"Remarry? With whom?"Cade raised his voice."With Calista?" "Remarrying refers to getting back with one's ex-wife. If it's a different person, it's called a second marriage," replied Lucian in a disdainful manner. Cade sneered. The emotions he'd been suppressing for all these while suddenly ignited as there was not a single movement at the study door he'd left slightly ajar."Anyways, I won't be giving any dowry." "I don't fancy your second-rate goods as well." "Then why did you call in the first place? Just quietly go ahead with your marriage registration. Or do you fancy having a grand banquet and getting me to be your best man?""You've been having a rocky relationship lately and I don't think it's auspicious for you to be my best man, you know. I just called to tell you this.""Heh," Cade let out a genuine laugh and sneered, "I'm not dating you. Whether I'm in a rocky relationship or not, it's none of your concern. Don't call me in the future regarding personal ma
Calista searched for news regarding her and Lucian's remarriage. She wanted to see where the rumors originated from, but she failed to find anything. Well, maybe it was just some lunatic spouting nonsense, and It hadn't affected her. So she didn't bother with it anymore and simply tossed her phone aside.But as soon as Calista got home, she got a call from Yara. She was taken aback by Yara's booming voice at the end of the phone.Yara asked surprisingly, "Are you remarrying Lucian?" "... No." "I was startled! I thought you gave in to the three million and decided to smooch off him for your entire life as his trophy wife."Calista was a bit hungry. She put her phone on speaker and started cooking some macaroni as she was chatting with Yara. Wasn't I doing well enough as his trophy wife?"She didn't have a kitchen in her apartment. Cooking wasn't allowed in the residence so she bought an electric cooker. Sometimes when she's too lazy to go out to get food, she'd just have som
Lucian barely came back to his senses, he was infuriated by what Calista said after."Calista, is this how you ask questions? You didn't even give me at least two seconds to consider what you said and you just made the decision right away." Calista got up right away and took the plate away from the table. She poured the unfinished macaroni into the trash right in front of him."It's not even true love when you have to think it through. You're just trying to get the most out of this relationship." Lucian, who usually kept his cool, was so annoyed to the extent that he was about to curse."After all that talk, the final answer is you still don't want to remarry. What's with all this talk about love? It's just an excuse. You don't even bother what the answer is!" "It seems like you do know me quite well."When Lucian was talking, Calista already had the security door opened. Her gestures said nothing but to ask for Lucian's leaving. Lucian remained silent, looking grim. His ga
It was the weekend on the next day. Calista and Selena had made plans to go shopping together. Initially, she was hesitating whether she should go for the date.Since she'd already divorced Lucian, it's easy for people to misunderstand if she got too close to her former mother-in-law. However, her rejection on the tip of her tongue was swallowed away when Selena remarked, "Does that mean you don't want your godmother anymore sinon you and Lucian were divorced?" They met up at the entrance of the largest luxury shopping mall in Capeton. Selena held Calista's hand, her gaze sweeping across her. Not a single item on Calista was branded."How much did that brat give you after divorcing you?" Initially, Calista learned about their divorce from the news. This was such a major event, and Lucian didn't even mention it to her. It's even less likely for him to inform her about the divorce agreement. "Before we got married, Mr. Northwood helped me pay off a huge debt," Calista said.
After shopping for the entire morning, Selena and Calista were so tired that they could barely walk. So they came to a cafe that was beside the streets.Selena asked, "What do you want to eat?" Calista opened an application on her phone to find out what good diners were nearby. Just as she clicked on the application, she heard someone calling her. She turned around and saw Hector. She hadn't seen him for quite some time. Hector was dressed in neat and simple mountain gear. He was sporting short boots, with the hem of his pants tucked in his boots.Although he held a cup of coffee in his hands, he was still the odd one out among professionally dressed people in the city. He saw Calista, and also Selena who was sitting beside her. Hector knew Selena was Lucian's mother. He bumped into her previously at Calista's apartment. He nodded politely."Aunt Selena." Selena also immediately recognized Hector. He was her son's love rival. She scrutinized him calmly. He's good-looki
Before Calista could respond, Selena smacked Lucian's back. If they weren't in public, she would've aimed for his head instead."Just be straightforward and say you're jealous! Stop trying to act cool." Lucian tightened his lips. It was a rare sight of him not talking back. Hector was already furious when he heard Lucian's perverted remark. He managed to restrain his temper since Selena was still there.Although he remained calm, he didn't hold back on Lucian. He attempted to kick Lucian.Hector was wearing hard-soled military boots. If his kick made it to Lucian's leg, although his leg wouldn't break, he'd suffer. Lucian avoided him calmly. Hector's attempt failed, barely stopping himself in time. He glared at Lucian and thought, "Is he up to his dirty tricks again?"Lucian snorted at him. Tension filled the air as they met eyes. Calista took her bag and got up."Aunt Selena, I'll get going now."Selena awkwardly persuaded her."The food's about to arrive. Have some bef
Zachary wasn't home, so there was no need for Calista to go in now. She'd gone through everything in this mansion. This mansion was resold once, for sure there was no sign of her mother's stuff anymore.She could've questioned Zachary through WhatsApp, but he probably wouldn't tell the truth. She came all the way here because she wanted to see the clues in his expression. Calista called him. She found out that he had gone abroad and he was uncertain about his return. After a few days, she had been contacting Zachary, but the answers she got were still uncertain about his return. She didn't know whether this was merely a coincidence or was there some other reason. She thought for a moment and took a picture of the sketch of the painting. She sent the picture to him."Have you seen this painting?""Nope." Seeing how things couldn't work out with Zachary, Calista finally contacted that mysterious man after much consideration.He wasn't surprised when he received her call. He ga
"Yeah, who knows if you'll use this money to blackmail me and demand me to pay back every day?"Calista said that on purpose to anger Lucian. They were already divorced, so they shouldn’t be involved financially. She had to return this money somehow.It would take her a long time to explain herself. Besides, he was too proud to listen. He would respond sarcastically and take the card back. As expected, Lucian became angry. The veins on his forehead and neck popped as a surge of impatience glinted in his eyes. He stared at her and suddenly lowered his head to give her a deep and heavy kiss on her rosy lips. Calista didn't expect him to kiss her and widened her eyes in surprise. He forcefully pried open her lips and teeth when she tried to struggle, invading every inch of her mouth restlessly. It was a very domineering kiss. In a few seconds, his breath had filled her mouth, but it ended quickly when she tried to bite him in her struggle. Lucian released her, and his gaze swe