The Gift I Gave My Husband: A Divorce He Never Saw ComingCHAPTER 1
MADELYNN
“Madelynn, we both know how hard you’ve worked for this marriage. I advise you to take the time to reconsider this decision.”
“I’ve made up my mind, attorney. I’m going to divorce Oliver and leave his company. Just draft both agreements please.”
Madelynn had been Oliver Kane’s secretary for four years, and at the same time, she had been secretly married to him.
Few months ago, while she decorated the house to announce her pregnancy to her husband, robbers broke in. They forced her to make countless calls and messages to Oliver in order to get the combination to the safe where he kept all his money and valuables. They threatened to kill her if they didn’t get the code to the safe.
But despite seeing the blue ticks that showed that Oliver was reading her messages, he never responded or answered the call.
The robbers had stabbed her in the thigh and left her to bleed to death, but luckily, she was saved by a neighbor who had heard her screaming.
She found out later that Oliver had been at a resort… with Cecelia, her sister.
The marriage she had tried so hard to protect shattered at that moment. She could finally see the truth, and she decided to walk away for good.
She looked at her lawyer. “I’m not changing my mind. And Oliver will probably be happy.”
She knew Oliver didn’t love her. But she had loved him since she was a little girl, so she had jumped at the idea of being his wife. But he didn’t see her as his wife, she was nothing to him. So for their wedding anniversary, she would give him the gift he wanted most… divorce.
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Oliver hated messes, especially the ones made from cooking.
Madelynn could still remember the fuss he had made years ago when he came home to find her in the kitchen. “Why don’t you let the professionals handle that instead of turning my house into a pigsty!?”
So she was very surprised when she walked into the house that evening and found him bent over the stove. She knew there could only be one reason… Cecelia.
“There wasn’t much to do at the office today, so why are you late? Only prostitutes get home at such late hours of the night, Madelynn.”
“We had interns today, remember? Someone had to show them around since you bailed.” She said tiredly, ignoring his other comment.
He nodded once. “Let’s eat, I made dinner.”