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“pût he didn’t choose to divorce you,” Mark pointed out. “Instead, he fold you all these to keep you. If that’s the case, then be – must truly love you ”
He continued, “He probably didn’t intend to harm your bet was just desperate to hold onto you. Maybe he was afraid that you’d never forgive him no matter what, so he wanted to bind you to hir first.
“If you still have feelings for him, and If there’s a chance for reconciliation, perhaps you can try to resolve the pest and move forward together.”
If there was a chance for us to reconcile, then there would be
inded to waste energy searching for evidence
“No way!” I replied without hesitation. “I’ll never be with him aga
Not that I believed his love for me was genuine, but even if it was, there was no way I’d ever be with him again!
Not all pain and wounds could be healed by love
“If voli can’t be with him again, then you could use his feelings to your advantage,” Mark said. “You can seduce him or lower the hostility between you two for now. Then, you could find a chance to gather evidence that he transferred your shared marit assets into the new company, and we’ll sue him!”
I was speechless.
Although I was desperate for a breakthrough, seducing Irvin was. That was simply impossible!
Right now, even the mere thought of Irvin disgusted me. I couldn even stand being near him, let alone trying to actively approach him..
So, the only thing I could do was temporarily ease the tension between us and look for evidence when I had the chance.
I had thought I could divorce him immediately, but now I had no choice but to be patient. This realization frustrated me
Just as I was about to give up and spend the entire day rotting in bed , Cordelia called me. She had been doing research in a rural area, completely unaware of what was happening to me.
“Darling, my brother is starting his master’s at Hurley University. His flight will be arriving soon, please pick him up for me. And also, take care of him while he’s in Claudeville!”
I froze. “Your brother?”
“Yeah, the adopted one who later found his birth family. He doesn’t know anyone in Claudeville, so I’m counting op you!” Cordelia sounded really busy. She hung up immediately after she gave me the flight details.
I saw her brother as my own too. So, even though I wanted to stay in bed all day, I immediately got dressed and headed out
The black car parked across the street immediately followed me when I stepped outside. After following me to the airport, someone in the car made a call.
“She seems to be picking someone up from the airport. She’ll be returning with the same route later. That’ll be a good chance to make a move.”
“Okay. Keep an eye on hier. I’ll arrange that now,” the voice on the other end replied.
Thad known Cordelia since high school. Back then, my parents had torced me to attend Shelbyville High school after letting Julianne take my place at Claudeville High School That was where met Cordelia and her brother, who was still in middle school.
When we graduated , her brother was found by his birth family, and he left with them for Zenith. It had been more than ten years
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since I last saw
Wotried that he wouldn’t recognize me, I made a sign with his name and held it up.
I had no idea that as I was lifting the sign and searching for Cordelia’s brother in the crowd, several people were watching my every move from different places around me.
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