Breaking Free from the Ex-Husband

Clearly, Iris and Nathaniel had just enjoyed breakfast together.

What did that mean?

They were living together, possibly sharing a bed.

And what about Iris’s unborn child…

Heriberto’s anger boiled over..

Iris seemed oblivious to his mood. She glanced at Mara, raised her eyebrows, and said, “Ms. Caine, you accused me of stealing. I’m curious. What did I steal that brought Mr. Hale here to scold me?”

Nathaniel walked in, pulled out a chair next to her, and sat down. “Ira, don’t listen to her nonsense. I’ll call security.”

“Don’t bother, Nathaniel. I don’t think Mr. Hale is here to cause trouble,” Iris said with a smile.

Then she looked at Heriberto. “Right, Mr. Hale?”

Her gaze on Heriberto was light. Her voice was unhurried and soft, with a subtle rise in pitch and a touch of sarcasm.

“Ms. Aguilera, you pretend to be so indifferent, but why did you take the jewelry Mr. Hale got you before and his starry cufflinks when you left?”

anything, Mara began

jewelry and cufflinks?” Without looking at Mara, Iris kept her gaze

at her and got what she meant. He fell silent

Heriberto dared to say yes, he would be the

cold, tight–jawed silence as he stared at Iris, she

clothes Mr. Hale bought for you. I never thought you would still be so reluctant and take what’s not

this, Nathaniel clenched his

weren’t a man, he would have lunged at Mara and

I’ll keep her in mind. If I have

was grinding his teeth. But Iris’s expression

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Mara again.

had been hostile toward her ever since she

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three years. Now she was about to divorce Heriberto, and Mara must be eager to

technically married to Heriberto, Mara would have buried her

and slander now. The only thing