12 years after my husband left me we met at a car showroom. He asked Are you a maid? My answer was..

my name is Kelly Brooke and I'm 43 years old I don't have any kids for my second marriage my husband is a kind man who never misses our monthly dates no matter how busy he gets he always keeps his promises I know I shouldn't compare him to my first husband but I've never regretted my divorce and I've never regretted getting remarried this month is our 8th wedding anniversary my husband reserved a table at a fancy restaurant with a view of the I thought we were going to have a wonderful time but then I ran into

the last person I wanted to see Jeremy Clarkson my ex-husband from 13 years ago we were about to leave the restaurant after finishing our meal when my husband excused himself to go to the restroom I was admiring the ocean view from the window thinking about the Beautiful Moments my husband and I had spent looking at the sea together just then I heard someone call my name when I turned around I saw Jeremy hey what's so beautiful do you think a regular Ocean looks nice to someone like you who's basically broke Jeremy long time no see

why are you here why am I here I should be asking you that Jeremy said sitting down in the chair my husband had been using looking at me as if I was a joke those eyes I put up with those eyes for a Whole Decade of our marriage I never thought I'd run into you here can someone like you who doesn't have much money really eat at a fancy place like this can you even afford it or is this a once in a lifetime thing it's our wedding anniversary ah I see poor people can only

come to places like this on anniversaries huh I come here often you know you're still pathetic isn't there someone with you yeah there is I just sent her to pay you know handling money is a woman's job I I thought to myself that he was still the same always belittling women then I saw her his lover from 13 years ago she had aged quite a bit her beauty was half of what it used to be and she looked worn out from life I guess Jeremy has been living the good life while his wife suffers you're

still wearing shabby clothes aren't you aren't you embarrassed to dress so poorly talking to such a terrible man like him makes me feel sick I turned my eyes toward the restroom hoping my husband would return soon and there he was he had been watching us for a while as I was talking to another man seeing the confusion on my face he approached us excuse me do you need something for my wife your wife this woman is your wife yes what do you need you also look poor I guess poor women always remarry poor men please

don't be rude my husband is a very respectable man Jeremy snorted in disapproval at my response imp you must be just a useless broke man then he glared at my husband I thought to myself this man really hasn't changed at all Jeremy was always very selfish although he worked for a big company it was unclear if he was really good at his job he was good at sucking up to his boss though he blamed his mistakes on his Juniors and loudly claimed their achieve ments were because of his guidance how he managed to climb the

corporate ladder is beyond me but by the time we divorced he had become a manager Jeremy always claimed he was an elite employee but I never thought of him that way I graduated from a prestigious University Jeremy would always brag not just any University but one of those special ones when I was dating him I believed his exaggerated stories and thought he was really smart but when we got married I discovered that was his only real talent plus he constantly put me down even though I only completed High School your parents were too poor to

send you to University right but it's good for you you didn't have the brains for it anyway if your family had been Rich you would have had to go to university but it would have been impossible for someone as stupid as you my family wasn't poor I just wanted to start working sooner rather than going to college ah enough with the excuses you can't stop making excuses can you you're an incompetent woman after all but it's good for women isn't it even if they're incompetent or stupid as long as they have good looks they can

get by if they catch a competent man they can live well I never thought he would say such things before we got married so his change after marriage was shocking plus his parents weren't wealthy landowners his father was just a director yet he still looked down on anyone he thought was poor you really can't do anything right you're bad at cooking you can't clean and you can't even have kids marrying you was a huge mistake he would say it wasn't a physical issue that stopped me from having kids it was the stress caused by Jeremy

my family always valued being careful with money and appreciating what we had but when I cooked with radish leaves to save money he yelled are you trying to feed me trash and threw them in the garbage it made me realize just how different we were one day he told me he had a lover the woman was much younger than he was he pushed for a divorce saying it was better for him to remarry a younger woman I was glad to divorce such a man so I signed the papers who is this man Kelly my husband

asked HEK my ex-husband Jeremy Clarkson oh I see I had already told my husband about everything Jeremy had said and done to me it had been a painful 13 years and I had shared it all with tears my husband just listened quietly and finally said let's be happy from now on you really dared to marry a woman like her since you're marrying someone from a poor family you must be broke too Jeremy sneered well maybe maybe not of course you are so you're also a broke man huh marrying a poor person means you're broke too

