Chapter 55

A hint of mockery flashed in Mia’s eyes as she looked at the order. She’d furnished every inch of the marital home with her heart, and a certain someone had disregarded it like it meant nothing. Now, they even wanted her to design a new home for her ex-husband and his first love!

They’d crossed the line with this!

It looked like they wouldn’t let her off the hook; they were constantly trying to provoke her. Since backing down

wouldn’t resolve the problem, Mia would probably be better off facing them directly.

As long as they weren’t afraid of the consequences, what would she have to fear?

Mia’s eyes flashed coldly. She called the number indicated in the order. Heath’s voice rang out awkwardly on the other end of the line. “Ahem. Mrs. Barrett.”

“You don’t have to call me that now that we’ve signed the divorce papers. I’ll cut to the chase-you guys are the ones behind that online order, right?”

Heath nodded. “Yes.”

“I’ll accept it, but I have a condition. I want to be paid tenfold,” Mia said.

Heath hurried into Timothy’s office after hanging up. Mr. Barrett,

She

the nerve to demand a fee of

you think

Barrett. All of them asked for more than 100 thousand dollars, so we’ve already spent more than 500 thousand dollars on them.

raised an eyebrow at him. “How are you so sure that I’ll be

times

while, Timothy asked, “So, what do you

said tentatively, “It is a little

frowned. “Have her accept the order. I won’t pay her the remainder of the fees if I’m not happy with

easy to

He wiped the sweat from his brow. It was getting harder

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She smirked and happily accepted the

ready to head to the marital home to scope out the place. Before leaving, she realized she’d run out of folic acid. As she passed by a pharmacy, she dropped by to get a bottle each of folic acid and vitamins. Then, she switched the contents. She had to

One of the maids, Holly Stow, was pleasantly surprised to see her. “What are you doing

of course.” Mia smiled and entered the hall. It was familiar to her, but many of the decorations had been changed. Somehow, they just didn’t go well together. She looked at the new curtains.

said cautiously, “Kaleb did. I heard he did it on Ms. Lane’s

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