Micah laid on his bed with a dreamy look in his eyes, he looked like he had received the shock of his life. Just beside him on the gray bed sheet lay an open file that had a bit of crumbled papers in it.
“Hah! What was I thinking!? It was just a forced marriage anyway,” his fingers lightly twitched showing signs of life, but the rest of his body gave out an aura of a dead body.
The paper had the heading with bold letters indicating that they were divorce papers. The lawyer had sent him there and wanted him to sign it.
Micah felt like the strength in his body had drained and he didn’t want to get up,
The door to his room opened and then slowly closed.
Micah frowned as he had told everyone that he wanted to be alone, so he spoke out with utter anger.
“Get out!!” He roared.
But there was no response, he felt the presence of the person but they were not obeying him, so he lifted his head a little and looked at who it was.
“Brother! What is wrong with you?” Ayden spoke out. “Grandpa asked me to come here to see why you had to skip work for a whole week.” Ayden stood with his arms crossed.
“I didn’t feel like going,” Micah threw himself back on the bed.
“And you want me to believe that?” Ayden stepped closer to Micah to check his temperature, and what he saw next was shocking for him. His eyes were caught by the header that said “Divorce Agreement,”. He blinked a few times and the. Picked up the paper in a haste.
“This—this, what is this?” Ayden shuttered,
“Divorce papers,” Micah replied in a very tired tone. He had received these papers about two days ago and he had been in a daze since then.
“I can see they are divorce papers but why?” He asked.
“Ask Renya, She left them for me as a farewell gift,” Micah was so heavy-hearted that he could barely show any emotion.
“That’s not possible! She, where did she go?” Ayden asked.
“Somewhere far away.” He was depressed.
“Get up! Why are you acting like this?” Ayden felt his heart sink when he saw his brother in the same situation once again. When Alecor left him first, he was like this and he changed into a bad-tempered guy. Now when this happened the second time, Ayden had a feeling that he would somehow die on the inside.
Micah gulped down air and shook his head sideways. Now that Ayden was here Micah felt his emotions boil up into tears. He tried to keep them in but they were too many to hide.
“Am I that unlikeable? Am I that hideous? Am I that heartless?” Micah mumbled in a low broken voice.
“No! You are my brother, you are the best! Don’t be like this,” Ayden walked closer to him and pulled him up.
“Listen! I know she wouldn’t do something like that, this must be some serious misunderstanding,” Ayden shook him.
“It’s not, She even signed it, what else is left?” Micah’s red eyes spoke for his pain
“Let me fix it! I know how to fix it, Just stay strong…'' Ayden hugged him and spoke lightly, but Micah had no hope left.
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Ayden left Micah and drove back to the resort, he looked for Levi and luckily found him working in the office.
“Levi! Buddy, I have to ask something of you,” He spoke in an urgent tone.
“Hm…” he asked.
“Tell me where Renya’s house is? I have something to see, it’s urgent,”
Levi could have disagreed but when he saw The urgent look on his face he asked.
“What is it?” Levi asked.
“Something bad has happened, You have to help me,” Ayden replied.
“Okay! Let me go with you, I can explain the situation to her as she would be shocked to see you there,” Levi got up from the chair and walked towards the door.
Levi drove Ayden to the flower garden where Eryna’s house was, they knocked on the door but there was no response from the inside for a long time. But as they turned around thinking that there was no one here, the door opened. Ayden looked around with hopeful eyes but then his brows formed into a frown when he saw Norah at the door.
“What are you doing here?” He asked.
“I should be asking you that question—Why are you here?” She repeated.
“Is Eryna in there? Tell her that I want to talk to her,” Ayden spoke.
“She is not here, and even if she was here, you have no right to meet her against her will.” Norah usually used her sharp tongue to scare away people and she was doing the same thing to Ayden. “We have already sent the divorce letter, tell your brother to sign it.” Norah then closed the door.
Ayden’s face blackened and he knocked on the door again.
And this time Norah was even angrier.
“What?!”
“Tell me where she is! I won’t let you play with my brother’s life like that,”
“Yeah, sure! Because the only life that is worth saving, the world doesn’t revolve around your brother, keep that in mind,” Norah replied with a sharp voice.
“Mr. Levi? What are you doing here?” Renya walked in on them holding Simba’s hand.
Ayden’s heart sprang out of his chest and he looked at Renya’s complex expression.
“And why is he here?” Renya asked.
Norah gave a short laugh. “It’s because he is angry that you signed the divorce papers,”
Renya’s eyes widened in shock, she glanced at Ayden with a horrified look.
“How does he know about the divorce? Who is he?” She asked.
“You don’t know? He is Micah’s brother,”
And that was when Renya’s Feet felt like they had lost all their strength.