After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

Love My Ex-Wife 214

Chapter 214 Open Your Eyes

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Claire looked utterly unbothered, as though nothing, cold towe her.

After everything she'd endured, it wasn't just boiling, water she wasn't afraid of she could probably handle scalding oil without flinching,

"Claire, I think..." Frederick's eyes darkened, his patience wearing thin.

This woman clearly wasn't going to back down until she hit a dead end.

Just as he was about to take action, his phone buzzed.

Seeing Richard's name on the screen, Frederick frowned, letting go of Claire to answer.

At this hour, Richard was likely on his way to pick him up for work. A call now could only mean something urgent.

Sure enough, Richard's anxious voice came through as soon as Frederick picked up.

"General Hawthorne, we've got a problem. Ten minutes ago, there was an explosion at a produce market on the outskirts of Kingstown. The nearby troops have already secured the scene."

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Any casualties?" Frederick asked urgently, already grabbing his

market, so there weren't too many people around at this

head there later in the day. Early mornings, it's mostly older folks, and even they wouldn't be out in large numbers at this time-eight or nine AM is still fairly quiet." "Richard," Frederick growled, his voice suddenly sharp, "remember this-even one injury is a

words startled Claire, who had never seen Frederick lose his temper

was commanding, almost fearsome in his

she asked, unable to

an explosion at a market on the outskirts,"

been having with Claire was now the last

Claire let out a long breath, her body relaxing for the

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her, her thoughts turned to the people at that market-innocent lives that might have

there been an explosion

out her phone and searched for

flooding her screen were devastating-bloodied streets, heart-wrenching cries

your eyes and look at me,

what's wrong

so much? Why won't she get

it because I didn't go with you this time? What am I supposed to do without you now? What am I supposed to do?" The cries of children, the heartbreak of the elderly grieving their lost loved ones, the agony of people who had just lost their closest family members-it

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never felt as deeply as she did in this moment the importance of Frederick and the Kingstown Security

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brought a sense of perspective. Their earlier spat felt trivial