Chapter 3 Three

Thalassa's hands shook as her eyes repeatedly ran over the bold words: DIVORCE AGREEMENT.

Agreement? She certainly didn't remember sitting down to talk about anything. This surely had to be a mistake.

She turned her panicked eyes to the lawyer. "Is this a joke?"

"I don't remember 'comedian' being in my job description, Miss Thompson," the lawyer said, sounding offended.

"Then what is this?" Thalassa demanded, her voice louder than she intended, laden with frustration.

The lawyer's nostrils flared as he looked around at the people staring at them. "It's exactly what you're looking at, Miss Thompson. Kris wants a divorce."

Thalassa noted how he kept referring to her by her maiden name, as if she and Kris were already divorced.

The lawyer took a step closer. "Look, don't make this complicated. You're lucky to be walking away with just a divorce, or you could've spent several years rotting in jail. You should be thankful to Kris that he convinced his mother to drop the charges."

Just like that, Thalassa felt hope spark inside her. Kris had convinced his mother to drop the charges. That could only mean that he loved her. There was definitely an explanation for all this.

Mr. Sawyer drew a pen from his bag. "Here, please take the pen and sign the papers. There's no alimony because Kris said you can keep the millions you stole into your offshore accounts. All you have to do is sign at the required spots, and he'll have your belongings delivered to wherever you want."

Before the lawyer could finish speaking, Thalassa had turned and begun storming out of the police station. Reaching the roadside, she quickly waved her hand at an approaching cab.

The car stopped in front of her, and she didn't waste time entering. "The Miller mansion," she instructed the driver. She still had the divorce papers in her hand, and her heart pounded as she stared at them.

It couldn't be true. This had to be another one of Linda Miller's schemes to separate her and Kris. She wasn't going to believe it until Kris himself told her that he wanted a divorce.

When the driver stopped outside the Miller mansion, she reached into her bag and pulled out some dollar notes. Not caring how much it was, she tossed it at the driver and got out.

She was just about to enter through the gate when a burly security guard stepped in front of her.

"You can't go in," he said gruffly.

Thalassa glared at him. "What do you mean I can't go in? This is my house! I'm Kris's wife!"

"I know that. But I've been given orders by Mrs. Miller not to let you in."

Of course, it was Linda Miller's orders.

Thalassa roughly ran her fingers through her hair, feeling like she was going insane. Without a second thought, she ran past the security guard onto the mansion's compound.

"Hey, I told you you can't go in!" the man hissed, running after her, but his speed was no match for Thalassa's desperation as she ran on and finally entered the house.

The Miller family was all gathered in the living room, but Kris was nowhere in sight. All of them turned to look at her disdainfully before storming towards her.

"What are you doing here, you thief?!" Cynthia, Kris's aunt, demanded.

"This bitch really has some guts!" Tyler, Kris's younger brother, scoffed.

"I'm going to drag her out by her hair!" Susan, Kris's younger sister, gritted out.

"Ma'am, I tried to stop her, but she just ran past me," the security guard said as he appeared behind Thalassa, grabbing her by the arm.

"It's okay. Let go of her arm," Linda Miller said as she finally stopped in front of Thalassa. The rest of her family also stopped behind her, their eyes blazing like vultures, waiting to tear Thalassa to shreds.

"You are a shame to show your face here after what you did to my son and our family," Linda sneered, her voice dripping with disgust.

Anger shot through Thalassa as she snapped. "I did not do anything, and you know it! You were the one who sent me to meet that man. Why are you doing this? Why are you lying?"

Her voice broke, which only increased the pleasure on her mother-in-law's face.

"My son wants nothing to do with you anymore, Thalassa, so you have no business being here. Get out of here."

"You're nothing but a snake! I am not leaving until I speak to Kris!" Thalassa stated firmly, glaring back at her.

"Don't speak to my mother like that," Kris's harsh voice sounded as he approached.

Thalassa immediately ran towards him, holding up the divorce papers. "Kris...your lawyer...he came to me and gave me these papers. He said you wanted a divorce, but I know it's got to be a mistake. It's all a mistake, right?"

Kris stared coldly into her eyes as he answered, "There's no mistake."

Thalassa stumbled back, shaking her head in disbelief. "Kris...please, you can't... Let's save our marriage. All this is a misunderstanding. I didn't do anything. Please, you've got to believe me."

"Do you really still believe that I want to continue being with a woman like you? You don't even have the decency to admit what you did," Kris snorted, his cold eyes boring into her.

"But I didn't do anything!" Thalassa declared desperately, grabbing onto his arm. "Kris, please be–"

"Let go of me!" he hissed, snatching his arm from her hold.

"Why is the door left open?" A voice came from behind Thalassa.

It was the voice of Karen Blade, her best friend. Hope beamed inside Thalassa.

"Thalassa..." Karen gasped with surprise when she finally saw her. "You're out of jail?"

Thalassa instantly moved towards her and grabbed her hand, leading her to where Kris was standing. "Karen, please tell Kris. Tell him how I called you after his mother sent me to give the documents to that man. Tell him how I was hesitant because something didn't feel right. Tell him that I'm innocent."

Thalassa waited. Waited for Karen to tell Kris exactly that, but the next words out of her best friend's mouth sent her whole world crashing down.

"I'm sorry, Thalassa, but I'm tired of always covering up your lies. You never called me."

Karen's denial was like a slap, causing Thalassa to stumble backward as her mouth dropped open in shock.

"But...but Karen...what are you saying? What lies? I called you to tell you about it. You even called me later to ask whether I was on my way to do what my mother-in-law had asked."

Karen's eyes, which usually always shone with affection, now blazed coldly with malice.

"Enough already, Thalassa! Aren't you tired of always telling lies? I'm so tired of always having to lie for you, but I can't anymore. Kris is a good man, and he doesn't deserve your deceptions."

Thalassa's head spun as she tried to process everything. Was she dreaming? She had to be dreaming. Otherwise, why would her best friend, the person she trusted and confided in the most, betray her like this?

Feeling like her heart was beating out of her chest, she turned to Kris, looking at him pleadingly. "Baby, please, I... I don't know why Karen is lying, but please believe me. I haven't done anything. I've never lied to you."

"You lowlife thief! So everyone else is a liar except you?" Susan, Kris's sister, snorted as she crossed her arms over her chest.

Thalassa paid no heed to her words because they didn't matter. The only person whose opinion mattered to her at that moment was Kris.

"Kris, why aren't you saying anything? Please tell me you believe me."

"I have nothing to say to you apart from the fact that you should sign the divorce papers and disappear from my life. I want nothing to do with you."

"No!" Thalassa declared loudly, throwing the divorce papers to the ground. "I refuse to sign them. Kris, you can't possibly believe that I could lie and steal from you in such a way."

She grabbed his hand, staring into his hard eyes with her pleading ones. "You promised me that nothing would ever come between us. What happened to that promise?"

"That's because I didn't know I was marrying a liar, a thief, and a slut," he hissed, jerking his hand away.

"It's okay. I've had enough of this woman," Linda Miller said. "If she refuses to sign the divorce papers, we can get it another way. Take her away."

Immediately, the security guard grabbed Thalassa's arm, but just as he was about to drag her away, she yelled,

"I am pregnant!"