Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

205 Retribution!

“…The parties were married in Rose City on December 20, 20XX, and no child is present in the marriage, nor is the wife pregnant. 1

The Court, after listening to both parties and going through the pieces of evidence provided, finds that the cheating allegations leveled on Mr. Louis Ren by his wife, Mrs. Rhoda Ren are not proven to be facts but based on hearsay and suspicions.

The Court hereby decrees that a divorce between Mr. Louis Ren and Mrs. Rhoda Ren is not granted and the marriage relationship existing between the parties is still intact!

Mrs. Rhoda Ren is hereby fined a sum of $20,000 to be paid to her husband for defamation of character…”

Even after Lawyer An left the court, he wasn’t in his right mind. He was so shattered that he could hear the pieces of his ego and pride falling after him.

As he walked, he could see from the corner of his eyes, people he used to be greater than, laughing and mocking him.

He, the greatest Lawyer in Rose City, suddenly became a laughingstock. Is this karma for what he did to Jeslyn? 1

Remembering Jeslyn, Lawyers An suddenly stopped walking and looked up at the bright sky. He squinted his eyes due to the dazzling sun.

His mind traveled back to Jeslyn’s void expression when he nailed her to jail. He recalled her words of surrender. She didn’t try to fight, nor did she curse anyone. She accepted her fate with dignity. That was the girl he watched grow up. That was the same Young Miss who used to serve him by herself when he goes to see her grandfather and she would set aside a takeaway for his family.

Why did he forget all that? When she needed him the most, he abandoned her. Instead of being her protector, he became her nemesis.

Lee, karma indeed is a

“Beeeeeeeep!!!!!”

horn that probably came too late, Lawyer An turned his head to his left and saw the white

from hearing anything else. His eyes were focused

stopped for a moment before the law of

thrown on top of another car.

off and fell like a sack of grain

his orifices, Lawyer An was only able

ng from ped

senses presumed before his eyes

terrifying

departed from him, he thought; ‘What a pitiful way to die,

An in front of the Court. Youan was so frightened that her mind and hands on the steering were unstable. Her heart was beating so

the siren of police cars chasing her. She burst into tears as she stepped on the accelerator,

see ahead of her. However, she continued to step on

However, instead of looking to see if there was any

vehicle

and unfortunately for her, a trailer was

“BANG!”

“SCREEEEEECH!!”

if Youan had survived, it would have been in the headlines for

least a month.

City. She clicked on it and after seeing it was the death of two