After Divorce: My CEO Ex-Husband Keeps Clinging Novel – Tallulah, don’t pay any attention to what they say online. Last night, my phone was switched off. I had nothing to do with Emily, Darius tried to coax Tallulah. He was skilled at this kind of thing. Because Tallulah was easily appeased, she would obediently listen. “Darius, let’s get a divorce.
“Tallulah!” Darius came out of the bathroom and saw Tallulah on the floor. “My stomach hurts, can you.” Tallulah’s voice trembled, unsure of what was happening. But just then, Darius’s phone suddenly rang, interrupting what Tallulah wanted to say. “President Watson, Emily had a car accident!” Darius’s face turned pale, and he stood up abruptly. In that moment, Tallulah saw panic in Darius’s eyes. “Tallulah, just a stomachache? Go to the hospital yourself. There’s something urgent at the company, I need to go out.”
In Darius’s eyes, Tallulah was capable of everything. She could handle anything on her own. Tallulah stared numbly at Darius. Her ears weren’t deaf; she could hear what was said on the phone… Emily. That D-list celebrity had a car accident. “Darius. I’m really hurting,” Tallulah’s voice was hoarse, and she never bothered Darius, but this time, she couldn’t hold on any longer. “It’s just a stomachache, drink some hot water. There was an accident involving one of the artists at the company, I need to go and see. You be good,” Darius left without even looking back.
Finally unable to bear it, Tallulah fainted. Before losing consciousness, Tallulah wondered… Was it because she was too obedient in her daily life that Darius felt so secure in abandoning her like this? Stellar City Hospital. After a busy and hectic time, Emily finally came out of the emergency room. Sitting in a wheelchair, tears streaked down Emily’s beautiful face. “Darius, I thought I would never see you again” she said, and the tears came pouring out. “What happened?” Darius frowned and questioned Emily’s manager. “The driver was distracted and crashed into the guardrail but there’s nothing major, just a leg injury.
The doctors have already treated it urgently, there won’t be any scars,” the manager explained. Only then did Darius breathe a sigh of relief. “The driver can be fired.” “President Watson, please spend more time with Emily, she’s been frightened.” The manager quickly led the assistant away, creating a space for the two of them to be alone. Buzz! Darius’ phone kept vibrating. “Darius, is something urgent?” Emily cried while holding onto Darius, taking advantage of the opportunity to further their relationship after her own scare. “It’s nothing…” Darius glanced at his phone, it was Tallulah calling. Slightly furrowing his brow, Darius was surprised that Tallulah was being so thoughtless today. Normally, she would never proactively call him.
In Darius’ eyes, Tallulah was very well-behaved, always obedient since she was young. He didn’t have much of a concept of marriage, but Tallulah was a suitable candidate for his wife, obedient and understanding, not clingy. And besides, he had a reason that required him to marry Tallulah. “But Darius, your phone keeps ringing, should you answer it first?” Emily, sensible, looked at Darius. “It’s nothing urgent.” Darius simply turned off his phone and pushed Emily away. “I’ll take you home.” What could be the matter with Tallulah? “Darius, I’m scared, can you stay and keep me company?” Darius slightly furrowed his brow, clearly hesitating. Emily was a woman who knew how to be coquettish, crying for even the slightest injury. The thought of Tallulah suddenly came to mind; she was so strong that even a knife cutting her hand wouldn’t faze her.
For men, women like Tallulah were more like pieces of wood. Emily, on the other hand, was different; she would make men feel protective of her. “Do you remember when I used to cry at night in the orphanage? It was Darius who would accompany me” “Very well,” Darius could not refuse. As Darius’s car left the hospital, an ambulance whizzed by, but of course, he did not see the woman being carried out by the doctors it was Tallulah. “Tallulah, Tallulah” Zenobia cried as she called Darius on Tallulah’s phone, but Darius had already turned it off. Only a handful of people knew about Tallulah’s relationship with Darius, and Zenobia Stuart, as Tallulah’s childhood friend, was one of them. “Doctors, please save her!” Zenobia was in a panic, and if it weren’t for Tallulah’s last bit of strength to call her… The consequences would be unimaginable.
