After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

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Chapter 208 Seductive and Polite

"You're asking me to hand Claire over to Frederick?"

Antony frowned deeply, immediately grasping Ethan's implication.

"Sharp as always," Ethan said with a smirk, stubbing out his cigarette before clapping Antony on the shoulder.

Around the corner, Danielle was just returning from the restroom when she caught sight of the two men.

Her eyes widened as she froze in place, her hand instinctively flying to cover her mouth to stifle any sound.

Danielle couldn't believe what she was witnessing. On only her second day at Hiokeeh Group, she had already stumbled into something so ugly.

Without daring to linger, she turned and darted back toward the private room, her steps unsteady.

Outside, Antony's fists were clenched tightly at his sides. "I won't do it. And I won't let you force anyone else to do it either.

"What did you just say?" Ethan's expression shifted from shock to a chilling smile. "Oh, Antony... Have you been at Hiokeeh Group for so long that you've started to think you're someone important?" He jabbed a finger into Antony's chest with each word. "Don't

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"I haven't forgotten," Antony replied firmly. "You've helped me countless times, and I've done everything you've asked of me. But this-this is the one thing I won't do." Antony's voice was steady, but his heart was heavy with the weight of his decision. He knew all too well what defying Ethan would mean for his future at Hiokeeh Group. But the idea of giving Claire away like a pawn in someone else's game was something he couldn't stomach.

knowing Frederick's history with Claire-even knowing they had once been intimately

his life, the light he had

world, aside from his family, meant more

than Claire.

Antony turned on his heel and headed back to the

professional demeanor, while Danielle sat off to the side, agonizing over how to warn her friend about what she

desperately trying to figure out the best way to alert Claire to Ethan and Antony's conversation. Summoning her courage, she picked up a glass of wine, preparing to approach Frederick under

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an badly that the wineglass nearly slipped from her grip. Her heart sank further she had missed her

for her phone and quickly typed out a WhatsApp message to Claire. But in the tense atmosphere of the room, Claire didn't even glance at her phone,

as Antony returned, he sat down next to

send you to Frederick. I refused, but he won't let it go. Be

he wanted. If Antony wouldn't do it, Ethan

didn't realize was that this whole situation had

take a seat beside Claire, Ethan walked over to join Frederick on the other

refused,"

as

reflected off the deep red liquor, casting a beautiful

raced with panic. She was still

deal Ethan and Antony had made regarding Claire, but now she was watching Claire volunteer

was as anxious as a cat on a hot tin roof,

depends on how well you dance," Frederick said leisurely, lounging back on

me the chance," Claire replied with a faint smile before gracefully