The Untouchable Ex Wife novel Chapter 540

Everyone froze, especially Charlotte, who didn't know how to read the room. She grabbed Zachary's arm and mumbled, "What are you doing, babe? At least stand up for me and Casey! Why are you kneeling in front of this woman?!"

"She's just a lowly commoner now, and my brother kicked her out after she cheated on him! This woman is a sinful cheater! So how could you kneel for her? What happened to saving face? Are you not worried you'd get bad for doing that?!"

"The f*ck you mean by bad luck?!" Zachary was so mad that he slapped Charlotte across the face. "You idiot! If it weren't for Liliana Scheneider back then, our family would've been destroyed long ago…"

"Everything you get to enjoy now, the food we eat, the purse you're holding, the shoes Casey is wearing… we can only afford all of that because of our saviors, the Scheneiders! If you dare to disrespect them one more time, I'll f*cking divorce you!"

Charlotte covered her swollen cheek with one hand, and retorted, "How is that possible?! The Scheneiders of North City fell from grace long ago! They were hunted down by their rivals so much that they couldn't even protect themselves! So how could they possibly lend a helping hand to the Johnstons?!"

"The Johnston family achieved everything on their own, what does it even have to do with the Scheneider family?! Besides, so what if Everheart is Liliana Scheneider's granddaughter, do you really have to act like she's the one who helped you?!" Charlotte screamed.

She had actually been quite obedient ever since she married the man, and figured she'd enjoy life as a rich wife with how deep the Johnstons' pockets are. Hence, she always listened to every single word Zachary said, and dared not to go against him.

Yet, this time, she found it extremely humiliating with Zachary basically groveling before Renee, which led to their first ever argument as a married couple.

"You stupid woman! Are you trying to defy me now?! How dare you disrespect my savior?! Kneel down! Now!" Zachary ordered harshly.

"I will not!" Charlotte balled her fists up and gritted her teeth. "I'd rather die than to kneel before this witch!"

"Is that so? Then I'll just have to divorce you right now!" Zachary roared with reddened eyes, clearly at his limit.

"You…" Charlotte started tearing up right then and there. She naturally didn't wish for a divorce, but the situation required her to kneel.

"Mr. Johnston, please get up first. Even if my family helped you, I didn't have a part in that. You two really don't have to get a divorce because of me. I can't possibly bear knowing that I was the cause of a broken marriage."

However, Zachary seemed as if he was glued to the ground. "Miss Everheart, you're the last remaining descendant of the Scheneider family now. Back then, your family had to face such a terrible fate… It was a shame that my family was just starting up then, and we couldn't help you the way you helped us."

"For decades, my father felt extremely guilty because of that. He would always tell me to appreciate and repay someone's kindness at all costs. So thanking you now is considered good karma for my family…"

"Since my dumb b*tch of a wife refused to apologize for what she did to you earlier, and insulted your son, I have decided to divorce her. You don't have to persuade me otherwise!"

"Ah, hearing this kind of reminds me of a lot of sad memories though…" Renee let out a long sigh.

Back then, her grandmother's family, the Scheneiders of North City, had really thrived tremendously.