Mr Foster had told him that his job was to take his wife wherever she wanted to go. And he must ensure that he persuaded her to ept him as her chauffeur.


    Otherwise he would be fired immediately and he would ensure he didn’t get another job in the entire New York.


    It appeared the young madam is not interested in being driven by a chauffeur. But then, he needed to do the job, in fact he was interested in the job.


    E was quiet for a few seconds.


    Alex definitely must have threatened the man to ensure she hired him. She doesn’t want her movement monitored nor is she interested in taking advantage of this one year contract Marriage to start living a life that would notst.


    After the divorce with Alex, what next, return to her past life? She didn’t think it would make any sense then.


    She stared at the chauffeur. He looked pitiful as he bowed his head gently. He had a pregnant wife and a little daughter?


    If she says no, she would lose nothing and worry about nothing. But the man, he would lose his job and his family would probably starve.


    “What’s your name?” E asked, staring at him and impressed that a man feels so concerned about his expectant wife and daughter.


    If her father had thought about her and her mother, perhaps, their lives wouldn’t have taken this turn.


    “Khalid” he answered simply, folding his hands in front of him.


    Ms Cooker’s heart was beating fast. Will madam take pity on the young man before her and simply forget her refusal to Mr Foster?


    The man just exined to her why he needed the job. She heard it when Mr Foster pushed the responsibility of convincing the madam to him.


    What would happen if he lost this job and couldn’t get another one in that city? What about his wife, what about his little daughter?


    Certainly Mr Foster will carry out his threats. He doesn’t give empty threats, he would execute them.


    She waited in earnest for the madam to say yes, for the man’s sake and not because she wanted to do what Mr Foster demanded.


    “It’s okay Khalid, I will let you be my chauffeur and it’s simply because of your wife and daughter, is that clear?” Epromised.


    “Thank you ma’am” Khalid appreciated. He smiled broadly and quickly went to hold the door for his boss.


    E walked over to the opened door and slipped inside. He shut the door and the excited chauffeur got behind the wheel, driving her to the campus.


    Lisa Anderson woke up that morning with a determination in her heart. She either got Alex back or stopped living.


    And since she was determined to live, what that means is that she must remain the woman she had always been, at Alex’s side.


    She must ensure that Alex and E never had good times together. Whatever she can, they must always be at loggerheads, and the result of it is that they divorced.


    And that morning, she was starting straight away. She had invited Bill, E’s ex boyfriend, for a drink. She will strike a deal with him and see the ruin of E.


    Just E, Alex must not be ruined or affected. They put heads together and see the downward fall of E Smith.


    An hourter, Alex’s bodyguards called and said madam epted the chauffeur.


    Alex sighed softly. That’s a great relief. So there’s someone that can talk with E and she would ept?


    She would rather listen to someone else than him. She had a bad impression already about him. She probably termed him a bad guy in her heart especially after that incident at the restaurant.


    When E was through with her sses, she was contemting going to see her mother or finding Rosa to exin why she had hidden her Marriage from her.


    But then, her Phone chirped.


    E looked at the caller’s ID and didn’t seem to find it familiar. She squinted and lingered a little before answering her phone.


    The chauffeur was waiting when E walked out of the school premises. She almost forgot that she has a chauffeur that would be waiting for her.


    She got into the car and asked the chauffeur to drive her to Mark’s Chambers. It was some forty five minutes drive from where she was.


    Barrister Mark had just called her and told her he needed to see her. He even introduced himself as her grandfather’s attorney.


    Why was he calling her? Has anything happened to her father? Is he alright?


    Analdo Smith is still her father. He might have wandered away after another woman, but he was still her father.


    She wants her father to regret everything he had done to her and her mother. But besides that, she doesn’t want anything terrible to happen to him or did she wish him bad.


    E stayed calm. She wanted to call her mother but she didn’t. Her mother was still recovering. She doesn’t want to do anything that would make her worried unnecessarily.


    If the attorney, Mark didn’t call her mother, but decided to call her, it implies that he probably might not want to get worried, and for that, she was grateful.


    E’s mind was all mixed up with a lot of thoughts, of which most of it were trending in the oath of negativity.


