Chapter 3 He Thinks She’s Tainted?

Shawn dragged Jenna into the hall of the Civil Affairs Bureau and forced her into a chair. His tone was cold. “We are getting a divorce!”

“No!” Brought back to her senses, Jenna grabbed Shawn’s arm, pleading pitifully, “Let’s not get a divorce! I beg of you! We’re childhood sweethearts. You know how much I like you! I only have you by my side now!”

“I will never accept a tainted woman!”

Jenna was floored. She slumped into the chair, and the hand that had been grabbing at his sleeve dropped.

He thought she was tainted?

At this moment, a woman with long, wavy hair and a mature charm rushed in.

“Mr. Sadler, I’ve brought the documents you wanted.”

Seeing the newcomer, a flicker of hope ignited in Jenna’s heart. “Yvonne, please help me talk to Shawn so he doesn’t divorce me! Whenever I’ve argued with him in the past, you were always the one mediating.”

Yvonne Nelson and Shawn Sadler were from the same university, and the three got along very well.

Every time she clashed with Shawn Sadler, Yvonne would always be the one to persuade Shawn. He would then very quickly come back to coax her. She thought it would be the same this time too.

Upon hearing this, Yvonne’s expression was awkward. “Jenna, even if we have a very good relationship, what you did at the hotel… Having done wrong like that… I can’t help you with this.”

As the two talked, Shawn had already opened the envelope. “Sign it!”

Jenna glanced at it and quickly remembered that before getting married, Shawn had gotten someone to draw up a prenuptial agreement to give her a safeguard. It stated that if he committed adultery while they were married, he would leave the marriage without his share of their marital assets.

“I’m not signing it. I’m not!” Jenna desperately shook her head. “Honey, I’ll do whatever you want, but please don’t divorce me!”

In the face of Jenna’s desperate pleading, Shawn Sadler remained indifferent.

He even forcefully made her hold the pen and sign the document. Then, he repeated to the worker, “We are getting a divorce. Process it!”

Within two minutes of their entry, a divorce certificate was thrown into Jenna’s lap.

“Shawn!” Jenna looked at the man’s apathetic and callous back, crying until she hiccuped. She hurriedly chased him out, only to see him get into a car with Yvonne.

Was she hallucinating? Did she just see Yvonne kiss Shawn?

As Jenna stood stupefied, watching their car leave, the phone in her hand rang. It was the hospital.

“Miss Radcliff, your grandmother is in a critical state. Please hurry to the hospital!”

“What?!”

Jenna wiped away her tears and hastily called a cab to the hospital.

Ever since her parents’ unexpected death last year, her grandmother, Irene Radcliff née Anderson, had been in the hospital due to tuberculosis. It was Shawn who stayed by her side and supported her through that tough time.

However, now…

Jenna rushed to the room her grandmother was staying in to find her condition worse than it had been a few days ago. It was as if she was only hanging by a thread.

Jenna had just entered and was about to speak when her grandmother sat up on the hospital bed and slapped her across the face hard. “I told you then that Shawn Sadler was only the Radcliffs’ adopted son and not to fall for him, but you wouldn’t listen! Now, your father’s hard work has been ruined by your hands!”

The cut on Jenna’s face had just scabbed over. With Irene’s slap, the wound re-opened once more. Fresh blood flowed from it, making her look like a sorry figure.

“Grandmother, Seabright stays in my hands.”

Even if she had to forgo what originally should have been her share of the marital assets, her shares in Seabright should not be affected by the divorce and remain hers. She would still be Seabright’s biggest shareholder.

Irene threw a newspaper at her in anger. “Look at this yourself!”

Jenna picked up the newspaper in her lap and unfolded it. The finance headline, as of 7 a.m. that morning, read: “Shawn Sadler owns 63% of Seabright Group and obtains full control over it!”

Jenna stared at it in disbelief. “How does he have so many shares?”

Quickly, Jenna recalled that a month after getting married, Shawn Sadler had asked her for many shares, one after another, citing the need to restructure the group.

As they were already married and she considered it part of their joint assets, she gave it to Shawn without any precautions.

To her surprise, Shawn had used her trust to steal Seabright from her!

“How could I have such a foolish granddaughter—getting played by a man! " Irene cursed Jenna.

Suddenly, Irene’s face twisted in pain, and she fell back onto the hospital bed, clutching at her chest!