After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

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"Claire, you went out to have fun and it's been so long without a call. Are you having too much fun and forgetting about me?"

Elizabeth's voice on the phone remained kind and gentle, still so

warm.

"No, Grandma, I was just about to call you these past couple of days. I think Queenstown is a great city, and I'm enjoying my time here. I'm thinking of finding a job and staying."

The long-lost warmth suddenly washed over Claire. She glanced around the room and thought of the basement where she lived a few days ago. She almost burst into tears, but she forced herself to hold it back. "What? You want to stay in Queenstown?" Elizabeth was

shocked.

"Yes, Grandma, I want to stay here. You know, because of Anna's incident, Harrison and my parents..."

Claire nodded and brought up Anna's matter as an excuse.

Elizabeth couldn't handle any more shocking news now. She needed to come up with an excuse to keep it from her.

"Well, as long as you're happy. Just remember, don't let yourself suffer out there. If you need money, tell me. Come back and visit

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me whenever you have time."

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Elizabeth smiled and cautioned her worriedly. She knew about Claire's situation in the Prescoll family, and she had seen everything during the month after she was discharged from the hospital. Although it pained her, Elizabeth understood that there was a life involved. For Harrison, Robert, and Margaret, it was the best solution.

Although she didn't believe that Claire would kill anyone, Harrison, Robert, and Margaret were not like her. They really hated Claire.

to stay in the Prescott Manor and continue living as before after being released from prison. But she didn't expect the separation to come so

for the best as long

of myself. I'll visit you whenever I

tried hard to restrain herself, trying

hanging up the phone, Claire hugged herself and buried herself in the blanket, crying uncontrollably. Chapter 17 No

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voice, it felt like she was brought back to her days as

dazzling, but now even surviving became such a struggle.

truth was, she didn't even have the

she buried her head in the blanket, there was a loud knock

be working in the manor. You can't just

quickly

the day, she tirelessly cleaned, scrubbed toilets, wiped tables, mopped floors,

and was being skinned alive, none of the

without a single moment of rest, except for

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on her phone while ordering the other servants to find

tolerate it.

to her surprise, Claire never complained or showed signs of exhaustion. She

room and fell asleep immediately. She was too tired to have random thoughts or

in prison, Claire never slept peacefully, always afraid that she would wake up to find her blood

well, even if it meant feeling

She finished all the tasks without a

shocked and infuriated upon hearing that Claire had completed

it further confirmed her belief that Claire was putting on an

help but laugh when she thought

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called yesterday to say he wouldn't be coming back for a few days. "Claire, you're done for these next few days. I will make sure that you leave before

foundation powder onto the