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."

now counting on Diana to take the lead, had no choice but to

had reached out to the contact,

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

the belief that once Claire stepped into the perilous

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compromised. There seemed no urgency in hastening her

that reality starkly diverged from her

this unforeseen prosperity, how could Caroline possibly hold herself back from intervening? She felt compelled to reveal

allow Frederick to develop any tender feelings for Claire. And should any such sentiment dare to

had basked in the warmth of Frederick's attentive care and gentle

more schemes, she could soon capture Frederick's

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

Caroline

however, was tormented by the conversation

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the man.

unable to find rest.

she decided

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

reach.

attempted to reach Hannah on the 9th, but every attempt vanished into the silence of

Neil was set to visit

the evening, a wave of nervousness

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 that Emma's scheme would come to

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

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room could mean facing death at the hands of Neil. Claire had witnessed what Jacob had done to her,

wild terror had consumed her, urging her to fight back, yet no matter how

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

nearer, Claire's anxiety mounted with the

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

reach Hannah by phone? How I wish she would

hung in the air on the day Neil

too, was silently praying that

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no! He's here!

We're nearly doomed for