After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

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After Divorce, My General Husband Chasin...

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Emma's eyes sparkled at the mention of the ten million dollars.

Emily, who had endured so much and had no ties to the outside world, preferred to stay here forever.

Emma, on the contrary, had a loving partner, a mother, and a younger brother waiting for her.

Had it not been for her brother's illness, she would never have ventured there to earn money.

Now, with her brother's health improving, she could leave such a lousy life behind once she got the ten million dollars.

When Emma was lost in fantasies of her future, her phone rang, shattering her reverie.

"How is it? Is it done?" a feminine voice demanded as soon as

the call connected.

"Almost there, just a bit more time. Today is not the 10th. Wait just a couple more days! And the money..."

Emma's excitement was palpable as her mind was consumed by thoughts of wealth.

"Don't worry. The money will definitely be transferred into your account."

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Then, the call was abruptly ended.

The woman on the other end of Emma's call was none other

than Diana.

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Diana orchestrated the plan with Caroline. The ten million dollars was a mere lure, a hollow promise. They had no intention of paying Emma.

"This woman is so gullible, thinking she'll get ten million for such a simple task. She's living in a dream!" After hanging up the phone with Emma, Diana gloated to Caroline over the phone.

"Yes. Diana, not everyone can be as brilliant as you."

to take the lead, had no choice but to shower her with

all, it was Diana who had reached out to the contact, ensuring that any mess in the end

scheme were discovered, Diana, with her status as the eldest daughter of the prestigious Hawthorne family, could naturally

Claire stepped into the

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inevitably be compromised. There seemed no urgency in hastening

closer inspection, Caroline discovered that reality starkly diverged from

all odds, was thriving in Eclipse Nightclub, her days marked by unexpected success and allure. Faced with this unforeseen prosperity, how could Caroline possibly hold herself back from intervening? She felt compelled to reveal to Frederick the true depths of Claire's depravity and

circumstances would she allow Frederick to develop any tender feelings for Claire. And should any such sentiment dare to sprout, she was determined to crush it mercilessly at its inception. During these

who had basked in the warmth

that with a few more schemes, she could soon capture Frederick's

condition, however, was that Claire, the significant obstacle, had to

Caroline slept

was tormented by the

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the man. She tossed

unable to find rest.

solemn consideration, she decided to

you've reached Hannah Evans. I'm not available right now, but please leave a message after the beep,

reach.

several more calls, and she even attempted to reach Hannah on the 9th, but every attempt vanished into the

arrived when Neil

its doors for the evening, a wave of nervousness washed over

Emily might consign her to Neil's private room loomed large, and on the other, there was the gnawing worry that Emma's scheme would come to

found herself torn, wavering between the instinct for self-preservation and

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that room could mean facing death at the hands of Neil. Claire had witnessed what Jacob had done to her, so her fear of perverted men was not just a fear but

to fight back, yet no matter how fiercely

heart. Her breath grew shallow. Each gasp for air was more labored than the last until she was teetering on the brink of self-destruction. After that harrowing ordeal,

the arrival of the guests drew nearer, Claire's

free from that lecherous

Hannah by phone? How I wish she would materialize before us this very

the same unease; a collective tension hung in the air

too, was silently praying that the vile Neil

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no! He's here! That pervert

over. We're nearly doomed for