2025-02-12 21:05:44Without a word, Maxwell started towards the door and to the gate where the woman was making a scene. It was on his way to the gate that he realized the glass in his hand.
Maxwell prayed earnestly that the lady shouldn't be Angel. He didn't want to be forced to call the police on her. Angel had done a good deed for him and he didn't want them to have any more problems.
Although he had promised to make her pay for what she did to him. However, he changed his mind when she helped him retrieve the documents he used in reclaiming his legacy.
Maxwell was not going to do anything to her again. All he wanted was for the lady to stay away from him.
He soon got closer to the gate and saw Valerie already inside. She had managed to force her way in. Stopping in his tracks, Maxwell glanced at the lady before him as the memory of their past together flashed before his face.
“What are you doing here, Valerie?” He asked the lady before him as he gaped at her.
Valerie was the only woman he ever loved and losing her was so heartbreaking. It was also more heartbreaking when he was sent to prison afterwards.
Turning around to stare at the men at his side, he saw the confusing looks on their faces. They were completely in the dark and didn't understand what was going on.
Pablo knew who Valerie was but never knew she was once married to Maxwell.
“Hmph.” Valerie snorted coldly and stared at Maxwell with a sneer on her face.
“Well, I can see that you're not a worthless pauper afterall. You're a rich young man who has succeeded in taking everything from my parents. I can also see from the glass that you're celebrating your victory in court today.”
“It was your parents who took everything from me. And yes, I'm celebrating my victory in court today.” Maxwell quickly retorted with his gaze still fixed on Valerie and eyes burning with hatred for her.
She's changed so much from the sweet girl he once loved to a bitter person. Her parents had really influenced her a lot.
Like him, Valerie didn't know anything about Maxwell's identity. She only learned that they were not siblings which was why they fell for each other and went ahead to get married.
“What do you want, Valerie Morgan?” Maxwell didn't know her husband's family name and didn't care.
“I came to take my own share of the properties. We were married, so naturally, I have a share from all your assets since we're already divorced.” Valerie said seriously and Maxwell began to laugh.
He lifted the glass in his hand and poured all of its contents into his mouth.
Pablo, who was Maxwell's lawyer, decided not to keep quiet. He stepped forward and spoke to Valerie.
“Miss Valerie Morgan. With all due respect, I think you should leave now or you will be arrested for trespassing. Like you already said, you were once married but now divorced. I'm also sure that your parents had a hand in everything. They didn't want you two to be together because Maxwell was poor. Now, he has reclaimed his legacy, you suddenly want to acquire some of his properties, that's never going to happen.”
“You don't have to worry yourself with the explanation, Pablo. She knows that already. Moreover, we are no longer married so I owe her nothing.” Maxwell added.
“And who invited you into our conversations?” Valerie directed the question to Pablo before turning to Maxwell. “If you don't give me all that is supposed to be mine, I'm going to file a case against you. I'm not going to rest until I get everything that should belong to me.”
Valerie thought that since her parents could no longer have everything, she'd have to get all that she could. She was never going to back down.
Maxwell could not help but chuckle. Valerie must be a joker.
“But Miss Valerie, you should know that the divorce have already happened before Maxwell became rich. You can't get anything from him again.” Wyatt, who had been silent, tried to explain things to her but she shut him up.
“Will you shut that nosy mouth of yours. Who asked for your opinion?” Valerie snorted at him while glaring at them.
“Well, I've not come here to banter words with you because I don't have the time. I only came to inform you on what you should do because I'm never going to let you have it all.”
Valerie gave them all a dirty look before storming out of the place and soon drove off in her car.
She was not aware of the strange man who had been stalking her.
As soon as Valerie left the place, Maxwell and the others started towards the house but soon heard someone banging on the gate. They also turned back to the direction of the gate and saw a strange man outside.
He was arguing with the security guard.
“I need to see your boss immediately. Now go in and call him out for me.”
“What do you want, Mr? If you keep yelling, then I'll have no choice but to call the police. You're constituting a public nuisance.” The security replied while still blocking the man from getting access to the gate.
“What is going on here?” Maxwell interrupted them and the man turned to stare at him, disgust written all over his face.
“Who are you and what do you want from my security?”
“It's you I came to see, Maxwell or whatever your name is called.”
