006

Well, Alex happiness did not last long when his eyes caught glimpse of the neatly wrapped box that was lying few inches away from where he had picked the divorce papers from. It was strange to him, he has never seen anything like it on his dressing table since he's been using his room.

"Has it always been there but I failed to notice?" He asked himself as he picked up the box, unwrapping it hastily. As he opened the small box, he was shocked to see a limited edition watch in it —the type that cost a fortune.

"What...?" He blurted out with surprise written all over his face. "Did Lisa leave this here?...ah, no way! She would rather take this with her rather than leave such expensive gift here —she can't even afford it, can she?"

Alex started to think of all the possible scenarios that could have led to the watch being there. Was it a mistake? Had Lisa left it there by accident? Or had someone else left it there, as a gift for him? But who would do that? He was trying to make sense of it all, when he noticed something else.

There was a small envelope next to the watch, addressed to him. He picked it up and opened it, curious to see what was inside. Inside the envelope, there was a handwritten letter. The letter was Lisa's and it explained everything, feeding his curiosity but Alex was finding it hard to believe.

Different thoughts runs through Alex's head at that moment, same as multiple questions which he has no answer to. "Is this a bait kept here to steal more expensive things which I will barely notice from me?" The thought snapped Alex to his sense at that moment.

Alex was sure to check every of his other properties that could easily be moved with raising suspicion as well as his jewelry and expensive perfumes too but none of it were missing —he was even more surprised to see the gift that worth more than ten million dollars his mother had gifted them on their wedding day, untouched!

Realization hit Alex hard. "What if something has happen to her?" He thought worriedly as he quickly bring out his phone from his pocket to call his mother and asked if she has any idea about Lisa's whereabouts.

"...what do you mean you did not meet her at home, Alex?" Mrs. Williams countered, already getting worked up. "Wait, don't tell me you sleep over at that slut's place again, Alex."

"Look, mom, that doesn't matter. I need to know if Lisa is with you, or better still, did she tell you her whereabouts?" Alex asked, ignoring his mother's ranting. "You should know her better, mom."

"I should know her better? Isn't she your wife and your responsibility as well?" Mrs. Williams blurted out, pissed off. "If you claim you don't know where she has gone to, how am I supposed to know —when I'm not some kind f magician or a seer!"

Even though his mother sounded angry, he could feel the sincerity in her words but he needed to lay some kind of threat in case... "I hope you aren't conniving with that gold digger this time as well, mom." He enounced coldly. "I won't be so nice if this was to be a part of your dirty plan. I promise!"

With that, he quickly hang the call up on his mother without even bothering to hear what else she has to say and he wasn't curious as to what her reaction to his threat will be. He knows his mother too well, what he said won't go well with her!

.

***

.

"Try calling her again." Alex ordered his Butler, Derrick, who seems to have been trying to reach Lisa on the phone but she keeps screening the call. "Maybe something had happened to, I need to be sure she's out of trouble. If anything should happen to her, it might taint my name —and I can't take such pointless risk."

If he could stop anything from happening, it's by not letting a random wealth-thirsty nurse who claimed to be his wife soil the name he had toiled hard for; it's far from the risk he's willing to take. To avoid it, he hated himself for trying to be worried of her!

"She finally picked, sir..." Derrick announced, abruptly cutting Alex off his stray thoughts. Almost immediately, Alex snatched the phone off Derrick's grip without a second thought before placing the phone on his left ear.

"Look who finally picked up after screening my calls for ages." Alex blurted out, not hiding how much pissed he was at the moment. "Did you..."

Lisa butted in abruptly, giving him no chance to complete his words. "Did you, perhaps, have anything important to say to me to be disturbing me endlessly with your calls? Are you planning on running down my phone's battery?" She uttered rudely, returning the same vibe as his.

"Whoa...!" Alex muffled out, dumbfounded at Lisa's response. Who would have thought the same woman who lacked courage would talked insignificantly to him like this? "Where are you? Why would the leave the house with out my approval." For a split seconds, Alex forgot she had signed the divorce papers.

"Why would I need your approval? Are we married to you?" She enunciated, anger laced in her voice. "Or do you still consider me as your mother's most cherished maid who is bound to do all menial works for you? Dream on, you perverted jerk!"

‘Perverted jerk?’ Alex thought, feeling offended. She even got the nerve to call him names now? Alex had wanted to react to it but decide to let the sleeping dog lie! He had better things to do as a man than argue words with a lowlife nurse!

"I'll pretend not to hear that and go straight to the point instead." Alex enounced, taking a short breath in. "I stumbled upon the divorce papers you sign and since I'm the one who broke the marriage first, I'll compensate your loss —I should act humane since that's the last help I can offer you."

Lisa scoffed, nothing but irritation in her voice. "I see you have a decent way of comforting yourself for losing a gem over. Have you start sulking for losing a rare gem like me?" She taunted, a sly smile tugging at the corner her lips.

Alex rolled his eyes at her choice of words. "You wish!" He muffled out. "Well, send in your account details, woman. Let me show you the kindness you'll never dream of happening to you in years to come by compensating you with a sum of fifty million dollars."

Instead of a reply, Lisa sneered at him and hung the call without allowing to say anything else. Alex had never felt such disappointment he felt that moment in his years of existence —that was the first disappointment he got from Lisa and for some awkward reason, it hurt him deeper than he could imagine.

"What's wrong with me?" He asked himself in a low tone, squeezing his chest softly. "Is this how it feels to be disappointed; especially from someone you don't expect it from...?"