"Madam, we've arrived at your mansion."
Solene sighed and got out of the car.
Since they argued two weeks ago, Solene did not expect that Alexander would return her to the mansion again in a quick time.
It wasn't new for her that Alexander would send her away when they were fighting and only bring her back a month or so later, but now it was faster than she expected.
"Ma'am, Master is waiting for you in the living room", a maid told her and let her go inside. The same goes for the guards not following her inside.
Walking on her stiletto, she firmly clings to the lace of her handbag as if she could let it go anytime. She set her eyes on the man standing at the corner of the room. With his hand in his pocket, not facing her, he uttered "Welcome back", in a cold tone.
"what's with the quick call?" Solene asked not minding his words
Alexander felt strange from the tone of the woman's speech to him, he immediately faced her and saw the change in the woman he thought he knew.
"You know we talked about this a lot", he said distantly
Solene chuckled and sat on the sofa with too much self-confidence.
"ah, of course, we do, shall we proceed with that?" Solene's rude speech causing Alexander to freeze. He doesn't know what to say but he kept his coolness on him and act unbothered
The young man stared into the woman's eyes for a moment, asking in his mind if he really heard the words coming out of her mouth or if it was just his imagination because he was thinking too much about what could happen, but NO.
It's really happening
Solene spoke again to break the silence of the weird feeling between the two of them
"what's with the stare? I thought you were in a hurry, Mr. Ferrer", in the young woman's tone there was a hint of teasing, Alexander didn't say anything quickly, instead, he looked away and walked towards a cabinet containing thick papers. There, he took a brown envelope that contained papers that could finally separate them in the court.
After Solene saw the envelope on the opposite table, she smiled slightly, something she knew was not true. She immediately opened it.
'Divorce paper' she thought of it. She immediately signed and smiled in front of Alexander who was now just staring at her silently.
"there! You can now have it and just text me when we have to face the court", the girl happily replied.
She was about to stand up from the couch when suddenly he spoke a word
"Do you know what you just signed now?" he asked confused, Solene turned back her gazes to the papers and frowned, Examining his expression, Solene saw his face in real confusion all this time. She thought he was just fooling around again
"I'm sure more than you, Mr. Ferrer", she replied shortly.
'mm, more than me, huh?' he thought
Her emotions are mixed with happiness and madness which she knows she will feel, but a sudden change happens. She was aching inside. This emotion was not in the plan in fact, she knew this day would arrive. She let out a sigh and decided
"it's getting late, I'm gonna go", she announced
With a sudden movement, he immediately stopped the girl from walking away from him. Although confused, Solene looked at him at his eyes and wonder
"I didn't say you can leave", said Alexander
The man's chest felt heavy as he looked at Solene's emotionless eyes. He knows that Solene can change from a poor, crying girl to someone strong and independent, but he doesn't think that it will change in just two weeks of separation. There was nothing in his mind but the kind of Solene who now could look at him in the eyes as if he was the most useless person in the whole world that she had ever seen. Far from whom he met, far from the Ms. Lincoln he encountered three years ago.
A lightning struck his heart as if all his flesh was electrified when Solene's gaze suddenly dropped to his hand.
With his hand gripping the girl's arm, it stopped her from leaving.
"I don't need your permission to leave", she said strongly "Now let go of me", she added and she did let go of the hold forcefully
"Are you like that after getting millions from me?" he asked in a deep and low voice making sure that he changed whatever Solene might think of his actions
Solene took a deep breath and answered with a laugh. "oh, I guess you're that one to put 100 million dollars in my bank account? Thanks", sarcastically saying
"Is that a Ferrer's offering for a quiet parting? How lucky am I? I struck gold in just 3 years!", joyfully saying, she distanced herself from him.
"so you're truly a gold-digger? I thought you–"
"And what if I am? You're a cheater by the way, hiding a pregnant mistress from the shadow so that your name will not be tarnished, Say that Mr. Ferrer, who do you think will be more harmed once the public finds out that you got a girl pregnant while we were married, hmm?" She asked in a calm voice, cutting his words, something that surprised Alexander even more
He recognized Solene as a crying and weak woman who didn't seem to have her own decisions in life like she was always depending on her Parent's decisions for her. Since their grandfathers and fathers were friends, the two Old Mans agreed that the two would marry each other knowing they could trust both sides. Solene's Grandfather was a former leader of the military group in Wesley who fought against Mr.'s group. Alexander's Ferrer grandfather.
When the war happened, the first Ferrer almost died in a landmine he stepped on but because of Mr. Lincoln's Intelligence in war equipment even though Ferrer was his opponent, he saved him from the brink of death. And that is the history they followed up until now.
"It's not like that Solene! She came into my life first before you!", he said with an unexpected rise in tone
"and so what? It's still the same, Ferrer! We're married! We're fucking married and yet, you get another girl pregnant. What a shame for me to stay with you?" Solene replied firmly and then took a deep breath.
Silence followed the entire living room, on the other side of the door were the listening maids and bodyguards who were guessing what was happening between Solene and Alexander.
"do Ma'am and Sir were separating?" asked by Rosanna—one of the maids
"I don't know but it seems like that's what's happening", replied Jiselle with her ear still pressed to the door to hear better.
"hey, that's not allowed! If Ma'am or Sir caught you eavesdropping, they will punish you!"
Mark taunts his companions while cross-armed
"aren't you curious about the two, Mark? It's like their fight is more stronger now than before. Before, all we could hear was yelling in every corner of the mansion, now, they're both calm and that's what makes me more nervous", Rosanna uttered followed by Giselle's agreement.
"That's right! I'm more used to them being loud and clear in arguments, it's just different today",
A minute later, the door that Solene and Alexander were in opened immediately Which almost caused them to fall to the floor.
Rosanna and Jiselle stared in shock at the woman who came out of the door, the same was the reaction of Mark who was now in a hurry to walk down the hallway toward the car outside.
"Ah... Ah, I-I'm sorry ma'am... We were cleaning the door..." Rosanna said almost trembling "I'm not listening to your conversation, promise Ma'am cross my heart", she added as she pretended to wipe the large golden door.
"I, ma'am, mop the floor, to make it shiny, shiny, beautiful, hehe, I want it because it's a good job...I... I guess", Jiselle was about to urinate nervously.
In the time they spent in the mansion, they haven't talked to Solene for a long time because she does most of the housework in it. The madame never ordered them even for simple things and especially often they couldn't see each other for a reason Solene was always not in the mansion and yet, their ma'am never raised an eyebrow or showed them bad behavior. The reason why they became more invested in helping Solene whenever there was trouble between her and Alexander.
And Alexander was respectful to everyone in the mansion. Like Solene, their Sir is often nowhere to be found to think Alexander is super busy with work and other things. They were rooting for them to get along, I guess everyone in the mansion, bodyguards and maids have only one desire for the married couple—to get along and live like a formal Wife and Husband.
Solene just smiled at the two maids then went outside where her car was parked and waiting.
"Mark, let's go to the Penthouse", she uttered as she went inside the car.
"Yes ma'am!" Mark replied
