Countdown to My Divorce

“No need, Father. I’m fine. What’s more, It’s been so many years, I’ve gotten used to it.”

Rachel had wanted to tell Jim about how her hearing had been restored, but changed her mind at the thought of William finding out.

She couldn’t afford for any accidents to happen at this critical period.

“You must get it checked out,” Jim insisted. “I know you can lip read, and everyday conversations aren’t a problem for you, but your world lacks something If you can hear. Be good, contact the doctor when you’re home. As for the cost…”

“Dad, you weren’t the one who caused her ears to become like this! Her husband is the one she should be looking for, not us. Moreover, he owns such a huge company. Would he not have the money to treat his wife’s condition?” Yvette butted in.

Fire burned in her chest when she heard Jim defending Rachel so fiercely.

Why would he do that? Rachel wasn’t his biological daughter. He should hate Rachel as much as Yvette did! She was practically a sinner of the Lloyd family.

“Enough, Yvette,” Jim rebuked Yvette, his face dark with displeasure. “Even if Rachel isn’t your biological sister, she did live with us for many years.”

Yvette’s eyes turned red. She whined indignantly to Jim, “Dad! If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have suffered so much for so many years. My brother wouldn’t have gone missing, either.”

upon us, I don’t even know the whereabouts of

piercing voice of a woman rang in the living

up and saw a figure walking down the stairs, dressed in an expensive skirt with her hair up in the most fashionable style. Her skin was fair and dewy, a clear

Rachel’s stepmother and Jim’s second wife, Sasha

Sasha lost her younger son, she viewed Rachel with animosity. She didn’t like Rachel in the first place, and her dislike toward Rachel

hurried over to Sasha’s side, confident that her mother would back her

that no one in the family welcomes her, but she insists on appearing

strutted toward Rachel, overwhelming hostility in her eyes. “Rachel, are you

welcomed here, but there were some things she had

made the greatest compromise she

speaking with Father. I won’t overstaymy presence.” She then looked at Jim. “May

his family being at daggers drawn each time Rachel visited them, during which he always found himself in a

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rubbed his nose