Maxwell didn't know who the man was so why was he looking for him. From the way he was acting, it looked like the strange man was really angry with him.
“So how can I help you?” Maxwell asked, ignoring the man's insolence. He needed to get the reason a strange man suddenly showed up at his residence and was acting up.
“That's a good question. If you must know, my name is Maurice Carter and I'm Valerie's husband. I've come to warn you to stay away from her. She's now my wife and no longer yours so back off.”
Maxwell and the other men were stunned to hear what the man just said. They were completely speechless. He had caused a little scene of passersby outside and the onlookers stopped to listen to the conflict.
Maxwell didn't know Maurice but the latter knew him. It was during his time in prison that he got married to Valerie and Maxwell only learned that his ex-wife had remarried. However, he didn't know who she got married to and did not care.
“Look, Maxwell. I've come to warn you. Don't be a homewrecker. I love my wife so much and won't take it if someone tries to come in between us.”
Maurice angrily stormed out of their presence and into an awaiting car.
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Maxwell gaped in awe as the car drove out of the place while the few onlookers began to disperse. They were giving him a disappointed look as they left. It only meant that they believed all the rubbish that Maurice had spewed out.Without a word, he turned around and started towards the house. Maxwell was still confused and could not explain what just happened outside. He had just been labeled a homewrecker. Worst was that he could not even say anything. Well, he had nothing to say.Maxwell thought that he had had so much for one day. They could not even let him celebrate properly, his victory in court.“Did he say that his name was Maurice Carter?” Maxwell asked the men with him and they both nodded.“Yeah, I think he's the young master of the Carter family and the current CEO of Carters corporation.” Pablo replied and Maxwell nodded with a mischievous grin on his face. It was surely the reason the Morgans pushed their daughter into a marriage with him. He was a wealthy CEO.Maurice
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After a long pause, she opened her mouth and retorted. “Excuse me. Are you now stalking me? The last time I checked, I'm your wife and not a slave or a servant whose movement is restricted.”Angrily, she stormed up and walked some distance away from Maurice. And with her back turned to him, she continued. “I can't believe you no longer trust me. You're now following me around. Do you suspect that I'm cheating on you or what?”“Just answer the question and stop being so defensive.” Maurice snorted coldly. He was so angry for seeing Valerie come out from the house which was now Maxwell's, her ex-husband. For all he knows, she's trying to get back with him because he is now very wealthy.Was he not also wealthy? The Carters are worth millions of dollars so they were also considered rich and influential. They were among the elites in Berlin city.What does Valerie want from Maxwell that he couldn't give to her? Maurice was fuming and tried so much to hold down his anger.Turning his face
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Maxwell scoffed loudly and turned his gaze back to his ex-wife. After a moment of silence, he said to her in a disgusting tone. “And you, we had something good going on between us but you let your parents deceive you." “If you didn't listen to them, we would have still been together and there won't be any need for this court case." “Well, except for the court case between your parents and I because I needed to reclaim my father's legacy which they stole." “You are a damn cheat and rapist. How do you expect me to believe someone like you who was not content with his wife. You had to go and cheat on me with another woman and even went as far as raping her.” Valerie retorted angrily, her face burning with so much rage.Maxwell looked at her for a while and laughed before replying. "You're still in the dark. Go ahead and ask your parents what truly happened.”"You should have known by now that your parents framed me.”Valerie had already found out about that part of the story. She only
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"Thank you, Boss.” Angel muttered and turned around to leave. Her heart was beating chaotically as she walked out in freedom.Well, her freedom depends on her. However, she had no intention of snitching on the Boss.Moreover, he helped her in the past and she's been surviving from what she earns from errands and other stuff she was involved in.***Later that evening, Maxwell met up with his lawyer, Pablo at a fancy coffee cafe.They wanted to discuss the court case which would be happening the next day.The man was already at the place and was sipping coffee when Maxwell showed up.“Mr. Pablo." He greeted the man and sat opposite the man who responded to him with a nod.He sat on the chair opposite Mr. Pablo and ordered coffee for himself as well.“I can see that you're handling things just fine at the company." Pablo commented with a warm smile on his face and Maxwell nodded in excitement.“It's going really fine. And as it stands, we have two huge projects that will be starting soo
