After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

Love My Ex-Wife 21

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Chapter 21 She Goes In

"What? Admitting it?!"

Seeing Claire silent, Frederick was even more convinced that Caroline leaving the villa had something to do with Claire.

"I didn't do anything. Frederick, trust me, I know my place, I have self-awareness. I won't cause any trouble. If you don't believe me, you can call Caroline."

Hearing Frederick's words again, Claire finally came to her senses. She lowered her head, standing there, respectfully speaking.

She knew that if Frederick wanted to, he could take her life in an

instant.

Looking at the humble Claire, Frederick frowned slightly. "Better be that way, or else you know the consequences."

Watching his retreating back, Claire finally let out a sigh of relief.

She sat down on the bed, repeatedly thinking about everything Caroline did after finding out she had moved into Halfmoon Manor, but couldn't figure out why Caroline did nothing this time. She could see that Caroline was very fond of Frederick.

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But knowing the news of her and Frederick's marriage plan, how could she not make a fuss and instead choose to leave Halfmoon

Manor?

From that day on, Caroline indeed did just that.

She no longer stayed at Halfmoon Manor.

Everything returned to the path Frederick had set, developing step by step according to his wishes.

to create the illusion for

acted like a deeply

would gently pull her into his embrace, carefully open the car door for

fix any stray

found herself believing that Frederick truly

that Frederick did not love her; all of this was merely to ensure she could better shield Caroline from

of distraction, she would uncontrollably fall into the

She

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love she had longed for in her earlier

and gloomy look in Frederick's eyes could she remind herself of how much

would occasionally visit Halfmoon Manor

could not escape

short term.

brother Arthur Hawthorne, she would remain trapped. As for the marriage issue, Claire had no idea what

would surely find out, and Claire feared it might upset

in even greater danger, drawing the attention of all enemies and allowing them to overlook

of the Prescott family, her false identity had not

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murderer of their own

supported her, she had no influence

politics, and with Nathan Hawthorne's significant position in the military, both Arthur and

family like that would never agree to Frederick marrying

if the Prescott family had not been powerful enough

consented to her

do was to delay, hoping to buy time until Frederick became president or eliminated all his enemies, at which point she could

comply and

Frederick treated her well, but back at Halfmoon Manor, she continued to live a life worse than that of a

basement, back to

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forbade her from using anything in the villa,

she had searched for countless jobs,

to sales positions, but no one

as a waitress or manual