The Return of the War Legate by Celestial Clouds

Chapter 22

“What?”

Samantha’s declaration surprised Adrian.

He had done all that to show her that she would always be happy from now on. He was not expecting her to ask for a divorce.

“Why, Sam?” he asked.

She rubbed her eyes and turned around so he would not see her face.

Sensing the atmosphere in the car, Samantha calmed herself down. “I thought about it at the venue. You’re the legate. I’m not good enough for you. You can find someone a thousand times better.”

Samantha never expected to suddenly rise in status overnight. She was just a normal woman. How was she to deal with her husband’s sudden revelation of his identity?

She did not want any of this. All she wanted was for Adrian to go to work and get home on time every day. That was all.

was not good enough for him now. If she stayed with him, she would only hold him

hearing this, Adrian sighed. Samantha was not a greedy woman so she might not

sorry for being so reckless,” Adrian said

her. “Don’t worry, Sam. I’m actually not the legate, and neither are you the legate’s

him. “What nonsense is

nonsense. The legate already left Swallowston and I was just pretending to be him.” Adrian decided

“Pretending?”

was just part of the marketing for Swallow Central. Remember what happened at Alyanz Tower with Celine? General Summers found me there and

of the building the

my help with the marketing. I got paid twenty thousand dollars

how to react. She pondered over it. “Where did you get the twenty thousand that you

payment. You can ask the general if you don’t believe

tilted his head toward Daniel

a look at Daniel and was going to ask.

the marketing grand. I thought that if it was done well, it would help boost the legate’s reputation, so I asked for Battle Warrior Lucas‘ permission. Once he agreed to it, I came to see

Adrian about it,”