WIFEY, DIVORCED QUADRILLIONAIRE HUSBAND

Chapter 2. NEW TURN

 

"What salary?"

Edward glared in disbelief at his boss who smiled mockingly. Deliberately not remembering him.

"My salary for working here. You haven't paid me for three months," Edward said in an irritated tone. But he tried to restrain himself because he was a nobody. Especially now that he was pleading with his boss.

"Oh, your three months' salary," he muttered, "is no longer there."

"Wh-what?" Edward widened his eyes in surprise. "What do you mean it's no longer there?"

"The money is gone. Don't you understand?" He squinted his eyes in annoyance. Crossing his legs haughtily and looking straight at Edward. "Go back. It's useless for you to ask today."

"No, wait... but you just gave that woman a pile of money. How can you say that you already have no money? You are the boss." Edward felt very angry and unacceptable. He had seen with his own twin eyes the woman leaving with money in her hand.

"If I say there is none it means there is none! Don't argue and get out of my room right now!" he snapped.

"No," protested Edward, "I have the right to demand my salary. I've been working hard for your company. And you haven't paid me for three months. I want you to pay me today."

Edward's boss growled in annoyance. He gave Edward a sharp look. "You are very fussy!"

"Boss, I need money. Please give me my salary. Everyone else has gotten their paychecks, but I'm the only one who hasn't. You can even give a pile of money to that lady, but why not me?"

But he laughed mockingly. "I did it on purpose," he said.

"What do you mean?" Edward frowned in confusion.

"This fool... I did it on purpose!"

Edward gaped in disbelief. He felt that he had never done anything wrong during his work, let alone with his boss. He always worked well without intending to cause trouble with others. Then why did his boss deliberately not pay him?

"But, why? I haven't done anything wrong."

"Your mistake is marrying a beautiful woman," he growled in annoyance while sneering at Edward, "damn it, how can you marry your beautiful girl? How did you do it, huh? How did you seduce your beautiful wife into marrying a loser like you? You're poor and have nothing. Why doesn't she divorce you and marry a rich man like me?"

Edward's eyes heated up as he found out why his boss wasn't paying him. He was angry, he couldn't accept his wife being talked about in such an indecent manner by his boss.

"Boss, please watch your language. She is my wife."

"Exactly. That's your problem. That's what pisses me off. Don't you get it?" his eyes mimicked Edward's sharply.

"Boss...."

“Oke. How about this,  I'll pay your three months' salary right now. Well, I can give you thirty thousand dollars. Isn't that more than your three thousand dollar salary?"

Edward furrowed his brow. He saw his boss smirking with a look that made him feel uneasy.

"But with one condition."

Edward swallowed hard. He already felt something strange when he saw the look in his boss's eyes.

"Condition?" he asked hoarsely,

"Let me sleep with your wife. Just for one night. And I'll give you thirty thousand dollars in return. Isn't that a good deal?"

Edward glared at his boss with his hands clenched into fists. Anger exploded inside him as he heard his boss's indecent remarks.

"Are you out of your mind?" cursed Edward in a cold tone.

"Why? We can share a bed withー"

"Watch your mouth!" Edward lost control.

He grabbed his boss' shirt collar firmly. Pushing his body until they fell to the floor with him on top of his boss. He punched him repeatedly in the face until he was battered.

He did not accept that his wife was treated like a prostitute in front of his eyes. In the chaos, her boss could do nothing but whimper in pain and scream for help.

Not long after, guards burst into the room and violently pulled Edward's body away from his boss. He was gripped tightly but Edward tried to break free. Trying to get back to beating his boss who had acted insolently with his wife.

"This damn bastard! How dare you beat me up, huh!" his boss shouted.

"You deserve to be beaten. You're the one who's an asshole!" scolded Edward with his eyes bulging.

His boss didn't accept it and he was furious as his face was already battered. Even his lip was cut to the point that it was oozing fresh blood.

"Beat him to death!" his boss ordered while pointing right at Edward's face.

The guards immediately pulled Edward's body out of the room. They beat him in front of everyone. They even trampled his body so many times that Edward whimpered in pain without being able to do anything.

"Akh!" Edward groaned in pain. He touched his stomach which must have been bruised from the kick from the guard earlier.

He was lying on the floor with many wounds on his face and body. He was bleeding. Limping helplessly while everyone looked at him with pity, but some were indifferent to his condition.

And of all the people who saw the incident, no one tried to help him.

Edward crawled, trying to get up with the pain in his body. He grimaced, unconsciously crying as he shuffled out of the building. He had lost hope. Everything was a mess. Nothing had worked out in his life.

He no longer knew what she could do to save his sister. He had no money, no power, and he was just a poor, useless loser.

"Akh," Edward winced as he was hit by a pedestrian. He almost fell, but he still managed to maintain his balance. He sat on the seat of the bus stop.

He let out a long breath. Holding his stomach, he stared blankly at the highway. He didn't know what he should do.

Just as he lost all hope, suddenly, a car stopped right in front of him. A black SUV with tinted glass windows so Edward couldn't see who was inside.

Edward sat up straight. Staring in confusion, several well-dressed people got out, then opened the front car door and an old man got out with a cane in his hand.

He walked carefully and approached him. Just as he was in front of him, Edward widened his eyes as they immediately bowed respectfully to him.

"Young master."

And Edward was even more surprised by the name the old man called him.