After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

Love My Ex-Wife 47

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."

Diana to take the lead, had no choice but to shower

to the contact, ensuring

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

Caroline harbored the belief that once Claire stepped into the

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inevitably be compromised. There seemed no

that reality

by unexpected success and allure. Faced with this unforeseen prosperity, how could

Frederick to develop any tender feelings for Claire. And should any such sentiment dare to sprout, she was determined to crush it mercilessly at its inception. During these recent

serene for Caroline, who had basked in the

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

however, was that Claire, the significant

night, Caroline slept

was tormented by the

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the man. She tossed and

unable to find rest.

she

the reply she received 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

reach.

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

day arrived when Neil was set to visit

for the evening, a wave of nervousness washed

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

wavering between the instinct for

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

her, urging her to fight back, yet no matter how fiercely

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

nearer, Claire's anxiety mounted with the relentless march of

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

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

tension hung in the air on the

too, was silently praying that the vile

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

nearly doomed