After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

Love My Ex-Wife 47

After Divorce, My General Husband Chasin...

Chapter 47 Mounting Anxiety

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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."

the lead,

to the contact, ensuring that any mess in the end couldn't be pinned on

eldest daughter of the prestigious Hawthorne family, could naturally resolve the matter in

Claire stepped into

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There seemed no urgency in hastening

upon closer inspection, Caroline discovered that reality

unexpected success and allure. Faced with this unforeseen prosperity, how could Caroline possibly hold herself back from intervening? She felt

Frederick to develop any tender feelings for Claire. And should any such sentiment dare to sprout, she was determined to

Caroline, who had basked in the warmth

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

condition, however, was that Claire, the significant

Caroline

by the conversation she

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between Emma and the man. She

unable to find rest.

she

the beep, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you!" Just like Emily had experienced

reach.

she even attempted to reach Hannah on the 9th,

arrived when Neil was set to visit

doors for the evening,

a dual-edged anxiety; on one side, the fear that Emily might consign her to Neil's private room loomed large, and on the other, there was the gnawing worry

wavering between the instinct for self-preservation and

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had witnessed what Jacob had done to her, so her fear of perverted men was not just a fear

wild terror had consumed her, urging her to fight

her blood surging back towards her 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, her fear was not just a fleeting emotion

guests drew nearer, Claire's anxiety mounted

from that lecherous Neil. With Hannah away, we're utterly

think we could reach Hannah by phone? How I wish she would materialize before us this

collective tension hung in the air on the day Neil was due to

that the vile Neil

Anxiety away

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He's here! That pervert

We're nearly doomed