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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standout talent, never wasting the Nelson family's money on fun. Instead, she focused

words didn't seem

one of them

on the bed started to

He called for

"Get her

left,

room, letting the smell of alcohol escape. After tucking

damp cloth. Chloe, half-asleep, finally began to

from the

servant brought the hangover remedy. He propped Chloe up, letting her lean

you crash,

didn't want to get up. She felt like she was just

rudely awakened. With a groan, she turned her head

unusually patient, gently

just take

calmed down, soothed

her to drink half the bowl of medicine, she

more.

to help her

stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, dialing Ethan.

that single sentence nearly threw Ethan

and mumbled, "Uh... sure

The call dropped.