The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 100:

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“Oh, really?” Lilliana asked.

Joshua's voice was flat, his face a mask of indifference. “She's your assistant. What could she be hiding from you?”

Lilliana's lips curved into a sharp, mocking smile. “Who knew what you were up to, Joshua? Let me give you a word of advice: don't dip your pen in the company ink. It’s a dirty business.”

Joshua's patience ran out and his cold eyes narrowed. “Okay. Since you don't trust me in the slightest, I'll drop everything. I'll stay by your side 24 hours a day. “How about that?”

Unfazed by his scathing tone, Lilliana raised an eyebrow. “If you want me to trust you, stop playing around. “I know you’re hiding something, and I won’t stop digging until I find out every secret you’re keeping from me.”

Joshua's gaze locked with hers, the tension building between them.

He knew she had found out something, rumors that could destroy everything. Alicia was becoming a real threat.

However, the more dangerous the situation, the more he wanted it; the challenge only fueled the fire in him.

“Very well, then,” he said with eerie calm. “Do as you wish. “I have work to do.”

As he walked away, Lilliana's eyes followed him, suspicion simmering beneath the surface. She snapped her fingers and called for her assistant.

"How many times have you been here?" Lilliana's tone was sharp, loaded with accusation.

The assistant froze under his gaze, his voice shaking. “Miss Green, I swear this is the first time I've been here. “I lost sight of you earlier and panicked, so I went to Mr. Yates’ office.”

Lilliana’s eyes narrowed, amusement flickering as she watched the assistant squirm anxiously. “Do you really expect anyone to believe that pathetic lie?”

"Miss Green, I don't..."

A sharp crack cut through the air.

Lilliana's hand shot out, leaving the assistant reeling from the prick.

Her cheeks burned and her eyes filled with tears, which spilled down her face despite her efforts to contain them.

to Lilliana's outbursts, the pain and humiliation stung her and she couldn't help but tremble like a frightened

hand as if brushing off dust, her chin raised in a gesture of defiant arrogance. “Wipe that pathetic look off your face,” she

any little temptresses hanging

with frustration, pleaded softly,

I'm in a bad mood today," Lilliana interrupted, her tone

from her purse and tossed it carelessly at the assistant's feet. “Take this and

biting her lip to suppress her humiliation as the money fell to the floor, her pride

to pick up the money; the very thought made

courage?” Her eyes flashed with mockery. “Or have you

red, each word tightening the knot of shame and fear around

it weren't for the generous salary I give you, how exactly would you cover those medical bills? Let's

shining with unshed tears, a storm of hatred and helplessness was brewing beneath the surface, but

taste in his mouth, he whispered, "I'm sorry, Miss

dismissively. “Now get out of my

me anymore, I'll go back to the office,"

pause to compose himself, he hurried away, stopping only

a

in her phone conversation, she

thermos fell to the floor with a crash,

face twisted in irritation. “Damn it! “I spent over six hours on it and now it’s completely

crouched

have rushed to clean up the mess. Joshua's voice came over the other end of the phone. "What

it especially for you since you're not feeling well. Honestly, nothing’s been going well for me

Cut ties with

The assistant's breath caught.

as Lilliana's future

And Alice…

she Joshua's ex-wife?

When Shelia hung up the phone, she murmured: “I am

barely fazed her, and money wasn't what she was worried about today, so she turned and

by the series of

his

flipping through the news. Her eyes scanned the headlines until one caught her

was more to the story, so he dug deeper into the related