Marina prepared tea and fruits, waiting for Ryder to start the topic first.
Nicole and Noemi were sent upstairs by Marina. Children could not participate in the talk of adults.
Most of the time, adults were very arrogant to think that children could not understand what they said. In fact, precocious children understood a lot.
“Take a look at this agreement. Are there any conditions you want to add?”
Ryder felt hot and was getting impatient. He wanted to leave this place right now!
“What?”
Marina opened a document and was shocked.
It was a detailed divorce agreement.
Marina thought, “What is going on? Is the plot changed again?”
Marina was sure that Ryder and Maeve were not lovers yet, so Ryder did not do this for Maeve.
The surprise on Marina’s face pleased Ryder. He thought, “You must regret it. If you beg me, maybe I will change my mind.”
“You want a divorce, why?”
Marina shed tears and was felt happy in her heart. She did not expect that her dream could come true so soon.
She looked at Ryder and found him more pleasing to the eye.
“You know very well what’s going on with our marriage. Didn’t you put in so much effort just to get this result?”
Mary wanted to sleep with another man but got on Ryder’s bed by mistake. Before their marriage, they had agreed to divorce at a suitable time.
In the past few years, Ryder had just taken over the Langdon Group. He was too busy to think about the divorce.
At that time, Colin still liked Marina.
Now that many people were against their marriage, it was the best chance for them to divorce.
“I thought it is Colin’s idea.”
Marina wiped her eyes. If she agreed happily, she was afraid that Ryder would change his mind in order to make her unhappy.
She found that Ryder liked to make things difficult for others.
“No, it’s not. It’s my intention.”
Colin thought that he was still in charge of the Langdon family. But Ryder was the leader now.
“Are you sure?”
Ryder was irritated by Marina’s tears. He said coldly, “Why? Don’t you always want to be free?”
Now that they were about to divorce, Marina pretended to be reluctant, which disgusted Ryder.
Moreover, he had just been away for a day, Marina already managed to hook up with Felix.
Felix was not as simple as he appeared to be. He was not married and was indeed attractive to girls.
Marina started with building a good relationship with Felix’s son. She was really scheming!
Fine. This time, Ryder wanted to grant her wish. He wanted to see how far Marina could go without their marriage as a restriction!
“I don’t want a divorce.”
Marina said clearly. She hoped that Ryder would calm down first.
“I don’t mind that you have lovers.”
Marina thought for a while. She would be free once they divorce, but it was not the right time yet.
Maeve was still a time bomb. Once she divorced Ryder, Maeve could marry Ryder more easily. Marina did not want to be sacrificed for the main plot!
However, Marina knew very well that she could not change Ryder’s decision.
She would let it go.
“You don’t mind me having other women?”
Ryder’s face turned colder and thought, “What does Marina think of me? Am I a lecher in her eyes?”
Since he was cheated by Marina a few years ago, Ryder did not trust women anymore. If not for his desire, he would suspect that he had become impotent.
Throwing down the divorce agreement, Ryder left in a rage. Just as he reached the elevator, he met Felix.
Felix recognized Ryder as the illegitimate son of the Langdon family. He nodded coldly as a greeting.
“Does that make you feel good by picking up trash that others threw away and eating the leftovers?”
Ryder’s lips curled into a mocking smile as he strode away.
Felix was speechless.
He came here to pick up his son, but after meeting Ryder, he changed his mind and went straight home.
…
The next day, Claudia came to Marina.
She watched Marina make various kinds of juice and milk tea in the kitchen in a good mood and asked anxiously.
“Don’t you want to rescue your marriage?”
Claudia really did not understand. They had been married for many years and had a daughter, why couldn’t they calm down and live a good life?
“How did you find it out so quickly?”
Marina didn’t show any expression. She signaled Claudia to sit down and served the juice she made.
The juice was fresh and nutritious.
“I don’t have the mood to drink the juice right now. Grandpa already knows that Ryder sent you a divorce agreement and plans to let the Langdon Group’s lawyers take over this case.”
This meant the procedures would be gone through quickly. Today, there would be madams bringing their daughters to visit the Langdon family.
“My mother said that these young ladies are all well-educated and have good characters. Colin wants to pick a new wife for Ryder!”
Claudia was crazy. She couldn’t stand staying at home. She found an excuse to go out and came here to tell Marina the news.
No matter how many conflicts they had before, it will be fine as long as they were still a couple. Once they divorced, they would be irrelevant.
“They are efficient.”
Marina didn’t care at all. She thought about this the whole night yesterday. If they divorced, she would focus on breaking up Maeve and Shawn. She had nothing else to care about. Anyway, she didn’t want to remarry.
Ryder really frightened her. Marina often dreamed of Mary’s desperate death on the deserted island.
Every time she woke up from the dream, she felt suffocating.
Marina was not an ambitious person. She never thought that she could become Ryder’s favorite. Moreover, Ryder was a pervert and he must love himself the most.
“Marina, do you still see me as your good friend? Divorce is not good for you.”
Claudia was so anxious and angry that she was at a loss for words. Seeing Marina’s indifferent face, she was even more irritated.
“Claudia, why are you so nervous?”
Marina smiled and urged Claudia to drink the juice. She could not change Ryder’s decision. Once the Langdon family’s lawyers came in, nothing could be changed.
“Go and beg Colin. Grandpa is just disappointed in you. You can apologize and tell him…”
Colin was in charge of the Langdon Group. Claudia thought that this was the most direct solution.
“Then I should come back to the Langdon family, living in a small yard and separating from my daughter?”
Marina shook her head. For Nicole, she was unwilling to compromise with Colin.
Besides, Claudia did not realize that the divorce had nothing to do with Colin. If Colin thought Ryder wants to divorce her because of his threat, he could not be more wrong.