Mr. Darlington's Ex Wife

Chapter 7

DARLINGTON'S POV:

I immediately rose from the black couch and stared at my father in shock.

"Whose wife, Dad?" I asked my father again, wanting to be sure, and my father stood up too and said, "Darlington, I have told you that you cannot marry Jenna. The reason I arranged for you to marry my best friend's daughter is because she's well-mannered and not a corrupt young woman like Jenna Colton."

"Dad... I cannot believe that you're saying this. I'm the one who wants to marry Jenna, not you! What gives you the right to think that you can decide on my life like this and impose a woman on me for me to marry?"

"That's enough, Darlington! I won't have you disrespect me in this house. You see what an elder sees from sitting down; even if you climb the tallest tree, you still cannot see it. Jenna is a corrupt woman, and she wouldn't make a good wife for you. Don't you see how she looks with her artificial body? Do you think that she will want to settle down and give you children? I'm very certain she's cheating on you with her colleagues. Forget about Jenna and end whatever it is that you are doing with her," my father said to me, angrily looking at me, too.

"No, Father. I can never end things with Jenna. You know what? Call your friend this minute and nullify the marriage whatsoever; I don't care. I cannot marry Amara Nicholas. I don't want to see her here, and you should tell her not to show up here again. I'm not interested in her. I will marry only Jenna and not Amara or whatever you said was her name," I yelled, and my father's black orbs burned in anger, looking at me disapprovingly.

"Darlington... This is a brand new year, and you have only two options. You either marry Amara Nicholas and accept her as your wife once she arrives here, thereby making love to her and getting her pregnant to give me grandchildren, or you lose your role in my company as the CEO. I will withdraw every license that you have, and you can go out of this house and start afresh. Elsewhere with Jenna, I do not care. But you will have to choose now. Which option do you want? Marry Amara and continue as the CEO of Briggs Corporation, or you leave and go on with marrying Jenna elsewhere."

Even my mother and younger sister had rushed out to the stairs on the top floor and looked at my father in shock.

"That's ridiculous, honey. Who is Amara Nicholas? And why are you just telling Darlington now about her?" My mother questioned my father as she descended the stairs with my younger sister.

My mother is a tall, black woman, too. She's gorgeous and has an old-fashioned style.

Mom was wearing a long white nightgown, and the sound of me and my father quarreling in our living room could have woken her up from sleep.

"Honey. Can't you speak again?" My mother could be very disrespectful to my father sometimes, but I know my father loves her dearly, and he's candid with her.

"Ifeoma. It is a long story, but the point is that Darlington is already married, and his wife will soon be here," my father repeated.

"What!! Oh my goodness! How can my only son be married without my consent? Without us attending the wedding, even Darlington didn't know he was married and already had a wife. Honey, are you sure that you are not cheating on me, and the said new wife out there is not one of your mistresses?"

"Stop saying that, Ifeoma. You know that I cannot cheat on you. Darlington is married, and his wife will soon be here. She's Chief Matthew Nicholas's only daughter, and I think you know her," My Father said, and I stood in the living room, looking from my father to my mother in disbelief.

"I don't know any Amara. Yes, I know Chief Matthew and his lazy wife, Julianne, but my son will not marry their only child. Did you not see that Julianne could only produce one child for her husband? She's a lazy woman and only knows how to make makeup, parading herself about it as a princess. I'm sure her daughter will be as lazy as her mother and will not be able to produce a baby for my son. No way! I cannot have them as my in-laws," My mother refused, with a strict look on her beautiful black face.

My younger sister, Samara, stood speechless in a yellow gown, as she still looked sleepy and now stunned to hear that I was also married.

Where is that done, that I would be married off without my consent? I need to know where this is done, and I won't lose my rank as the CEO of Briggs Group, nor will I marry any Amara Nicholas.

"That's enough, Ifeoma. You have to accept Amara as your daughter-in-law and be nice to her once she gets here. You are speaking about manners and being lazy. Did you not see Jenna Colton and see how artificial she looks? Darlington cannot marry Jenna either, as Jenna is the worst. I saw Amara the last time I visited my father in the countryside. She is a decent girl who is very hardworking. She studies accounting, and her father says she wants to take over his company, but he wants her to marry and give him more children that he could not get from his wife. Amara Nicholas will be here today, and I don't want to hear a*********s about your mistreating her.

Darlington, as I said earlier, pay Jenna Colton off so that she can go out and look for her husband elsewhere and not you, my son. I won't sit back and allow you to marry that lady, so you should do the needful by yourself and get rid of her," my father stated.

"No, Father! I cannot cut Jenna off just like that after five years of dating her. No way. What do I tell her—that it's over between us? No, I cannot do that, father. I even proposed to Jenna last week; why didn't you tell me beforehand?" I demanded, and Father walked away towards the living room stairs to retire upstairs.

Dad paused and remarked, "I thought you two were only friends with benefits and not serious about marriage. It's too late to marry Jenna, so end whatever you have been doing with her today and get ready to welcome your wife, as she would be here before nightfall, depending on how fast her car travels to get here to our home."