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Heath had also texted, “It’s about the agreement. If you’re late, there’s no other chance.”
Veronica gripped her phone so tightly that her knuckles turned white. It seemed that he had received it after all. At least it hadn’t gotten lost somewhere along the way.
She let out a quiet sigh.
After a long moment of hesitation, she waited until Ashton and Wanda finished changing clothes before apologetically saying goodbye to them. “I’m sorry. I’ll treat you both next time.”
Wanda tugged pitifully at the hem of her shirt. “Ms. Pretty, is it something really important?”
“Yes. It’s very important.” Veronica gently stroked Wanda’s cheek.
Then, she turned to look at Ashton, biting the corner of her lip. “I have to go, Mr. Fletcher. I’ll figure out something about the surgery as soon as possible.”
Ashton kept his eyes down, reading the documents in his hands. His glasses reflected a cold light, giving him an air of unapproachability. He didn’t say a word even as she left.
William quietly screamed inside. “Great. With that look, the whole office is probably getting overtime
tonight!”
Veronica rushed back to Hillside Villa.
“Mrs. Tate,” Derick and the housekeepers greeted her respectfully the moment she stepped in.
They were in the middle of cleaning up puzzle pieces and building blocks that had been scattered all over
the villa.
When Veronica was around, she always made the two children clean up their toys. This kind of mess everywhere was a rare sight back then.
They all missed the times when Veronica was there. Although she spoiled the two children, she wasn’t indulgent to the point of having no boundaries, unlike Eleanor.
Veronica nodded coolly. Along the way, she was somewhat surprised not to see the two children or Eleanor anywhere. She went up to the second floor and knocked on the study door.
“Come in,” Heath said.
She stepped inside and got straight to the point. “You’ve read the agreement. Is there anything you want to amend?”
Heath paused mid–signature. “What’s the rush? I think we should sit down and talk. Our family shouldn’t be like this.”
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Veronica cut him off, her tone steady. “Heath, you never loved me, did you? If not for that accident, we
never would’ve gotten married.”
She no longer hoped for any fantasy of a picture–perfect family. She just wanted her freedom.
Heath studied her, and he realized he might’ve never understood the woman before him. Still, he figured it
wasn’t too late and that there was plenty of time. He put down the pen and adjusted his tone, saying, “I think items one and four need to be renegotiated.”
Veronica recalled the contents of the divorce agreement.
The first clause was her request to keep Lakeshore Estate and the South Belmont property. One had originally belonged to her parents, until her uncle sold it behind their backs and Heath ended up buying it. The other was the apartment she and Heath had lived in before marriage.
She wasn’t asking for any other assets. Deep down, she knew she wasn’t asking for much.
The fourth clause was about her voluntarily giving up custody of the two children. However, she would visit them once a month. She couldn’t understand what was unreasonable about that.
“You think it’s too much?” Veronica frowned.
“Yeah, I don’t have much time to keep running home. The first clause asks for too much,” he said as he stared at her face, where the swelling had gone down.
There were still some red marks, but they painted her in a haunting yet broken beauty.
He tugged at his tie and added, “As for the fourth clause… Are you sure you can handle it?”
onica hadn’t expected him to be so unreasonable. The apartment was indeed closer to the company, e hadn’t been there once since they got married. As for the two children, she had already given up e. But she was their mother, and this one request was only about wanting to see them grow up.
Veronica’s eyes stung as she made a difficult concession. “Heath, I can compromise on the first clause, but the fourth clause is non–negotiable.”
“Fine.” A small smirk tugged at Heath’s lips. He got up, opened the safe, and pulled out a slightly yellowed document, placing it in front of her.
Veronica’s eyelid twitched as she realized something didn’t feel right. When she saw clearly what agreement” he had handed her, it wasn’t the divorce agreement she had sent at all.
It was the prenuptial agreement she had naively drafted with Heath six years ago.
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