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."

counting on Diana to take the lead, had no choice

who had reached out to the contact, ensuring that any mess

daughter of the prestigious Hawthorne family, could naturally resolve the

harbored the belief that once Claire stepped into the perilous world

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be compromised. There seemed no

discovered that reality starkly

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

sentiment dare to sprout, she was determined to crush it mercilessly at its inception. During

serene for Caroline, who had basked in the warmth of Frederick's attentive care and

believed that with a few more schemes, she

the significant obstacle, had to be dealt with

night, Caroline slept

tormented by the conversation she

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and the man. She tossed and

unable to find rest.

consideration, she

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 like Emily had experienced when she tried

reach.

on the 9th, but every attempt vanished into the silence of an unresponsive

day arrived when Neil

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

that Emily might consign her to Neil's private

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

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what Jacob had done to her, so her fear of perverted men was

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

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 emotion but

arrival of the guests drew nearer, Claire's

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

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

the same unease; a collective tension hung in

that the

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no! He's here! That

over. We're nearly doomed for