CHAPTER 1

“Mr Chase, it would mean more than a lot to us if you would give us a chance…”A beautiful young lady stood right in front of a man, and humbly said.

But then the one she was talking to, wore a constructor's uniform or outfit ignoring her, he took a bag of cement and without giving her a glance he said;

"I have no idea how you got to find my whereabouts but I have already made my decision."

"Sir, please that's a project that is worth over 100 million dollars, the Cooper's can't bring that to fruition, we can..."

"I will make it work." Warrick interrupted her and said with a cold voice, holding the cement on his back and it almost hit the young lady. "Don't you dare bring this up to me again or else, you and I are going to have a problem."

The girl tried to speak up but after sensing the coldness from him and seeing his emotionless eyes, she gave up and simply nodded; "Okay sir."

She couldn't bear to provoke him and bowed, Lina walked away to her car dejected. The car drove off.

Immediately after her car pulled out, another drove in, it came into the construction site and two young ladies got out of the car.

"Wait, isn't that Lina Brown? The unique heiress to the Brown's family? I saw her once at a gathering, and I believe she appears a lot on TV..."

"You are right, she looks familiar… we should have asked for a contact from her, you know we need to align with them." Yvonne Cooper uttered regretfully.

"Don't you worry, it's no hassle, our company will soon be at the same level as them, you don't have to worry."

Yvonne smiled, because with the huge deal they had coming their way, it would make her and her family of the Cooper's great. It would make their family become a part of the elites in the district.

But before such happens, they have yet another thing to do.

They walked towards where Warrick was and the latter uttered;

"Babe, why are you here? It's a mess in here."

He has been working for months but his wife had never visited him for any reason, so he was very much shocked to see her there and had a smile on his face.

Meanwhile, Emily, his wife's secretary, was not happy to see him, she hated his guts.

She has been looking around the site and she couldn't stand it because she really hates dirty and messy places.

Looking at Warrick's face with dirt on it, she became even angrier.

"Oh please, don't you call her babe, you worthless and shameless thing! Who on earth could possibly believe that the CEO of Cooper's company got married to a poor, lowlife, dirty and stinking construtor?" Emily's words were so unfiltered, thus she was so rude.

Warrick frowned, Emily, Yvonne's secretary has always been so mean to him so it was nothing new. But what got him really upset was that she dared insult him in front of his wife, without even having a second thought.

He thought that his wife Yvonne would stop her from speaking such words, but nothing happened, it was like she wasn't even interested in what she was saying.

Looking at his wife, he saw that she was serious and nervous, but he had no idea why she was quiet.

His wife, Yvonne didn't stop her from speaking to him in such a tone.

Warrick restrained his anger and said calmly; "Watch your mouth Emily, I work very hard and with my own hands for my money, I don't think you have any right to insult me for any reason."

"Worthless piece of trash…" Emily mumbled.

Warrick felt something was different and wrong with his wife, she hasn't said a word since she arrived neither did she return his greeting like she should.

So after putting every piece together, he realizes that she didn't come there for a casual visit or anything.

'But why was she here and not saying anything, what could possibly be going on?'

He ignored Emily stares and spoke calmly to the one person he acknowledges, his wife.

"Babe… what are you doing here, Yvonne? I am quite sure you aren't just here to visit me and stare at the floor all day right?"

"Hahaha" Emily laughed and continued; "You seem to be quite smart and aren't that dumb Warrick. Anyways, we came here for this."

Emily took out a document and gave it to Warrick.

It was boldly written"Divorce Agreement"

That was the headline of the document and was written on the first page.

Seeing that he was devastated and his hands began to tremble.

He tries really hard to remain calm, but he fails tremendously.

His voice became hoarse all of a sudden, his eyes became almost filled up with tears.

"What's… what is going on Yvonne?" He asked as he caught his breath.

"It's just as you think it is, it is a Divorce Agreement." Yvonne retorted, her face was filled with guilt, she couldn't say anything other than that.

"Yvonne is too shy and kind to express herself but I will on her behalf, Warrick do you think you deserve her? She is a CEO for goodness sakes!! And you? What are you? I will go straight to the point, ACORN CRAFTS has offered a tremendous and life changing offer to us." Emily's words were like a sting to his heart, but he remained quiet. So Emily thought his silence meant he was ashamed, so she continued,

"Let me break it down for you so a worthless constructor like you could understand. This project is a huge one and our company would be getting over 100 million dollars as profit so to speak. Do you have any idea how huge that money is? Even if you work for it your entire life, you still won't earn it."

Warrick couldn't care less about Emily's words, he was just concerned about Yvonne's and no one else's.

"Yvonne, tell me one thing, is this what you really want to happen? Is this divorce your decision?"

"*Sighs, She took a deep breath* Yes, this is my choice. I want a divorce." Yvonne uttered and continued; "you and I are no longer in the same world anymore, I was hoping you would have made progress by now but to no avail. We have been married for three (3) whole years and you are still in the same spot as you were when we did, probably even worse."

"Come on Yvonne, I don't seem to understand. You and I are supposed to be partners. Why must you speak that way? I work everyday at the construction site, at night I help out with the chores, I cook before you return home from the office. Why would you measure our love with wealth?"

"Yes, you are a housekeeper, a servant, that's all you will ever be. In fact that's what you are, what I need is a husband, a powerful man, a wealthy one who would take good care of me, not some nanny or manservant!!" Yvonne uttered sternly as she got upset with the words he spoke.

Warrick knew that his wife loved money which was why he wanted to use his power to give her a great future. He had used his secret wealth to help.

'How could I have been so stupid to think you were different and that you would love me even after the affection I showered on you.' he thought.

"You are right Yvonne, I have no idea what you want, since I can't give you that it's fine, you want this divorce so bad right?" Warrick asked.

"Yes, this is what I want, at least do this one thing for me."

"Okay then, from today henceforth, we are strangers." Warrick uttered coldly and collected a pen from Emily.

He signed it and threw the document back at Emily.

Yvonne Cooper got what she wanted, but then she was not as happy as she thought she would be.

It was like she had lost something of great value, in other words, a rare gem.