Chapter 0005

Sean was stunned. It turned out he'd made a mistake all these years. There was another identical hair clip somewhere. The kind little girl in his memories wasn't Tina at all!

"What, did I get you where it hurts?" Tina's disgust grew when she saw Sean's reaction. She thought she'd guessed correctly.

Sean's mind buzzed. He didn't even hear her.

"Hey, why aren't you saying anything? You had plenty to say earlier, didn't you? Stop pretending to be mute." Tina frowned. "I can't believe I stayed married to you for five years. Listen up, Sean. If you don't compensate me for the mental distress you caused me today, I won't let you off the hook!

"God, you're such a creep and lecher. How long have you been salivating after my best friend?"

"Could you shut up?" Sean returned to his senses and gave Tina a dark look. "I didn't steal your best friend's things!" His emotions were all over the place now, yet she wouldn't shut up.

Tina was taken aback. Had he actually … yelled at her? Throughout their marriage, Sean had always gone along with everything she said. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

She screamed, "What right do you have to shout at me when you've been leeching off me for the past five years, you loser?"

"Shut up! Do you know how noisy you are?" Sean was starting to get angry now. "I already told you that I didn't steal anything from your friend."

"If that's the case, where did you get that hair clip from?" Tina gritted her teeth.

"Is it any of your business?" Sean's gaze was icy.

"How dare you!" That was enough to infuriate Tina. "So, this is how you treat me after the divorce, huh? I must've been blind to have married you in the first place. Not only are you a bloodsucker, but you're also insane in the membrane. You're so disgusting!

"If you don't compensate me for the mental distress you've caused me over the years, I'll—"

"How much do you want? I'll pay you," Sean cut her off darkly. He wasn't in the mood to listen to her useless complaints and threats. All he wanted to do now was seek out the true owner of the hair clip.

Sean's brusqueness caught Tina off guard. Still, she knew what Sean was capable of. Her gaze turned scornful. "One million dollars. I want you to compensate me a million dollars for mental distress!"

To her, a million dollars was nothing. But she knew it was an astronomical sum to Sean. He'd left the marriage without a penny to his name; he probably didn't even have a thousand dollars, let alone a million dollars.

She was only demanding the money because she wanted to humiliate and shame him. This was what he deserved for having the nerve to show her such attitude! How dare he!

"Fine, I'll pay you." Sean didn't mince words.

"Are you sure you heard me properly? I want a million dollars," Tina said sourly.

"I'm not deaf." Sean knew what she was up to. It was too bad she still thought he was the Sean she had known.

"Fine, then. Hurry up and get the money ready. I want it right now!" Tina snapped when she saw how obnoxious Sean was being. She wanted to see where he would get the money from.

Sean pulled out his phone calmly and called Diego. "Diego, have someone deliver a million dollars to the company now. I need it urgently."

"Yes, sire. I'll have Larry prepare the money right now!" Diego said.

After hanging up, Sean looked at Tina. "Give me two minutes. Someone's bringing the money now."

"Ha!" Tina looked at him condescendingly. "Will someone really come running with the money just because you've made a call? Who do you think you are, the wealthiest man in Skye City or the scion of some affluent family?

"Also, I'm hoping I didn't hear you wrongly. Did you just call Diego? Diego Black? Do you even know who he is? He's the richest man in the world! Next time, come up with a name that we haven't heard of before. Don't make a fool of yourself!"

Sean ignored her. It made her gnash her teeth angrily. How dare a peasant like him act so high and mighty before her!

The seconds ticked. Soon, more than a minute had passed, yet there was no sign of the money. No one in the company seemed to be coming.

Tina was running out of patience. She snapped, "It's been two minutes. Where's your guy?"

Sean didn't say anything. He was counting down in his mind. There was half a minute to go before it was two minutes.

"Pretending to be mute again, are we?" Tina sneered.

Wayne had been watching them this whole time. He couldn't help snorting and shaking his head. "Forget it, Tina. You know he can't cough up the money, so let's stop wasting time on him. Don't forget that we have a date."

He turned to Sean. "I'll pay her money on your behalf, bastard. Take it as me compensating you for caring for Tina for me for so long. Remember this—don't act like you're a big deal when you're not capable of anything."

With that, Wayne wrapped an arm around Tina's waist as Sean watched. The former looked victorious.

"Sweetie, you're so generous." Tina clung to him affectionately. Then, seemingly wanting to aggravate Sean further, she planted a kiss on Wayne's cheek.

Sean watched them coolly. Now that he knew the hair clip didn't belong to Tina, she was nothing more than a stranger to him. No, she was worse than a stranger. She was nonexistent to him. Why would he be aggravated by someone who didn't exist?

"You're lucky that you got off easy this time, Sean. You should really thank Wayne for this!" Tina knew nothing of Sean's thoughts. After saying her part, she and Wayne turned to leave, looking pleased with themselves.

Shortly after they left, the elevator dinged. The doors slid open. It had been two minutes.

A middle-aged man with a beer belly was in the elevator. He wore a dark suit. His forehead was damp with sweat as he urged his subordinates, "Hurry up, you two. We'll be dead meat if we delay Mr. Lakeworth from using the money!"

"Yes, sir!" The man's two subordinates dragged a huge bag each. It was hard for them to move.

As soon as the middle-aged man stepped out of the elevator, he looked up to see Sean standing at the entrance. He jogged over to him, crying, "Mr. Lakeworth!"