am I right but why did you divorce such a wonderful person wonderful your eyes must be fooling you truly wonderful means having a beautiful wife like mine he pointed to his wife who stood there looking embarrassed is that woman your wife yes she's beautiful isn't she she's actually my boss's daughter marrying the boss's daughter definitely helps one climb the career ladder faster marrying a broke woman like you probably means you're just a regular employee too bad a regular employee I haven't heard that in years I said what are you trying to prove a low class

guy marrying a low class woman it just means you'll both be broke for the rest of your lives and you think you deserve to eat in a fancy restaurant like this this level of restaurant isn't a problem for us my husband calmly replied yeah sure if that's what you think Jeremy scoffed just then a waiter passed by and my husband pulled out a black card instructing him to settle the bill Jeremy was surprised by the card but tried to hide it snorting again is that a black card showing off a card like that here you're

not used to it are you you must have borrowed it from someone flashing the around but later you'll have to pay back the person who lent it to you right I bet you're scared to spend money in a place like this it's all just an act funny thing to say who would lend their card I wonder no matter how Nave someone is they wouldn't lend out a card like this my husband replied how would you know that Jeremy you shouldn't say such insulting things I added what's insulting I'm just stating the truth there's no way

you could be well healthy if you married a poor woman like her my wife is poor you say yes that's right her family's place is a rundown one floor home you know that right or maybe you were too embarrassed to visit her home so you went to a family restaurant instead meeting her parents at a family restaurant for a marriage proposal is unheard of but for poor people like you it's probably normal a family restaurant huh the fact that you thought of that that means you must have done it yourself right if you hadn't experienced

it you wouldn't have thought of it what are you talking about I'm not short on money I wouldn't do something so cheap yet you came up with it I never would have thought of that my husband said then turned to me right Kelly what about you well I think I'd like to go to a family restaurant occasionally but we rarely get the chance I replied exactly you're lying when you were with me you were happy to go to family restaurants that's because I had never really been to one before oh I bet you sure talk

big now coming to a fancy restaurant like this acting all important maybe that's you it seems like you don't fit in this kind of place what you think I don't fit in here there's no way I'm out of place you're the one who doesn't belong here do you even know who I am why would I know you if if you want me to remember you just become famous my husband replied calmly I am well known but I guess it's impossible for someone like you to know me you think I'm just a regular employee I'm a

manager not just an employee a manager huh is that supposed to be impressive just then the chauffeur arrived greeted my husband politely and said sir your car is ready thank you Jeremy looked confused what's going on on oh you're probably just the president of some small company I work for a major corporation the brook group and I'm a manager there oh so you're still just a manager excuse me you think you're important but staying as a manager at your age won't get you far what this man works at our company yes he's been with us

for a long time what do you mean our company you're just an office lady from a small business that's right but I don't have kids or any reason to quit my job so you can't have kids I knew it something's wrong with you hey that's crossing the line Kelly is perfectly fine my husband said standing up for me if she's fine why can't she get pregnant women are supposed to have kids I don't need to explain that to you you can't say it because it would prove something's wrong with her this man is hopeless jerem

said yes he's Beyond saving my husband replied calmly this man's name is Jeremy Clarkson right I understand he's fired Kelly please contact HR what what are you saying you think you can shock me with that what company's president are you claiming to be are you trying to fool me with this obvious act are you stupid Jeremy my husband is the president of the brook group what that can't be true Jeremy exclaimed but the driver nodded with a look of pity seriously is he really our president yes and I am his wife and the vice president

of our company that's ridiculous how could Kelly from a poor family end up as vice president with just a high school diploma those things don't matter whether someone graduated from high school or college doesn't determine their worth that's ridiculous Jeremy stammered I will never forgive anyone who insults my wife my husband said firmly but there's a union the union will protect us employees you're a manager right managers are not union members so you are not protected by the union didn't you know that seriously well you better prepare yourself since you insulted my wife you must

