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 run into Daphne

quiet café and sat down by the window. Large raindrops

and revealed her exquisite face. " Don't worry. I heard from Tris that

Lorimer and

country with Madam Yara.

bother you

hadn't married Liam as agreed, Yara and Terrence had hurriedly fled abroad on that very day itself for fear of retaliation. Who would have thought that

information. "What

glance fell on Yvette's abdomen subtly-her pregnancy hadn't yet

moment. She didn't expose Yvette on the spot. Instead, she said, "Tell me, what will it take for you to leave Xav? Name your price.

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Our joint assets are worth at least several billion dollars. Can you offer me

much, let alone Daphne, who was merely somewhat famous overseas but had nothing substantial to her name.

then, money had been just a number to her. Rufus Snyder, Yvette's grandfather, had once

soon-to-be divorcée who was no longer wanted by her

"You have no idea who sent me to

long as you agree to the divorce. We'll just consider it charity." "Charity, huh?"

when Shannon had arranged for her to

had

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