I Made $900 Trillion In 24 Hours novel Chapter 4

Barry froze as he stared at the papers in her hand.

"Laura, what is the meaning of this?" He whispered. "You can't divorce me."

"Whatever gave you the stupid idea that I couldn't divorce you?" She laughed. "Everybody knows our marriage is a sham. I only pretended to be your wife for my grandmother's sake, but now that she's gone, I don't need to pretend anymore."

Barry felt hot and cold at the same time. "But Laura.... I-I love you. I've always loved you since the day I set eyes on you. Please give me a chance. I made a promise to Evelyn."

"Screw you and your love," Laura spat, wrinkling her nose in disgust. "Don't tell me you love me. It makes my skin crawl. I hate you. I've always hated you since the day you walked into this family."

Barry's heart broke in half after hearing her words. He wanted to say something but no word got out.

Laura turned to face her family, waving the divorce papers in her hand. "Now that I'm divorcing this useless husband of mine, I'm entitled to 80% of what he owns."

She went on after a pause, a small smile playing on her lips. "And since Barry here owns nothing to his name except his inheritance, I'll just take the white mansion."

The room went wild with cheers and praises.

"That's super brilliant, Laura," Jonathan Raven patted his daughter's shoulder. "I raised you well to think on your feet. Very impressive."

"Yeah, sis," Curtis clapped her back. "Why should we let this pauper keep something that should belong to the entire family?"

Francis Raven and Helga nodded in approval. "That's very smart Laura. Divorcing Barry would save us a lot of legal actions to take back the mansion."

Barry remained silent as he watched the Raven family jubilate over his divorce.

He clenched his fists and hung his head, feeling a fresh wave of emotions rushing through him.

This emotion was rage. He was angry.

Angry about the hatred, angry about the heartbreak Laura served him and angry about the love and commitment he promised to Evelyn.

Curtis walked up to Barry, a wide jeering grin on his face. He leaned in close and whispered in Barry's ears.

"I'd advise you not to fight this, Barry. We'll hire the best lawyers money can buy. You won't stand a chance against all of us. Be wise and save yourself the trouble."

Barry slowly glanced up, his eyes dead of warmth and life.

"Do whatever you want," he said gravely. "I don't care."

Without waiting for a respond, Barry turned and walked out of the room silently.

The Raven family watched him go, pleased with themselves.

* * * *

The divorce proceedings arrived two days later in a quiet courtroom.

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