Chapter 4

Sean pulled Alex along and strode upstairs.

Landon steadied the swaying Vera and followed behind.

The moment they stepped inside, they walked straight into the brutal scene from the opening.

Sean slapped the divorce agreement down on the table. Alex sat on the sofa, doing her nails while looking smugly at Vera.

"The house is mine, the car is mine, the savings are mine." Sean pointed at the terms. "The kid is yours. Considering you have no income, I'll give you a hundred thousand in a lump sum. You can stay in this house for one more month. After that, you have to move out."

"A hundred thousand?" Landon picked up the agreement and looked it over, so angry he laughed. "Brother, you've made eight, maybe ten million these past few years, haven't you? It's marital property, and you're giving your wife a hundred thousand?"

"What joint property? I earned every cent of that money with my own hard work!" Sean said, self-righteous. "I'm the legal owner of the company. There's nothing in the accounts, it's all debt. This hundred thousand is money I squeezed out from between my teeth!"

A textbook way of moving assets.

"Sean, why waste your breath on them?" Alex said sweetly. "Just hurry up and sign, we still have to go look at wedding dresses."

Vera sat in the corner, her tears already run dry, her eyes as hollow as a dry well.

"Sean, I only want to ask you one thing." Vera's voice was hoarse. "In these twenty years, have I ever wronged you, or this family, in even the smallest way?"

Sean waved his hand impatiently. "Don't talk to me about the past. People rise, water flows down. Our outlooks are on completely different levels now. What I need isn't a maid, it's a woman I can take out in public."

He pointed at Alex. "Look at Alex. A college girl, she knows fashion, taking her out is good for my pride."

"Pride?" Landon tore the agreement in half and threw it in Sean's face. "You earned your pride by cheating on her?"

"Landon! Don't be shameless when I'm giving you a chance!" Sean roared. "This is my family business! Don't think you're something special just because you went to an Ivy League school. In this world, money is king! You think I can't make sure you never get by in the Capital again?"

Landon looked at this brother who had become a total stranger, and the last bit of warmth in his heart vanished.

"Fine. Very good." Landon nodded and took out his phone. "Since you want to settle accounts, then let's settle them properly."

He glanced at the time: two thirty in the afternoon. The market had opened not long ago.

"Vera, pack your things, we're leaving." Landon pulled his brother's wife to her feet.

"Leaving? Where do you think you're going? Sign the papers before you leave!" Sean blocked the doorway.

"We'll sign. But not this one." Landon pushed Sean's hand aside, his eyes sharp as knives. "Brother, I hope you can still be this tough tomorrow."

Looking at his younger brother's unshakable eyes, Sean suddenly felt a flicker of panic, but it was quickly buried under his anger. "Cut the theatrics! Get out! All of you, get out!"