Chapter 116

Chapter 116

“A clown might amuse people for a while, but never for a lifetime. Jared’s still young. He’s got his whole life ahead of him.”

Tracy’s offhand tone was like a shot of adrenaline straight to my heart, making it race uncontrollably.

Honestly, I was still Jared’s legal wife, but in Tracy’s eyes, I wasn’t even worth considering as competition. She was unbelievably full of herself.

“Exactly. All she’s got is her looks. What does she know about business? I bet she doesn’t even have a clue how much money Mr. Holcomb really has.

“She probably just takes whatever cash he gives her and lives the easy life,” the other woman said, trying to stifle a laugh, her voice low.

“Just pretend she doesn’t exist. I don’t want her messing up my image in front of everyone,” Tracy said, probably finishing up her makeup.

Then she added, “Let’s push the meeting back another half hour. My dad’s people are still stuck in traffic.”

“Okay,” the other woman replied, and then I heard the sound of their high heels clicking away.

the door. I waited a minute before finally stepping out. That was when I spotted a heart drawn in lipstick on the mirror, no clue who

my calm was shattered, like a storm suddenly hit my

my previous life. Back then, as the mistress, she was

I, the former wife, got called all sorts of names like unqualified, a washed–up old hag, clueless, and not knowing

openly show up with

ridiculous. People would come to me and say that half the money I spent was thanks to Tracy, and that I should just learn to turn a

the woman in the mirror, the one who just wouldn’t back down. In those bright eyes, I could see ambition and unwillingness blazing to

was dead set on getting a divorce, I was still going to leave

thin air, huh?‘ I thought. ‘Well, if the air turns toxic, let’s see how long she

big X right over that heart,

wonder if I was being too

goal was simple. I would divorce Jared, take the

understand why everything was getting more and

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managed to gather any evidence for the divorce, and Jared, who used to fool around all the

acting like I didn’t matter, but I was gradually cutting her off emotionally. At least this way, she wouldn’t be able to

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