The CEO’s Ex-Wife Is A Famous Doctor

Chapter 3: The Anonymous Number

Dark circles formed around her eyes as Shantelle packed her bags at five in the morning. She kept returning to the closet and deciding on what to bring. Evan bought her a few dresses. Even if they were in a loveless marriage, somehow, he had thought about her.

“I think it’s better not to bring anything that would remind me of Evan,” she mumbled and resumed packing only those she bought with her father’s money.

When she was done, she called for her father’s driver and asked him to pick her up. Only then did she read the terms of their divorce. She read it once and twice until it all sunk into her head.

“You are getting a divorce, Shanty. You are getting a divorce,” she repeated. “No more crying. Cry later when you are at home.”

“Ten million dollars.” She reread. Evan would give her ten million dollars as alimony for accepting the divorce terms.

Shantelle marked out the alimony. She affixed her signature on the correction. Afterward, she cautiously signed her name on every page and at the last part.

She felt a knife stab her heart as she affixed her signature next to Evan’s. For a moment, she wondered when he had signed this contract.

When Shantelle was done, her shaking hands placed the same document beside the table, and she sadly removed her wedding ring. Tears threatened to fall again, but she held back.

Shantelle allowed herself a few minutes to take it all in. Just as she was sitting on the bed, her phone buzzed. Immediately, she assumed it was her father’s driver.

To her surprise, it was the same anonymous number that had been telling her about Evan and Nicole. However, the message was bolder this time, declaring herself.

Her eyes widened at what she saw, and her heart galloped!

On her screen was a picture of Evan having coffee at an unfamiliar dining area. From the photo, Shantelle could tell that Evan had just woken up. His hair was messy, and he wore his usual office attire, except it was all wrinkled.

The message on her phone read: [No matter what you do, he will come back to me. He never loved you. Give up.]

turned ghostly white. She could not believe her eyes! Apparently, her mysterious tipper was none other than Nicole Lively herself! How

her head back on the sheets. She

ten minutes of laughing and crying, her heart out, she replied to the message, saying: [So it was you all along, Nicole. I would never

had already signed the divorce papers and earnestly accepted that Evan did not

know what Nicole had done. She took a screenshot of Nicole’s message. Then

agree to the divorce. You can have your ten million dollars. I don’t need the money, Evan. I am

Shantelle made sure that Evan would get her

alimony and countersigned it. As I said in my text, you don’t need to give me any money. And, I’m sorry about the picture

next call she received was that of her father’s driver. She gave her room one last look before finally leaving her

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friends. His brown-colored eyes narrowed at his drink. His perfectly

ran his fingers through his dark brown

his friends, Sean, asked,

We all knew he was always envious of our

arrived, curious about the

friends with Evan since high school. They parted ways when they studied

glanced at Evan. Seeing he was seriously drinking his liquor, Wendell revealed, “Evan is divorcing

a frown. He sat next to Evan and poured himself a glass of wine.

get married two years ago. I was twenty-five then, at the prime of my life. I had many

fine last year?”

were just a front to appease my father.” Evan scoffed. His response was his way of justifying his decision. “I just endured it. But now that father no longer has the stamina to run the corporation, and he has no

have had enough of her being

between the four friends, but eventually, Keith sought, “Is this because of Nicole

spending time with Nicole lately. Plus, you kept that a secret from