Tiana took a deep breath, trying to steady herself before the oncoming task. She gripped the big envelope tighter in her hands before realising it.

"Okay," She adjusted her bag and pushed on the heavy doors.

"Oh, Princess Tiana," The assistant that sat at the mahogany desk suddenly stood up, adjusting her skirt on the way. "I wasn't, I mean, I didn't know that-"

"It's alright Evangeline," Tiana said soothingly. "I didn't know I was coming today either." She gave a reassuring smile.

"Yes, right sorry um, have you come to see Prince Naveen?" Evangeline started to move the papers off of the big calendar on her desk.

"I have," She nodded with a smile.

"Okay, well it looks like he has a phone conference in an hour, so-"

"Oh that's fine, what I have to do won't take long." She promised as she started to walk over to the door to her husband's office.

"Oh, sure um than, just through there."

"Yes, I know," Tiana chuckled as she put her hand on the door knob. "And Evangeline, please just call me Tiana."

Evangeline smiled happily and nodded her head in thanks.

As Tiana walked into the office, she immediately started to take in the details. The couch that sat near a window overlooking the walkway to the city, the black glass doors on the other side that led to the garden, the smell of wood and fire from the fireplace upstairs where the conference rooms were. Yes, Tiana would miss this place a lot.

'It can't be helped.' Tiana thought sadly as she turned her head from the window.

"Tiana?"

She looked up the stairs to her husband who had a phone to his ear.

"I'm going to have to call you back. Yes, I know that you need a decision now but something more important came up." Naveen turned his head to the side, and Tiana watched him. "Yes, more important than picking out a time for lunch tomorrow, mom." He sighed.

Tiana could not help but smile. She loved him. Everything about him. The way he got flustered when he talked to her about the time he wanted to ask her out, how passionate he was about his people, and the way he made time for everyone around him. She loved him so much, but her love could only go so far.

"Okay mom, at two, see you there. No i won't fake an illness, and besides, I really did get a stomach virus that time. Yes, I did, Tiana can vouch for me." He turned to Tiana.

"Yes Mrs. Durand he really was sick." She said loud enough so his mother could hear her.

"Told you. Ok mom, ok mom. Bye, see you tomorrow." He huffed and hung up the phone. "Sorry." He said sheepishly and came down the stairs. Tiana met him at the bottom where they exchanged a kiss. "I didn't know you were coming today." He went over to the black sleek desk that Tiana was not particularly fond of, only because it made him seem mean and cold hearted then he really was.

"Yes, I wasn't so sure myself." She gave a small smirk as she walked over with him.

"Well," Naveen threw his phone on top of the papers on his desk. "What can I help you with?" He leaned on the desk with his hands, his dimples showing due to his smile.

Tiana closed her eyes for a moment and licked her lips. She looked at her hands and felt her heart squeeze.

'You have to.' She told herself as she took a deep breath.

"Tiana?" Naveen came around the desk and leaned on the edge of it. Tiana looked him in the eye.

"I want a divorce." She handed him the envelope and went to one of the seats, putting her purse on it. Naveen gave out a surprised breath then stood up straight.

"What?" He looked at her confused.

"I want a divorce." She said more firmly as she began to dig in her bag.

"Yeah, no, I got that." He said bitterly as he threw the envelope on his desk. He walked over to her, almost towering over her. "Why?"

"I shouldn't have to explain that." She said off handedly "Although there is a clause in here that might need explaining." She took out another copy and turned to the almost last page. Naveen looked at the packet and noticed that her signature was on it already, including the last line.

"You've signed it already?" He felt his heart beat slowly in his chest, like it was getting ready to stop.

"Yes," Tiana gave him a fleeting glance. "Now if you please turn to page-"

"Tiana stop,"

"You will see-"

"Tiana stop." He grabbed her wrist.

"Please," Tiana closed her eyes, trying to keep her tears from falling. "Please, just let me get through this."

Naveen took his hand back and covered his mouth with it. He moved it down to his chin as they stared each other in the eye.

