The Return of the War Legate by Celestial Clouds novel Chapter 22

“What?”

Samantha’s declaration surprised Adrian.

He had done all that to show her that she would always be happy from now on. He was not expecting her to ask for a divorce.

“Why, Sam?” he asked.

She rubbed her eyes and turned around so he would not see her face.

Sensing the atmosphere in the car, Samantha calmed herself down. “I thought about it at the venue. You’re the legate. I’m not good enough for you. You can find someone a thousand times better.”

Samantha never expected to suddenly rise in status overnight. She was just a normal woman. How was she to deal with her husband’s sudden revelation of his identity?

She did not want any of this. All she wanted was for Adrian to go to work and get home on time every day. That was all.

She also thought that she was not good enough for him now. If she stayed with him, she would only hold him back.

After hearing this, Adrian sighed. Samantha was not a greedy woman so she might not be able to accept who he was.

“I’m sorry for being so reckless,” Adrian said regretfully.

He then smiled at her. “Don’t worry, Sam. I’m actually not the legate, and neither are you the legate’s wife.”

Samantha curiously turned toward him. “What nonsense is this?”

“It’s not nonsense. The legate already left Swallowston and I was just pretending to be him.” Adrian decided to spin this lie.

“Pretending?”

Adrian nodded. “It was just part of the marketing for Swallow Central. Remember what happened at Alyanz Tower with Celine? General Summers found me there and instructed me to pretend to be the legate.”

Samantha was flabbergasted, then she remembered and said, “When we got out of the building the other day, you disappeared for a while and we couldn’t find you.”

“Yes, that was when it happened. The general said that I looked similar to the legate, so he asked for my help with the marketing. I got paid twenty thousand dollars for that,” Adrian told this excuse to cover up.

Samantha did not know how to react. She pondered over it. “Where did you get the twenty thousand that you gave Mother?”

“It was the payment. You can ask the general if you don’t believe me.”

Adrian tilted his head toward Daniel who was driving.

Samantha took a look at Daniel and was going to ask. He was listening in, so he smiled.

“I should thank you for your help, Ms. Samantha. This project is very important to Battle Warrior Lucas, so he insisted we make the marketing grand. I thought that if it was done well, it would help boost the legate’s reputation, so I asked for Battle Warrior Lucas’ permission. Once he agreed to it, I came to see Mr. Adrian about it,” Daniel said.

Samantha finally understood everything.

Swallow Central wanted to organize a great marketing plan to attract investors. That was a tactic that many businesses used. Adrian was just selected at Alyanz Tower the other day.

Samantha breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

“Do you still want a divorce?”

Samantha shook her head. “Nope.”

Adrian smiled, but Samantha frowned and said, “Don’t smile yet. That invitation my Grandmother got, was it from you or Simon?”

“The Blacks aren’t important enough to get an extra invitation. I asked General Summers for that,” he replied.

Samantha realized that Adrian had been misunderstood. “I’m sorry for losing my temper, Adrian.”

He smiled and replied, “My sweet Sam, in the future, if you’re ever upset about anything, just let it out on me. You can hit me. You can yell at me. I won't get angry.”