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.

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

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

and pretense to rely

his multiple rejections, my dad ultimately still forked out money to buy a

of me ever since after our wedding night. Thus, we would only spend

at times, but those were

Did I get it right, Julius?” I deliberately questioned him to

had to remember that he had once asked for fifty hundred thousand as one of the divorce terms

coldly glanced at him to find that Julius’ expression froze a little

with a solemn expression, he continued, “Based on what 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 affair, my client has requested compensation for her

react in time to Benjamin’s words. Does that mean I don’t have to fork out money, and instead, I’ll

it, I was proven wrong. Not only did he not reject that, but he had also agreed to it readily and even said he could pay a hundred thousand as

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

to fork out money for the divorce, I even ended up with an additional hundred thousand

Keaton, do you think the damage you’ve caused to my client is only worth a hundred thousand? How about this; I won’t ask for too much either. We’ll settle at five hundred thousand. That’s also the amount you’ve originally asked

tables have turned! At that moment, Benjamin was shining

along felt like a submissive person today, until

me as he snarled, “Liliana! I’ve agreed to your request for a divorce, and I’ve

 Does he think that I’m the one

After all, Benjamin was fighting for my rights. Furthermore, Julius did not seem to feel he was overboard when he had asked

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 sales

We can always sign the

not believe Benjamin would know every detail of Julius so well, including

explanation, Julius’

into the table too tightly that even his fingers

mentioned, I can draft two new sets of

added on, leaving Julius