Chapitre 11: Let's Get Divorced
Éditeur: Atlas Studios
Ignoring Lucas's expression, Karen continued to berate.
"Do you know how miserable Cheyenne was after you abandoned her and left? She was humiliated and mocked by others because even her incompetent husband left her. She went to the office every day even when she was pregnant and spent all her time slogging her guts out. Later on, she was so angered to the point of going into premature labor. When Amelia was born, she was as tiny as a kitten, and her life was in danger. Old Master took over the company afterward, and he still hasn't returned it to us yet! Did you know about all of this?
"You ran away as you pleased, and now you want to come back? No way! You have nothing to your name now. What makes you have the cheek to stay?"
Karen was rattling on and on like a machine gun while pointing at Lucas.
As her saliva splattered all over him, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
Back then, he left with the intention to make a name for himself so that people would stop mocking Cheyenne for having a wastrel husband. However, he didn't know that she was already pregnant with his child at the time, and that she even went through a dangerous labor and painstakingly raised their daughter.
Cheyenne covered her mouth as tears flowed down her eyes. The mere thought about the things that happened back then was agonizing for her. However, she clenched her jaw and stayed silent. She merely shivered a little as she tried to bear with it.
A strong sense of guilt overwhelmed Lucas.
He dropped to his knees and knelt in front of Cheyenne's parents.
He, the God of War, the mighty and esteemed captain of Falcon Regiment, actually knelt on the ground!
"What are you doing?" Karen was stunned as she moved her body on the chair uneasily.
"I've indeed let Cheyenne down over all these years. I failed to fulfill my duty as her husband, and it's only right that you're upset with me," Lucas said in a deep voice. "The two of you raised Cheyenne painstakingly and let her marry me. You also went through great efforts to take care of Amelia. I will remember your kindness forever.
"I know it's useless to say anything now. But I hope that I can try my best to make it up to you guys, Cheyenne, and Amelia so that they will no longer suffer in the future."
Lucas bent forward, and his head hit the ground!
Bang!
There was a loud sound from the ground, which was evidence of how hard the hit was!
"What are you doing?!" Cheyenne yelled to stop him, anxious and exasperated. Why did he hit the ground so hard? What if he suffers brain damage?!
Lucas raised his red and swollen forehead and smiled at the beautiful lady squatting down beside him with a worried expression. He gazed at Cheyenne longingly, as though he wanted to keep her etched in his heart forever.
When he was drugged and ended up becoming intimate with her back then, he pitied her for what happened and was stunned by her ravishing beauty. He also admired her virtuous nature.
Her excellence made him develop an inferiority complex, as he was ashamed that he had nothing to his name.
In the few years that he had spent in the campground, he would think of Cheyenne, and her face would appear in his mind whenever he was fighting a tough battle or was overwhelmed with fatigue. He would then grit his teeth and bear with it time and time again.
She was Lucas's motivation and the person he unknowingly and deeply fell in love with.
However, he decided to let her go if all he brought her was endless misery and pain.
Deep love and complicated emotions surged in his eyes, but he simply gazed at her and said gently, "Let's get divorced."
Cheyenne looked at him in disbelief. Immediately afterward, she slapped him hard on his face.
Smack!
"You came back after so many years, and all you have to say is to ask me for a divorce?
"Yes, we didn't have any feelings for each other back then, so you could leave for so many years without hesitation. I can't blame you. I can only blame myself for my bad luck.
"But what about Amelia? Our daughter grew up without a father, and all the children at the kindergarten call her an illegitimate child every day, calling her names and saying that her father doesn't want her. She comes home crying all the time, and I coax her by telling her that her father is a hero who's busy all day and will be back soon.
"She finally got to see you, but what about you?! You want to get a divorce? Sure, let's go ahead! Get lost! Scram as far as you can!"
Cheyenne finally cried out in pain and punched Lucas on his chest as she bawled her heart out, as if she was trying to vent all the grievances she had been holding in during the past few years.
Lucas was greatly distressed.
Without concern for anything else, he pulled the weeping Cheyenne into his arms. Although he had only ever shed blood and not tears, he was now teary-eyed.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry. I'm sorry." Lucas gently caressed Cheyenne's shuddering spine and promised, "I won't leave. I'll treat you two very well from now on!"
"No!"
Although they had gotten a great shock when Lucas's head hit the ground, Cheyenne's parents were still glad to hear him initiate a divorce. That's more like it. How can a good-for-nothing be worthy of my daughter?
However, they never expected their daughter to be the one to disagree to the divorce.
Seeing that the two of them were hugging each other and seemed to be reconciling soon, Karen panicked and tried to push Cheyenne away. "Are you a fool? Let him get lost!"
William pushed Lucas far away too. "Get lost! Hurry up and get lost! You're not welcome in this house!"
Lucas sighed and had no choice but to leave first.
Chapitre 12: Stardust Corporation
Éditeur: Atlas Studios
However, Lucas was in a better mood now.
