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."

to take the lead, had no choice but to shower

out to the contact, ensuring that any mess in the end

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

harbored the belief that once Claire stepped into

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inevitably be compromised. There seemed no urgency in

closer inspection, Caroline discovered that reality starkly diverged

days marked by unexpected success and allure. Faced with this unforeseen prosperity, how could Caroline possibly hold herself back

for Claire. And should any such sentiment dare to sprout, she was

basked in the warmth of Frederick's attentive

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

Claire, the significant obstacle,

night, Caroline slept

tormented by the conversation

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Emma and the

unable to find rest.

solemn consideration, she decided to

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 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

reach.

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

when Neil was

opened its doors for the evening, a

consign her to Neil's private room loomed large, and on the other, there was the gnawing worry that Emma's scheme

between the instinct for self-preservation and the

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

her, urging her to fight back, yet no matter how fiercely she willed it, her body

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

drew nearer, Claire's anxiety

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

genuinely terrifying. Do you think we could reach Hannah by phone? How I wish she would materialize

unease; a collective tension hung in

was silently praying that the

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no! He's

nearly