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.

“Let’s have a

into Iris’s

eyes and let Mara search her

can go now,” Mara said, looking

her pride and went downstairs.

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

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

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around too much.

determined to keep her

let anyone else take care of

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jumped into the freezing

and that incident messed up her health. Even the old doctor said it would be hard for her to get pregnant

miraculously, she had twins. She couldn’t let anything happen

car sped over and stopped in

“What happened?”

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

eyebrow. “I got kicked