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.

bed, I picked up my phone and typed out a short text.

I'd never let go of the things I loved

the LunaGlo group chat, I was bombarded with

that you're coming back? I'm not dreaming,

return to work? We couldn't convince you no matter how

been hacked, hasn't

messages, I couldn't help

I co-founded with several like-minded friends from college. It

I was an internationally renowned designer before leaving the studio for

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

were shocked by the sudden announcement of

a video call

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