After Five Years Of Marriage

Chapter 6

Dylan got to his company, a mobile production company in their city. He was known far and wide, and he had foreign partners too.

He parked his car, a Honda Jeep, in the company parking lot and made his way into the five-storey building. He went up to the third floor, where his office was.

After settling into his office seat, Dylan resumed his work. He finished his work for the day and met with some top partners and clients who wanted his new models of his products.

Dylan relaxed in his executive black chair and received a phone call from Rosie Andrew.

Rosie was excited and wanted to know if Jessica had signed the divorce papers.

“Hello, babe. Good morning,” Rosie spoke first, excitedly, into Dylan’s ear over the phone.

Dylan stared at his phone screen and replied to Rosie, “Good morning, sweetheart. How was your night?”

“Not good without having you here with me,” Rosie replied shamelessly in a more seductive voice.

Dylan swallowed hard as he slowly loosened his necktie to free his neck.

He apologised to Rosie. “I’m sorry, but you know that I cannot continue to sleep outside my home, as it might ruin my reputation if it becomes known to my customers and fans online.”

Rosie remained silent on the phone and frowned, but she replied to Dylan, “Don’t you love me enough, Dylan? Why do you care more about your fans than me?”

“No, babe, don’t get it all wrong. As you know, if I don’t settle my marriage issue with Jessica amicably and make it known that I’m no longer married to her, some fans might become angry about it and want to ruin my business too. You know that I cannot allow that to happen, considering that Jessica played a vital role in my business and its establishment,” Dylan said, as he tried to explain his reason over the phone to Rosie.

Rosie’s frown deepened in her room, as she knew that she did not truly love Dylan anymore. She only wanted his money, and she could not believe that he had become rich again and bounced back to being a billionaire after escaping poverty.

Rosie knew that Dylan’s parents had been rich before, but his father had been scammed by a foreign woman who took all his wealth. That had caused Dylan and his two siblings to become poor.

Rosie was younger then, and she wanted a wild life. She was nineteen years old when Dylan’s parents lost their wealth and became poor overnight. Dylan’s education came crashing down.

Rosie could not cope with the fact that her boyfriend of three years had suddenly become poor and could no longer afford to buy her expensive things. An opportunity came for her to travel abroad and further her education, and she did not waste any time. She did not tell Dylan about it, nor could she tell him to his face that they had broken up and that she was no longer in love with him.

Rosie pretended over the years that she still loved Dylan, whereas she had moved on abroad and was sleeping with other men. She only spoke to Dylan on the phone and refused to return to the city until now.

It had been nine years since Rosie left the country, Dylan, and their relationship. Now that Rosie was back at her parents’ home, she discovered that her parents were no longer rich because her father’s company had been bought and claimed by Mr Luke Albert.

Rosie researched the billionaire, Mr Luke Albert, who had bought her father’s company to help him clear his debt in exchange for the company. Her father’s company had been renamed LA Group.

Rosie saw that Mr Luke Albert was an elderly man with two sons and only one daughter.

As she researched Mr Luke’s sons online to find out if she could date either of the two billionaire men, she stumbled upon Dylan’s profile page. She saw that Dylan was married to Mr Luke’s daughter and was Mr Luke’s first son-in-law.

None of Mr Luke’s sons was married, as both men were single and not the social types. They avoided scandals and women in general.

Rosie was shocked when she entered Dylan’s profile page and saw that he was already married. She saw his wedding photos with his beautiful wife.

Not only that, Dylan was now a billionaire, had a multimillion-dollar company, and had two children.

“How did this happen?” Rosie asked herself in shock when she saw that Dylan was no longer the poor man she had thought he would become.

She wasted no time copying Dylan’s company address, as she thought it best to see him in his office after she was sure that he was the same man she had dated ten years ago.

Rosie proceeded to visit Dylan at DY Group. She faked her tears and cried to him when she entered his executive office. She accused Dylan of cheating on her and said that he could have waited for her to return to the country, before going ahead and marrying another woman and forgetting all the love they had shared.