“She’s in hemorrhagic shock, and the preliminary diagnosis is ectopic pregnancy. Where are the patient’s family members? The patient is experiencing massive intra-abdominal bleeding and needs to have one fallopian tube removed through laparotomy. Is she married?” The doctor came out of the operating room, anxiously asking Zenobia. Zenobia was beside herself, trembling and falling to the ground. “Married… she’s married. Sob… I couldn’t reach him on the phone. Please, save her.” “Don’t cry for now. Any delay could be life-threatening. Has the patient ever given birth?” Zenobia shook her head with a choked voice.
Darius didn’t want children, and Tallulah always took birth control pills. “Understood. Let’s first try to contact the patient’s husband.” The doctor didn’t say much and turned back into the operating room. Zenobia sat paralyzed on the ground, repeatedly crying and calling Darius. But he remained unreachable, his phone still turned off. Early morning. “Have you seen the news? Emily’s rise to fame is extraordinary. It’s said that the major donor behind her is the president of AmberTech Innovations.” “They’ve been all over the entertainment headlines these days. Going in and out of Emily’s luxurious apartment in the early hours, isn’t that practically an official announcement?” The nurses on shift chatted about gossip, completely oblivious to Zenobia sitting by the hospital bed, frantically scrolling through her phone.
“That bast*ard Darius!” On the hospital bed, Tallulah slowly opened her eyes. At that moment, it felt as if a dream had been shattered. “Tallulah! You are awake!” Zenobia exclaimed, rising abruptly and tears streaming down her face. If it weren’t for the hospital administrator agreeing to the surgery last night, Tallulah would have died in Darius’s absence. “My dear Tallulah, you don’t oweDarius anything,” she said. Tallulah was the true child of the Watson Family. Darius was merely the adopted heir of Mr. Watson senior. “Owe…” Tallulah’s voice was hoarse. She had already felt indebted when her grandfather forced Darius to marry her.
“But now you don’t owe anything,” Zenobia reassured her. Tallulah took her mother’s surname; her mother was a dancer of low social standing, yet her father Patton Watson was smitten with her. In those days, no matter how much her father insisted, the Watson Family would not accept her mother. Tallulah envied her mother, at least her father did not succumb to the pressure of the family and eloped with her, living a simple life in a place where no one knew them. But when Tallulah was fifteen, her parents died in a car accident right before her eyes. Since then, she dared not ride in a private car alone. It was also in that year that Mr. Watson senior found her and brought her back to the Watson Family.
Even though Mr. Watson senior did not care for her, she was still the legitimate daughter of the Watson Family bloodline. When Tallulah returned to the Watson Family, Darius had already been groomed as the heir by Mr. Watson senior for ten years. Darius was eighteen that year, and Tallulah was fifteen. “Tallulah, from now on, you have a brother to protect you.” She pitifully nestled in the opulent mansion that did not welcome her, looking up at those warm eyes. Tallulah fell in love with Darius at first sight. Youthful and naive infatuation, like aged wine, grew deeper over time. Tallulah was silent and obedient, and Mr. Watson senior gradually accepted this granddaughter with a blood connection.
Mr. Watson senior passed away three years ago, by which time Darius was capable of single-handedly leading AmberTech Innovations and restoring it to its former glory within two years. In the eyes of outsiders, Darius was a prodigy, the sole heir of the Watson Family. But only Tallulah knew that Darius was adopted, and in order to fully inherit AmberTech Innovations, he had to marry her, the woman with the Watson Family bloodline. Tallulah understood why Darius wanted to hide her away because her identity was a shame to him. If everyone knew that Tallulah was the legitimate child of the Watson Family, what would Darius be? Just a live-in husband? Tallulah had always been obedient and well-behaved, so when Darius suggested a secret marriage, she dutifully agreed.
