Chapter 11

About a month into summer, the areas to the south often experienced heavy torrential rain.

In the days following Yvette's discharge from the hospital, Claude made time to keep her company.

Yvette suffered from the aftereffects of taking a copious amount of sleeping pills.

r physical condition had

worsened compared to before.

However, she was in good spirits. Even when she didn't feel like eating, she would force herself to eat as much as she could.

She never mentioned Xavier's name when Claude was around

-not even once.

Perhaps she knew she might succumb to the pain if she brought him up. She didn't want to subject Claude to negative emotions because of her, either. When Yvette was alone, she would stare at Xavier's WhatsApp profile picture. She wondered how she should bring up the topic of divorce with him again.

One day, as Yvette was returning home after buying groceries, someone stood in her way and blocked her path.

It was Daphne. She had a pair of sunglasses and a mask on. Her long hair draped over her shoulders. She had put on a garish dress and a pair of high heels. She exuded an imposing air as she stood there.

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asked, raising her brows.

hadn't expected to

two of them found a quiet café and sat down by the window. Large raindrops

took off her mask and revealed her exquisite face. "

Mr. Lorimer and

country with Madam Yara.

bother

about this from Claude. Since she hadn't married Liam as agreed, Yara and Terrence had hurriedly fled abroad on that very day itself for fear of retaliation. Who would

by the information. "What exactly do

fell on Yvette's abdomen subtly-her

the spot. Instead, she said, "Tell me, what will it take for you to leave Xav? Name your price. I'll pay you accordingly." Those were big words coming out of Daphne's mouth. Yvette

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least several billion dollars. Can you offer me that

established and seasoned actress might not be able to offer that much, let alone Daphne, who was merely

then, money had been just a number to her.

a soon-to-be divorcée who was no longer wanted by her husband. The thought made Daphne feel

she said, "You have no idea who sent

amount of money is an issue as long as you agree to the divorce. We'll just consider it charity." "Charity,

when Shannon had arranged for her

then, Shannon had

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