The Windfalls of Love (Roxanne and Harrison)

Chapter 91

Roxanne pondered before saying, "Well, it depends."

Harrison also thought for a moment before replying, "Then I'll do my best to make you happy every

day."

"Harrison, don't set your hopes too high." Roxanne chuckled, "I go with the flow. Even if you make me

happy every day, I won't necessarily kiss you."

She was not the kind of chick who was always head over heels in love. As for smooching, if a girl did it

too often, guys got fed up too. She needed to play it cool and control the number of times she

smooched him, so he'd keep falling for her.

Roxanne's joy and good vibes for the day came to an abrupt end the following morning.

The next morning was a total train wreck. Early in the morning, Oliver tore up the court summons for

his divorce proceedings with Chloe right in front of everyone in the company.

After ripping it up, Oliver tossed the scraps into Chloe's face. "Chloe, I've put up with you and you've

been freeloading off the Lewis family for seven years. You think you can just divorce me?"

"How are you going to compensate for my loss in these seven years?" Chloe answered.

Chloe's face stung from the paper hits, but what hurt more was the anger. She had freeloaded off the

Lewis family for seven years? In these seven years, not only did she bear Oliver's child, but she also

took care of the family's needs.

When she was sick, she wanted Charlotte to help watch the kid and cook up some grub. But instead of

lending a hand, Charlotte snitched on her to Oliver, calling her lazy.

Oliver once told her she was young and could shoulder the house chores. His mom had back and leg

pains, so it was her duty to help with the housework and let his mom rest.

There were too many incidents like this.

She had put up with all this crap for the sake of their child, but after Oliver's domestic violence the other

day, she couldn't take it anymore. If she continued to put up with it, she'd go bonkers.

Being a stay-at-home mom, asking Oliver for money, and being treated as a free nanny, she was done

with it all. She didn't want to argue with Oliver either. It was exhausting.

With a calm demeanor, Chloe stated firmly, "Oliver, tearing up the summons won't do you any good.

You still have to go to court. When the time comes, I'll present all the evidence of your domestic

violence and your neglect of the child to the court."

Oliver scoffed, "You think if you tell me to go to court, I'll go? I can say I didn't receive the summons. I

was not aware, and refuse to appear."

"You clearly received the summons." Chloe fumed.

"When did you see me receive the summons? If the court calls to ask, I'll just say I didn't get it. What

can you do?" Oliver said.

"Oliver, don't be an ass. Be a man and deal with these things properly." Chloe said.

"Chloe, you can choose to divorce. But like I said before, if you want a divorce, you must pay back all

the money I've spent on you over these seven years. Plus, you must compensate me for my loss of

youth." Oliver said.

Chloe was shaking with rage.

Hearing all this, Roxanne, who had just rushed back, strode up to them and said angrily, "Oliver, have

you no shame? Chloe had already paid off the down payment for the house before the marriage, she

didn't even ask you to return the house, yet you're demanding compensation from her. Are you joking?"

Oliver arrogantly retorted, "You say Chloe paid the down payment, fine. If she did, do you have proof?

If you can provide proof, I'll give the house back to her."

Speaking of the house made Oliver very angry. The day he committed domestic violence, Chloe had

changed the locks without his knowledge and rented the house to a butcher from the market.

The butcher was so fierce that no one dared approach him.

Each time Oliver tried to collect rent, he'd be chased away with a knife.

Oliver gritted his teeth and said, "Chloe, don't think I'll be scared because you rented the house to

someone else. I'm going to sell the house and you won't get a penny from it. Also, you need to repay all

the expenses I've incurred in supporting you for these seven years, a hundred thousand dollars will do.

You must also return the two hundred thousand dollars you swindled from my mom, and the kids will

live with me. Furthermore, I want you to compensate me for the loss of my youth in these seven years,

that’s two hundred thousand dollars. Also, for child support, you need to pay me another two hundred

thousand dollars. A total of seven hundred thousand dollars. As long as you meet these conditions, I'll

agree to divorce you."

Roxanne had never seen such a shameless man.

Even before the wedding, he had his eyes on the down payment Chloe had made for the house. After

their marriage, he used domestic violence and made Chloe suffer, and had no respect for her. She

didn't even want to talk about it.

He actually wanted Chloe to pay him?

Roxanne wanted to give him a piece of her mind. What a disaster! He was not human, but trash, a

disgrace to men.

She gritted her teeth, ready to teach him a lesson. Chloe stopped her and said, "Anne, I'm not even

angry anymore, and you shouldn't be either. We don't have to pay attention to what he says. If he

doesn't show up for the divorce trial next week, we'll have the court send another summons. The court

isn't his playground, so he can't do whatever he wants."

Against such a scoundrel, she had to use the weapons of law.

A week later, Chloe's divorce trial was held. As expected, Oliver refused to appear in court, claiming he

hadn't received the summons.

With the defendant absent, the divorce trial was canceled. But Chloe no longer wanted to live another Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

day with this jerk. What could she do when faced with such a shameless scumbag?

When she got home, Roxanne told Harrison everything. Upon hearing the story, Harrison frowned.

Oliver was a total disgrace to men. Weren't men supposed to love and cherish their wives after they

marry them?

He asked, "Do you guys need my help?"

"No need." Roxanne said, "Oliver just won't get involved in the lawsuit, and we can't do anything about

it. Also, everything has to go through the formal procedures at the court. You don't know anyone there,

so you can't help us."

True that. The court procedures, indeed had to be followed step by step. But if they knew someone at

the court, coupled with a good lawyer, that would make this lawsuit a lot easier.

However, Harrison couldn't tell Roxanne outright that he actually knew someone at the court.

He sent a Whatsapp message to Alexander: [Is there a case our group has to appear in court for

soon?]

Alexander: [You usually don't care about the legal stuff, why the sudden interest?]

Harrison: [Can you send me the details? I've got some spare time, I can pop down to the court.]

Alexander: [Really? This case is so small, you're actually going to court yourself?]

Harrison: [Yup.]

Alexander: [Harrison, are you keeping something from me? What's happened that you'd go to court

yourself? If you go, Ethan Garcia will be over the moon.]

Harrison gave Alexander a brief rundown of Roxanne's friend's divorce case.

Alexander got really pissed off, even started cussing.

Chloe's situation was a real mess.

Oliver was a no-show. The court told her they could only reschedule her divorce case for five months

later, on the condition that the defendant showed up.

Roxanne went with Chloe to inquire at the court. Chloe asked, "What if Oliver doesn't show up again?"

The receptionist gave the official answer, "Then we can't do anything. It's possible for the defendant not

to show. We can only do our duty to inform."

Roxanne wanted to ask more, but every answer was so official that she couldn't pick a hole in it, or

didn't offer any real solutions. As they left, Chloe was worried, "I suspect Oliver got his brother-in-law to

pull some strings. His brother-in-law must know people at the court, that's why he keeps delaying my

divorce case."

Roxanne thought that was very likely. After all, Oliver's brother-in-law was a local big shot.

Just as Roxanne was about to say something, she saw Harrison, who was shaking hands with a court

employee.

She said in surprise, "Chloe, what's Harrison doing there? Let's go see."