My Husband Asked for a Divorce and Told Me to Call His Lawyer, So I Did

“Oh, I would like to see you try, Xander.”

“I will hire a better lawyer and doubt you! Just wait and watch! I will destroy you in court! You will come to me begging for mercy!”

“Well, sounds like a plan, Xander. Good luck with that. But a word of advice from a lawyer: remember to tell your new lawyer about your affair and the prenup.”

When I said that, Xander simply hung up on me. It made me chuckle.

He was in deep trouble but still didn’t know it. He would try every lawyer in town and see if anyone would represent him.

I am a known name here, so people know not to mess with me. Plus, anyone stupid enough to believe his lies would be dragged down to reality when I presented them with my ammo.

Xander said that he would make me beg for mercy. I knew that it would be a matter of time before he would come begging at my door.

I was right in thinking that Xander would be back begging at my door. He literally had no other choice.

One fine morning while I was getting ready for work, there was a knock at my door. I was a little confused about who showed up at such an odd time.

Imagine my surprise when I opened the door and found my soon-to-be ex-husband looking forlorn and weary. I invited him in because I didn’t want a scene outside my home.

I was already dealing with enough. When he came inside, I said:

“Make it quick, Xander. I don’t have enough time to waste on you. I don’t even know why you’re here. We were supposed to strictly communicate through lawyers only.”

“Yeah, about that… I haven’t found a good divorce lawyer yet.”

“Oh, that’s sad for you, Xander. You better hurry up because I hear that your mistress has been dying to marry you.”

“I’m not worried about her anymore. Listen, Sophia, we need to talk. You have been sabotaging my lawyers so that they wouldn’t take my case. That is very unfair.”

I immediately laughed when he said that. I couldn’t believe that Xander would have the audacity to pin the entire blame on me.

This once again showed how little he valued my profession. He thought that just because he was willing to throw money, people would fall at his feet.

“Oh dear, that’s an amazing joke, Xander. Let me just clear that misconception for you. I haven’t been sabotaging anything. It’s your stupidity that’s causing trouble.”

“I don’t understand. What did I even do?”

“Should I remind you how you lied to your lawyers about the affair and the prenup? That is enough to make them look like fools in court. Do you think lawyers would jump at representing unreliable clients like you?”

“Besides, I will admit that my name will make a lot of people walk away. You may consider me to be useless, but I actually do have a good name in this profession.”

“Yes, I know that now, Sophia. I’ve tried being open with lawyers too, but none of them are willing to help me.”

“That’s what happens when you try to go against an ironclad prenup. You really should have thought your affair through, Xander. Not that it matters now. The damage is done. No sane lawyer would fight for your cause. You’ll be giving me half of your business.”

Xander’s facial expression said it all. He didn’t want to lose his business.

I mean, that’s why he tried to pick a good lawyer and drag out the divorce. He wanted to keep me hanging long enough until I would snap and just leave him alone without demanding half of his company.

After a few days, it became clear to him that no one would take his side. Hell, he was even finding it hard to find any lawyer who would go against me.

So he did what he thought was his last resort. He started to cry and beg.

“Sophia, you know how much this business means to me. Please don’t do this. You can take everything else, but please don’t ask to split the business.”

“Why not, Xander? You were the one who put in the clause of splitting the business in case you cheated. You think I will give up my rights that easily? I deserve it after the betrayal you threw in my face.”

“It was all a mistake, Sophia, believe me. I have actually put my relationship on hold because I know what a big mistake it was. Maybe, just maybe, we can give this marriage a try. I can say for sure that this hurdle will only make us stronger.”

Xander’s words made me laugh out loud again. The audacity of this man was unmatched by anyone I knew.

I really didn’t know what to say. He was actually asking to get back together as if I would be stupid enough to do that.

I did know that he had put a pause on his relationship with his mistress. The rumors were out that the mistress was not happy, and neither was Xander.

But if he thinks this will make me go back to him, he is dead wrong. I already made the mistake of marrying a piece of trash and learned my lesson the hard way.

Plus, I knew why he was suddenly desperate to get me back. “You must be delusional for suggesting something like that, Xander. I didn’t come this far in life by being utterly stupid. I know that you want to get back to me because you don’t want to split your business.”

“Sophia, we were happy together. Let’s just look past this one time and restart our marriage. I will cut off my mistress, I swear.”

“There’s no reason to do that, Xander, believe me. That woman is going to start running once she finds out that you won’t be very rich after the divorce. As for me, this is my golden chance to get out of this sham of a marriage.”

“I must thank you for showing your true colors before we had kids. Now you will reap what you have sown.”

With that, I was pretty much done with my piece. I immediately stopped talking while Xander kept begging and pleading with me not to take his business.

It was a rather pathetic scene, but it didn’t move me at all. Instead, it made me think of the times I went to bed crying because this piece of exploitive trash I call my husband decided to betray me.

Seeing Xander in a vulnerable place only gave me satisfaction and completed my revenge. Now I simply needed a clean break to start fresh.

Well, I definitely got more than what I had bargained for. Karma hit Xander hard and fast.

He tried for weeks to change my mind and make me come back home. I turned a blind eye to everything simply because I wasn’t interested in his drama.

I was ready to move on. Since he had filed for divorce already, I hired someone from my firm to represent me.

I’m not a divorce lawyer, so I couldn’t do it myself. Besides, I wanted as minimum interaction with him as possible.