A Second Chance with the CEO After Divorce

Chapter 32:

Belinda had become the main subject of the room’s whispers, with several attendees stealing glances at her.

As she rose from her seat, the room’s attention naturally settled on her.

Catching everyone’s gaze, Maggie rolled her eyes and muttered, “What, you can’t hear me from here? Should I pay for a check-up for your ears?”

“Go ahead.” Belinda smiled softly and extended her palm to Maggie.

“That’ll be fifteen thousand dollars, thanks.”

Maggie was taken aback. “Excuse me?”

Belinda echoed Maggie’s earlier comment with a smirk. “Didn’t you offer to cover my ear treatment? They’ve been giving me trouble lately.” She waved her palm impatiently and repeated, “Time to pay up.”

from her initial shock, her frustration evident. “Fifteen

grin grew. “You rented out a whole bar last week to host Miss Miller, dropping nearly thirty thousand in one evening. If you can splash out on a stranger like Cathy, surely you

“So you spent thirty thousand dollars on Miss Miller

was clearly kidding. As her sister-in-law, you wouldn’t really

a steady tone, “She volunteered to pay. She spent thirty thousand on your welcome party, and now she’s proposing to cover my hospital expenses. I’m merely asking for fifteen thousand. I think that’s quite fair.” She then turned her palm toward Cathy. “Since you’re so eager to defend her, why

for her or Maggie, yet Belinda’s arrogant smirk

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as murmurs began to

again becoming the center of gossip at the event, Kristopher lost his composure. He grabbed Belinda’s hand and fixed her with

ground, all because Maggie had dropped a careless

a

mocking and disrespecting her. Tossing her hair back, she fixed Kristopher with an icy stare. “So will you pay fifteen

on you? Is there really a

lip,