Ex-Wife Returns: Billionaire's Second Chance

The gloomy sky left a gray color in Tawny Matthews's eyes. She stared at the divorce papers before her, her heart breaking into many pieces.

Three years was so short, but also so long. So short that when she closed her eyes, she could see how boring her marriage was. So long that the loneliness and resentment she had endured for many years had piled up like a mountain, weighing down on her panting heart. It turned her into a mobile iceberg, only knowing how to walk, stand, and lie down, but no longer knowing how to cry, laugh, be sad or happy.

That period was enough for Tawny to understand that today she was determined to sign the divorce papers, ending the days of suffering and despair.

Two streams of hot tears rolled down her cold cheeks, Tawny painfully looked up at everything around the empty room, the place she still considered her home, her nest.

But her husband, Leonard, never thought so. To him, this place was hell, a place where he was imprisoned in freedom, a place filled with lies and betrayal. He had never considered her his wife, to him, she was no different from his sworn enemy.

Holding the divorce papers and walking to the office, Tawny trembled and knocked on the door several times.

From inside came a cold voice as if it had just returned from hell.

"Come in."

The door opened slightly, Tawny mustered up all her courage and walked straight to Leonard's desk. She placed the signed divorce papers in front of him, tried to swallow the tears that were welling up, and then choked out:

"We're divorced. I've signed it, I'll move out right away."

Leonard's cold face completely extinguished the last bit of hope in Tawny. His calmness broke her heart. His indifferent, emotionless gaze as he looked at the divorce papers left her speechless.

"Up to you."

His words were very gentle, but when they reached her ears, they were like a bolt of lightning that struck her head.

What did she get in the end after three years of living together?

Was it indifference, coldness, or the words "Up to you" coming from his mouth?

So what else could she expect from him? She turned away with a painful heart, not even looking back. It seemed like her heart had cooled to ashes, her heart was pierced by thousands of needles, and her emotions had become numb over the years.

She thought she was used to his indifference, but in fact, she was just trying to endure.

And she also knew pain, knew sadness.

Slamming the door shut, Tawny collapsed on the cold floor, covering her face and sobbing. The cry tore her heart apart, like thousands of knives stabbing the fragile heart in her left chest.

Even though it was just an arranged marriage, Tawny had never neglected her duties as a wife in the past three years. She always tried her best to take care of the housework.

Even though he was cold to her, she still loved him very much. Even though he never touched a bite of food, she still prepared three meals a day. Even though he never looked her in the eye, she would smile every time she saw him appear.

Was it because she hadn't done well enough?

Why had he never paid her any attention?

Perhaps this marriage was a mistake from the start.

The first look Leonard gave Tawny was indifference. Even as he held her hand and walked down the aisle, he still looked at her with that look. She would probably never forget it for the rest of her life.

Three years ago, when Leonard's family was on the verge of collapse, Leonard was forced to marry Tawny to save the family business. Later, Leonard's business was merged into Tawny's father's company, which Leonard always thought was a plot by them to usurp.

At that time, Leonard was considered a worthy opponent for his childhood friend Paige. After hearing that he was about to marry Tawny, she immediately went to see her. How did the conversation go when Tawny accidentally pushed Paige, causing her to fall from the bridge into the river?

Although Paige was saved later, Leonard still thought that it was Tawny who caused Paige to fall into the river. Therefore, he hated her very much, he spent more time with Paige than at home.

"Evil witch." That was the longest sentence he had ever said to Tawny.

Now that Tawny's family had gone bankrupt, Paige had returned from studying abroad, so Leonard wanted to divorce Tawny.

Tawny dragged her suitcase out of the house alone. She walked slowly on the street, her mind blank, not knowing where she was going.

Suddenly, someone shouted.

"Is that Leonard Roberts's wife?"

"Why is she carrying luggage? Did she divorce her husband and get kicked out of the house?"

"There's news."

Two reporters chased after Tawny.

"Miss Tawny, please wait a moment."

Tawny heard the voices of many people from behind, she turned her head and saw reporters running towards her.

