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 stall, my arm frozen mid–push on the door. I waited a minute before finally stepping out. That was when I spotted a heart drawn in lipstick on

lipstick heart, my calm was shattered, like a storm

wondered, ‘She’s so damn full of herself, just like in my previous life. Back then, as the mistress, she was always elegant

called all sorts of names like unqualified, a washed–up old hag,

would openly show up with Jared,

to me and say that half the money I

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

clenched my fists hard. Even if I was dead set on getting a divorce, I was still going to

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

and slashed a big X right over that heart, not holding back at all.

again, I couldn’t help but wonder if I was

I would divorce Jared, take

everything was getting

1/2

for the divorce, and Jared, who used to fool around all the time, was

rebellious as ever, acting like I didn’t matter, but I was gradually cutting her off emotionally. At

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