Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 39 Compromising Over And Again

“Do you guys know each other?” I asked, slightly baffled.

Looking overjoyed, Benjamin answered, “We’ve met once, and we had a great time chatting. Am I right, Mr. Keaton?”

I only became more bewildered than before. Why does that sound more like a threat even though Benjamin sounded nice?

What was weirder was the trace of panic that I saw flashing across Julius’ eyes.

Something was definitely up between the two. However, I chose to believe Benjamin since he was, after all, introduced by James, and his relationship with Dominic must be pretty close too.

Whatever. As long as I can get a divorce and get all the problems solved, anything’s fine.

“Tell me, what do you want today? Please speak your mind today so that the next time it’ll be at the court when we meet. It’s incredibly annoying to do a meet-up so often like this.”

I had to say it felt different with a professional sitting beside me.

Julius frowned and seemed somewhat infuriated. Nevertheless, he did not say anything else and only pulled out two sheets of paper from his briefcase.

At that instance, I saw what they were. On the heading were two words: Divorce Agreement.

I did not expect Benjamin to guess it right.

As Julius passed me one set, he said, “If there are no issues, then we can proceed to sign the papers and head down to the Registry Office after this.”

In place of me, Benjamin helped to receive the papers from Julius.

There was as though a surge of being snobbish and acting all high and mighty within me, and to be honest, it was a great feeling.

reviewing it, Benjamin asked me about matters regarding matrimonial assets—cars, housing, and

As a celebratory act, we had both forked out money to do some minor renovations

dad’s money. Back then, Julius’ faked righteousness and pretense to rely on himself had my parents coaxed and

even with his multiple rejections, my dad ultimately still forked out money to buy a mid-range car

none. Julius was not fond of me ever since after our wedding night. Thus, we would only spend our own money

necessities at times, but those were small amounts that

I deliberately

he had once asked for fifty hundred thousand as one of

to find that Julius’

both of you have said, there aren’t any problems except for one point. Mr. Keaton, as the wrong party in this marriage due to your extramarital

Benjamin’s words. Does that mean I don’t have to fork

would not agree to it, I was proven wrong. Not only did he not reject that, but he had

Julius in front of me? Or perhaps Benjamin’s authority and dominance are too

to fork out money for the divorce, I even ended up with

is only worth a hundred thousand? How about this; I won’t ask for too much either. We’ll settle at five hundred thousand.

my gosh, it seems like the tables have turned! At that moment, Benjamin was shining so brilliantly in my

of me had all along felt like a submissive person today,

snarled, “Liliana! I’ve agreed to your request for a divorce, and I’ve agreed to the compensation

that I’m the one who ordered Benjamin

I figured it was no big deal if he thought that way. After all, Benjamin was fighting for my rights. Furthermore, Julius did not seem to

opened my mouth and got ready to refute his words, Benjamin lightly tapped my shoulders and calmly replied, “Mr. Keaton, this seems like a huge sum, but for you, who’s a

now. We can always sign the papers first, and you can do the

every detail of Julius so well, including where he worked and his

hearing Benjamin’s explanation, Julius’ face paled

he had clenched into the table too tightly that

you agree to the terms I’ve mentioned, I can draft two new sets of the divorce agreements

on, leaving Julius