Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 27

Chapter 27

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“Fifty percent!” Barrett declared.

He was standing in the doorway, avoiding Carissa’s gaze as he looked at everyone else in the

room.

“We’ll return fifty percent of her dowry. Lord Sinclair, if you and Mr. Sinclair disagree with this, you can take it up with the authorities and see if my actions are fair.”

“Fifty percent? How dare you! When Carissa married you, she brought a dowry so grand it stretched for miles! Do you know how much money, how many estates, shops, and businesses that were included? How dare you people be so greedy?!” Solomon exclaimed angrily.

Clenching the crumpled letter in his hand, Barrett spoke in an icy voice, “I said, take it to court if you want. I’ve prepared the divorce agreement. You can review it first.”

He gestured for the steward to present the divorce agreement to Carissa, who reached out and took it. The steward sighed almost imperceptibly as he stepped back.

had been a wonderful mistress. Why did Barrett

her husband’s handwriting from the letters she’d received from him over the past year. The divorce agreement was brief. It cited her disobedience and

and will be sincere with

divorce agreement, he felt an

live.” Carissa waved the divorce agreement. “It still needs the official

office myself. As for the dowry, we’ve been generous. By law, a woman

wasn’t much they could actually take. She just didn’t want to continue being involved with the Warren family. Given that the king’s edict for an amicable divorce hadn’t come yet, she feared he might wait until Aurora had married Barrett before issuing

see the

words, Barrett responded coldly, “Watch your mouth,

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what? You’ll take seventy percent of my dowry? Fine, take seventy, even ninety percent–leave

He hadn’t intended to argue further, but her relentless words were

do feel a bit guilty for wasting a year of your life, but it’s all because

over taking half

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