After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

Love My Ex-Wife 204

Chapter 204 Stupid Woman

"Why should I trust you?"

Caroline gripped her phone, staring at the screen for a long time before finally sending a reply.

"You don't have to."

The response came back almost immediately, blunt and unbothered.

After that, the sender didn't write anything else.

Caroline mulled it over for the entire day, turning the matter over in her mind. Throughout the day, there was no further response from the mysterious contact. As for Claire, she spent the whole day locked in her room by

Frederick.

Unable to do anything else, she called Antony and told him she wasn't feeling well and wouldn't be able to come to work. Thankfully, Frederick hadn't confiscated her phone.

Antony's voice was full of concern as soon as he heard. "What's wrong? Are you okay? Do you need me to take you to the hospital?"

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Knowing Antony's personality, she was certain that if he found out Frederick had locked her up, he'd storm over without a second thought.

She could still remember how the two of them nearly came to blows back at the hospital.

"Well, as long as it's nothing serious. Just rest up. Don't worry about work; I'll handle everything here," Antony reassured her, believing her explanation without question.

ended the call. Being stuck at home wasn't ideal, but

researching and gathering information about potential department heads for Flores

always seemed to fly. Before she knew it, the entire day had

than a servant bringing her

to see her once.

Hiokeeh Group team: within three days, the six of them needed to identify suitable

remained, which meant Claire could afford to stay home for just one more day. After that, she absolutely had to return to the office. Missing this opportunity wasn't an option-falling

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mean the difference between landing

find a way to leave the house

thought of Frederick's heavy-handed stude left her frustrated

now-she couldn't go head-to-head with Frederick in the future. If she did, the one who'd end up paying the price would always be

all day, and despite her efforts to dig up information, she had exhausted nearly all her contacts without finding

someone connected to them, there was no guarantee that person would

eight o'clock in the

over

toward the room where Claire had

butler, quick to read the situation, spoke up.

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ate the meals

replied, a hint of confusion

No tears or lantrums?

before and wondered how she could

she's still in there?" Frederick

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her during lunch; she was lying in bed. I haven't taken dinner up

Frederick headed upstairs with

out, genuinely worried that Claire might have

butler quickly