Breaking Free from the Ex-Husband

Iris had stopped caring about Heriberto’s heartlessness. She nonchalantly raised her eyebrows. “Sorry, I forgot.”

She took the stuff out of the car and made a phone call.

After hanging up, she turned to Mara and asked, “The clothes and shoes I’m wearing were bought with Heriberto’s money. Should I take them off?”

Mara gave a phony smile. “If you want.”

She wanted to see how tough Iris really was.

She thought, “Iris used to have the Aguilera family to back her up.

“But now, she’s nobody. What makes her think she’s good enough for Mr. Hale, the heir to Ardiham’s wealthiest fami- ly?”

She had always had it out for Iris.

“Fine.”

Iris went to the master bedroom on the third floor to find an old dress from three years ago.

Mara was right on her heels, even staying at the door of the walk–in closet while she changed.

“Ms. Aguilera, you didn’t take anything else, did you?” Mara asked when Iris came out in the old dress.

“Wanna search me?” Iris asked, staying cool.

have a look for your

into Iris’s coat

eyes and let

go now,” Mara said, looking

and went downstairs. She

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settled down in the cool shade of a nearby tree and waited for her

hospital, the doctor told her to stay in bed as much as possible for the next week, trying not

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Chapter 3

around too much.

was determined to

no way she would let anyone else

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freeze of over thirty degrees below zero, she jumped into the freezing river to save Heriberto and got swept away. It

and that incident messed up her health. Even the old doctor

had twins. She couldn’t let

about 15 minutes, Nathaniel’s car sped over

“What happened?”

on a big rock by the roadside lawn, pale–faced, in her pajamas and slippers, with a big cardboard

an eyebrow.