Chapter 19: A deal
Author: Deliaha Shine
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"What's that Derek?" Aurelius asks. He permitted either of them to call him by his name, those are his only two staff who can call him by his name, the rest wouldn't dare try such. It would be suspension or firing for them.

Yeah, they address him as Derek but only in private. They don't let anyone know because some people would purposely try to emulate them. In public, as they are with other people, they address him as sir.

"I have something crucial bothering me, two things, the second is a necessity and not a challenge. I'm looking for an opportunity to separate from Tahlia, I think I need to contact a lawyer for this but I need to do this in such a way that I'm not the loser of the case, I don't want to be pay her any upkeep money instead I want her to be the one paying me, I have evidences of the abuse both audio and video."

"Wow," Aurelius claps. "It's good you kept the evidence because these are what would be used against her, to summon her."

Derek is delighted to hear this.
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