Chapter 125

Jacob hung up the phone and called Simon. "Buy a bouquet of roses before you pick me up today." With that, Jacob ended the call. Simon, who had just woken up, held his phone with a bewildered expression. He doubted his own hearing when he heard Jacob asking him to buy roses. He couldn't find a reason why Jacob would want roses on the day he was divorcing Nicole. He quickly stopped guessing, as it was his boss' order, which he shouldn't question. He immediately noted the message in his phone's memo. Nicole arrived at the courthouse on time at 9:00 am. She entered and sat on a nearby bench. It wasn't a special date, so there weren't many people coming for marriage or divorce. Additionally, not many people came in the morning. Therefore, the courthouse was unusually quiet. Nicole didn't see Jacob after waiting for a while, so she sent him a message which read: "You're late even for a divorce. Could you please treat it with some sense of punctuality, like you would handle a business