According to Darius, they were to pretend not to know each other when they were out, and Tallulah never mentioned their marriage to anyone. At home, Darius was still kind to her. In the three years of their marriage, he never forgot their anniversary or her birthday. He often said, “Tallulah as long as you obey me, I will give you everything. No one can shake your position.” But what Tallulah wanted was never these material things. The glory hidden under the starlight was worthless to her. However, she had loved Darius for almost ten years, and in those ten years, she eagerly built a family with him, thinking that finally there would be someone to protect and warm her. She was so infatuated with the warmth emanating from Darius that she almost lost herself.
She immersed herself in the secret dreams that Darius had woven for her, refusing to wake up. “Tallulah, you almost died last night, and he was with that D-list celebrity” Zenobia didn’t want to crush Tallulah, but she wanted to break her heart completely. “He spends millions on Emily but never cares about your well-being!” “Did you see the jewelry Emily was wearing at the film festival a few days ago?” Zenobia trembled as she pulled out a photo. She knew Tallulah never looked at these things. Suddenly, her heart felt as if it had been stabbed, a pain that didn’t bleed. In the photo, that set of emerald jewelry was a token of love that her father had given her mother. Mr. Watson senior said it was meant for his future daughter-in-law.
Although the Watson Family did not acknowledge her mother, her father still decisively gave the jewelry to her. When her parents passed away, Tallulah returned the jewelry to her grandfather. Mr. Watson senior probably really considered Darius as his own child, but this jewelry… it was meant for Darius’s future wife. Mr. Watson senior thought that it would eventually end up in his granddaughter’s hands. But he didn’t know that Darius had given this jewelry to a female celebrity. “Ha…” Tallulah’s eyes turned red, but not a single tear fell. Three years of marriage, and she still couldn’t win Darius’s heart. “Zenobia, I’m so tired…” She was truly exhausted. The Watson Family mansion. Darius didn’t return home until early morning. After finally coaxing Emily to sleep, he came home to a messy house and a small patch of blood. “Tallulah…” His heart tightened, and Darius anxiously pushed open the bedroom door, but Tallulah was nowhere to be found.
He quickly turned on his phone and saw hundreds of missed calls, sending a chill down his spine. Stellar City Hospital. When Darius arrived, Tallulah lay pale and quiet on the hospital bed. The autumn sunlight was bleak, devoid of warmth. In that moment, Darius felt his heart skip a beat. Perhaps Tallulah was just too tired, her face devoid of color, resembling a lifeless corpse. Darius’s fingers tingled as he slowly approached the bed. “Tallulah…” “President Watson, you truly are a busy man,” Zenobia sneered coldly, placing a bowl of hot porridge on the table. “When Tallulah had an ectopic pregnancy and needed a family member’s signature for the surgery last night, where were you? She almost died at home, did you know that?” Darius furrowed his brow, clearly displeased with being scolded. “Zenobia…” Tallulah’s voice was hoarse. “Let me talk to him.”
Zenobia stared at Tallulah with red eyes. “He spent the night with that hoe! Do you know that you almost died? If you forgive him, I will lose respect for you!” “Zenobia!” Darius’s voice carried a deep, intense tone. It was as if he was warning Zenobia that his patience had its limits. Tallulah looked at Darius in despair. Was he so sensitive that he couldn’t handle being called a hoe? “Tallulah…” Darius turned around, feeling somewhat flustered. “Apologize to Zenobia,” Tallulah spoke expressionlessly, for the first time commanding Darius. Darius was clearly taken aback. He had never seen Tallulah like this.
Since Tallulah returned to the Watson Family at the age of fifteen, she had been as meek as an oblivious rabbit. She wouldn’t bite, nor would she cry. “I’m sorry, I was too hasty…” Darius obediently apologized to Zenobia. Zenobia snorted and walked away. “Tallulah, don’t pay any attention to what they say online. Last night, my phone was switched off… I had nothing to do with Emily,” Darius tried to coax Tallulah. He was skilled at this kind of thing. Because Tallulah was easily appeased, she would obediently listen. “Darius, let’s get a divorce.”