Lahat ng Kabanata ng FROM EX-CONVICT TO WIFE OF A RENOWNED LAWYER : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

Have you ever regretted making a decision?The decision I made seven years ago got me into this, and I regret it. The heavy prison gates creaked open, and sunlight shone a blinding white directly on Fiona Robison’s tear-filled eyes. Two years. Two years stolen and wasted on a crime she didn't commit. She has finally been released. Yet, it wasn't pure joy that filled her. It was a bitter cocktail of longing, disgust, and hatred. All of this for two different people. She clutched the worn photograph in her pocket—the image of her son, Rowan Watson, his gap-toothed grin—a glaring contrast to the harsh reality that she had experienced in prison. Taking a shaky breath, she hailed a cab, ignoring the tremor in her voice."Tanglin," she rasped, the word a foreign taste on her tongue. She highlighted in front of a sprawling mansion with a big iron gate. Despite the steely resolve hardening within her, a tremor ran through her hand as she fished out a crumpled twenty-dollar bill for the f

Fiona stood rooted to the ground. She was expecting a divorce. If Jackson hadn’t been quick enough to demand a divorce, she would have done that first. After all, what’s there to stay in a deceitful marriage for? She turned and wore a small smile across her face, trying all hard to be strong for Rowan, who was clinging to her. She felt like a dagger was plunged into her heart, seeing Alaina and Jackson hanging all over each other, but what would she do? “Like I said earlier, Jackson, you don’t deserve me.” Her voice was firm, strong, and unwavering. Even though she felt betrayed by her husband and best friend, she wouldn’t allow them to see through her helplessness. Jackson fluttered his eyes. He'd expected Fiona to fall to her knees and beg him to take her back, knowing she had nothing to fall back on. Jackson had claimed ownership of every little thing she had. Jackson smiled wickedly, relishing in Fiona’s helplessness. He knew when she felt hurt, but he didn't care. “I wonder if

“Mama, look at grandpa!” Rowan's high-pitched squeal snapped Fiona out of whatever was going on in her mind. She instinctively whirled her head in the direction in which Rowan had pointed. Her jaw hit the ground. She felt like her heart stopped pumping blood into her body. She couldn’t believe her eyes or what she was reading on the small TV mounted on the wall of the motel room where they had both lodged for the past two weeks since the incident of her divorce with Jackson. That same day, she returned to her father's mansion, hoping he would take her back now that she had learned her lesson and lost everything she had worked hard to build to Jackson's deception.She just held onto that glimmer of hope; maybe he would have let go of her past mistake, but to her dismay, her father still rejected her again, telling her he had long broken ties with her. The thought of what made her father denounce her years ago felt like a broken record playing in her mind, repeating the same melanchol

“What’s the name of your school, Rowan?” Nana asked him as they walked hand in hand around the multibillion-dollar Robinson mansion.Rowan lifted his gaze to meet Nana’s curious face. “Maple College,” he answered. “Did you know where?” He was still staring at her. “Isn’t that the biggest school in Tanglin?” Nana asked rhetorically. Rowan nodded with a huge grin, dropped his gaze, and continued walking, holding onto Nana’s hand. Suddenly, he let go of Nana's hand and ran forward, as if he were running towards someone.“Rowan!” Nana called after him. “You shouldn’t run after a stranger, Rowan,” Nana cautioned, but gave up when Rowan wrapped his tiny arms around the person’s leg.“My friend!” Rowan’s childish voice echoed through the air. “Mr. Miller, w-we are sorry; don’t be mad at him,” Nana stuttered shakily after realizing that the man Rowan had gone to hug was none other than the renowned legendary lawyer, Ethan Miller. Nana attempted to get Rowan away from his body, but Ethan s

Ethan smiled faintly. “I forgot to take the will from Mr. Logan. Oh, and by the way, Mrs. Robinson, you are the one who will be needing a lawyer, as I will be representing Miss Robinson in court.” Ethan declared. Bernard’s expression darkened with rage. “What!? Are you kidding me?” He scoffed. “Is this some sort of joke?” Ethan shifted his gaze toward Bernard, giving him a serious look. “Does it sound like a joke to you, or am I some kind of clown?” Jessica shook her head in disbelief. “Mr. Miller, are you being serious?” Ethan nodded. “Fiona here,” he paused and gestured to where Fiona stood. “... is my client, and I am representing her in court.” Hearing the news, the sparkle in Jessica’s eyes faded away, replaced by uncontained fury. “You should get a lawyer, a very good one to say,” Ethan added, seemingly to shock Jessica and Bernard, who stood like a bombshell dropped on them. Bernard gritted. “Mom, I told you this man is a scammer rather than the renowned lawyer that he cl