face the consequences Jer looked stunned but my husband didn't care and asked me if we should go we left the table that night perhaps bothered by what happened Jeremy called but his tone was completely different from his arrogance earlier Kelly it's been a while what do you mean we already talked this afternoon Jeremy ah yes what can I do for you your dismissal hasn't been processed yet ah you guys were just joking right about you being the vice president and your husband being the president no it's all true I'm surprised you don't know who your

own company's President and Vice President are but why would you be the vice president because the best way I can support my husband is by being in that position but it's strange why would a high school graduate be the vice president it's not strange at all I only graduated high school because I wanted to start working early but after we separated I earned a college degree huh really yes there are schools you can attend from home so you really are the president's wife yes how did you manage to marry the president when did you get

married we got married after I divorced you I met the president soon after and we dated for about 5 years before getting married married why would the president take an interest in someone like you stop being so rude oh sorry connections are strange aren't they I just happened to meet the president but even so why would he marry someone broke like you is he a philanthropist no one marries for charity if he's not a philanthropist did he marry you to make you his slave maybe today you got lucky and got taken to a fancy restaurant

but usually you must be having plain meals and living a difficult life where you can't even buy what you like right why would you think that that's not true at all you're the only one who would do such a thing there's no way you could marry such a rich man why do you think so rich people have connections with politicians and other wealthy people if a poorly raised Woman Like You shows up at their parties it would embarrass the president or maybe he lets his mistress attend those instead you're making wild assumptions if you keep

looking down on me like this you'll truly regret it I'm just concerned for you a woman with a poor upbringing like you marrying a rich man like the president will only suffer a regular employees husband would suit you better marrying someone richer than me you must be a foolish woman who can't see ahead who's the fool here if you call just to say that I'm hanging up no wait I'm not trying to insult you it's just true that you come from poverty and that can't be helped thinking I'm looking down on you for that is

completely wrong you say I come from a poor family but my father is wealthy your family is poorer than mine I didn't mention it back then because of your pride but your family home isn't even half the size of mine your father is just a department head and you're still just a manager that's not true when I proposed to you you were living in a small single story house that was because we were renovating our home at the time we had stored all our belongings elsewhere and it was just a temporary residence there was no

need to move to a big house my mother said so that can't be true you don't have to believe it but since the renovation is finished even if you say you want to visit my parents home you've stubbornly refuse to go again I couldn't tell you the truth who would want to visit such a poor rown house you really are hopeless then I'll send you a picture this is my family home you'll see from the picture I sent a photo of a large mansion that's my house I lived there for a while after our divorce

what that can't be true it's true if this is true then why were you working as an office lady in a small company if you're so rich you wouldn't need to work and if you did work wouldn't it be at a large Corporation my father is the president of a major company that company was a new one he started when it was time to decide who would be the president my brother was chosen for the role so I volunteered to handle the administrative work now that company has grown to the top of the industry is

that true were you really so rich yes this is the truth this is the real me the person you use to look down on so that's why you could marry the president that's not it I met the president because we shared the same Hobbies we met through our interests and HIIT it off he didn't know I was from a wealthy family and I didn't know he was the president so you're at the company where I work because of that how long have you been at that company I joined right after our divorce I had a

connection by chance why when you were with me you were just a clerk at your brother 's company after we divorced you changed jobs that's right my brother's company grew a lot and he told me it was time to do what I love so I decided to pursue what I always wanted to do then just as a senior position became vacant they offered me the job but at that stage I still had no connection with the president he was still someone high up out of reach I don't understand how can you have connections like that

do rich people just connect with other rich people that's why I'm saying those things don't matter it's your mindset that's holding you back as just a manager I wonder why your wife hasn't gotten tired of you yet she can't get tired of me I'm supporting her keep up with that attitude and you'll get what's coming to you anyway that's the situation so stop belittling me already I wasn't trying to belittle you I really thought you were poor about that dismissal you mentioned this afternoon oh yes your dismissal after all the mocking you did it's only

natural you'd be fired that would put me in a tough spot can you talk to the president so I don't get fired what you were just mocking me a lot and now you're asking not to be dismissed that's impossible you know I have nothing but resentment towards you why the fact that you don't think you're resented is truly surprised ing what have I done to you there's too much to even remember it's that much I bet your wife thinks the same as me why don't you ask her what she really thinks though I doubt she'll

