After divorce I am a billionaire novel Chapter 1089

Chapter 1089 Divorce, Malcolm has the most say

Mavis felt her heart break as she listened. She immediately hugged her son and comforted him, "No, I could never ever not want you."

Although he was only five years old, he was clearly mature for his age. To avoid worrying them, he often pretended to be clueless when it came to certain things.

Mavis now realized the sensitivity deep within her son's heart and felt guilty and self-blaming almost to the point of drowning.

But there were too many issues between her and Anthony that stood in the way; she had to resolve them.

"Alistair, I don't want to hide anything from you. It's true that your dad and I have talked about separating. Whether or not he will marry Bryleigh in the future is unclear. But I won't be with Moore."

"I just want to live with you, take good care of you, and then go back to Bostrain together later on so we can start a new life there. Okay?"

Alistair looked at her but remained silent.

Not long ago, he had asked Mavis if they could leave together but only because he was angry with Anthony at the time and wanted to run away from home with Mavis for a while.

Now Mavis meant taking him somewhere unfamiliar where they would start a new life without knowing when they would return again - no Daddy or Great-grandma or auntie around - even seeing Molly might become impossible...

The unknown scared him.

Mavis continued speaking softly, "Have you met your grandma yet? Grandma likes you very much too; both she and I will stay by your side when we get there."

Tears still stained Alistair's little face as he shook his head firmly, "I don't want it."

Mavis' expression stiffened. "But you liked going abroad last time, didn't you? Why not today..."

He shook his head again repeating himself, "Don't wanna go... I don't wanna go..."

Mavis' face grew paler by the minute.

Her son's sudden change of mind made things even harder for her if she wanted custody over him from Anthony...

Alistair raised his small hand wiping away tears haphazardly before asking confusedly, "Why do you and daddy have to separate?"

Because his daddy never loved her in the first place...

His daddy hurt her deeply...

Even if she endured all those shadows while compromising everything else just for their loveless marriage, one day their estrangement would inevitably explode into something worse than what it already was now...

Mavis still hadn't answered, and Alistair gripped her sleeve with his small hand. "If Daddy does something wrong and makes you sad, can I stand up for you? I can punish him!"

Mavis couldn't help but laugh at his words. "Where did you learn these things?"

"A kid in kindergarten told me. Whenever his dad made his mom angry, he would be kicked out of the house and have to kneel on a washboard until she calmed down. And Daddy really needs to be taught a lesson!" Alistair waved his fists in the air excitedly, completely distracted by this topic.

Other men kneeling for their wives or washing clothes wasn't anything new or surprising, but it was impossible for Anthony. He was too proud to even consider bowing down.

However, Mavis couldn't help but feel a bit mischievous inside. Even though it seemed unrealistic, she actually wanted to see that scene happen with Anthony kneeling before her. She might even take some pictures as souvenirs and tease him about it later.

...

Night had fallen over the National Investigation Bureau building as lights continued to shine from within.

The duty officers were still working hard into the night dealing with difficult cases.

Anthony had come over late at night to assist in investigating and arresting Sheldon alongside the NIB team.

Creak...

The door of Chad's office opened as he took off his military jacket while complaining, "Sheldon has quite an extensive network of power! We've been investigating for so long yet we have very little evidence against him... I've been running back and forth all day."