The flashing lights made Tawny panic and couldn't avoid it.

"What do you want?"

"May I ask why you're dragging a suitcase on the street, what happened to you?"

"Just now, there was an announcement that Matthews Group went bankrupt, do you have any comments on this?"

"May I ask if you knew Miss Paige before?"

The questions kept coming up, giving Tawny's headache. "Please, I don't know anything, please don't ask me."

Tawny begged miserably, but these people didn't let her go. She ran away. She thought about running to the opposite street, wanting to escape from these two people. But disaster suddenly appeared. The Bugatti Veyron struck her like a lightning bolt.

The pure white dress was like a white butterfly fluttering in the air. Tawny suddenly thought of the words her mother said before she died, the cold voice of the man Leonard... everything was like a slow-motion tape but then suddenly disappeared.

The smell of blood woke everyone up, two reporters tried to record everything. Blood stained the white cloth like a wilted rose, life seemed to be slowly draining away.

"Damn it." In the sports car, the man wearing sunglasses hurriedly picked up Tawny who was lying on the ground, and rushed to the hospital.

"There was a serious car accident on xxx street this morning." Leonard turned on the TV and saw the news.

He sat down on the sofa and heard the announcer say, "The victim is identified as Tawny Matthews. She was dragging a suitcase on the road at that time." Hearing this, Leonard immediately sat up. The camera just turned to the scene of the accident. Around the scene, fresh blood was splattered all over the ground, and a pair of dark glasses was lying in the middle of the road.

Those glasses were so familiar.

How could this be? Leonard could not imagine that this tragic incident would happen.

He immediately asked the staff to find out which hospital Tawny was in, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw a group of reporters.

"Mr. Leonard, may I ask you what is the relationship between Miss Paige and you?"

"Mr. Leonard, someone saw your wife being hit by a car twenty minutes ago. She was holding a suitcase. "Did you kick her out of the house?"

"Mr. Leonard."

"Go away."

Leonard shouted, instantly silencing the crowd, and automatically making way for him.

He ran to the hospital at lightning speed but was still one step too late.

"Nurse, is Tawny Matthews here?"

"Room 21, but a gentleman came to pick her up two minutes ago."

"She was so badly injured, who picked her up?"

"I don't know," The nurse shook her head.

Leonard quickly walked out of the hospital door, but he only saw a Bugatti Veyron passing by. Tawny's father was in prison for financial problems, and most of the others were not there. So who... who picked up Tawny? Standing at the main door of the hospital, Leonard felt anxious for the first time.

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Five years later. A healthy and handsome five-year-old boy was shouting in the room.

"Lucas, what's wrong with you?" Hearing the boy's cry, a very young-looking girl walked out of the kitchen. She was wearing a pink outfit and holding a can of fresh milk in her hand.

"Mom, I want this." Lucas pointed to the advertisement on the TV.

"The new toy that Roberts Group launched is recruiting children from three to eight years old to act in the advertisement. After the performance, they will receive the best toys from the Roberts Group. All my friends in kindergarten want to be chosen. If I can become an advertising star, they will admire me."

"Didn't Uncle Adrian buy you a lot of toys?" The girl said softly, "I don't agree to let you go."

"Mom, let me go. Please, Mom, I don't need to go to the amusement park. I don't want Transformers. I just want you to let me go to Roberts Group." Lucas followed and pulled Nina's clothes inside out.

"No."

Nina stopped Lucas's little hand and pulled the child aside.

"Sleep well. You still have to go to school tomorrow. We've only been here for a few days, I'm still not familiar with the road, so I have to go home early."

Lucas walked back to his small bed in disappointment. Nina looked at the child's sad, bowed head, helpless.

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"General Manager, the meeting is at eight o'clock, can you come?"

"I didn't know the traffic jam here was so terrible."

"General Manager, today the person in charge of Gelex Group in North America will come to discuss with us the contract that your father personally signed, you must come." Leonard hung up the phone, and got out of the car, the most important thing now was to find a tool so that he didn't have to walk.