"Alright," He waved his hand in the air then rested it back on his chin as he went behind his desk. "Please, sit." He gestured to the seat in front of her as he got out the packet.

"Thank you." Tiana moved her purse to the side.

"Now, what page?"

"Twenty-five please."

"Twenty-five," He echoed as he flipped through the pages. He skimmed some of the other pages before getting to the page that she wanted.

"Clause three,"

"Clause three," He took out a pen.

The parties divorce will not process for the three days after the papers are presented to the second party.

"Okay," He shrugged as he sat back in his chair.

"So, our divorce will not be processed until Monday." She explained.

"Yeah, I know what this means." He snipped. Tiana sighed and took out her pen from her bag.

"Listen, I tried to make this as painless as possible. We both keep what we had when we came into this marriage. You can read over it-"

"Believe me, I will." He interrupted. Tiana stared him in the eye and nodded.

"Of course you will," Tiana capped and uncapped her pen impatiently.

"My turn to talk?" Naveen asked as he sat up, leaning his forearms on the edge of the desk.

"I don't see why not." She answered coolly.

"One, when the hell did you come up with this?" He moved the papers to the side.

"I'm sorry, am I not supposed to have resources outside of your circle?" She quipped.

"I don't care what resources you have; I just want to know when were you going to tell me about this?"

"Well I wasn't going to say at dinner, 'hey babe i want a divorce."

"That's just what you did!" He shouted, standing up from his chair. Tiana stood too meeting him at eye level. "That's just, what you did." He said quieter.

Tiana stayed silent as she listened to him.

"You came in, without warning, and handed out these papers like it was nothing." He put his fingers on top of the papers. "Like I'm supposed to say 'ok' and just give you my signature."

"They wouldn't be processed right away." Tiana reminded.

"To hell with that!" He pushed the papers off the desk. Tiana moved out the way and looked at the papers that were now on the floor. "You are asking me to sign our marriage away, you are asking me to separate from you." He set his jaw.

"I know what divorce means,"

"Then tell me, why? Please, Tiana help me understand." He went to the front of the desk and sat on the edge, close to her. Tiana took a deep breath, squatted down and picked up the papers.

"I just need your signature, I promise they won't be processed for thr-"

"Dammit, Tiana!" He yelled as he took the papers from her hand. "Ok, what if I don't sign this huh? What if I don't give my signature? Then what the hell are you going to do?" He slammed the papers back on his desk.

"They would get processed either way," She said coolly.

"Really," He narrowed his eyes at her.

"Excuse me?" Evangeline knocked at the door then opened it.

The two glared at each other for a while longer before Evangeline cleared her throat.

"Yes, Evangeline?" Naveen turned his head, his tone cold.

"The Prime Minister of England wants to move their conference up to ten minutes from now, they wanted to get you before you went to lunch. Is this a bad time?"

"No," Tiana automatically smiled and turned around from putting the papers back in the big envelope. "I was just leaving." She got her papers and put them in her bag. Her heart beat sorely in her chest as she felt Naveen's glare on her. She put the bag on her shoulder and turned to him, placing her hand on his. "See you at home." She went to kiss his lips but he turned his face away making her get his cheek. She backed away from him, waiting for a response. What she got was a bone crushing hug.

"We will talk about this home." He whispered then kissed her cheek.

"Of course." She swallowed thickly but kept her smile as she pulled away. "Evangeline." She nodded then went to leave.

"Are you alright sir?" Tiana heard Evangeline ask.

"Fine," He glared at the door then went to the desk and picked up the envelope. "Call my lawyer." He opened a drawer and placed the envelope there then slammed it shut, making Evangeline jump.

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I AM BACK! AHAHHAHAHAHA...sorry coffee high, yes this late. Anyway, hello lovelies and thank you so much to the widespread response to my stories thus far. Hopefully this will go well into the holidays, and I really hope that you enjoy it. EVERY SATURDAY! XD