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."

on Diana to take the lead, had no choice but

the contact,

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

the belief that once Claire stepped into the perilous world of

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There seemed no urgency

Caroline discovered that reality starkly diverged from

with this unforeseen prosperity, how could Caroline possibly hold herself back from intervening?

to sprout,

in the warmth of Frederick's attentive care

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

that Claire, the significant obstacle,

Caroline slept

by the conversation she

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Emma and the man.

unable to find rest.

consideration, she decided to

after the beep, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you!" Just like Emily had experienced when she tried dialing Hannah's number days earlier, the line was frustratingly out

reach.

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

when Neil was set to visit

Nightclub opened its doors for the evening, a wave of nervousness

Emily might consign her to Neil's private room loomed

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

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

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

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 but seemed to have seared itself into

Claire's anxiety mounted with the relentless

bless. Please, let tonight be free from that lecherous Neil.

phone? How I wish she would materialize before

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

was silently praying that the vile Neil

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no! He's

over. We're nearly doomed