"Excuse me, can you lend me your motorcycle for a bit?" He was wearing a noble outfit and standing here borrowing someone's motorcycle, feeling a little funny. Sure enough, no one paid attention to him.

"Do you have something urgent? I'll take you a short distance." The cold voice was like a newly picked lily, spreading and penetrating the heart. Leonard had never had good intentions towards women, they only loved money, and they always wanted to be like the queens of the past, but this cold voice suddenly made his thoughts about women improve. He turned around and the girl who appeared in front of him was a girl wearing a light yellow sweater, white jeans, and a pink helmet.

This was Nina on her way to take Lucas home from school. Her worst trait in life was not remembering the way, so she walked very slowly and accidentally saw Leonard in a hurry. She didn't think about anything and ran to help.

"Thank you, I want to go to the headquarters of the Roberts Group." Leonard unceremoniously put his 1m8 tall body on the small seat at the back. She tried her best to start the engine and drive away.

This was Leonard's first time sitting on a motorbike like this, it felt a bit strange, the gentle wind blew on his face, and his whole body felt very comfortable. He looked at her back, suddenly feeling like he wanted to learn more about her. The gentle wind blew her long hair into his face, faintly emitting a scent that was exactly like the cool scent of lilies.

"Sir, we're here." She stopped the motorbike.

Wait. Leonard wanted to say something but stopped. He wanted to ask her name but felt that he was a bit stupid, so he looked at her nodded, and walked into the company.

The girl turned around and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

The phone rang, and she stopped the motorbike.

"What's the matter, Adrian?"

"If there's nothing, can't I call you? What did Nina do today?" A gentle voice rang from the other end of the line.

"Take Lucas to school, I want to find a job now," Nina answered honestly.

"I won't let you find a job, you just stay home and take care of Lucas," Adrian said. "Let's decide that, I have to go to a meeting."

"Hey, wait." Nina pouted and threw the phone into her bag.

In the lobby of Roberts Group, Leonard led a group of people in charge into the lobby. As soon as he entered the door, he noticed the young man sitting in the middle. This person wore gold glasses and a carefully tailored suit. Compared to the sharp Leonard, he looked gentle, elegant, and leisurely.

"This must be Mr. John."

Based on the previous documents, Leonard concluded that this was the CEO of Gelex Group in North America.

"Mr. Leonard, nice to meet you."

Because the two people's personalities were completely different, the atmosphere between the two was a bit strange when they talked. Leonard was too sharp, while John was too gentle.

"Tell me, how much will you pay for this project?" Leonard sat down and threw the documents on the table.

"Mr. Leonard, the problem is not the price. The problem is that we want to have the right to buy this project," John said with a smile.

"Buy first, we can give it to you, but the price your company offers is not sincere at all."

The two talked for half a day without any results. The lunch break had just passed, and it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

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The kindergarten had ended.

Nina was still standing at the gate as usual waiting for Lucas to finish school, but after waiting for ten minutes, he still did not come out. She ran in anxiously.

"Teacher, where is Lucas? Have you seen Lucas?" Nina pulled a teacher's hand and asked.

"Lucas? He just left."

"Oh my god. Did he leave?"

Nina was so anxious that she quickly took out her cell phone and called Adrian: "Adrian, I can't find Lucas, come back quickly."

In the tense atmosphere of the negotiation, the melodious ringtone of the phone suddenly rang, and everyone paused for a moment. As usual, when going to a meeting, the cell phones were turned off. But this elegant CEO not only did not hang up but also openly admitted that the caller was an important person.

"Nina, don't worry, calm down, I'll be there soon." The gentle voice with a hint of comfort rang out softly, this sound made everyone here open their eyes wide. Just like that, the CEO of the multinational corporation hurriedly left the hall: "Sorry everyone, I have urgent matters to attend to."

Everyone opened their eyes wide as he left, secretly turning back to look at Leonard.

"Is this sincerity?" Leonard angrily threw away the pen and walked out of the hall.

