Revenge After Divorce Novel by Black Rose

Chapter 0137

OLIVIA

The next day, Marcus treated me like a queen. He had breakfast brought up and ran me a bath. Then he asked if ! still wanted to go to our honeymoon as planned. He said we can call it a pre–honeymoon or just a vacation then go on our honeymoon when the wedding finally happens. Obviously, I refused and told him I wanted to sort this thing with Nick out and we can have our wedding then go on honeymoon.

Of course, he agreed. Even offered to take me to my meeting with him but I told him I wanted to do it on my own. Now I was standing in front of a mirror after finishing getting ready and not sure if I wanted to go. I should have let him accompany me. it’s just that this meeting could go either way because with Nick, you never know what to expect.

“You can do this, Olivia. Remember, that man who claims to be your father can hear everything and will be there should something go wrong, not that it would but just in case.” I gave myself a pep talk but I think I just wanted to say something to alert Luke of my plans and for him to be ready. I didn’t know why I felt funny about meeting Nick alone.

I finally left after talking to myself in the mirror for almost thirty minutes. I think I just wanted to be late so that he would get tired of waiting and leave. I don’t know what I was thinking. When I got to the restaurant. I was disappointed to be shown to his table, I thought he would have left but no, he waited.

He stood when he saw me coming and pulled out a chair for me. he looked more nervous than I did, and I wondered why. He was the one who requested the meeting and yet he was the most nervous. “I took the liberty of ordering a drink for you, I hope that is alright.” It was more than alright; I needed the drink.

I took a huge sip nodding. “I see you needed it as much as I did.” We laughed; it was silly. How could we be so nervous as if we were meeting for the first time. Even our first meeting wasn’t as bad, at least I don’t think it was.

“So…” a sigh left him. “I think you know why I called you here, but I will try and explain.” I kept my mouth shut, he called the meeting, he must do the talking. “Olivia, firstly I want to apologize for ruining your wedding, I didn’t mean to. As I said, I thought I could go through with it, but I just couldn’t.”

He paused and I took another sip from my drink. It wasn’t my show. I was just waiting for something that had to do with me then respond. “The reason I couldn’t let you marry him is the same reason I didn’t sign those papers. I know I have done so many hurtful and painful things to you, but I thought I was doing the right thing. Starting from the beginning.‘

He paused taking a sip from his drink, I knew it was getting difficult for him. “I didn’t do what a husband is supposed to do and that is to protect his wife. I sent you to the wolves instead and judged you without evidence and for that, I am sorry. For everything I did after as well. But through all that, I never lost hope that one day we will fix things and get back together. I still love you; Olivia and I want you in my life.”

“Please, give me another chance, allow me to make things right.” I sighed, I wished for this while I was in prison, I prayed for it, sometimes I would envision him walking through those doors coming to get me out and telling me that he made a mistake. But that never happened. Now, I didn’t need it.

“If you had told me all this a month into my sentence then I would have probably forgiven you and given you another chance. But a lot has happened, and I don’t think there is anything that could be done to fix all of it. what I don’t understand is when did you lose trust in me to a point that the only solution you saw back then was to send me to jail?” noveldrama

I shook my head, I didn’t need to go back, what was done is done. “Never mind that, it’s in the past. I do forgive you, Nick. Because if I keep this hatred inside then it is only going to destroy me, and I don’t want that for myself. I have a son to think about and I need to be okay, for him.”

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I finished my drink now feeling hot and bothered. Not in that way but in a way that had made me feel like a burden was being lifted off my shoulders. Maybe I did need closure with Nick, put everything that happened between us in the past and move on with a clean slate.

“So, with that being said and me forgiving you. It doesn’t mean that I want you back, our relationship, our marriage is over, and it has been over for a very long time now. It Is time to accept that and move forward.”

He looked like he was going to cry, and I did feel sorry for him but there was nothing I could do to make him feel better, it was not my job anymore. “For me to be able to move forward though, I am going to need you to sign those papers and let me go. You owe me that much after everything we have been through.”

A tear escaped his eye, he didn’t bother to wipe it off. He kept his eyes on mine and then another tear dropped and another. It hurt to see him cry like that and not even bothered by the people. It was the first time seeing him so vulnerable.”

“So, this is it, it’s over between us?” I nodded. He lowered his head and his shoulders shook. Tears dropped on the table and my chest tightened. I couldn’t stay there any longer, so, I signalled for the waitress then paid the bill before leaving.