Chapter 434:

As she was about to set down her glass, her phone rang. Pausing, Joanna considered before answering. Unexpectedly, it was Ethan on the line. Since their split, Ethan had left the country, remaining oblivious to the ongoing Martel family saga. His tall, straightforward manner pressed Joanna to finalize their divorce without delay.

Joanna’s facade of indifference cracked at the urgency in his voice, a wave of sorrow washing over her momentarily.

Joanna was frustrated. Was Ethan so eager to divorce her? Did he truly despise her that much? Displeased with Ethan’s eagerness for a divorce, Joanna lost her cool. She mocked Ethan over the phone.

“Ethan, you’re no man at all. You’re off having a good time, completely oblivious to Kallie’s predicament. Do you even realize what she’s going through?”

After a brief pause, Ethan’s voice, tinged with concern, broke the silence. “What did you do to her?”

smile, but her tears betrayed her first. “How can you claim nothing is going on between you and her? Why do you care

day I married you, all I wanted was a

could have handled things differently. Yet, things

and yelled, “Don’t think you can fool me! I see everything. I’m not stupid. You and Kallie are having an affair, aren’t you? But it’s irrelevant. She’ll pay

a link to an online video. Within minutes, Ethan bombarded Joanna with texts and calls. Undeterred, Joanna blocked his

numbers and continued to call and text her. The more messages Joanna read, the more disheartened she felt. Ethan claimed there was nothing between

you get in touch with that reporter we used before? I need a favor. Tell him to run a story tomorrow claiming Kallie has been secretly seeing my husband. When I found out and confronted her, she argued with my

was amiss. “Did you know your mother died

made it up. I’m not aware of the exact details. Just have him report

back her concerns. Her temporary alliance with Joanna had one goal: to ruin

imagination soar with

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