Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness

"Congratulations! We are all set and free from each other now."

After a long time, Melinda murmured to herself. Looking at the divorce agreement in his hand, Jonas had a complex expression on his face. He had always hoped that this could happen, but now that it had finally happened, he had a strange feeling at the pit of his stomach, as if he had just made the biggest mistake of his life.

Melinda stood up from the floor, carefully hiding the divorce agreement away in her bag, and then turned away. There was nothing left for her to do at the Gu's mansion anymore.

Melinda gingerly got her phone from her bag and found a private space to talk, "Kent, could you please come to the Gu's mansion and pick me up? Jonas and I are finally getting divorced. He signed the papers."

When she said the word "divorce", she was somewhat absent-minded, and a trace of a smile appeared. Kent was a little surprised that she had managed to get the papers signed, but he was very happy for her. Moreover, he could not refuse her request.

Soon, Kent arrived to pick up Melinda. The servants gave her strange looks as she was leaving so late in the night, escorting her with judgmental looks until she left. Standing by the front door, Jonas couldn't ignore the sound of the car that came in and left as soon as it had arrived. Irritated by the intrusion, he changed his clothes and went back to his company.

"It's late. Where are you going at this time of night?" Queena who had applied a facial mask ready for bed opened her room's door when she heard a commotion. Jonas paused mid-step on his way out and then said in a low voice, "We are now divorced."

"What? Divorce? I will not allow that to happen in our family!" said Nelson, getting agitated.

When he heard the noise around the house, he had ignored it, thinking it wasn't anything important. As a result, the butler quickly informed him that Melinda had left the premise.

"Grandpa, we have already signed the divorce agreement," Jonas said, sounding exhausted.

Just then, Nelson's face turned ghastly pale as he felt a cluster of spark plugs emanating from his abdomen. Tension built in his face and limbs; he felt a vice-like grip on his heart as his breathing became more labored and shallow; he found it difficult to breathe.

"Master, are you okay?" the butler yelled as he rushed to Nelson's side. Nelson fell stiffly on the ground not even fighting to breathe anymore. The butler held Nelson as he yelled trying to frantically pump his heart to form a rhythm and keep his heart beating.

"Grandpa are you okay!"

"Get the car, we need to take him to hospital fast."

The Gu family was shocked by Nelson's sudden attack. Jonas's lips were pursed in a thin line, a pale line forming at the top of his lips, indicating how hard he was biting on his lips. He silently contemplated the actions that had led to his grandfather's dire situation. He didn't expect that their divorce would make him so angry.

Kent took Melinda back to the place where she had rented, but they were informed that their rental contract had been canceled. The landlord asked her to evacuate from their premise, so she had to pack up her things in a hurry.

"I thought I had signed a one-year contract with you and I didn't cancel my lease. What changed?" Melinda was confused. She had used up almost all her savings in order to rent the house and was now being asked to leave without any explanation.

"It's your husband who came to cancel your contract. If you and your husband are having problems, you need to solve your issues on your own. But the house has already been rented out to another tenant. You should move out as soon as possible, hopefully within the next two days, or I will throw your stuff out," stated the property manager.

They had awakened the property manager in the middle of the night, who was now annoyed with their constant questions instead of communicating among themselves. Melinda knew without a doubt that it was only Jonas who could be this petty. She felt uncontrollable rage building up right from her belly because Jonas managed to make trouble for her even after they had divorced.

her mind probably focused on sleeping. Covering her mouth as she yawned again, she said,

away, Melinda thought of her remaining money and sighed, "I shouldn't have settled for nothing because I was trying to seem dignified. I should have asked for something as part of the divorce

jewelry that she had been gifted would be enough to cover a half year's rent if she had

as much ground as possible. When Kent brought breakfast for her, he

find another house today?" Kent asked while putting breakfast on the table. Melinda washed her hands and started eating without waiting

fact, she had stayed up late at night checking out several houses on the Internet.

with you later. I don't have much

had begun his own business, he was always busy, but his schedule was

be very helpful. I checked several places last night which are quite a distance. I am lucky I will have a free driver today,"

smiled, her bright eyes would shine, emphasizing her innocence which was like a fresh breath of air. Melinda loved literature and was very conscious of how she behaved including her table

having houses of interest for her. There were five spots in total, which were a little far from each other. It was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that they finished checking all of

you would like. Let me show you," Kent said. Kent noticed Melinda's hesitation, though he had no

then followed Kent to have a look. The house looked good from outside and once they got inside it was just as good. After looking around, she asked for the price of

tell you the truth, I own this place and it's been empty for a while hoping to get a tenant but no one has lived here for some time now. Just do me the

was a smart woman. Kent knew that even if he hid this kind of information from her, she would sooner or later find out that he was the owner. The revelation put Melinda in a

you, Kent, for

her around to see the house. However, after Melinda said goodbye to Kent, she moved further from the city and went downtown to look for

affluent area but bustling with activity, since there were a lot of students. She figured that life would be

one of the students had just graduated and so there was an open lease. The

was settled within a short time. Melinda rented the house and moved in on the same day. She did the cleaning up until past eleven

about to

and acting as the daughter-in-law of the Gu family the whole time. Now she had to return to society all of

organize the house. The next day she began to search for a job online. Although she had no loans to pay, she was still broke and wondered when she

She finally saw an agency that was advertising a job that didn't require much experience. She rushed from the house and

if you think it is

cost more than 1,000. She had thought that she would soon make money

have much money before, and after she was conned and also moving to a new place, she was totally broke at

lot of things and saved her furniture and kitchen ware expenses. Melinda decided to activate the social media account that she hadn't used for a long time. She decided to use it to make

busy actively running up and down. Now that she was free,

hands and therefore she had become more creative. The novel Melinda had been writing was now at more than a hundred thousand words and it seemed to flow more

check the house immediately when he returned. He was shocked to find that Melinda hadn't moved in. He made a call

but you should tell me where you live now,"

gave him the directions to her new residence. That day, Kent came to