My Ex-Wife Is A Big Shot In Disguise by Lindsay Lewis

Chapter 8

Chapter 1 Divorce

“Let’s get a divorce.” They had been married for three years, and this was the second thing Leo Palmer said to her.

The first time he spoke to her was on their wedding night.

She had twirled in front of him in a white wedding gown while holding up the wide flared skirt. With a broad smile on her face, she had asked him if she looked good.

She certainly had not expected his reply.

“The wedding is over. I will have someone send you abroad,” Leo had said.

After that, she was sent overseas alone for three years.

She never expected to receive such a sentence right after returning to the country.

A divorce on their wedding anniversary.

“Must we get divorced?” she asked. Madison Hale didn’t look up. Her long hair covered her face, hiding all emotions in her eyes and face.

Only her slightly trembling voice could be heard, which carried a hint of tears. “Can we discuss it?” she added.

Leo stared at her with his dark eyes for a long time. When he spoke, his cool voice was devoid of any extra emotions. “You know, if it weren’t for my grandfather being critically ill, I wouldn’t have married you in the first place.”

Three years ago, Leo’s grandfather, Edgar Palmer, fell seriously ill. His dying wish was to see Leo get married and start a family.

The marriage did not belong to Madison originally. Madison was a girl whom the Hale family had mistakenly brought back. At eighteen, Madison had been informed that the real heiress, Sally Hale, had returned to the family. And she, Madison, had been the one who had occupied Sally’s rightful place.

Everything Madison had enjoyed should have belonged to Sally. The love of the parents, the indulgence from an elder brother, and even the marriage that had been arranged with Leo since birth.

But Edgar said the foundation of marriage is love. Madison and Leo grew up together. Even if her identity was false, it was still a fact that they had grown up together. Thus, Edgar insisted that Leo marry her. The marriage arrangement remained true since the Hale family still recognized her as one of their family.

That was how she and Leo got married.

But Sally was diagnosed with a two-way emotional disorder and couldn’t stand hearing any mention of Madison. She could not bear seeing Madison even more. After learning about the marriage, Sally attempted suicide and insisted on Leo accompanying her, or she would kick up a fuss.

To prevent Sally’s condition from worsening, Leo sent Madison abroad on the second day of their marriage and left her there without contacting her at all. It was only now that she returned.

Leo handed her a contract. “I’ve already had the lawyer draft the divorce papers. Take a look at them. If you have no objections, just sign them.”

Madison took the papers from him with her head down. “Can you give me some time to think about it?” she asked.

Leo looked at her. Her thick bangs covered her eyes. Living alone in a foreign country seemed to have made her personality more reclusive.

“If there’s anything unsatisfactory regarding assets, feel free to mention it. This villa will be transferred to your name. I’ll give you a week,” he added.

After saying that, he left the master bedroom.

As his fingers grasped the doorknob, he glanced back at the room. The woman’s slender shoulders trembled slightly as she held onto the divorce papers. She did not move at all.

Leo’s expression darkened as he closed the door.

The room fell completely silent.

After a moment, a burst of cheers erupted.

“Good riddance! I’m finally divorced!” Madison exclaimed.

She looked at the divorce agreement in her hand and was finally unable to hold back her laughter. Her shoulders shook even more, apparently.

In the three years since she was sent abroad, she received no messages of concern from the Hale family and not a word of comfort from her husband-in-name.

Even when she was stalked and almost died out there, she still couldn’t get through to Leo’s phone.

Any love she had for Leo was long gone and buried.

After signing the papers happily, she rolled around on the bed. Her bangs fell from her face with her long hair. There was no trace of grievance on her beautiful face.

Just as she was about to finish tidying up her luggage, the phone rang.

Madison answered the call with a sweet voice. “Hello, Joe.”

The voice on the other end got straight to the point. “Madison, the group of people who tried to kidnap you at the airport when you returned to the country has been caught. It was related to that stalking case from three years ago. Unfortunately, the clues all point to your adoptive parents and also… your husband-in-name.” Chapter 2 Birthday

Madison remained silent for a moment.

After a while, she spoke casually. “Well, thankfully, nothing happened to me, and I’m lucky to have found you all. Since they raised me, I will let it go.”

She would consider it a repayment to them for years of raising her.

“Madison…”

It seemed like the person on the other end still wanted to say something, but there was a sudden knock on the door.

Madison ignored the person outside the door and continued talking on the phone. “Joe, I know what you want to say. But I don’t want to stir up trouble now. I just want nothing to do with them in the future!”

Not to mention that nothing came out of the kidnapping incident, even if there were clues, the Hale family and Leo could easily deny being involved in it. Without substantial evidence, it would be more trouble than it was worth.

