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

all, it was Diana who had reached out to the contact, ensuring that any mess in the end couldn't

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

Caroline harbored the belief that once Claire stepped into the perilous world

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be compromised. There seemed no urgency in

upon closer inspection, Caroline discovered that reality starkly

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

who had basked in the warmth of Frederick's attentive

she could soon capture Frederick's heart in the near

Claire, the significant obstacle, had to be dealt with decisively and

night, Caroline

by the conversation she

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Emma and the man.

unable to find rest.

she decided to call

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!"

reach.

more calls, and she even attempted to reach Hannah on the 9th, but

arrived when Neil was set to visit

doors for the evening, a wave of nervousness washed over

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

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

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Neil. Claire had witnessed what Jacob had done to her, so her

fateful night at Jacob's villa, a wild terror had consumed her, urging her to fight back,

was acutely aware of every drop of 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 the guests drew nearer, Claire's anxiety mounted with the relentless march of

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

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

tension hung in

was silently praying that the vile

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

We're nearly doomed for