Chapter 9.

The Next Day.

Blair's POV.

I was taking a bath and I heard the ring of the doorbell. Only one person came to my mind, Dan. He'll have to wait for me to come out. It stopped after the third ring, maybe he decided to leave and come back later. After my bath, I came out and dressed up then went into the living room and met the person I really don't want to see right now.

"How dare you break into my house?" I asked coldly and in shock he looked behind him, looking for who I was referring to because I've never spoken to him like that before.

"Who are you referring to?" Ivan asked.

"Who else if not you?" I replied and his mouth parted in shock.

"I didn't break in, I used the passcode and what the fuck are you talking about? I'm your husband so I have the right to come into your house." He replied and I scoffed.

"So now you acknowledge yourself as my husband, how sweet." I said mockingly.

"B, I need to talk to you." He said.

"I also need to talk to you, so I'll go first." I replied and went into the bedroom.

I came out after a few minutes with some papers and threw it at him. He looked at the papers and screamed in disbelief, "What?!"

"You got divorce papers and have already signed them?" He said, bewildered.

Yes, I got the divorce papers after I left the hospital yesterday, I'm done with him.

"Yes, isn't this what you always wanted? I'm giving it to you easily so sign them." I replied and he tore the divorce papers.

Okay, he shocked me by doing that.

"I'm sorry, B...for everything. I'm so sorry for what I said to you that day, I shouldn't have said those things to you. Please forgive me." He said with sincerity in his eyes and voice which surprised me. Ivan never apologizes first, so why is he doing so now? But I won't fall for it, this guy is an excellent actor.

"I know you might be thinking that I'm acting but I'm not. I really mean every word I'm saying to you." He said very sincerely.

"You're forgiven, now get out." I said.

Ivan looked at me with surprise, trying to believe what he just heard. He walked to me and touched my forehead. "Did you hurt your head somewhere?" He asked.

"No. I've come to my senses." I replied.

"No matter what you do or tell me, I won't leave. Look, I know you despise me now, you should, I don't blame you. But I'm truly sorry, B...I never believed I'll ever get to say this to you, but I...I miss you. I know I've been a very bad husband, but I'll try to be a better one to you from now on. Please come home with me." He said.

"I'll think about it." I replied.

In fact, I already thought about everything yesterday and I've come to a final decision, to move on with my life.

"Please, B, there's nothing to think about. Just come home with me now." He pleaded.

"I'll come home, but this time around, it'll be on my terms." I replied and he looked confused.

"What terms?" He asked.

"First, I'm not coming home because of you. I'm coming home because of mom. This marriage will now be a contract marriage that will end when mom and dad dies. But until then, I'll stay out of your life, and you'll stay out of my life. The only thing that says that we're married is paper. Do you agree to my terms, afterall it's what you always wanted?" I said.

I'm only going back home because of mom, she's been a good mother to me from the time I've known her, and I don't want to hurt her. But this thing between Ivan and I is over. I figured that he'll never change, so I'm done waiting for his love. I just hope I can find someone who truly loves me soon. It's not easy for one to quickly get over his or her first love, but I'll try hard to get over mine quickly.

"Did you get possessed by an evil spirit?" He raised a brow at me and I didn't reply.

"Okay, fine. I agree." He smiled but I didn't smile back.

"You can leave, I'll come later." I said.

"Let's go together." He replied.

"Okay then, wait while I pack up." I said expressionlessly and went into my bedroom.

I bet Ivan's head is in chaos right now, thinking of what's wrong with me.

I came out after a while with my suitcases and he even helped me with one.

"Hold on, B." He said and took out something from his pocket, my wedding ring.

"This needs to go back to where it belongs." He said and held my hand and slid the ring into my finger.

"We can go now." He said and we left.

We arrived home and as I attempted to get off the car, he stopped me and got off instead. He walked to my side of the car and opened the door and stretched his hand to me. I raised a brow at him, what's with the nice treatment? I expressionlessly pushed his hand away and stepped out of the car and he grabbed my hand. As we walked into the house, we met Danielle Dover, a popular model in the entertainment world who's been publicly flirting with Ivan and claiming to be his girlfriend. She was just coming out from the house. I expected Ivan to let go of my hand, but surprisingly, he didn't.

"Ivan!" She called, approaching us."

"Oh, Elle." Ivan replied.

"Who is she?" She asked looking at me in disgust.

"She's my wife." Ivan replied, putting both me and Danielle in utter shock.

What is this guy trying to do?

"What?!" Danielle burst out.

"See you later, Elle." Ivan said and walked into the house with me, while the servants brought in my luggage behind us.

"Welcome back, ma'am." The servants greeted me cheerfully and I smiled at them.

"Please serve breakfast, I'm famished." I said and sat at the table while they went to work immediately. Ivan sat at the table too and breakfast was set. I didn't say anything to him and just began eating quietly while he kept glancing at me.

Ivan's POV.

I'm still finding it difficult to believe the things B said to me. Is this really the Blair I know or did she get possessed? The B I know will never speak to me in such manner and our marriage now being a contract marriage? Unbelievable. I know I should be happy, but I'm not and can't figure out why...The things I said to her were true, I meant every word. I gave everyone's words a hard and deep thought last night. I'm willing to give this marriage a shot. But with B's sudden change, I hope I'm not taking the wrong decision. The beep sound of my phone brought me out of my thoughts and I checked it. It's a text from Danielle, "meet me outside in my car."

I stood up and began walking out. I waited for her to ask where I was going which she'd normally do but she didn't even say a word to me and just focused on her food. I just shrugged and proceeded out of the house.

"Ivan, what is going on?" Danielle asked as soon as I got into her car.

"Nothing." I replied nonchalantly.

"You have a wife? How could you get married without telling me?" She said.

"How long have you been married?" She asked.

"It's been a year now." I replied while nodding my head to the music being played in her car.

"One year?" She scoffed and I just kept nodding my head to the music and she angrily turned it off.

"Oh, come on." I sulked.

"Ivan, how can you get married to someone else? I've been your girlfriend for two years now." She said and I laughed.

"When did we start dating because I can't remember?" I said and she scoffed.

"I have no girlfriends, Elle." I added.

"How can you say that, Ivan...we've made love..." She said.

"No, we've fucked, not made love. I've never made love to any woman before." I interrupted her, making her gobsmacked. It's true though because I'm an excellent player.

"Fine! We've fucked. You've fucked me and got married to someone else?!" She vented out.

"You're not the only woman I've fucked, and you're not the first. And I know that I'm not the only man you've fucked, and I'm not the first too." I replied. She's been playing a loyal girlfriend to me, thinking I don't know about all her deeds.

"If you have nothing else to say, I'll take my leave." I said to her and left, leaving her speechless.