Moreover, considering the character of the Hale family, if they knew Madison’s biological parents belonged to the Daves family, they would likely use raising her for twenty years as a reason to demand stuff from the Daves family continuously.

Thus, Madison just wanted to divorce as soon as possible and to sever ties with the Hale family completely. Even if her identity were known to the Hale family in the future, it wouldn’t cause trouble for her brothers.

The knocking on the door became urgent.

Madison decided not to speak further on the matter. “Alright, Joe. I have something on. Let’s talk later.”

She hung up the call.

She didn’t open the door immediately. When the knocking became even more impatient, she slowly combed through her unsightly bangs and walked over lazily.

When the door opened, the man who was standing outside still had his hand raised. His face showed obvious impatience.

Madison raised her eyes and spoke in a gentle voice, “Is there anything else?”

It was only four words, but it conveyed a sense of distance.

Leo unconsciously furrowed his eyebrows. He dropped his hand and spoke indifferently, “Tomorrow is Sally’s birthday. There’s a party at the Hale family. Make time. I’ll come back in the afternoon to bring you there.”

Madison blinked.

‘Sally,’ she thought, scoffing silently. ‘He called her so affectionately.’

She smiled. “Alright. Is there anything else?”

Leo looked at her. Her black hair hid her beautiful face, and he could not detect any emotions from her. It seemed as though she calmly accepted the decision.

A strange sense of frustration welled up in him. As he was about to turn around, he said, “There’s nothing else. Rest early.”

“Hold on,” Madison called him.

She entered the room and quickly returned. She was holding onto the divorce papers he had given her just minutes ago and handing them to him.

“I’ve already signed them. You can take care of the procedures when you have time. As for the papers, you can send them to me after that. My address is on the last page,” Madison told him.

Leo had been absent on the day that they registered their marriage. With his capability, it should be an even more straightforward task now that they were getting a divorce.

Leo looked at the documents she was holding out to him. He shifted his gaze to her overly calm face and saw no sadness or grief.

His Adam’s apple darted. His voice became hoarse. “Didn’t we agree to wait a few days?”

“Whether we wait or not, the result is the same, right?” she asked.

Madison’s hand grew tired from holding up the papers, so she directly thrust them to Leo. “Besides, tomorrow is Sally’s birthday. She would be happy if she knew about this,” she added.

Leo was caught off guard and slowly took the papers.

Lowering his head, he asked, “What about you?”

“What?” she questioned. His voice was soft, so Madison couldn’t hear him clearly.

“Nothing,” he said.

He put away the documents, regained his composure, and looked at Madison’s face. He said, “Rest early.”

Madison took a step back. “You too,” she replied.

fell, the door slammed shut in front

closed door, his expression

in his mind. He glanced at the document in

from the Hale family the next

her and

stated, “Ramona, Leo

for addressing them Dad and Mum. If it weren’t for the alliance with the Palmer family and the reputation of both families, Madison might have

even if she hadn’t been kicked out then, her life during those years

became arrogant and contemptuous and spoke as though she was generous, doing Madison a favor. “It’s Sally’s birthday today. Come over in the evening so you can broaden

lowered her gaze, concealing the coldness in her eyes. She replied,

order, Ramona should have

with the Palmer family. If it weren’t for your fortunate adoption by our family for a few years, you probably wouldn’t have had

also used their raising her as a means of manipulating her. However, back then, Madison was just a baby. If

as she finished

nothing else of hers in the villa. She entered this place with

and

a car horn

Madison. Two succinct and indifferent words came from him. “Come

Chapter 3 The Front Passenger’s Seat

deliberately dragged her

until Leo’s second call that

in the car saw her running over, his slightly frowned brows eased somewhat.

door of the car and got in, she explained, “Sorry for keeping you waiting. I

hands on the steering wheel tightened.

to look at her outfit. She asked,

on the front passenger seat to her.

Even the packaging was elaborate. Madison immediately recognized it as the latest dress released by Sprince for their spring and summer

gift box back. “It’s a gift for Sally. If I wear it, it would

divorce yet. Do

“But…” Madison began.

Sally. This is a gift from the brand, and I forgot it in the car,” Leo coldly interrupted

take the gift box and go back to change

tone of her skin. The skirt shimmered under the light as

for the slightly loose waist, which clearly indicated that the

downstairs. When she opened the rear car door, she

inside the car.

furrowed her eyebrows. “Isn’t that a

one’s girlfriend. If there was no girlfriend, it was for

glanced at her. “So, treating me as

not what

make it clear to Leo what she was

in silence for two seconds. “Sally is not you. She won’t mind such trivial matters. Get in the car. I don’t want to say the

was insistent on it. “Then I won’t go. I don’t

up her dress and was about to leave. The car honked at her, followed by the man’s

tugged at the rear door.

