spanng="EN"Roger’s POV

    spanng="EN"I can’t seem to get in touch with Elizabeth. I’ve tried for over a week, but I can’t find her anywhere Our wedding is less than a week away, and she’s a runaway bride. No one outside my family and friends will even help me look for her. My mother is very happy. She ns on going to the wedding venue and shaming Elizabeth either way. Humiliating her if she shows up, and mocking her for demanding I marry her. I know Mom, she’s not going to allow the wedding to pass without trying to hurt Elizabeth as much as she can.

    spanng="EN"Neither she nor Sasha feels like the situation with mypany is serious. Sasha is doing everything but put an ad in the paper that we’re married. The wholepany knows, and they are judging me. They all knew 1 was engaged to Elizabeth, and the wedding was to be this Saturday. We were having an emergency meeting today, as the stockholders demanded it. I was losing control of my ownpany, and I felt real fear over what my father told me that day.

    spanng="EN"I had been furious when Sasha finally showed up at the house, with Regina. I thought Sasha was at thepany working, but she was actually out shopping. She’s spent so much money. She actuallyughed in my face when I asked her why she wasn’t working and why she was trying to help me save thepany. They couldn’t see what was so clear to the rest of us.

    spanng="EN"The worst part was that it was all my fault. I’d been so angry at Elizabeth for trying to force me to marry her that I made a huge mistake. Why couldn’t Elizabeth have shown me that she had lost weight earlier? Her sudden transformation made her much more pleasing to the eye. If she had made this transformation before I married Sasha, I would have changed my ns. But in my heart, I knew that wasn’t true. I had been wrapped around Sasha’s finger for a long time.

    spanng="EN"We had the worst fight that we’ve ever had that night. “There is no room for anything else, Sasha. You have plenty of clothes Why did you go shopping?” I asked.

    spanng="EN"“I was bored I wanted to go with Regina Stop making a big deal out of it. I’m your wife. I’m entitled to have nice things” Sasha replied She ignored me and tried to find a ce in the closet, but there was no room.

    spanng="EN"“Hand over your card Until you start working and earning money, you won’t be going any more shopping again” I replied when she didn’t give it to me. I grabbed her purse to take it myself, “Not Roger, you can’t do that That’s my card? Sasha wailed 3 slipped it sot of its slot and turned it to face her “That’s my name, Roger Cook, not yours,” I coldly pointed out “I’m Mrs Ruger Cook I needed a dress for the wedding fun going with you. You might be fake marrying her, but I still need to outshine her How could I let her look better than me? I’m your actual wife, Roger, She needs to know from day one that she will never be above me or outshine me,” Sasha replied, and there it was. Sasha had nned to confront Elizabeth after the wedding i cant let her do that I don’t even know if there will even be a wedding, and she was nning on ruining everything Eizabeth could get it annulled if Sasha goes too far.

    spanng="EN"I knew that I needed to do what my father told me to do. The following day, I went to find a shark of a divorce attorney. I exined what had happened, and he saved me some time. His private investigator quickly found something that I’d been hoping for, a way out. Sasha’s baby wasn’t mine.

    spanng="EN"I felt both relieved and enraged. How dare she use me like that? Any feelings that I had formerly felt for her had been shattered. She knew something had changed between us. She kept trying to get me to have sex with her, but I was done with her and her lies. I wanted to kick her out of my parents‘ home. But my attorney told me to hold off on any knee–jerk reactions. She was being served today, that is, if they can find her. She’s probably out shopping again.

    spanng="EN"I felt like the biggest fool on the. My Dad had pointed out that I had traded a jewel for trash, and he was right. Dad knew that the baby wasn’t mine. But we kept Mom in the dark. She wouldn’t keep it to herself; she would rage at Sasha and kick her out. The attorney was expensive but worth it. I knew Sasha would fight to the death to avoid divorce, but I needed her gone so I could marry Elizabeth.

    spanng="EN"The meeting went as expected. Calling for my dismissal, citing that I wasn’t qualified for the job. They were right, I wasn’t. But I assured them all that I was actively trying to get Elizabeth back. They calmed down at hearing what I said. We all understood what was at stake if I couldn’t get her back. We had to move fast.

    spanng="EN"I got a call from my attorney as soon as I left thepany. “Just confirming that you still want to move forward. Once this is done, there is no going back. Once you approve this, everything will be set in motion. I have my best man on it; hopefully, she will be calm as she’s in public,” he advised.

    spanng="EN"“Where is she?” I asked, already suspecting where she was.

    spanng="EN"“She is at the mall,” he dryly told me.

