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Shirley rushed from the hospital back home still trying to process the news she just got. She now understand why Jesse reacted like that when she showed him the papers.
Damn why didn't check the papers maybe it was hers or not, she had been blinded by joy so much that she forgot to check the papers.
She got home to get the greatest shock of her life. As she entered the sitting room and met Jesse looking out of the window.
Shirley Lewiston looked at the divorce papers on the table that her Jesse had already signed.
She looked in the direction of the window with tears in her eyes. Jesse Osborne was standing there in the glow of the afternoon sun, looking as perfect and cold as a stone sculpture and emanating an oppressive vibe.
"I've signed the papers. You should sign them as soon as possible so that we can finalize the divorce before she arrives.
"What? Who's coming?"
Jesse put his hands behind his back and said, without glancing at her, "Remember I told you that I love someone else? Her name is Esther, she will be arriving to Liverpool today, Since we had an agreement that you'll get another pregnancy but you failed to get one and even brought me fake results, there won't be any issues with property division. But as compensation, I will give you an additional $5 million as well as the villa in the middle eastern slumps. After all, I guess you won't have anywhere to go to since your own family hates you"
Shirley was dumbstruck. She had made the Greatest mistake of her life by not checking those papers but wait... "Jesse don't you ever loved me? Those affections and loves, are they just ephemeral?"
"I did everything because Mum loves you, and she wants me to love you, so why can't I fake it?"
Shirley was flabbergasted, "Does Mum know that you want to divorce me?"
"Mum's opinion won't affect my decision. And besides did you think she'll still side you after learning that you brought me fake pregnancy results and that my Loved one is coming back?"
Shirley's slender body shook, so she could only hold onto the edge of the table to stabilize herself. Tears streamed down her face as she asked, " Jesse, can you please let me explain myself at least?"
Jesse raised an eyebrow, "I don't want to listen"
She clutched his trousers, "Belive me Jesse, the hospital made the mistake, they gave me the wrong results, I thought it was mine and.... Can we stay married?"
Finally, Jesse turned around and looked at her doubtfully.
He pursed his thin lips and narrowed his dark eyes. His handsome face still made Shirley's heart skip a beat.
"Even if the hospital didn't make a mistake, now that Esther is coming back, you'll have to leave eventually because you're just a stand-in, I never loved you"
"But I love you!"
Shirley's eyes were red and tearful. "Jesse, I love you. I still want to be your wife and have pregnancy for you even if you don't have feelings for me…"
Jesse waved her off. He did not even have the patience to listen to her. The fake papers she had brought was alreadu frustrating enough. "Our marriage was a mistake from the start. I married you because of that of that pregnancy, mum wants it. I always loved Esther, I just couldn't be with her back then because of you and because she was studying abroad. Now, you have to leave me because you're nothing but a stature"
Shirley lowered her head. Large teardrops fell on the table, but she quickly wiped them away.
Jesse noticed it, but he did not say a word.
At this time, his phone rang. He quickly answered the call when he saw the Caller ID: MY LOVELY ESTHER.
"Babe, have you boarded the plane yet?"
He had such a gentle tone that Shirley wondered if it came from the same man who was so cold to her moments ago. The tone he has was thesame tone he had used to use whenever he wanted to show her love.
The said Esther said in a lovely voice from across phone, "I just arrived at Liverpool international airport"
"What? Weren't you supposed to get in tonight? Why so soon?" He replied in an anxious and happy tone like a happy kid that was gifted a pack of sweet.
"I wanted to surprise you!"
"Wait for me, Esther. I'll pick you there now!"
After that, Jesse hung up, he took a quick look at Shirley who was crying, then he left in a hurry.
When the door slammed shut, Shirley felt heartbroken and abandoned. What Bianca had said when she was about to get married was actually coming true. "Just don't come back home crying"
Shirley stood there crying until she got exhausted slept there.
~~~
"Jes Baby, what are you planning to do with your wife? you're not divorced yet, I don't want to be like a disturbance to her" Esther looked worried as Jesse's car stopped in the car pack.
"She won't."
Jesse's eyes turned cold as he said, "I Know Shirley very well, she won't raise an eye, she must be in one corner sulking right now"
As they stepped into the house, Jesse felt the house lifeless. Except for the middle aged butler, the house feels empty.
"Neil! Where's Shirley?" He asked.
The man rushed forward, "Welcome, Young Master, Madam just left!"
"She left? When? To where?"
"Just now! She didn't take anything with her. She just woke up from her nap and left through the back door. A black Bentley car picked her up."
Jesse hurried back to the bedroom, which was clean and tidy. He saw the signed and tear-stained divorce agreement on the bedside table.
He frowned and walked over to the window, just in time to see a black Bentley driving away from among the cars packed on the street.
Jesse thought to himself, 'Did the orphanage send people to pick her up or she has some backup?'
He felt that Shirley had played him like a fool, so he took out his phone and called his secretary indignantly.
"Check whose car this belongs to. License plate number LA79104."
"Yes, President."
Five minutes later, his secretary called him back. "Boss, the Car was registered under the BIMS group of companies"
Jesse stood dumbfounded. Why will a car from BIMS group come to pick her up? Did the BIMS group sponsor the orphanage or what? And even if they had, Shirley won't be able to enjoy the privileged because she was married already, why should the Orphanage care for her?
During the past years, Jesse noticed that Shirley did not even have a social circle because all she did was stay at home. How did she manage to get acquainted with BIMS group? Or did she have a lover outside?
"Jess baby, what's wrong?" Esther asked as she noticed the puzzling look on his face.
He walked over and stroked her cheeks, "Don't worry darling, it's nothing"
~~~
In the back row of the black Rolls-Royce, Gaston, the eldest son of the prestigious Clinton family, gently held Shirley's hand.
"Victor prepared a fireworks show for you tonight to celebrate your return."
"I'm really not in the mood to watch fireworks. I just don't know why Jesse's can't believe me for once, I mean.... that results werent mine but it's a mistake"
Shirley Lewiston was indeed an orphan, but what Jesse and his family didn't know was that, she had found her real Family three years ago through social media and had kept that secret from Jesse.
Her family owns the biggest Company in Liverpool, the BIMS group is a no child's play. She was not the real Daughter tho, but they were her mother's family
The BIMS group was owned by her mother's family. After her parents death in a motor accident, Shirley was adopted by the orphanage, her uncle, Mr Trump Clinton took over the BIMS group and did everything in his power to find Shirley and even thought she was dead not until she posted it in social media about who her family were.
Shirley had kept it a secret for a long time that her mother's family takes care of her, but today, she called her cousin, Gaston and explained things to him.
Shirley resumed her identity as a family member of BIMS group, the heiress of the BIMS group because her mother is the sole owner of the company right from the start. She leaned on her eldest Cousin's shoulder and burst into tears.
She glanced at her old phone and read the last message she received, which was from the hospital.
[Come back to the hospital now]
She smiled tearfully with her eyes closed and came to a realization.
"What's wrong? Do you still miss him after all he has done to you? What husband disbeliefs his own wife." Gaston hugged his cousin sister in distress.
"Gaston, it's mums birthday today…"
"I know. Jesse is a jerk for choosing to divorce you today of all days."
"That's why I have no regrets. Jesse just killed the Shirley in me"
When she opened her eyes again, she was no longer Shirley Osborne, the dutiful wife of Jesse Osborne. Instead, she was now again Shirley Lewiston, the proud heiress of BIMS Group. This time, she would no longer be hung up on that man.
Shirley said, "I'm over him. I'll be damned if I ever go back to him."