Ophelia, calm down. No one can take Tommy away from you. Youâre his mother. Tommy will certainly stay with you. No oneâs gonna steal him from you. I can promise you that.â Zachariah said gently, which comforted her.
Ophelia calmed down and realized her gaffe. She tidied her hair and lowered her head. âSorry, I overreacted.â
Zachariah looked at her tenderly and then then reached out to wrap her in his arms with his chin on her head. âDonât be afraid. Iâm here.â
Ophelia breathed in his manly breath and cried helplessly. She knew she was too sentimentally attached to Zachariah, which was a bad sign.
âIâm fine now.â she calmed down and gently slipped away from Zachariahâs arms with a shifty look in her eyes.
âIâm going to see Tommy.â After saying that, Ophelia hurried out of the bedroom.
Zachariahâs dark eyes darkened with his fists clenching as he watched her walk out of the room.
Zachariah also left the bedroom, found Mrs. Chambers, and pulled her outside.
He made her a solemn bow and said, âMom, Ophelia and I are divorcing for sure but I promise you that she will still be my wife for a while. I hope you will respect my decision and not interfere in my marriage. Tommy is young and it is natural for him to stay with his mother. The divorce was negotiated between us.â
Mrs. Chambers had a dull pain in her chest.
âBullshit! Zachariah .â Mrs. Chambers was turning blue with livid anger.
Zachariah had his back straight and his face serious.
He said, âMom, Iâve thought this through.â
âZachariah, I donât agree. I donât agree with your divorce. Tommy is too young to be a single-parent child and there is no tradition of divorce in our family.â
After a pause, Mrs. Chambers added, âI had warned you that Ophelia didnât deserve you when you introduced her to me but you didnât listen to me and insisted on marrying her. I turned a blind eye because I thought that you were devastated by Coraâs leaving. I told you when you got married that once you got married, itâs not possible to get divorced. No matter what you did out there, you had to return to your family.
I donât care if you have another woman out there but Ophelia is the future hostess of the Chambers Family for sure. Hence, thereâs no doubt that I do not approve of your naive divorce.â
Zachariah looked at Mrs. Chambers and suddenly compromised. âMom, I know what Iâm doing. I said that Ophelia would be back to the family soon. I promise you. Iâve never ignored your words. Just let me make the decision this time.â
Mrs. Chambers was even angrier.
âNonsense! Divorce is no trifling matter.â She waved and said, âStop it. I donât agree with your divorce and Tommy, as the eldest grandson of the Chambers family, will stay here forever.No one is gonna take Tommy unless I die.â
After saying that, Mrs. Chambers entered the hall without looking at Zachariah.
Zachariahâs eyes grew probing. He had not expected his gentle mom to be so opposed to the divorce. He seemed to have underestimated the importance she attached to marriage.
Mrs. Chambers stormed into her bedroom. Mr. Chambers, who was reading quietly in bed, looked at her. He put the book down, got out of bed and walked over to her. âWhatâs going on? Why are you angry?â
Mrs. Chambers took a deep breath and said, âBoth of our children are trouble-makers. Theyâre pissing me off every day.â
Mr. Chambers was confused since he had no idea that Zachariah and Ophelia were getting divorced.
Mrs. Chambers took a look at him and gasped. âYour dear son and Ophelia are getting divorced.â
He was surprised. âWhy? They were OK at dinner, werenât they?â
âBoth of them told me the decision. Zachariah said Ophelia would take the custody of Tommy after the divorce. It just pisses me off that theyâre treating their marriage like a joke.â
âCalm down. Maybe they were quarreling with each other and it will all be over in a day or two,â said Mr. Chambers, taking her in his arms.
âYou know Zachariah,â said Mrs. Chambers, âHe wouldnât say anything if he hadnât thought it through. If he said he wanted a divorce, he meant it.
Anyway, you go have a word with him. I wonât let Ophelia take Tommy.â
Mr. Chambers was deep in thought.
âIâll talk to him later.â
That night, Mr. Chambers did have a long talk with Zachariah. When he heard that Zachariah insisted on a divorce and offered to give the custody of Tommy to Ophelia, he was furious.
Billionaire Lost to His Surrogate In A Love Game ï¤Chapter 530 Stimulating Conflict Say You Will Be Mine ï¤Chapter 38 Pay You Back for the Rest of My Life (The End)
He had the same attitude as Mrs. Chambers. He thumped the desk and said, âNonsense! I surely used to want you and Ophelia to divorce but now you have Tommy and become close to her. Why donât you try to live a peaceful life? Do you have to get divorced for a quick high like those young couples? The older you get, the more childish you are, arenât you?â
Zachariah pursed his mouth.
âDad,â he said after thinking for a while, âOphelia and I have decided to get a divorce. Itâs not a joke.â
âNonsense!â
Mr. Chambersâ anger blazed up. âYou are getting along well with each other and love each other more and more. I can tell that. I donât think there is anything unsolvable to make you get a divorce. Arenât you horsing around?â
âDad, itâs only a makeshift divorce. I will get Ophelia back. She is meant to be the daughter-in-law of the Chambers familyâ Zachariah said firmly.
Mr. Chambers clearly disagreed with Zachariah.
âZachariah, I always thought you were mature but this has shown me how immature you are. Marriage is not a game while you guys make the rash decision of divorce. Honestly, Iâm disappointed.â
Mr. Chambers said reproachfully.
Zachariah bowed his head and listened to Mr. Chambersâ rebuke humbly.
âStop talking about divorce from now on. You mother and I will not stop you from getting a divorce if you donât love each other anymore. However, I cannot just ignore your irrational decision now.â
Zachariah looked up at Mr. Chambers and said, âDad, Iâve made the decision after careful consideration and I hope you can respect me.âlightnoveldaily.com The Vixen's Man ï¤15 The Vixen's Man