Divorce, Ending, And New Beginning

Tucker coughed deliberately. He gave Seth a warning glare before looking at Gwen. The latter coldly looked at him.

“I’m so sorry, Mrs. Gilmore. I-I mean, Ms. Lewis. It was an accident. I didn’t throw it. It was Seth,” he stuttered before chuckling awkwardly. “He’s a prankster.”

Gwen’s serious eyes transferred to the man beside Tucker. The pair of dark orbs pierced through her as he raised a brow. His lazy-looking eyes looked at her with no traces of remorse or regret.

Gwen scanned him from head to toe, then calmly looked away.

Tucker adjusted his seat, slightly excited as if watching an entertaining show.

Gwen looked at Hayes again. “If you don’t want Ms. Lacey to be dragged into this mess, I suggest you spare me a few minutes to talk. I’ll wait for you outside.”

Of course, Gwen and Hayes were not legally divorced yet. Even if Hayes loved Lacey, she would remain just a mistress in the relationship.

Not waiting for his reply, Gwen turned around and walked to the room’s exit. She stood outside the room for a few minutes until Hayes finally appeared in front of her.

The man’s penetrating gaze remained on her but still didn’t say anything. Gwen also glared at him, unwilling to back down.

A man who was walking in the corridor passed by. He immediately sensed a heavy and strange tension, so he increased his pace until he disappeared through the dark hallway.

Gwen sighed.

Hayes took out a cigarette and lit it in front of her. “I changed my mind. Those divorce papers need to be changed,” he spoke.

Gwen blinked her eyes. “What do you mean?”

Hayes inhaled the cigarette and blew the smoke in the air. “You know how much I hate being threatened, Gwen. I’ll contact the lawyer and ask to draft a new divorce agreement. Your father will be safe in prison, but you’ll leave my house and get nothing from me.”

Gwen snorted, resisting the laughter that wanted to escape her lips.

‘You hate being threatened, or you just hate it when Lacey’s involved?’ she thought.

“Sure.”

She didn’t want anything from him in the first place. She also forgot to read everything in the agreement she signed before, so changing it was a good thing.

However, Gwen couldn’t stop the uneasy feeling growing inside her. Hearing Hayes’s words made her feel sad and angry at the same time.

‘Didn’t the three-year-long marriage matter to him at all? Did he really feel nothing toward her during those years?’ she asked herself.

A flash of lightning disrupted the quiet night sky, followed by the roar of thunder. Gwen looked up, and the big blots of rain instantly trickled down her face.

She walked and walked, not minding the heavy rain. The images of her and her former husband from the past flashed in her mind.

Gwen wandered until her foot tripped onto something. She was caught off guard, and she immediately fell to the ground.

Gwen groaned in pain and looked at her knee. She tried to get up, but her whole body felt so exhausted that she couldn’t stand up.

The vehicles on the road continued moving against the rain. People breezed their way on the sidewalk, wanting to get to their destination as soon as possible.

Gwen remained sitting on the side. She lowered her head and stared at the ground. Her head was empty, and her body felt numb.

All of a sudden, a loud horn blared beside Gwen, making her shoulders jump in surprise. She slowly stood up to see what or who it was. Her soaked clothes were glued to her skin as the rain continued to pour.

Her eyes fell on a gray sports car parked near her. Gwen squinted her eyes to see who was inside.

Suddenly, the car window rolled down, revealing the man sitting in the driver’s seat.

“Enjoying your pity party, Mrs. Gilmore? Unfortunately, Hayes is too occupied with the new woman beside him now, and he won’t be able to see your little tricks.”

The man’s eyes were cold and menacing. His tone sounded rude and sarcastic as he spoke.

Gwen seemed not to hear what he had just said. She stepped closer to him and crouched a little. “Are you free tonight, Seth? Can you bring me to a hotel?” she murmured.

Seth’s eyes widened slightly by her words. However, he immediately changed his shocked expression and leaned against his seat. A chuckle escaped his lips while his eyes scanned her body.

Gwen was wearing a fitted chiffon shirt and a pair of black wide-leg trousers. The shirt was neatly tucked in her pants, revealing her curves. Seth immediately knew that this woman had a body to die for.

“Hotel? You think I’ll sleep with the woman Hayes Gilmore already slept with?”