My Ex-Wife Is A Big Shot In Disguise novel Chapter 16

Leo was silent. The answer was quite evident.

Madison's face displayed an even more mocking smile as she raised her hand and tapped on his chest lightly. She said, "Since you're planning to get married, then hurry up and finalize the divorce. Don't let the girl waste her time waiting for you. As for me, I know exactly what I'm doing, and I don't need your guidance. Even if the marriage isn't dissolved, you still have no right. After the divorce, you have even less right."

With that said, she took two steps back, and all the emotions on her face disappeared.

It was as though all the previous emotions were never there. She now harbored a tranquility that also exuded indifference.

She went on to say, "You can go back. I don't want any ties with you, and I don't want to invite trouble for myself."

Madison had signed the divorce agreement, and still, Sally plotted to ruin her with hired hooligans. Any further connection with him might bring more trouble to herself.

She had repaid the past grievances to them. She wasn't forgiving and generous enough to endure anymore.

Leo naturally didn't leave. His handsome face was now completely dark with anger.

For more than twenty years, wherever he went, people would flatter him genuinely or hypocritically. This was the first time someone had called him troublesome.

Moreover, it was Madison, the person who had stuck by him since childhood!

He reluctantly took a step forward, but Joe intercepted him. Joe told him, "Mr. Palmer, one must have a sense of self-awareness. Since you already have a woman waiting for you, you should not harass Madison anymore. Since Madison has made it clear, if you persist in this behavior, it will only make things ugly."

Leo directly ignored the man in front of him and locked his gaze on Madison, who remained expressionless. "Are you unwilling to come back home with me?"

Madison raised her eyebrows. "Mr. Palmer, don't say such ambiguous words to me. You know I've liked you since childhood. I finally let go to make way for you and Sally. Now, you say such things to me again. Aren't you afraid I'll latch onto you again? If that happens, you may not be able to get rid of this marriage even if you want to. Do you want to marry a woman you don't like for a lifetime?"

Come home. Those were two extravagant words to her.

In the first year she was kicked out of the country, Madison still hoped that Leo would have some feelings for her. She had expected that he might come to pick her up one day, but he hadn't.

There wasn't even a comforting phone call from him. How could there be a surprise waiting for her to come back? There was only the shock of wanting her to disappear.

Thinking of the past, Madison's eyes were tinged with frost. "Mr. Palmer, you yourself said that you wouldn't have married me if it weren't for Edgar. Now, you're dragging your feet on the divorce. Don't you find your actions contradictory and meaningless?"

Leo's thoughts lingered on the previous question for a moment.

There was a moment when he suddenly felt that it might not be unacceptable even if she stuck to him again as she had done in their childhood.

However, his reason struggled with that thought.

That ended when Madison's words struck him. Marrying her was something forced on him by his grandfather. It was something he was reluctant to continue.

His pitch-black eyes regained clarity, his hostility disappeared, and his voice became low and slow when he spoke, "I know very well whether or not we should divorce. However, I can't just watch you go astray. Since the Hale family kicked you out, you can come to me if you need money. You grew up under my grandpa's care. Wouldn't he be disappointed if he were still alive and saw you like this?"

'Like this? What did he think I turn into?' she thought. 'Just because I found a wealthy boyfriend, does it mean I am a fallen woman? That I have gone astray? Of course, according to their perspectives, I am an orphan without parents, who should only know hooligans from the streets. How could I have friends like Joe?'

Thinking about it amused Madison very much.

She spoke. "Mr. Palmer, according to your way of thinking, spending your money is the same as spending Mr. Daves' money, right? Since it's the same, why shouldn't I find someone I'm comfortable with?"

"Madison Hale!" Leo shouted. The anger that had just subsided in Leo was easily ignited once more by her.