"General Manager, the selection of child actors for the new toy commercial is open, do you want to see it?" The assistant asked Leonard.

"Um.." He reluctantly tried to cheer himself up, turning on the audio-visual equipment. In the pictures of those boys, each child looked different, all of them were quite good, but none of them satisfied him. His finger gently pressed against his wrinkled forehead.

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"Nina, where are you?" Adrian first ran to the kindergarten but couldn't find Nina so he could only call out to her.

"Adrian, the teacher said that after school, Lucas went out alone. I'm going around looking for him." Nina said in a panic.

"You just stand there and don't go anywhere, I'll be right there."

"Lucas, Lucas, where are you?" Nina's voice was full of sobs, she ran along the main road outside the school to find him.

"Nina, get in the car." Adrian drove. "Nina, have you seen anything unusual about Lucas these days?"

"No." Nina clenched her fists, her small face pale and wrinkled.

"Then where could he have gone?"

"Adrian, could Lucas have been kidnapped by someone?" Nina nervously pulled Adrian's sleeve.

"No, we just got here and there are no enemies. Nina, think about it, these past few days, has Lucas said he wanted to do something or think about something?"

"Oh, I remember." Nina suddenly remembered the day Lucas said he wanted to join the cast of a certain company.

At this moment.

"Police officer." Lucas picked up the recruitment poster of the Roberts Group and pulled it to the side of the road. "Police officer, I want to come here."

"Where are your parents?"

"They're all waiting for me here, can you help me?"

The police officer looked Lucas up and down, feeling that something was wrong. What kind of parents would leave their child alone? Moreover, looking at the way this child was dressed, he didn't look like a normal child.

"Where is your home?"

"Uncle, can you help me." Lucas pulled the police back and acted spoiled, the boy wanted to participate in this commercial, and the boy wanted to get that toy.

The police had no choice but to carry the boy into the police car, thinking that he would first go to this place to see and then take this child to the police station.

"You see, there is a very cute boy here, let's see if he can audition for this role." Leonard anxiously picked up the TV remote, intending to turn it off, but at this moment, an extremely handsome and cute boy appeared and was caught in the lens. The boy's lively and cute appearance and innocent face immediately attracted him. Although it was only a short five or six seconds, it left a deep impression on everyone. Filming a commercial with this boy would have a very good effect.

Leonard immediately called out the door, wanting to call the security guard to go find this boy. But suddenly there was a strong feeling that made him involuntarily want to see this boy with his own eyes, so he quickly ran towards the outside door.

"Little friend, your parents aren't here, right? Come with me to the police station. It's dangerous to go alone."

"Uncle, I want to get involved in this but my mother won't let me go, so please help me. When I get home, I will explain to them."

Although Lucas pleaded, the police's attitude was still to take Lucas back to the police station.

When Nina and Adrian ran over, they happened to see the police carrying Lucas away.

"Adrian. Did that policeman keep Lucas?"

"Yes, let's chase after him."

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"Assistant Harry, how is it over there? I just said to go find that boy, have you found him yet?" Leonard talked to his assistant while driving.

"We are still looking for the boy."

Leonard was worried that the boy would get lost, so he drove faster. Suddenly, a police car appeared around the corner in front of him. He slowed down to avoid the police car and turned right, but not far behind the police car, there was a Bugatti Veyron following closely. Leonard couldn't avoid it in time and overtook the car. His car and the Bugatti Veyron both broke down at the same time.

"I'm sorry sir, we have urgent business. Here is the contact phone, we will come back to handle this." A woman's face appeared hurried and pale, through the car window, she discreetly handed Leonard a piece of paper with her phone number written on it and left.

Although Leonard was very angry, he didn't pay attention because he was looking for the child.

"How is it, has the child been found?" Leonard asked his assistant.

"General Manager, we have searched everywhere but still haven't found the child you mentioned."

"You guys are useless." Leonard looked at his assistant coldly. "Keep looking for him until you find him. Get out."

"Yes, General Manager." The assistant left in fear.