Chapter 2 Reason For Divorce

All the servants went out to welcome Lenny. Scarlet stood at the window of her bedroom on the second floor, looking down at them quietly.

Lenny moved with a leopard-like grace. He cut a dashing figure. His clothes hung on him perfectly.

There was a cold look on his face. He was so tall and his bulky shoulders were proportioned based on the golden ratio. His legs were toned and powerful, flawlessly proportional to his trim hips and waist.

Everything about him was so sensual, yet so intimidating. Scarlet had felt his body on that night, three months ago.

The experience was so overwhelming that she still couldn't believe it actually happened. She had rushed back home at the crack of dawn. She still didn't know how to tell him.

His face was austerely handsome. Every angle of his chiseled features was sharp and precise.

God was so partial. Lenny was not only gifted with a perfect figure and a handsome face, but also high intelligence.

He was still a teenager when he graduated with honors in finance and law. He naturally took over his family's business after graduation. Under his leadership, the company became the best in Wellholt—the capital of the country. It went international a few years ago. The company was rubbing shoulders with other companies that had been in existence for several decades.

Lenny was always busy. A day after they got married, he traveled abroad on the basis that a new branch needed his urgent attention. He hadn't come back ever since.

Scarlet stood there, lost in thought. Goosebumps suddenly popped up on her skin. She looked down, only to find a pair of cold eyes staring at her. She quickly hid behind the curtain.

The next second, she bit her lower lip hard. She didn't know why her first reaction was to hide.

Perhaps it was because she was insecure in front of her absentee husband.

Scarlet's stepmother was the matriarch of the Brown family now. She had been invisible for most of her life. If she hadn't gotten married to Lenny, she would be at home serving at the behest of her stepmother like a servant.

Many years ago, her biological mother saved Lenny's grandmother's life. This was the major reason why she was able to marry Lenny.

Scarlet didn't think Lenny loved her. But he didn't seem to hate her. After all, she had done her part as an obedient wife for over a year.

A servant soon came upstairs and knocked on the door.

"Mrs. Foster, Mr. Foster is back. He wants to have dinner with you downstairs."

Scarlet summoned up the courage to go downstairs immediately.

They sat down at opposite ends of the long dining table.

She liked traditional food, and he liked foreign cuisine. Now that he was home, the chef served the food according to his preferences.

Scarlet got a platter of medium-rare steak for starters. Once she cut a piece of it and saw its redness, she couldn't help feeling sick. She retched, dropping her cutlery.

"What's wrong?" Lenny asked coldly, his eyebrows raised.

"Um. It's just that I'm not used to eating this." Scarlet seldom ate steak. The few times she did, they were always well done. More so, her appetite had been bad recently. Perhaps it was because of the hot weather.

"Get her a well-done steak," Lenny commanded a maid, snapping his fingers.

"Thank you," she muttered appreciatively.

For the rest of the dinner, they didn't speak to each other. They weren't like a couple at all. It seemed like they were strangers who were forced to share a table.

When Lenny was done eating, he wiped his mouth gracefully. After a little hesitation, Scarlet decided to tell him about what happened that night even though her heart was racing.

"Lenny."

"Scarlet."

They blurted out at the same time.

"You go first," Scarlet said and swallowed hard.

He didn't hesitate to speak.

"Scarlet, I want a divorce."

Those words hit her like a bolt out of the blue. It repeated countlessly in her head.

As Scarlet's jaw dropped, a servant brought a file and placed it in front of her. It was a divorce agreement. Lenny had already signed it. His handwriting was neat and firm.

She blinked countless times at the document. A few seconds later, she calmed herself and looked through it.

The division of property was the most important thing in a divorce.

From the clauses, she saw that she would get a shop and an apartment after the divorce. Both properties were worth tens of millions each. They were also in good locations. In addition, she would get fifty million dollars and a small company with a net profit of several million per year.

It wasn't a bad deal, considering that she only slept with him once and their marriage hadn't lasted for long.

Nonetheless, this request was out of the blue. She wondered why he suddenly asked for a divorce.

Scarlet closed the file and looked him straight in the eye for the first time since their first meeting.

He didn't avoid her gaze. It was the first time that he could look at her face carefully. He noticed she was rather beautiful. She had an elfin face. Her eyes were glittering bright and clear like the crystal waters of a lake.

She was very thin, as if she had been starved all the time.

There was something familiar about her figure. It was similar to that of the woman from that fateful night.

At this moment, Lenny decided to fatten up that woman once he met her again.

She was too thin for his liking. He felt sorry for her. Her body seemed like it would have broken if he had been a little rougher that night.

Scarlet suddenly broke the silence. "May I ask why you want a divorce?"

"I'm in love with someone else," Lenny replied without mincing words.