Countdown to My Divorce

William clenched his fist, his feet rooted to the ground as a chill seled over his brows.

“Mr. Hunt, you know our relationship. You can’t touch Rachel.”

“Settle scores with Howard before talking to me, and solve your dann problems before I go to your grandfather about it!” Tyler roared. Smoke billowed from his lips, circling him, veiling the frustration on his face.

Given Tyler’s temperament, William knew that pestering him further would only make things worse.

He had said everything there was to say.

Just as he turned to leave, Tyler’s voice rang in the air once more.

“William, don’t assume that everyone is as vile as you are. I won’t have anything to do with married women. That’s my baseline.

At that, William’s tense shoulders finally relaxed. He trusted Tyler’s words. The fact that Tyler clarified that meant that he truly was innocent.

Very soon, William left in his car.

Tyler shot William a last look of disdain before glancing at the door upstairs that was

“Come on out.”

still tightly shut.

open and stood right there, her face pale as a ghost.

her

“Yeah…” Rachel nodded mechanically.

difference in her attitude. Just minutes ago, she had been so eager and full of

if you had

way, she could hear no

what had happened that night. Tyler’s

said something to William to make him come

the scores with Howard, William chose to come looking for Tyler. Shouldn’t William be making Howard pay the price for what he did? Howard was the one who drugged

just let things slide if

Certainly not!

a pit of despair; although the initial shock had faded, her heart was heavy

found it laughable how she was suddenly seeing so many sides of William that she had never seen

I’ll amend the proposal according to what you said, but

have so many demands? Let me make myself clear. This isn’t something that just

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amused Rachel. “You’re the CEO of LS Enterprise, for goodness‘ sake. Why do you keep trying to fleece me out of a meal? It’s