Chapter 2 His Divorce

• Mia stood frozen in front of him, not believing what he just said. She looked at him to check for a sign that he was joking, but he kept a serious, deadpan face.
• It took her a minute to get her composure. "Babe, you're joking, right?" She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
• "How was work? It was stressful, right? That's why you are saying this." Mia kept shaking her head, asking.
• "Great, just great. You think I'm some frustrated man that would get so riled up because of work?" Xavier asked with a mocking laugh.
• "Do I look like a clown?"
• He took long, striking steps towards Mia as she took small steps back, about to stumble, with cold, menacingly cold eyes.
• "You had one job, Mia, one freaking job to have our child, but nothing. You couldn't do it for three years now, and all you can come up with is a celebration for our anniversary."
• "What is there to be celebrated about? You are a manipulator, a liar, selfish, and a cheater." He raised his voice at her.
• "I'm trying, Xavier, and you know I am." Mia tried to explain with tears flowing down her face.
• "And I never lied or cheated on you, Xavier." Mia wondered what it was he heard about her that made him say and react this way.
• "All you know how to do is lie and lie over and over again. I'm sick of this thing we have between us."
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• A week later
• Mia headed straight to the hospital. She signed up for fertility treatment without her husband's notice.
• "Mrs. Sinclair, I made it clear that for this next appointment, you were supposed to come with your husband," Dr. Michelle asked Kiara.
• "He... he... he can't make it today. He is on a business trip," she lied to the doctor.
• "How are the results, doctor? Am I the problem? Is something wrong with me?" Mia couldn't help but ask the doctor so many questions all at once, with a sweaty face and shivering hands.
• Checking through the system, Dr. Michelle confirmed, "You are perfectly fine based on the results we conducted."
• "What then is the problem, doctor?" Mia asked the doctor with a puzzled look on her face.
• "That was the reason I requested your husband be here so we could conduct some tests on him."
• Biting her fingers and stamping her legs in small steps is a habit Mia cultivates whenever something bothers her.
• She is about to be kicked out of her matrimonial home. It takes about 2 weeks to bring the divorce letter and 2 more weeks to process it. All she thought she could do was get pregnant during those periods.
• If only a miracle could happen right now. She was desperate to save her marriage.
• All her life revolved around her husband. She had sacrificed a lot.
• Yes, she had always liked her husband long before they married, but it couldn't deny the fact that she was used as collateral to save her father's dying company.
• She was never seen or respected by the Sinclair family.
• To Xavier's parents, she was a leech sucking off their son. They never valued her. The Sinclair family never deemed her fit for their son's social status.
• Her mother-in-law was always on her neck for a child, always calling her a barren woman.
• His siblings were no different, except for Nora, his twin sister. Xavier's elder sister just acted all superior.
• Xavier's father, in fact, did not notice she existed. At one family dinner, he mistook her for the maid of the house.
• She endured their insults and verbal abuse for the past 3 years just because of her love for her husband.
• She stopped working at her daddy's company because her dad suggested she stay at home as a full-time housewife just because of childbirth.
• Apparently, the remaining stake remains for her dad in the company, which he may lose to the Sinclair if she cannot provide an heir, and they become the full owners of the company. That was part of the agreement.
• Her dreams were kept on hold. Everything in her life—her marriage, her father's company—depends on her right now, and with the divorce filed by her husband, it's only a matter of time before she gets kicked out.
• "I'm going to prescribe these drugs for you to boost fertility. You get them and take them as prescribed, and let's see how it goes." Dr. Michelle brought Mia back from her thoughts.
• "Dr. Michelle, I want to ask for a favor. Can this be kept between us, please? I beg you, Mia pleaded to the doctor desperately.
• "Dr. Michelle held Mia's hand. This stays between us, I promise."
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• "What are you still doing well in my son's house?" It was Xavier's mother.
• "I thought by now my son would get rid of you, and you would be gone." She continued
• Didn't you get those divorce papers? Mia just realized that her mother-in-law was in support of their divorce and that Xavier wasn't joking the other night.
• She wasn't surprised about her mother-in-law's attitude towards her; it was nothing new, but she was hurt. She just wanted her mother-in-law to defend her once.
• "I knew you shouldn't be trusted, so you were cheating on my son."
• "What, mother! I would never do that," Mia responded, trying to defend herself against this accusation.
• Faster than lightning, her mother-in-law slapped her across the face. "You lying bitch."
• "I am talking, and you are talking back to me. You have no respect or manners for your elders."
• It stung so much that tears welled up in her eyes. She didn't want to be a crybaby right now, but this was too much.
• Mia just kept shaking her head with her pleading eyes, muttering a small "no, no, it was not me."
• "Nora told me everything," her mother-in-law kept insisting.
• Nora is Xavier's twin sister and the only person who always takes Mia's side in the family. Now she was the one spreading such malicious rumors about her.
• Mia kept muttering, "Mummy, it's not me. I can't do such a thing. I love my husband; I would never cheat on my husband," with tears in her eyes.
• "I just want you out of my son's life before the end of today. I knew you were a gold digger and one not to be trusted," Xavier's mother kept accusing Mia.
• Xavier's mother decided to take her leave. On her way out, she paused to tell Mia something. "And by the way, my son already has someone special in his life who could probably be pregnant and finally give us the heir we wanted."