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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asked urgently, already grabbing his jacket while holding

damage, but initial reports suggest minimal injuries. It's a suburban market, so there weren't too many people around at this

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

had never seen Frederick

was

wrong?" she asked, unable to keep quiet any

explosion at a market on the outskirts," Frederick said curtly, already

he'd been having with Claire was now the last

long breath, her

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washed over her, her thoughts turned to the people at that market-innocent

on earth had there been an explosion out

out her phone and searched for news about the blast

streets, heart-wrenching cries of

this. Open your eyes and look

what's wrong with

she bleeding so much? Why

You just went to buy groceries, that's all! You were laughing and joking when you left this morning. How could you just... lie here like this? Is this some kind of punishment? Is 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 all unfolded

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reason, she had never felt as deeply as she did in this moment the importance of

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sense of perspective. Their earlier spat felt trivial in the face