Chapter 9 Her Phone's Been Hacked I didn't hesitate to reject Jeremiah outright. "No. Elsa and I don't get along. Seeing me will just ruin her appetite, and seeing her makes me nauseous."

Before he could respond, I added, "When are you free? Let's finalize the divorce as soon as we can. Once we're divorced, Elsa will probably make a miraculous recovery."

Jeremiah sounded impatient as he snapped, "You're making no sense. What does our divorce have to do with Elsa? And as I said, the divorce-"

I sighed, cutting him off. "Forget it. I don't have time to listen to your nonsense. Meet me at the courthouse next Monday at 10:00 am. Don't be late."

With that, I hung up.

He called again, but I blocked his number. I figured I'd unblock him on the day of the divorce.

After rolling down my pants, I braved the pain and climbed upstairs to organize the stuff I had brought. The villa was cleaned monthly by a professional cleaning service, so it was in decent shape and didn't require much effort from me.

the bed, I picked up my phone and typed out a short text. "I, Jane Brown, have decided

I'd never let go of the things I loved for

I sent the text in the LunaGlo group

is it true that you're coming back? I'm not dreaming, am

you no matter how hard we tried

been

I

jewelry brand I co-founded with

years. I was an internationally renowned designer

friends had teased me in the group chat about giving up my career for Jeremiah, I had never been fazed by

that they were shocked by the sudden announcement of my

It's me!" I initiated a video call to tell them about

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