BXBX NOVEL Chapter 754 754
"How about I eat you first, and we can have the good news while we\'re doing it, hmm?" Vernon teased.
"S—Scoundrel!" Chloe hit his chest playfully, much to Vernon\'s delight.
"Anyway, you should tell me about this good news first. I want to know," Vernon asked, though he already had a few expectations.
Chloe nodded. She sidestepped Vernon and returned with a document in her hand. She handed it to Vernon and said, "I\'ve submitted my divorce forms. I followed all of your instructions about the information I need to put in, and I hope it will be an uncontested divorce."
Vernon opened the document, and he had a big smile after reading it. He was satisfied with the forms because everything had been processed.
"They said the first summon or notice will be sent to both parties—
Vincent and I, next week, and he has three months to answer the summon," Chloe explained.
Vernon\'s smile faltered a little, "Why does it take so long? A month?"
"Yes, they said it will take a month. But Vincent has 120 days to answer the summons," Chloe said. "So…"
Vernon\'s gaze darkened, "No way, there is no way we can wait that long. You\'ll be uh… five or six months pregnant by that time, and I don\'t want to stress you out with a long divorce process. It might endanger our baby!"
"Well, um… I\'m just following the protocol…"
"Screw that protocol, I will make sure that Vincent will have to answer in a week after he receives that summons from the court," Vernon insisted. "Don\'t worry, I have more than enough influence to do that. I don\'t want you to get hurt just because of the stressful divorce process."
"Um, are you sure it\'s okay?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Vernon asked. "Don\'t you want to get the divorce as soon as possible?"
"I do, I\'m just scared that you might get into trouble because of me…." Chloe said. "I can wait as long as you\'re safe."
"Chloe…" Vernon sighed. "Sometimes I wonder if you still don\'t understand the power that your man has. I have a bigger influence than Vincent in his prime right now. Of course, I won\'t do illegal stuff, but pressuring the court to hasten the process for your divorce is not hard, and it\'s not illegal, especially when I have a solid reason to do that.
"Also, maybe you should be a bit more arrogant and vain," Vernon said. "You can demand something now. You can demand any jewelry from any named brand or even custom one, and I can give you attendance to any shows, awards, or even celebrity parties. I have way more power than you expect, and I want to pamper you with it."
Chloe was a bit overwhelmed by the offer.
She looked down to check the bracelet and necklace adorning her body. Vernon had been giving her a lot of jewelry that she didn\'t know how expensive they were. She kept rejecting them because she thought it was too much and wasn\'t exactly the type who\'d use jewelry.
After all, she spent her time taking care of the house, going grocery shopping, taking care of her daughter and occasionally her nephews, had brunch with Diamond or tea time with Dorothea.
She spent her free time shopping at the mall, though she always looked for discounts because it was her habit, even though Vernon gave her a credit card without limit.
She asked Diamond about the price of these jewels, and Diamond simply said,
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\'Gurl, I can\'t tell you the exact number. Because I know you\'ll get a heart attack. Let\'s just say that necklace is worth at least my annual salary, and that\'s already a low number coming from me.\'
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Chloe knew that Diamond\'s salary was about one million dollars. It was a crazy amount for a secretary in New York.
But all of that money is only for a necklace? Oh, it would give her a heart attack, seriously!
"I—I think I\'m good with everything you give me right now," Chloe said. "You\'re giving me too much, Vernon."
"Too much? What do you mean?" Vernon genuinely didn\'t understand Chloe\'s concern and reluctance. "I just want to pamper my wife. I am very—I mean, VERY wealthy. So tell me what do you want? A mansion? Private jet? A box of super luxurious, custom made jewelry?"
"None of them," Chloe said. "I want to be with my little family. I just want a simple life."
"… are you serious?"
"Oh, Vernon…" Chloe took a step closer and opened her arm to hug Vernon. "You\'re so sweet, but I\'m really not the type that wants lavish stuff. I just want peace with my family, I want you and our children to be together."
…
Vernon knew that would be the answer coming out of Chloe\'s mouth.
She wasn\'t exactly the lavish type, even when she was young. She could\'ve asked for anything when she dated Vincent, but she didn\'t. She still kept her part-time job.
But maybe her total aversion towards lavish stuff was because of her traumatizing experience with Vincent, who had done nothing but use his money to control her and treat her like an animal. Vincent always flaunted how worthless Chloe was compared to all the money and power he had.
Vernon knew it well, but he still wanted to pamper his beloved.
He wanted to buy everything expensive for Chloe to make up for the ten years she lost after suffering from all the abuses inflicted by Vincent.
He wanted to pamper her until she felt truly loved.
But Chloe disliked them all. She preferred a simple lifestyle, far from all the glam and dazzle.
Vernon sighed, \'What should I do, Chloe? I keep falling deeper with you. I never knew there could be someone as perfect as you in this world. You\'re truly an angel sent by God for me.\'
They embraced each other for a while until Chloe opened the conversation about what happened during the signing process with Vincent, "So, is everything under control when Vincent signed everything?"