Divorce Failed My Wife's Secret Identities Shock the World novel Chapter 28

Master Moreno didn't answer Maeve directly. He turned to Andres instead.

"Ten years ago, your father faced a fatal calamity. No one in our world could break it. His ending was certain—death."

Andres' brows drew together.

Ten years ago, he'd been sixteen. He didn't remember any crisis at home.

Master Moreno continued, "A master intervened. He dissolved the calamity and promised to extend your father's life by ten years."

"And the price," he said softly, "was that the marriage of the White family's heir would be decided by him."

Caden White had spent his life charming women and collecting scandals.

At forty-six, he finally settled down—because he met Andres' mother, Sofia.

Sofia came from a scholarly, old-money family. She was the kind of woman people called a lady without irony.

Two people from completely different worlds—yet somehow fate pushed them into each other's path, and they chose each other.

Sofia wasn't Caden's first woman.

But she was the first he'd wanted to marry, the first he'd given a name and a home and a public place beside him.

Before the wedding, Caden made it clear: the White family empire would recognize only one mistress of the house—Sofia.

In old aristocracies, a woman's status rose with her son.

In the White family, it worked the other way around: a son's status rose with his mother.

Because Sofia was adored, Andres became Caden's most cherished child without question—and inherited the unshakable identity of the family's legitimate heir.

The White family's bizarre history wasn't exactly a secret.

Maeve heard the trap hidden in Master Moreno's words. "The 'master' you're talking about... is that old bastard?"

The term made Master Moreno's mouth twitch.

"By seniority," he said dryly, "he's practically my ancestor."

Andres and Maeve froze at the same time.

Master Moreno continued, "Don't misunderstand. Not a curse—an attachment. Once a marriage is formed, fate can be tied together."

Andres couldn't make sense of it. "We checked at city hall. The registration date is a year ago. But we only met a few days ago."

"If marriage means our fates are bound, why was there no sign of it before?"

Master Moreno smiled. "After you officially met... did you go to city hall to file for divorce?"

Andres' voice was tight. "We both agreed to divorce."

Master Moreno's smile turned almost amused. "And did it go smoothly?"

Andres and Maeve both thought of the marriage certificate destroyed by lightning—and the two thunderclaps that had come out of nowhere.

Maeve asked, "So because we tried to divorce... it triggered the binding, and now whenever we're both asleep, we end up in the same bed?"