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

reached into

let Mara search her all

You can go now,” Mara said,

went downstairs. She grabbed

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of a nearby tree and waited

left the hospital, the doctor told her to stay in bed as much as possible

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around too much.

to keep her

she would let anyone else take

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degrees below zero, she jumped into the freezing river to save Heriberto and got swept away. It took a full hour before someone finally pulled her

had always been physically fragile, and that incident messed up her health. Even the old

She couldn’t let

Nathaniel’s car sped over and stopped

“What happened?”

jumped out. When he saw Iris sitting on a big rock by the roadside lawn, pale–faced, in her pajamas and slippers, with a

an eyebrow. “I got