tell you I only said those things because I thought you were poor why do you think I'm mocking you when I'm just being honest once words are spoken they can't be taken back you should understand that as an adult I do understand that then you should understand why you're being dismissed right no I don't understand at all please I'll be in trouble if I'm fired if it were just about this afternoon the president might have overlooked it but then you had to call and ask all these questions my husband is here now frowning he really

thinks you're hopeless maybe you should just give up there's no saving you no if the president is right there why can't you just say something it's only natur natural for a husband and wife to be together besides you didn't ask if someone was with me did you that's true but you've made things worse for yourself you mocked not just me but my parents and my husband too look I didn't think you'd get this angry please forgive me if I had known you were wealthy I wouldn't have said such mocking things I won't say them again

please forgive me just give up I think your dismissal order will come down to tomorrow wait please Jeremy's voice echoed on the other end of the phone but I hung up and looked at my husband the next day Jeremy came to the president's office looking pale with dark circles under his eyes he seemed to be in really bad shape I was in a meeting with my husband the president discussing business matters but I was shocked by Jeremy's appearance Jeremy what's wrong I'm very sorry Jeremy apologized as he said sat down on the spot Jeremy what

are you doing please please just don't fire me what do you mean my husband the president knew about the conversation from the previous day he had guessed for my responses during the call and I had told him everything Jeremy said after hanging up as a result his impression of Jeremy was very poor and his anger was even greater than mine I am truly sorry I didn't know your wife was from a wealthy family I think she is a perfect match for the president's wife I also heard she graduated from University even if it was through

correspondence she's a hard worker unlike my own wife so you decided she wasn't good enough for you and got rid of her right Jeremy looked up at the president wondering how he knew such a thing of course I've told my husband everything we're married after all or do you and your wife not talk about your pasts no it's not like that but that was a long time ago I was young then I thought Kelly was just a poor man's daughter so I thought it was okay to have a mistress how does it come to that

is that why you think it's okay to commit sexual harassment or abuse your power what do you mean don't tell me you haven't done it there are complaints from your female co-workers they say if our company doesn't handle it they'll go to the police our company was just discussing what to do about it when your disrespectful remarks came yesterday it's really hopeless isn't it that's right I wouldn't have thought you were actually harassing or bullying but after seeing you yesterday it seems all too true you don't even see women as people do you you think

they're below you no I never even if that were true firing me would be too harsh please show some mercy well you do have a family if you were fired you wouldn't be the only one in trouble that's right exactly my husband smirked and looked at me so what do you think Kelly how about sending Jeremy to our Michigan wait what the Michigan is in a region with very few people and is practically unsustainable as a company the former president who came from that town established the branch there to help the local people but it's

a lonely place with just one employee the previous employee reportedly went mad from the loneliness we want you to turn that Branch around in 5 years if you can do that we'll bring you back here of course if you can't you'll spend your retirement in Michigan thank you I appreciate it Jeremy said thinking it was an act of Mercy from the president he set off for the Michigan but both my husband and I knew it was an impossible task working alone for a small number of town residents it was clear there wouldn't be any profit

to be made Jeremy moved to the branch all motivated taking his mistress who had become his wife with him but she soon grew unhappy with the cold and isolation and eventually she reached her limit Jeremy's salary dropped significantly and despite being called the branch manager his pay was minimal this led to daily arguments with his wife although he boasted that if he turned things around in 5 years he could return to the head office his City bred wife didn't believe him she left divorce papers behind and went back to the city Jeremy tried his best

for a year but no matter how hard he worked the population didn't grow and no profits came eventually he realized that no effort would change anything in 2 days he submitted his resignation after leaving the company Jeremy contacted his wife but by then she had found someone new Not only was Jeremy ignored by her but he was also beaten up by her new partner and ended up in the hospital after being discharged jery looked for a job but at his age he found nothing and life became harder for him he ended up living in a

Shabby rundown apartment and the only job he could find was as a nighttime store clerk the man who had once boasted of graduating from a prestigious University now stood alone in a store at night as for me I continued to be cared for by my kind husband enjoying another wonderful date this month marrying him changed my life so much and I'm grateful that Jeremy and I divorced