Chapter 6

Dylan got to his company—a mobile production company in their city that he’s known for far and wide—and he has foreign partners too. He parked his car, a Honda Jeep, in the company parking lot and made his way into the five-story building, going up to the third floor where his office is located.

Settling in his office seat, Dylan resumed his work, finishing his tasks for the day and meeting with some top partners and clients interested in his brand and new models of his products. Finally, Dylan relaxed in his executive black office chair and received a phone call from Rosie Andrew, who was excited to know if Jessica had signed the divorce papers.

"Hello babe, good morning," Rosie spoke first excitedly into Dylan's ear on the phone call.

Dylan stared at his phone screen and replied to Rosie, "Good morning, sweetheart. How was your night?"

"Not good without having you here with me," Rosie shamelessly replied in a more seductive voice. Dylan swallowed hard as he slowly loosened his necktie a bit to free up his neck.

He apologized to Rosie, "I'm sorry, but you know that I cannot continue to sleep outside of my home as it might ruin my reputation if it gets out to the knowledge of my customers and fans online."

Rosie was silent on the phone as she frowned, but she replied to Dylan, "Don't you love me enough, Dylan? Why care more about your fans than me?"

"No babe, don't get it all wrong. You know if I don't settle my marriage issue with Jessica amicably and make it known that I'm no longer married to her, some fans might become angry about it and want to ruin my business too. You know that I cannot allow that to happen, knowing that Jessica played a vital role in my business and establishment," Dylan explained on the phone to Rosie.

Rosie's frown deepened in her room, as she knew that she didn't truly love Dylan anymore. She only wanted his money, and she couldn't believe that Dylan would become rich again and bounce back to being a billionaire, away from poverty.

She knew that Dylan's parents were rich before, but his father got scammed by a foreign woman who took all his wealth, leaving Dylan and the rest of his two siblings poor.

Rosie was younger then, wanting a wild life as she was 19 years old when Dylan's parents lost their wealth and became poor overnight, which caused Dylan’s education to come crashing down too.

Rosie couldn't put up with the fact that her boyfriend of three years had turned poor overnight, and he could no longer afford to buy her expensive things. So when an opportunity arose for her to travel abroad to further her education, she wasted no time in going and didn't tell Dylan about it. She didn't even tell him to his face that they had broken up and that she was no longer in love with him.

Over the years, Rosie pretended to Dylan that she still loved him, while she had moved on abroad and was sleeping with other men. She only spoke to Dylan on phone calls and refused to return to the city until now.

It had been nine long years since Rosie left the country and Dylan behind. But now that Rosie was back home, staying at her parents' house—which were no longer rich because of how her father's company was bought and claimed by Mr. Luke Albert—she felt the need to reconnect with Dylan.

Rosie researched the billionaire man named Mr. Luke Albert, who had bought her father's company to help clear off her father’s debt in exchange for ownership. She learned that Mr. Luke Albert was an elderly man with two sons and only one daughter. While researching Mr. Luke's sons online to see if she could date one of the two billionaire men, Rosie stumbled upon Dylan's profile page. To her shock, she discovered that Dylan was married to Mr. Luke’s daughter and that Dylan was Mr. Luke's first son-in-law, as neither of Mr. Luke's sons were married. Both men were single and avoided scandals or women in general.

Rosie was shocked to enter Dylan's profile page and see that he was already married. She saw their wedding photo featuring his beautiful wife, and it was evident that Dylan was now a billionaire too, with a multimillion-dollar company and two children.

"How manage?" Rosie asked herself in shock, realizing that Dylan wasn't the poor guy she thought he would end up being.

Wasting no time, she copied Dylan's company address, thinking it best to see him in his office since she was sure Dylan was the same man she dated ten years ago.

Rosie proceeded to visit Dylan at DY Group, and when she got into Dylan's executive office, she faked her tears and cried. She accused Dylan of cheating on her, claiming he couldn't even wait for her to return to the country before marrying another woman and forgetting all the love they once shared.

Rosie hadn't thought Dylan would accept her back so easily; she assumed he still loved Mr. Luke Albert's daughter more than her or their failed relationship. But to her surprise, Dylan welcomed her back and said, "It's not how you're seeing it, Rosie. I still love you, but it just happened that I met my wife, and she helped me become the man I am today."

"And how about me, Dylan? How about us? Our promise, the love we shared, my virginity that you took? How can you do this to me? I was hoping that once I got back to the city, we would get married. How could you just move on so easily, Dylan? How could you just forget about me?" Rosie threw various questions at Dylan to make him feel like the bad man in their relationship, even though she had ignored his calls for so long. Dylan had even asked her to lend him some money, promising to return it once he established himself or turned a profit, but Rosie refused. In her mind, she cursed him, thinking, "How can I be the one sponsoring my man? Doesn't he see his mates taking care of their women? Stupid man."

On the day Rosie visited Dylan's office, she cried, and Dylan finally accepted her back. She gave him her new home address, explaining that she was no longer living with her parents, and claimed that she was still single.

Rosie had a boyfriend named Frederick Joseph, but Frederick wasn't rich. Now that Rosie had seen Dylan still loved her, she plotted to scam him out of his wealth and use the money to establish Frederick instead. Rosie hated Dylan for becoming wealthy and not remembering to marry her first instead of Jessica, the woman he had married.

Rosie made sure to help Dylan prepare the divorce papers. She wanted Dylan all to herself, thinking it would be easy to scam him, and no one would know that she was at fault when she eventually broke up with him again.

"How about the divorce papers that I gave to you last night, Dylan? Have you given them to your wife at home to sign, I mean Jessica Albert?" Rosie asked Dylan. She heard him say, "I have given Jessica the divorce papers, but she is not feeling well right now. She's unwell this morning, so she will need some time to go through the divorce papers before she can sign them. And how come you didn't include that she would be taking 50% of the shares of my company revenue and taking care of my two children? Didn't you know that I have two kids?" Dylan asked, and Rosie pretended not to know.

She replied, "I don't know, Dy, but isn't her family full of billionaires? What does she need your money for again?"

Dylan was silent at first, and after a while, he replied, "No, Rosie. Jessica cannot go empty-handed like that. She has suffered to help me build this company, and her parents won't take it lightly with me if I just divorce her without properly sharing what we have."

"So what do you want to do now?" Rosie asked, trying not to sound too desperate or annoyed on the phone call.

Dylan replied, "I will prepare a new divorce paper later and contact my lawyer now to get it ready so that Jessica can sign it, as she doesn't want to divorce me either."

"She has to, Dylan! I'm supposed to be your wife and not her, so let her go back to her parents' home," Rosie spat.

"Hmm," Dylan hummed, "It's okay, Rosie. You have nothing to worry about."