Imagine my surprise when I opened the door and found my soon-to-be ex-husband, looking forlorn and weary. I invited him in because I didn’t want the scene outside my home. I was already dealing with enough.
When he came inside, I said, Make it quick, Xander. I don’t have enough time to waste on you. I don’t even know why you’re here.
We were supposed to strictly communicate through lawyers only. Yeah, about that. I haven’t found a good divorce lawyer yet.
Oh, that’s sad for you, Xander. You better hurry up because I hear that your mistress has been dying to marry you. I’m not worried about her anymore.
Listen, Sophia, we need to talk. You have been sabotaging my lawyer so that they wouldn’t take my case. That is very unfair.
I immediately laughed when he said that. I couldn’t believe that Xander would have the audacity to pin the entire blame on me. This once again showed how little he valued my profession.
He thought that just because he was willing to throw money, people would pull at his feet. Oh dear, that’s an amazing joke, Xander. Let me just clear that misconception for you.
I haven’t been sabotaging anything. It’s your stupidity that’s causing trouble. I don’t understand.
What did I even do? Should I remind you how you lie to your lawyers about the affair and the prenup? That is enough to make them look like fools in court. Do you think lawyers would jump at representing unreliable clients like you? Besides, I will admit that my name will make a lot of people walk away. You may consider me to be useless, but I actually do have a good name in this profession.
Yes, I know that now, Safiya. I’ve tried being open with lawyers too, but none of them are willing to help me. That’s what happens when you try to go against an ironclad prenup.
You really should have fought your affair through, Xander. Not that it matters now. The damage is done.
No sane lawyer would fight for your cause. You’ll be giving me half of your business. Xander’s facial expression said it all.
He didn’t want to lose his business. I mean, that’s why he tried to pick a good lawyer and drag out the divorce. He wanted to keep me hanging long enough until I would snap and just leave him alone without demanding half of his company.
After a few days, it became clear to him that no one would take his side. Hell, he was even finding it hard to find any lawyer who would go against me. So, he did what he thought was his last resort.
He started to cry and beg. Safiya, you know how much this business means to me. Please don’t do this.
You can take everything else, but please don’t ask to split the business. Why not, Xander? You were the one who put in the clause of splitting the business in case you cheated. You think I will give up my rights that easily? I deserve it after the betrayal you threw in my face.
It was all a mistake, Safiya. Believe me. I have actually put my relationship on hold because I know what a big mistake it was.
Maybe, just maybe, we can give this marriage a try. I can say for sure that this hurdle will only make us stronger. Xander’s words made me laugh out loud again.
The audacity of this man was unmatched by anyone I knew. I really didn’t know what to say. He was actually asking to get back together.
As if I would be stupid enough to do that. I didn’t know that he had put a pause on his relationship with his mistress. The rumors were out that the mistress was not happy.
And neither was Xander. But if he thinks this will make me go back to him, he is dead wrong. I already made the mistake of marrying a piece of and learned my lesson the hard way.
Plus, I knew why he was suddenly desperate to get me back. You must be delusional for suggesting something like that, Xander. I didn’t come this far in life by being utterly stupid.
I know that you want to get back to me because you don’t want to split your business. Sophia, we were happy together. Let’s just look past this one time and restart our marriage.
I will cut off my mistress. I swear there’s no reason to do that, Xander. Believe me, that woman is going to start running once she finds out that you won’t be very rich after the divorce.
As for me, this is my golden chance to get out of this sham of a marriage. I must thank you for showing your true colors before we had kids. Now you will reap what you have sown.
With that, I was pretty much done with my piece. I immediately stopped talking while Xander kept begging and pleading with me not to take his business. It was a rather pathetic scene, but it didn’t move me at all.
Instead, it made me think of the times I went to bed crying because this piece of expletive. I call my husband decided to betray me, seeing Xander in a vulnerable place only gave me satisfaction and completed my revenge. Now I simply needed a clean break to start fresh.