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 but to shower

all, it was Diana who had reached out to the contact, ensuring that any mess in

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

the belief that once Claire stepped

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seemed no urgency in hastening her

inspection, Caroline discovered that reality starkly diverged from

days marked by unexpected success and allure. Faced with this unforeseen prosperity, how could Caroline possibly hold herself back from intervening? She felt compelled to reveal to Frederick the true depths of

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

in the warmth of Frederick's attentive care and

schemes, she could soon capture Frederick's heart

however, was that Claire, the significant

night, Caroline slept

tormented by

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the man.

unable to find rest.

consideration, she decided to

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

reach.

and she even attempted to reach Hannah on the 9th, but every attempt vanished into the silence

arrived when Neil was set to visit

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

caught in a dual-edged anxiety; on 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

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

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the hands of 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, yet no matter how fiercely she willed it, her

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 self-destruction. After that harrowing ordeal, her fear was

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

let tonight be free from that lecherous Neil.

Do you think we could reach Hannah by phone? How I wish

collective tension hung in the

that the vile Neil would

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He's here! That

nearly