OMG!!! My Crippled Husband is a Hot, Powerful CEO-Chapter 164 – Try Me

"I thought I’d have dinner with my wife for the last time," Alex rose to his feet and said, pulling out a chair for Joanna.

Last time? Joanna’s heart sank, and tears stung the corners of her eyes, yet she held them back. After all they had been through together, Alex was still going ahead with the divorce.

She couldn’t explain how it happened, but somewhere along the line, her heart became entangled in this game of love, and she fell in love with a man she shouldn’t have.

"Can we negotiate? Can’t we just be together?" Her pleading voice broke Alex’s heart, but with all that was going on, he had to put her safety before everything. Then again, Dion’s savior was also there.

The dangers around him were just too much. "I’m sorry, no. Here is the divorce agreement."

Despite the candlelit dinner, Alex pushed the divorce papers in front of her.

Joanna’s heart was heavy with pain, but if this was what Alex wanted, there was nothing she could do about it. After all, he already had someone, and she was just standing in his way.

Without reading the document, she signed it. "Can I have my ring back?" She removed the expensive ring Alex bought her and dropped it on the table.

Both rings were family heirlooms, and for some reason, Alex was not ready to part with the one Joanna gave him because it was from her.

That was when he realized it was the only thing she ever gave him aside from her heart but was also her most priceless treasure.

"No, you can’t have that ring back, but you can keep this one." He pushed the wedding ring back towards her before pointing out some clauses in the divorce agreement.

"You didn’t read the agreement, so I will spell it out to you." Everything he needed was right there in front of him.

"Here is an unlimited black card, and this is another with a total of five hundred million. There are two villas for you at Long Island, and you can pick three cars from my fleet."

A tear dropped from Joanna’s eyes before she could stop it. Alex was being generous to her, but it wasn’t enough to compensate for what she felt for him.

She wanted none of this but only his heart. "Thanks, but I don’t need all this. My business is doing well."

Alex smiled, her reaction was expected. From the beginning, she had even been the one to propose paying him. "I know, but this is still yours." He pushed everything towards her.

The bodyguards were already informed, and Jack was there to take Joanna wherever she wanted.

Alex hoped that she would leave New York altogether, but a greater part of everything still depended on her.

"I proposed the contract, and we both benefited. No need to pay me," Joanna said seriously, and Alex felt helpless.

Since she refused to take the alimony, perhaps he might just invest it in her company but thought to ask her. "Can we still have dinner together? Like a normal couple?"

It was a selfish thing to ask, and he wasn’t expecting her to oblige.

"Sure, I’m famished," Joanna forced a smile as she stared at him, not believing this was the last time she was going to see his handsome face.

Everything was set in stone from the beginning, and Alex kept his word, so she had nothing against him.

Alex could also not take his eyes off her, trying to take in her image for the last time.

He picked up the cutlery before her hand reached it and spoke as he fed her. "I will try my best to keep the media off everything. You can stay and manage your company if you want, or you can always have someone else manage it if you want to leave entirely."

Joanna was only thinking about how to break the news to her mother since the elderly woman had developed a special liking for Alex.

"If I have to leave, then I have to take my mom with me, but I don’t know how she’s going to take this."

Alex was feeling extremely guilty at this moment. "I’m very sorry, but can you let me handle it? I will tell her that things didn’t quite work out between us. Her domestic workers would still be on my payroll."

Joanna wiped another tear from her eyes, but the next moment, she picked up a glass of red wine and gulped it down.

Alex could tell that he was hurting, but also knew it was better not to comfort her. The pain would not last forever, and no matter what, they both had to face it.

Joanna was tempted to accept the offer because for as long as Alex’s employees remained, her mother might not have a hint of the divorce, and since Alex promised to keep it away from the media, her mother might also not hear of it.

"Thank you, but let me think about what to do with my mother. She has been here for long, so now that she’s in good health, perhaps she might want a tour around the world.

Yeah, the only way to get over Alex would be to tour the world. New places might just help her get over Alex, but who was there to trust with her company?

"Can you recommend anyone for a CEO position?" Joanna asked, and Alex felt bitter. Joanna was going away, but looking at it both ways, it was the best.

"Yeah, I can send Jeffrey back to you."

At least he knew Jeffrey had Joanna’s interest at heart and would manage the company well since Mia and her father were now changed people.

It still did not qualify them to return to the company. "Thank you for everything, Alex." Joanna’s voice was shaky from tears, so she picked up Alex’s glass of wine and gulped it down.

"Is there anything else you want?" Alex asked with concern, and Joanna forced a smile. What a way to divorce? All she wanted was his heart, and she knew she would never have it.

"Trust me, you can’t afford it," she replied with a forced smile, but Alex was willing to give her anything, except for marriage. novelbuddy.cσ๓

"Try me," he dared her, but after hearing the request, he was dumbfounded.