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.

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

it was for the best as long

good care of myself. I'll visit you whenever I have the

hard to restrain herself, trying to make

buried herself in the blanket, crying

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was brought back to

now even surviving became

didn't even

in the blanket, there

Hawthorne ordered it. From today onwards, you'll be working in the manor. You

and quickly got up

toilets, wiped tables, mopped floors, and took care of various

of the incident where a servant had saved her and was being skinned alive, none of the other servants

of her room, she worked non-stop until evening, without a single moment of rest, except for meal breaks and drinking water. Chapter 17 No Need to

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painting her nails, listening to music, and texting on her phone while ordering

tolerate it.

Claire never complained or showed signs of exhaustion. She simply endured and

she went back to her room and fell asleep immediately. She was too tired to have random thoughts or worry anymore, feeling

peacefully, always afraid that she would wake

well, even if it meant feeling tired, was a

She finished all the tasks without

upon

it further confirmed her belief that Claire was putting

but

No

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her plan. There was unrest in at town in Kingstown, and Frederick had 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

slammed her foundation powder onto the table and called