Chapter 79\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just addressing you according to your status as gallery director,\u201d Stacy replied, smiling.\u201d Where will the celebration party be held tonight?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie was about to answer when Stacy gasped, shushing her. \u201cWait, you can tell me afterward. If certain people overhear, they might shamelessly mooch a meal off you again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey frowned. He was aware of Stacy\u2019s personality\u2013outspoken and unafraid of offending\u00a0<\/p>\n
others.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail was also acquainted with Stacy. Back in university, all the photos of Jeffrey and Natalie together circulating on the forum had been taken by Stacy. Stacy had rooted for them back then, so much so that she couldn\u2019t help but become utterly obsessed with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She never expected Abigail to butt in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stacy scoffed. \u201cCertain people are not invited to the celebratory party, so they\u2019d better have some tact and not spoil the fun. Oh, right!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
She seemed to have recalled something and said excitedly, \u201cThe celebratory party will be held in conjunction with the initiation banquet to celebrate your apprenticeship. I\u2019ve arranged\u00a0<\/p>\n
everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom now on, you\u2019ll be the sole apprentice of the renowned painter, Daniel Wagner, and have his techniques passed down to you. Soon enough, I\u2019m sure there\u2019ll be a rising star in the art circle\u2013our very own Natalie!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey was a little astonished. \u201cYou were the one who introduced Daniel to Natalie?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stacy nodded. \u201cSure did. Is there a problem? Natalie\u2019s business is my business. Since she\u2019s opened a gallery, I\u2019d definitely use my resources and connections to support her! I\u2019m not like you, bringing your mistress over to be a buzzkill.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail bit her lip so hard that it turned pale. \u201cI\u2019m not a mistress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stacy looked like she had heard the world\u2019s biggest joke. \u201cWhat are you, then? His true love? Before you appeared, Jeffrey and Natalie were childhood friends and a couple deeply in love. When you appeared, they were already legally married.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho do you think you are? Is a mistress who claims it\u2019s true love still not a mistress?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail did her best to reason with her. \u201cJeff wanted to break up and call off the engagement, but Natalie wouldn\u2019t agree.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe didn\u2019t agree, which meant they still hadn\u2019t broken up. So, you are a mistress! Doesn\u2019t that make perfect sense?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 79\u00a0<\/p>\n
22\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail\u2019s lips paled even more. She couldn\u2019t win the argument.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her voice got increasingly smaller as she spoke. \u201cI went abroad after Jeff got married. It was only until they divorced that I\u2026 I\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail\u2019s mouth opened and closed, but she couldn\u2019t muster a single word. She parted her lips and did her best to raise her voice, but not a sound escaped even after several attempts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The lounge suddenly became extremely silent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail grabbed Jeffrey\u2019s hand, looking extremely anxious and as if she were about to cry. With a deeply worried expression, she raised a hand to point at her throat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey immediately understood. \u201cYou lost your voice?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail nodded repeatedly. It seemed she had become mute and couldn\u2019t muster a word. All she could do was gesture with her hands. She incessantly pointed at her throat, then mimed drinking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to drink some water?\u201d Jeffrey guessed what she meant. He swiftly picked up the cup of tea Natalie had served him earlier and handed it to Abigail.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail waved her hands fiercely before pointing at the cup of tea in Jeffrey\u2019s hands, then at the cup she\u2019d drunk from earlier. She was trying to say\u2026 that there was something wrong with\u00a0<\/p>\n
the tea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey loosened his grip, and the teacup fell straight to the floor, shattering into pieces with a resounding crash. He stared grimly at Natalie. \u201cWhat did you put in the tea?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie was stunned. What did this have to do with her?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAb lost her voice because she drank your tea,\u201d Jeffrey said, questioning her. \u201cNatalie, how dare you? You cruel, vicious woman!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 80\u00a0<\/p>\n
Divorced While Pregnant The Ex-Husband\u2019s Collapse 79 Chapter 79\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m just addressing you according to your status as gallery director,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorced-upgraded-and-married-rich"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}