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.

stood right there, her face pale as a ghost. She walked stiffly

her expression. “Heard

“Yeah…” Rachel nodded mechanically.

chest when he saw the vast difference in her attitude. Just minutes ago, she had been so eager and full of spirit. Yet now, she looked so defeated

prefer it if you had remained

could

Tyler’s door to question him about what had happened that night. Tyler’s words hit the nail on the head, piercing her heart and leaving it

to William to make him come running

instead of settling the scores with Howard, William chose to come looking for Tyler. Shouldn’t William be making Howard pay the price for what

slide if Samantha had been

Certainly not!

she had fallen into a pit of despair; although the initial

suddenly seeing so many sides of

looked at Tyler and said calmly, “Thank you, Mr. Hunt. I’ll amend the proposal according to what you said, but I need to trouble you for one more

his fingers through his hair irritably. “Why do you have so many demands? Let me make myself clear. This isn’t something that just one meal

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look on his face 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 not like you can’t afford