Breaking Free from the Ex-Husband

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

“Oh, I see. Once you divorce me, you’ll be with Nathaniel and live happily ever after with him, won’t you? And then what? You’ll turn around and play the victim, claiming I abandoned you and our kids for Mel?”

Heriberto was raving like a lunatic, irrational and completely unreasonable. “I’m telling you now–don’t even think about it!”

With that, he hung up.

Listening to the flat, mechanical beeping, Iris smiled in disbelief.

They’d known each other for a decade and been married for three years. And this was how Heriberto had always seen her.

So it wasn’t him who was blind–it was her.

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For the next few days, Iris stayed in her apartment, getting some rest and going over the client files. She didn’t step outside once.

Heriberto didn’t contact her again.

But Megan seemed concerned about the kids. She called a…ost every day, constantly suggesting that Iris move back into the Hale’s mansion so she’d be better looked after.

Only after Iris repeatedly promised to take good care of herself and the children did Megan finally drop the idea,

To make sure everything was progressing well, Iris went for another

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prenatal checkup eight days after her last hospital visit.

well, so she didn’t need to fuss over them

couldn’t let her

of the hospital, her phone

soon as she answered, Megan’s sharp, angry voice blared

out of Rivera Bay? You’re pregnant. How could you just move out like that? And how could

found out now proved how tight–lipped the maids, drivers, and

a friend

apartments at Bluehaven Estates–whether it was the one Nathaniel lived in or the one she was staying in now–had been bought under the

was staying at his place

with a friend?” Megan

you are carrying his childre How could you stay at

what Iris had

once been prominent, but by

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Heriberto, they were on

245 ochers

managed to stay afloat for a couple more years thanks to the 50 million

passed away when Iris was a child. Aside from a well–hidden shopping street, the assets she’d left to Iris had all been swindled or outright taken by Iris’s

became a

or savings, so it made perfect sense that she stayed at her friend’s place after

Megan. No one will find out,” Iris

forced

not what I

want you to know–I won’t allow Heriberto to divorce you. And I will never let Melanie set foot in our home. So don’t be so stubborn. You moved out just because of an argument. That

Iris knew it

smiled faintly. “Megan, Heriberto and I can’t stand each other anymore. Living under the same roof would only

to stay with me. I’ll take

refused again, just as she always did. “Thanks, Megan,

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