    Another part of her still chooses to be positive and optimistic.


    Khalid was excited with his job and very soon, he drove E into therge Twenty storey buildings where Mark’s Chambers upy the twelfth floor.


    She stepped out of the car and looked up, at the twelfth floor above before dashing into the elevator. Her heart is racing but she was trying to calm her worried heart.


    She soon got to the twelfth floor and saw the entrance on which is written  wee to Mark’s Chambers.


    E walked in and took a seat. She met two people seated, a young woman and a middle aged man.


    She said Hi to them, smiled and took a seat. Smiles they say are contagious. The cheerful gesture was reciprocated.


    E felt her palms were sweaty. What in God’s name could make her feel so restless because her grandfather’swyer called?Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    Is that how much she loved her father? Did he even love her that much, does he care about her?


    E hissed between gritted teeth quietly.


    The receptionist came over and asked her if she’s E Smith and thetter said yes. She smiled and said barrister Mark would talk to her soon.


    E smiled and thanked her.


    The officers were separated by transparent sses. The walls were made from ss but obviously, it was sound proof.


    You can only see people’s lips moving but no matter how one narrows their ears, they can never know what is being discussed.


    Ten minutester, E was invited into Mark’s office. When she got in, she saw the barrister Mark himself stood up, offering his hand for a handshake.


    Judging from his facial expression, it doesn’t seem he was going to tell her something terrible.


    E smiled and sat on the couch he offered her. Quickly, his coffee maker came over and within minutes, she brewed two sses of coffee and offered it to her boss and his client, Ms Smith.


    Barrister Mark is a man in histe fifties or early sixties. E can tell that he definitely was going to be older than her father.


    He is tall, with a slightlyrge belly. His height made his belly not appear bad really. His hair was a mixture of grey and ck.


    His brows were having some few strands of grey hair as well. But he was definitely a cute man.


    He still looked very fair with a Vshaped jawline. His wrinkled face made it look not so charming anymore but it attracts a second nce when you meet him for the first time.


    He waited while E took a sip from her coffee before he began telling her the reason why he invited her.


    “I am barrister Mark Stone. I am yourte grandfather’s attorney and a friend to the Smith’s family.


    You didn’t know me, but I have met you a couple of times when I visited your grandfather Morris Smith. You were a little girl back then.


    At your grandfather’s death, he left a certain percentage of his properties to you, on the condition that you obtain it as your wedding present from him, to you ….”Barrister Mark exined.


    He went on to say that he got to know about E’s marriage the previous evening when it went public.


    And despite he caught wind of all that befell the union of her parents, and how it affected her mother’s health, he couldn’te in, he couldn’t go against her grandfather’s will.


    E was dazed.


    Grandfather did that for her? He really left her with a wedding present? Did he know ahead of time that his son was going to be an asshole?


    Her grandfather was not stinkingly wealthy like the Fosters, but he was definitely a rich man at his own level.


    She had thought everything he left behind, his son had taken it away with his mistress. As a matter of fact, her father didn’tbour for anything.


    All the assets and properties he got was from her grandfather, the one he inherited from him. And as it is now, he had squandered it or better still, wasted it on his pregnant mistress.


    “But there are certain documents you have to sign. And a copy of your marriage certificate will be filed. After that, you can have your inheritance my dear” Barrister Mark exined.


    E looked around. She felt like lying down t on that couch and screaming out for excitement.


    That’s not a problem. She isn’t going to be a burden on Alex or make him feel as if he should be responsible for her.


    But the marriage certificate looks like Alex had it. It ought to be with her as the bride, but she doesn’t care about it until now.


    She will have to ask him to make a copy for her. Then she would bring it the next day.


    “What your grandfather left for you, is for you to create a better future for yourself and your unborn kids.


    He hadid the foundation of a bright future and he earnestly wants you to pass that brighter future to the next generation.


    Your father has only half of his father’s assets and properties, you have the other half…” Barrister Mark was still talking but E suddenly felt like she was sweating..


    What did he say?


    Did he say she would get exactly half of what her father had before eloping with his mistress?


    Is that what he said?