He reckoned that Cheyenne probably didn't want to divorce him for the sake of their daughter. But no matter what the reason might be, it was fine as long as she still wanted to stay with him.
He had long made up his mind and intended to make it up to them in double in the future, in hopes that he would really win her heart over time.
After Lucas left the Carters' home, Jordan, who had been waiting outside for a long time, caught up with him.
"Lucas, those items given to the Carters were prepared with the help of Ethan Sawyer, the wealthiest man in Orange County. There's also a letter for you."
Lucas grabbed the envelope Jordan handed over, opened it, and read it with a playful smile on his face.
"The helmsman of the Sawyer family is interesting. Although I have a deep feud with the Huttons, we can still try using him. Go tell him that I've acknowledged his goodwill."
"Okay, Lucas."
After running some more errands, Lucas arrived at the office tower of the Stardust Corporation, which was located in the central business district of Orange County.
When he saw the enormous and striking office tower, as well as the familiar logo, his emotions were extremely complicated.
The company was founded independently by his mother, Emma Gray, who was an outstanding, smart, and beautiful woman.
If not for the fact that she had met his father, she would have probably developed her career and become a legendary career woman.
Unfortunately, she had been mistaken about the Huttons all her life. And the company, which she had put all her efforts into developing, was taken away from her. She was humiliated and driven out of the Huttons' home. As a result, she had to go through great hardships to raise Lucas, but she passed away from excessive fatigue.
Lucas clenched his fist and swore that one day, he would return to the high-up-in-the-air Huttons to seek justice for his mother and himself!
At this moment, a fancy metallic red Lamborghini sports car pulled over in front of the Stardust Corporation office tower, after which two beautiful girls alighted from the car.
"Charlotte, you're so lucky! The scion of the Sawyer family, the richest family in Orange County, has taken a liking to you! He's truly a rich second-generation heir who owns a massive fortune enough to last him several lifetimes. I'm so envious!"
A short-haired woman wearing the uniform of the Stardust Corporation was touching the shiny, streamlined Lamborghini sports car longingly, full of envy.
"After you marry the scion of the Sawyer family and live in the lap of luxury, don't forget me, your best friend!"
"Don't worry. How could I forget you?" said another giggling girl with a fashionable permed hairstyle. She was Charlotte, Cheyenne's younger sister. She put her hand on the shoulder of the short-haired woman. "I still need your help now! Please cut me some slack during the interview later."
"Rest assured. I, Julia Bell, am the head of the human resources department, and I'm in charge of recruitment. I told you to come for the interview just to go through the motions, lest someone deliberately picks on me."
"Hehe, that's good. When you get off work later, I'll treat you to a feast!"
The two of them were chatting chummily. As soon as they turned their heads, Charlotte saw Lucas, who was standing at the entrance of the building.
"What are you doing here?" Her face immediately turned sullen, and she charged toward Lucas furiously and questioned, "Hey, you good-for-nothing, are you tailing me? Tell me, what are your intentions?"
Lucas was in a foul mood when he saw her getting out of the Lamborghini he had specially given to Cheyenne.
He hadn't forgotten the dirty looks the detestable people of the Carter family gave him just now. Hah, is she showing off the gift from me to me?
"Is there something wrong with you?" Lucas questioned hostilely.
"You!" As the younger sister of Cheyenne, who was known as the greatest beauty of Orange County, Charlotte was a self-proclaimed beauty as well. She was popular and often flattered by many. She had never been insulted right in her face before, so she turned beet red in anger.
"Charlotte, who is this?" Julia asked while walking over and sizing up Lucas curiously. This man is quite-looking, and he's about 1.85 meters tall. However, his clothes seem very simple, and his outfit is probably worth less than thirty dollars.
Charlotte glanced disdainfully at Lucas. "He's the good-for-nothing who married my sister. A few years ago, he stole fifty thousand dollars from my father, yet he still has the cheek to come back. He even made a huge scene at our home just now. He humiliated Seth Miller and made my sister so angry that she cried."
Julia's eyes suddenly opened wide in surprise.
Charlotte's sister, Cheyenne, was involved in a huge scandal back then, and almost everyone knew about it. Although several years had passed, some people would still talk about it. Julia's parents often said to her, "Why do you girls try to be so capable? Look at Cheyenne. So what if she became a CEO? Her reputation got ruined in the end, and she was even tossed aside and abandoned by her wastrel husband."
Therefore, Julia had always imagined Cheyenne's loser husband to be lewd, sleazy, lazy, stupid, and ugly. She didn't expect him to be so handsome in person.
But so what if he's good-looking? He's useless and incompetent, a total scumbag.
Julia tried to bear with the contempt in her heart and forced herself to smile politely. "Excuse me. I'm sorry, but irrelevant personnel are prohibited from loitering at the entrance of the Stardust Corporation's office. Please leave."
Lucas glanced at her and simply strode into the lobby. He couldn't be bothered to say anything to her.
"Hold it!" Julia hurriedly scurried forward to stop him, feeling a little furious. "Don't you understand what I said? Don't go farther inside. Our company won't receive someone like you!"
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