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."

take the lead, had no choice but to shower

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

her status as the eldest daughter of the prestigious Hawthorne family, could naturally

the belief that once Claire stepped

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seemed no urgency

inspection, Caroline discovered that reality starkly diverged from her

how could Caroline possibly hold herself back from intervening? She felt compelled to reveal to Frederick the true

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

had basked in the warmth

few more schemes, she

that Claire, the significant obstacle, had to be

Caroline

however, was tormented by

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between Emma and the man. She tossed and

unable to find rest.

solemn consideration, she

was the impersonal chime of an automated voice, "Hello, you've reached Hannah Evans. I'm not available right now, but please leave a message after the beep, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you!" Just

reach.

even attempted to reach Hannah on the 9th, but every attempt

Neil was set to visit Eclipse

moment Eclipse Nightclub opened its doors for the evening, a

side, the fear that Emily might consign her to Neil's private room loomed large, and on the other, there was the gnawing worry that

torn, wavering between the instinct for self-preservation

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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

a wild terror had consumed her, urging her to fight back, yet no matter how fiercely she willed it, her body

the last until she was teetering on

the arrival of the guests drew nearer, Claire's anxiety mounted with the relentless

Please, let tonight be free from that lecherous Neil. With Hannah away, we're utterly defenseless

Hannah by phone?

same unease; a collective tension hung in the air on the day Neil was due

was silently praying that the vile Neil

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here! Oh no! He's here! That pervert

nearly doomed for