dress. Since the size wasn’t right

and drove, “Is the dress

“Yeah, it’s a bit loose. I’ll use some pins to fix it when we

the car suddenly braked,

the back seat, and her head bumped directly into the front seat.

me, he shouldn’t resort to this!’ Madison thought. ‘If something happens, he would also risk his own

it. She glanced at the scenery outside the

circumstances, killing her to make way for Sally would be more convenient. Now that

the divorce as soon

divorce been finalized?” she

Chapter 4 Adopted Daughter

be distorted by the noisy wind outside. “Why? Are you in

thought. ‘It’s not like I am about

looking serious. “It should be you who’s

lips lifted slightly, and the car speed gradually

silent. She

would settle things with the Hale family. After that, she would have no more connections with these

hour later, the car stopped outside the Hale family’s

became more prominent. Many people fawned over and flattered them. By

of night wind almost made her shiver. When she looked up, Leo, who was dressed in a suit, was already walking toward the lawn where the party was set up at the villa. Madison had no choice but to follow quickly, holding up the skirt of

their eyes in

woman playing the piano. Gifts piled up high next to the five-layer cake. Under the lights and everyone’s gaze,

like a scene from a romantic film

Thus, Madison, who was following Leo, slowed down her steps and attempted to blend

the crowd, Leo suddenly stopped walking and turned to look at

been put on pause at the most exciting part,

anything wrong. He looked at Madison, who was

at once. Murmurs erupted

but I feel

that nob*dy that the Hale family mistakenly carried home from the hospital after being abandoned by her biological parents. She’s the one the Hale family kindly raised as Sally’s

the one sent abroad by Mr. Palmer on the day of the wedding? How dare she show her face back here? If I were her, I would have jumped off a building already. I would

looks they cast at Madison were

loud, but Madison, who was close, heard them

calmly there as though she couldn’t hear those unpleasant things said about her and did not walk

when Leo spoke. She walked gracefully toward Madison. “Madison, when did you return to the country? Why

the country without informing her adoptive parents. How impolite and uncultivated!’

last night and had a call with Ramona this morning. Maybe she was

changed her address to her adoptive parents. Instead of calling them Mom and Dad as

With you back, I have a companion and won’t get

behavior made Madison feel disgusted. Restraining her expression, Madison took a small

prepared a gift for me. Thank you, Madison!”

Madison froze entirely.

Chapter 5 The Ill-Fitting Gown

and was about to push away Sally, Sally suddenly had a slight change in

Madison’s figure. “Madison, is this dress a

evening party meant competing with

jewelry were displays meant to show

jewelry belonged to which designer. If

dresses were obviously categorized as embarrassing and

them started ridiculing Madison

even have a fitting dress. How could she call

good enough that she has a decent dress to wear. Look at her hairstyle. It’s so

saying, Sally complained to Leo. “Leo, why did you prepare such a

a scene. She watched Sally’s performance expressionlessly,

time to ask for Madison’s measurements. I thought both of you had similar figures, so I had the designer tailor it according to your size. I didn’t expect it to be ill-fitting.

The gossiping abruptly stopped.

couldn’t maintain her

feel the mocking gazes from the people around her, as if they were saying she was fatter than

of the dress. Sally had set her eyes on it when Sprince’s spring-summer collection was released. It had not been available for sale yet and could only be obtained from the

the

Leo not only gave the dress to Madison but also spoke up to defend that despicable

struggled to maintain her composure and complained to Leo, “I see. You should be more

gaze and looked at Madison. He gave a nod of

the way, Madison, I had several dresses sent over by Leo this time, with different sizes. If you don’t mind, go change into another one.

intended

ill-fitting, wearing it a bit loose was quite comfortable. However, as the words of

Choose whichever you like. There

“See you

someone behind her bent down and helped lift the skirt of her

unchanged as he

looked

upon closer inspection, Sally’s delicate face only revealed a hint of coquetry. “Leo, my sister gave me

“It’s hard to console a girl once she’s angry. You should go get your gift

to leave decisively without a second

the silky fabric slipped away from his palm. Lifting his gaze, he only saw her slender back steadily

furthest room on the villa’s

Sally returned, she used to stay in the bedroom on the second floor with a balcony. Later, when the real daughter of the Hale family returned,

time, Sally directly expressed her dislike for Madison on her face and complained about the difficulties of her life as an abandoned commoner every time she saw Madison. Not letting Madison stay in the servant’s room was already

feeling of living under someone else’s roof was tormenting. When she was alone in the small room, it was the most relaxing

Madison pushed

her suddenly slammed shut with a bang. She

but her arm

Chapter 6 The Apology

on the villa lawn was lively. Due to Madison’s ill-fitting dress, many socialites who were gathered together quickly found

as many socialized together, some were eager

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