I sat down at my hotel room looking at the divorce papers in my hands, i had it processed a week before. I wasn't going to take any more from Darven, our marriage ended when i caught him cheating on me. He broke me then and made me realize have been stupid for long and how much i need to change and since i have decided to change, i will make sure ge regrets ever making me take this path. As i was about to take my car key from the desk, a card fell out, i picked it up and glanced at the name, "Rowan Ashbourne CEO, Ashbourne capital". I remembered how he asked me to be his wife, i was too stunned to reply and he gave me his card to call him when i make up my mind. "what a crazy man", i scoffed and put the card in my handbag.
When I got to my ex-husband's house (cause to me he is now). I knocked, he opened the door and on seeing him I wondered what attracted me to him in the first place.
"Hey", he said
"i came to give you this", i gave him the divorce papers. "sign it and get back to me as soon as possible. "You can do it now if you want", i said.
"Babe, you know you don't have to do this, i was not myself that day. I know you are nice, you will always forgive and forget it as usual. So don't do this ok?,he tried to touch me and i slapped him.
"Don't you dare touch me. That's the problem with you, you only knew the version of me that tolerated disrespect, you don't know this one. I didn't forgive you because I'm nice. I stayed because I didn't know my worth and I do now", I said, my voice steady. "I am no longer the woman who is always convenient and begs to be loved", I turned and left, leaving him spell bound.
I reached inside my bag, took out a card and dialed the number. "Hello?, is the offer still open?"
"yes", he replied from the other end.
"i will marry you for one year then", I said.
He replied calmly, "I don't believe in pretending, I need a wife to close a deal that will secure my company's future. I don't know why you agreed to this but i believe you need a husband for reasons of your own. Whatever it is, this is not romance, it is an agreement".
"i will do it, as long as this remains exactly what it is - an agreement",i said "if the term protects us both, then yes".
"Good, then we proceed", he said.
The next day, I received a text message and went to his company to see him. I saw him seated in his office, observing me yet again like a predator, and for a second I wondered if I should just go back. I sat down and he brought out a document, after reading it I signed the contract. As the pen left the paper, I knew immediately that my life had already changed, unaware whether this choice would save or ruin me. Regret was no longer an option. This is my decision. This is where my story begins. The beginning of a story i never planned but ready to face.