Chapter - [ 15 ]

[ Adeline ]

The contract sitting in front of my eyes pushed me into an internal battle. In last few days, I had seen a different aspect of life. Xavier was still a stranger to me to some extent. I know very less about him even though we have been in touch since we met. He revealed less about himself except what I should know to balance transparency between us.

I was contemplating with the clauses I would want to include in the contract when my cell phone buzzed showing a private number. It brought frown on my forehead since very few people have my personal phone number.

With suspicion, I picked the call and put it near my ear.

“Hello, who’s speaking?” I asked in a cold tone.

“It’s me, my dear ex-wife. I hope my wife gave you a good lesson last night. Consider it as our return gift.” I heard Arthur’s tenacious laughing after he said the words to me.

I gritted my teeth. Addison attacked me, I could be seriously injured and this man was having fun.

“You know I can easily send your pret