Rosie had not thought that Dylan would accept her so easily. She had thought that he still loved Mr Luke Albert’s daughter much more than he loved her or their past failed relationship.

However, Dylan accepted Rosie easily and told her, “It’s not how you’re seeing it, Rosie. I still love you, but it just happened that I met my wife, and she helped me become the man I am today.”

“And what about me, Dylan? What about us? What about our promise and the love we shared? What about my virginity that you took? How can you do this to me? I was hoping that once I returned to the city, we would get married. How could you just move on so easily, Dylan? How could you forget about me?” Rosie asked Dylan all manner of questions to make him feel like the bad man in their relationship.

In reality, she was the one who had refused to answer his calls. Dylan had even asked her to lend him some money, promising to return it once he used it to establish himself or make a profit. But Rosie had refused.

In her mind, she had cursed Dylan and said, “How can I be the one sponsoring my man? Doesn’t he see his mates who are taking care of their women? Stupid man.”

Rosie cried on the day she visited Dylan’s office.

Dylan finally accepted her back, and she gave him her new home address, as she was no longer living with her parents. She told him that she was still single.

Rosie had a boyfriend named Frederick Joseph, but Frederick was not rich. Now that Rosie had seen that Dylan still loved her, she wanted to scam him out of his wealth and use the money to establish Frederick.

Rosie disliked Dylan for becoming wealthy and failing to remember to marry her first instead of Jessica, whom he had married.

Rosie made sure to help Dylan prepare the divorce papers, as she wanted to have him all to herself so that it would be easy for her to scam him. No one would know that she was at fault when she broke up with him.

“Dylan, what about the divorce papers I gave you last night? Have you given them to your wife at home to sign? I mean Jessica Albert. Has she signed the divorce papers and left your house?” Rosie asked Dylan.

She heard him say, “I have given Jessica the divorce papers, but she is not feeling well this morning. She will need some time to go through them before she can sign. How come you didn’t include that she would take a 50 per cent share of my company’s revenue and help take care of my kids? Or didn’t you know that I have two kids?” Dylan asked, and Rosie pretended not to know.

She replied, “I didn’t know, Dy. But isn’t Jessica's family also billionaires? What does she need your money for?”

Dylan was silent at first, and after a while, he replied, “No, Rosie. Jessica cannot go away empty-handed. She suffered to help me build this company, and her parents won’t take it lightly if I divorce her without properly sharing all that we have.”

“So what do you want to do now?” Rosie asked, trying not to sound too desperate or annoyed on the phone.

Dylan replied, “I will prepare new divorce papers later and contact my lawyer to get them ready so that Jessica can sign them. She does not want to divorce me.”

“She has to, Dylan. I’m supposed to be your wife, not her. Let her go back to her parents’ home,” Rosie spat.

“Hmm,” Dylan hummed. “It’s okay, Rosie. You have nothing to worry about.”

Rosie pretended to be calm and said, “Dylan, you know that I love you very much. I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you all those years. Life hasn’t been easy for me while living abroad. During that period when you called me and asked me to help you, things were difficult for me too. My dad’s company collapsed and was bought, and I was struggling abroad as well.”

“It’s okay, Rosie. I know all that, as I saw it in the news too. Don't worry, I will come over to your house today after I close from work, so be expecting me,” Dylan said, and Rosie giggled.

“Okay, sweetheart. I will be expecting you. What do you want me to prepare for you?” Rosie asked.

“You can cook now?” Dylan asked in surprise.

“Yes, I learnt how to cook abroad after things became tough. Purchasing ready-made food was expensive, and the portions were too small to fill my belly,” Rosie said.

“Okay. Prepare anything you have the energy to make. Don’t worry, I will just order dinner for us so you don’t become exhausted from cooking. I don’t want you to become tired in bed, so that you can satisfy me in whatever way I want tonight,” Dylan said as a sweet smile curved across his face.

He thought about how passionately he would make love to Rosie at her house when he got there after closing from work.

Rosie replied, “Okay, babe. The bill is on you, and I will be expecting you. Goodbye and kisses.” She blew kisses to Dylan over the phone.

Dylan responded by sending her several kisses over the phone, before the call ended.