Chapter 4 Divorced

"That won't be necessary," Rukky replied flippantly. They weren't born together and no one mandated that they should be friends forever. They were best of friends for as long as it lasted.

Elena saw that there is no place for her anymore in Andrea's life nor can she make a home with him again. She bent down,picked the divorce papers and read through it briefly.

Andrea has imputed hundreds of dollars as compensation. She got a pen, ruled that part off and signed the papers. She threw it in the stool beside the cushion and went over to the master bedroom.

She got a few of her belongings, stuffed it into her suitcase and soon descended the stairs. She was calm and walked past them out of the door.

Andrea felt a part of him suddenly weakened. This decision to get separated from Elena was something he might regret later. But she is barren.

Elena walked away from that house. As she stepped out through the threshold, she knew a phase of her life had just ended. The future is unknown,the path ahead is bleak and there seems to be no ray, no hope and no promise of a better tomorrow.

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In the Presidential suit of the Eko hotels stood a tall figure with his hands in his pants pocket, with a perfectly ripped body. He's not too big nor was he skinny. He wore long dark hair combed to the back.

Dressed in a blue trench coat, he stood by the window gazing into the beautiful city of Sogal and the Atlantic ocean.

As he kept gazing through the window at the magnificent and regal layout of the city,he sucked in, admiring the city he left for over a decade again. He had just arrived at Sogal the night before and his first encounter was making him have this feeling of unrest.

Alan Shawn is the eldest son of Black Shawn and the heir apparent to the Shawn group of companies. He just returned back to Sogal after ten years of studying and living in Australia.

The door opened and his assistant walked in "We still haven't been able to track the identity of the woman, sir" he reported.

Alan Shawn turned abruptly,his eyes cold and his expression icy. He glared at Francis, his assistant, with a penetrating stare. "Did you come in here to give me that information?" His voice filled with contempt.

What a senseless adventure! He has assigned him a responsibility and he returned to give him negative feedback? Just what sort of employee has he gotten himself?

His sexy green eyes gave a disapproving glare at the man who he had chosen to work with him in the coming days.

Francis swallowed hard. He seemed to suddenly feel some itching in his skull and he quickly used his index finger.

First assignment in Sogal city and he came back with no news. A negative feedback is equal to no feedback entirely, that's how the boss rates it.

"I.. I'll be investigating more sir" Francis stuttered. He wants to leave immediately, to find a place to take a deep breath, away from the glare of the boss.

Alan Shawn simply turned himself away from his assistant. A night with a mystery lover, a stark stranger and probably a night worker.

He can't imagine himself being so vulnerable as to spending the night with a stranger. Just what kind of a man is he? What if the woman in question is a prostitute?

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April 2nd, six years later, a beautiful woman in her early thirties took a taxi from the airport with her triplets. Two identical boys and their brown haired sister.

Elena had made her come back to start her life afresh. The past is gone and she's an amazing woman now. Now a doctor in a business consultancy and just got hired in the largest corporation in Sogal city.

It's nice to be back to her roots, her foundation and the very first place she met the first set of people she'd ever known in her life.

A lot of memories here for her. Pleasant and unpleasant memories. True friends and betrayals. A feeling of love and a painful pang of betrayal.

But more than anything else,she got her triplets planted into her belly in the soil of Sogal city. That's her gain and the happiest thing that ever happened to her.

She prayed her return would open the door for better opportunities and life for her. Her kids are the topmost priority in her life now and giving them the best that life can afford is her earnest desire.

Her kids already know that they don't have a daddy. Whether the stranger was dead or alive, she doesn't know and she's glad that she doesn't know.

Her kids are exclusively hers alone. They are proof of her fertility status and they made her a fruitful woman and a mother. In a corner of her heart, she's grateful that the stranger planted his good genes into her and disappeared before dawn.

"Mummy, are we going to meet our daddy in this city?" Alex asked, alternating between glancing at his mom and at the busy street of Sogal city.