After Divorcing my Captain Husband

Chapter 51: Nightmare

Seeing her so upset, Michael felt his own heart ache.

She never told him any of this.

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"Lucy had it all. Dad spent all his money on her overseas education, leaving Mom and me with just debts. When Mom got sick, those debts fell on me. I thought getting married would mean support, but Lucy stole him from me too."

Maybe he didn't take over-maybe he was Lucy all along.

Chloe mumbled a few more words, but the booze won out and she passed out cold."

Seeing her curled up on the huge bed, Michael felt a deep pang of sorrow.

He'd never noticed how tiny she was before, like she was just skin stretched over bones.

Michael rubbed his temples, still processing what Chloe had just said.

Her pitiful act when she got drunk almost had him fooled.

Back when he spent all that time with Lucy abroad, she was nothing like Chloe described-always fighting over everything.

Chapter 51: Nightmare

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money on fun. Instead, she focused on her studies and excelled. That's why she's now

Chloe's words

one of them lying?"

the person on

He called for the maid to

finished tidying up, he ordered, "Get her some hangover

and left, leaving him alone with

After

cloth. Chloe, half-asleep, finally

the closet and

the hangover remedy. He propped Chloe up, letting

before you crash, or

get up. She felt like she was just

was rudely awakened. With a groan, she

unusually patient, gently

just take a

soothed by his deep, gentle

the bowl of medicine, she started causing a fuss

more.

choice but to help

stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, dialing Ethan. "Unlock all of

single sentence nearly threw Ethan

groggily rubbed his eyes and mumbled,

The call dropped.