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.

into Timothy’s office after hanging up. Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Barrett just contacted me on the order. She said that she’ll only accept

writing. “Tenfold? She wants a

hadn’t changed one bit. She had the nerve to demand a fee

you think she’s worth that

more than 500 thousand dollars on them. It’d actually be worth it if we could spend a little more to hire a designer who

you so sure that

silent. Hadn’t Timothy switched designers so many times because he hadn’t been happy with any

asked,

said tentatively, “It is a little expensive. Maybe we should forget

won’t pay her the remainder of the

that easy to

and left the office. He wiped the sweat from his brow. It was getting harder and harder to

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received a call from Heath. She smirked and happily accepted the deposit. Cha-ching-that was 200 thousand dollars in her

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.

cab to her marital home. One of the maids, Holly Stow, was pleasantly

but many of the decorations had been changed. Somehow, they just didn’t go well together. She looked at

cautiously, “Kaleb did. I heard he did it on Ms.

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