Chapter 116: Whispers of Fate: A Contract Unveiled
"You have something to tell me? What is it? Is there something I should know?" I inquired, feeling completely clueless.
"Yes, Duchess, there is something you ought to know because the time has come," the attorney declared, leaving me bewildered.
"What?" I questioned.
"Duchess, your marriage timeline is coming to an end!" he announced, shaking my world.
"My marriage is ending? How do you know, and why do I need to hear this from you?" I retorted, refusing to accept what he was saying.
"Because I am the attorney who facilitated the contract between both families," he disclosed.
"Both families?" I asked.
"Yes, the marriage was arranged for a specific duration, and now the fourth year is about to complete, which means you only have a few months before becoming single again," he explained.
What is he saying? A marriage of four years? How? I didn’t sign anywhere. I never agreed to such conditions in my lifetime. Then where did this contract take place? I pondered internally while outwardly pretending that nothing had happened.
"A contract for four years. Then there should have been my consent, right? Why don’t I remember agreeing to such conditions? I don’t recall signing any papers without reading or mentioning such conditions," I voiced my confusion.
He handed me some papers and said, "Take a look at these papers. You will realize whether you signed or not. I don’t know how your signature appeared here or how you don’t remember, but as an attorney, I have done my work by providing the papers to both parties."
I picked up the papers from the table and started flipping through them, realizing that my father had asked me to sign them.