Aires swung Elsie slightly but since she wasn’t expecting it, she stumbled on her feet. Just as she thought that she was done for, she embraced a hard substance. She felt a loud sound in her ears and the feeling on her chest. She looked up in his eyes and was dumbfounded.Loud footsteps sounded from the gate but it stilled as the person watched the scene in front of him. The people in the room could feel the chill around him even from a distance. They watched him and saw his gloomy face, Aires looked away and looked in the way of the guests to see Oswald. He was watching them and his face looked like a cloudy cloud ready to descend cats and dogs.Elsie pushed up and stood on her feet, it was then that Aires told her that,“Your ex-husband has arrived. Would you like to go and greet
While the love birds were chatting in the car as they drove, the police car was chasing after a land cruiser. The posh car was driving at top most speed as the car could take it as the police car chased after it. the cars went in circles through the city and the people wondered what was happening. Alternatively, a salon car was also being chased by another police car from the airport to the city, some people took their phones and videoed the chase while others just watched on.Two more posh cars joined the chase making the situation difficult to understand. One of the cars was being chased from the city one other from the airport and the two other posh cars were chasing after the one being chased from the city. The two cars that were being chased stopped at the same time and an older man got out his car with his hands in the air as he shouted,Let my family go, they have nothing to do with anything. I committed all the crimes. They had no hand in anything, the salon car attempted to m
He walked into the dark room, the only source of light was a bulb that was lit and shown a particular point in the room. And that was on the head of a man, he was a middle aged man and he was in prison clothes. The old but gentleman dressed in suit took lazy steps towards the man tied on the chair. He had a frown on his face but it was like the person that was tied in front of him did not matter to like the sand that he was stepping on.He stopped in front of the man and held his chin, the man groaned slightly and the old man smirked. The middle aged man didn’t look up at the man even though he was in pain and that seemed to have irritated the old man. He hissed and forced his head up shouting at him,“Darren Norman, are you sure that at this juncture, you still want to keep your dignity? You were just a dog that I wanted to use to get what I wanted, now that you couldn’t, do you still think that you are of importance to me?”Darren winced as he tried to open his eyes, when he could a
Elsie expected the gate to open but didn’t. Confused, she tried over and over again, she pressed on the remote several times in frustration and shouted,God damn it, don’t tell me that I chose the wrong remote.She looked back and the guard was a few steps away. When she felt that mission failed she heard a loud bang. The guard stopped and removed his gun in a swift, but then the gate started opened in a slow pace. At first she was shocked and had frozen in place until she heard footsteps behind her, she rushed out and saw a taxi parked right in front of her.Just as she was about to climb into the car, she heard him call her,Elsie, where are you going without me?She looked back at him and a tiny smile appeared on her face. She sat in the car and the car didn’t move, she remembered that she hadn’t told the driver to wait for anyone. And so, Elsie asked,I don’t remember telling you to wait for him, why are you still here?Oswald entered the car and answered her question,It’s becaus
Are you going to take them back?He asked again trying to get the answer undiluted. Asking the second time seemed to have irritated Oswald as, he glared at him and said to him,You seem to forget your place sometimes, I told you to separate personal relationship from work relationship. If you don’t stay in your lane, you will end up getting fired.Rod sneered and asked,And if I end up getting fired, will we still meet up and drink our asses off? After all your best friend had lost his job.You know that I am a busy person, and so, I wouldn’t have found the time. Oswald retorted looking directly on the laptop.Rod smiled and responded to him,You would really find the time as you have signed off everything that you own to Miss Elsie, what will you be doing but drinking in day light?Oswald snorted and looked at his watch then he said to Rod, I will be done looking through this in a few minutes and I will be going that old man for my wife.Rod smiled and said as if speaking to himself,
Elsie felt that he was being too rude and so, he slapped his hand shyly and glared at him. The old man stood up and said to her,Let me get out of here before you butcher me for talking to him.Elsie quickly stood up and quickly took her phone and then rushed out of the place. Mr. Alfred watched her leave silently and shook his head, when she wasn’t in sight, he said to him on the other end of the line,She’s gone, you can speak now.He heard a long sigh on the other end before he spoke,I know you are worried about Elsie, I know she has got some feelings for me and she isn’t alone. I treated her badly because I was looking elsewhere but when I finally looked at her, I knew that I didn’t want to lose her. If there’s something to say to her, let me be the one to say it.Mr. Alfred removed the phone from his ear and looked at, he shook his head and said to Oswald,Do not think that I will be fooled by your slow words. You ae saying if there’s something to be said, you will be the one to
Elsie woke up the next with a bright smile on her face. she stretched her body and felt pretty tired, she looked at the door way of the washroom and sighed begrudged. She shook her head and said to herself, I wonder if I would allow someone to wash me up if I had help. Since I won’t, I will have to help myself. A few minutes later, she heard a knock on her door and she heard someone say behind the door, Sir said, you can rest for the day. He wants you down in five minutes for dinner. Your phone is with him and he would be answering all your calls. Answer my calls? Elsie thought, she shrugged and was about to lay her head down once again when she thought, If he is going to answer my calls, does that mean all my calls? Including that of Oswald’s? She shook her head and rushed into the washroom, in five minutes she was out and running down the stairs. The old man was already seated at the table when she arrived, in front of him and beside his coffee cup plate were three phones. She
Dwight along with Hulda and Oswald sat at the dining table the next day, everyone ate in silence until Dwight spoke, “Bro, I never knew that you would do something like this in the name of love. When did you fall head over heels for Elsie?” “It’s sister in law for you. I don’t know when I fell for her but I know that I can’t live without her.” Hulda glared at Oswald, she snorted and with a little anger in her eyes, “You love her so much that you were ready to sacrifice your life for her. Did you forget the rest of us? Do we mean nothing to you? Your father left me just like that and you intended to abandon us too?” Oswald shook his head silently and answered, “Mrs. Crofts, I believe we don’t have that relationship, when you gave all your heart to your husband and forgot that you had children, none of us complained. I didn’t want to bring up this topic, I am sorry if you get hurt by my words. Now, I understand what it feels like to make someone your world and later get the feelin
It was already dawn when they arrived at the house, Sid and Aires along with Anna came along with them. Elsie saw her and hugged her saying, I’m so proud of you for handling everything for me. I couldn’t have done this without your help. Sid pouted and complained, It’s not like she was the only one who kept the company in pace since you were gone. How long were you gone anyways? Elsie nodded and was about to embrace them together but Aires stepped away and said, I don’t need a hug from you, I can’t believe that you did that by yourself. I had different mindsets about what could really happen to you but look at you. It seems you didn’t care about us at all, all you think about is Oswald. Now that you are back, what are you going to do? Elsie laughed out and patted him on his shoulder saying, I don’t remember the last time you spoke so many words aside from singing. You must have really be agitated, I know you must have been worried but look at me, I returned hearty and healthy.
Several men are brought out of the house, some on trailers and others held by the waist, some carried in the arms and some covered with cloths to their heads. Elsie’s happy expression turned sour and she glared at the man who looked on with an unbothered expression. The soldiers turned to take them all away but then Elsie felt angry at what the man had done. She sneered and shouted, Don’t take him away, let him see how I end his wickedness by burning all that he had earned for being this wicked. Watch on you old maggot as I turn everything including your mansion into ashes. The man gnashed his teeth and attempted to escape from the soldiers hold but he swept him off the floor with his leg and he landed straight to the ground on his face. Elsie laughed out and walked closer to him, Oswald tried to stop her but she didn’t even take a look back. When she got to him, she bent on one knee and held his head with a wicked expression on her face, she questioned, What? Did you think you wer