    spanng="EN"“Serve her,” I replied.

    spanng="EN"I opened my wallet and noted that my credit card was missing. I guess she took it out of my wallet. I was calling the bank to have my card closed when her first call came in. She just kept calling, but I let them go to voicemail. I finished my call with the bank before answering her on the fifth call.

    spanng="EN"“How dare you, Roger? You think I’m just going to be nice and roll over like Elizabeth did? Not on your life. I’ll never agree to the divorce. You’re stuck with me forever,” her voice was high and shrill. I guess she didn’t care about making a scene.

    spanng="EN"“You lied, Sasha. You’re attempting fraud when you had me marry you to secure your bastard. You wanted to put me on the birth certificate to try to make me responsible for your child. It couldn’t be mine,” I told her.

    spanng="EN"“Who told you that? That’s a tant lie. Who was it? Elizabeth? Why would you say that? You were the one who seduced me, Roger, not the other way around,” Sasha cried out. I knew this wasn’t going to be easy, but ! wasn’t going to fall for her tricks anymore. But I knew she was serious about not agreeing to the divorce. “I will give you one million dors to sign the divorce paperwork. Until you agree to the divorce, you won’t be getting anything else from me. I have proof of your deception. I swear, if you cost me my business, I will make I sure you go down with me. No more shopping trips. No more hair and spa appointments. Just you and me, sitting at home, staring at each other. I won’t let you have a good life, Sasha. Not if you’re so set to destroy mine,” I told her. I didn’t raise my voice. She needed to hear just how serious I was about this.

    spanng="EN"“So you can just waste my time, Roger? Is that it? You acted like you wanted me, but then refused to take responsibility for your child?” Sasha asked, before her coldughter came through the phone. “I don’t care what you want. You’ll never be free of us. A million isn’t enough for me to raise your child.”

    spanng="EN"“Fine, we’ll do it your way. I’ll schedule you to have a DNA test done now. Then cut you off with nothing. How does that sound? We’ve been married for two weeks today, and you’ve done nothing but spend my money like it’s about to disappear,” I snapped back. I’m so sick of her lies. She honestly thinks that simply stating it’s my child can somehow make it true.

    spanng="EN"“No, you can’t do that,” Sasha replied. Her tone nowpletely changed to fear.

    spanng="EN"“I can do that, and I swear I will. You don’t even realize that we don’t have to wait for the baby to arrive to run the test. We can run one right now. I can ensure my name is never put on that child’s birth certificate. Then what will you do? I won’t be roped into raising your child. Take the money I’m offering, and go back to Paris and try to get the baby’s father to pay child support for them. I can promise you that I won’t be the one paying it,” I replied.

    spanng="EN"Sasha changed tunes now and started crying. “Baby, please, I’m sorry. I picked you because you’re a good man. You would be a better father to my child. You might not be their biological father, but you would be their father in all the ways that count. Their father is not a good man,” Sasha sobbed out.

    spanng="EN"“If he’s not a good man, then why were you with him on our honeymoon? You act like I’m an idiot, Sasha. I fell for your tricks before, but I see you for who you are now. You managed to get money from him, too, from what I heard. I heard that you took some racy photos that I need to see. But I hate having to spend extra money to ess them. Seems like you’ve made many enemies along the way. Just know that if I have to purchase them, it wille out of your money. The start was one million; if you don’t agree by Monday morning, I will

    spanng="EN"proceed with purchasing them and taking that out of your money. Push me hard enough, and you might end up owing me money by the time this is over with,” I replied.

    spanng="EN"Sasha’s sobbing stopped, and I heard her say, “Five million.”

    spanng="EN"“Two million, five hundred thousand, and it’s myst offer. At least you’ve stopped pretending now. You need to ept that you’re the liar and the cheat in this. Don’t forget you ndered Elizabeth as a representative of mypany. I could still be held liable for what you said,” I responded. What had I ever seen in her? It has to be the fact that I found her attractive. Because that’s all she has, a beautiful face and body.

    spanng="EN"“Fine, I will sign the divorce papers for two and a half million. Again, let me remind you that you were the one who chose me, Roger. I didn’te crawling to you; you chased me, so ept your me in this. I never pretended to be anyone but myself. I wouldn’t have even epted you, except I needed a father for my baby. Oh, and don’t forget, if you hadn’t been trying to fuck Elizabeth over so badly, it wouldn’t havee down to this,” Sasha snapped out.

    spanng="EN"“I will have the papers amended and call you tomorrow. I want to hand them to my attorney Monday morning,“I replied before hanging up. One problem down, and one to go.