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Chapter 27\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy hubby\u2019s dead,\u201d Sienna replied immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton tightened his grip on the steering wheel. He could still recall Sienna calling him \u201chubby\u201d shyly in the past. Yet, he heard it much less from some point onward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was going to say something, yet he saw through the rearview mirror that Sienna was resting with her eyes closed. It was\u00a0<\/p>\n
clear she did not want to interact with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as they arrived at the destination, Sienna sat up instantly. She opened the door and was about to dash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton rolled down the window and called after her, \u201cDon\u2019t forget to transfer the taxi fare to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna almost tripped and fell. She looked at him in disbelief. \u201cDo you even need that money?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no harm in having more.\u201d Clayton curled his lips. \u201cAfter all, someone even took the bedsheets when they left home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
11\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna pretended as if she had no idea what he was talking about. She darted off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By the time she got back to the apartment, Michelle was sitting on the couch with her legs crossed and munched on an apple. After hearing what had happened, Michelle brought up a question she had.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, he\u2019s adamantly refusing to get divorced because of Mr. Hale Senior?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn\u2019t sound right. He\u2019s gained enough power and authority. He could even marry Melody ten times now if he wanted. No one can stop him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna thought about it for a while. \u201cPerhaps he\u2019s worried about his grandpa\u2019s condition. He was pretty much raised by his grandfather, after all. No matter how rebellious he could be, Clayton would still care about his grandfather\u2019s well-being.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI suppose so. Anyway, he\u2019s the one who\u2019s in a hurry to marry his new bride. There\u2019s no point in us worrying over the matter when it\u2019s not even related to us. You\u2019ll just have to wait for one more month,\u201d Michelle said, trying to console her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna picked up a strawberry and shoved it into her mouth. She recalled the audition that had been held in the afternoon.\u201d How did the audition go? Did you make it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle became very excited at the mention of the audition. \u201cI got accepted! It\u2019s one of the minor supporting roles, but I\u2019m already very happy with it. I probably won\u2019t have a lot of screen time, but I like the character.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll appear as the queen\u2019s pushy and arrogant younger sister. I\u2019ve always wanted to try acting in villainous roles.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna asked curiously, \u201cDid Rosa give you a hard time?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle described the event in full detail. \u201cI tried the approach that you suggested. She was going to lecture me about how over the top my acting was. However, I started apologizing profusely while praising her at the same time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI mentioned how she was very observant and thanked her for her feedback. You didn\u2019t have a chance to see the expression on her face. She was so pleased to be showered with praise.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna chuckled. \u201cThat\u2019s the kind of person she is. She enjoys being praised and admired. You\u2019ll only make her more defensive if you try to pick a fight with her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back then, Sienna noticed that some girls liked to follow Rosa around. Those who praised her would receive certain benefits. On the other hand, those who got on her wrong side would face the repercussions. Melody was the most fitting example of\u00a0<\/p>\n
this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their class monitor during the first year of high school, Reggie Milhide, and Rosa were childhood friends. Their parents were friends as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
VOLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 27\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reggie had always indulged Rosa, regardless of what kind of requests she had. He was almost like a blind follower of hers. However, Rosa was sometimes cold and distant toward him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At some point, Reggie had somehow fallen for Melody instead. He tried his best to win her favor. Other than discussing their homework together, Reggie would sometimes give her drinks and snacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rosa flew into a rage when she found out about it. She felt as though someone had stolen the pet dog she had been keeping for years. She couldn\u2019t do anything to change Reggie\u2019s mind, so she warned Melody to stay away from him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Melody was rather naive and innocent back then. She explained and clarified that she and Reggie were just classmates. There was nothing wrong with classmates discussing their homework together.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everyone had their own will and the right to decide what to do. Rosa had no right to put these restrictions on them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rosa was infuriated by those words. She would lead a group of girls and pick on Melody whenever she spotted the chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna snapped out of her reverie. Michelle told her just then, \u201cBy the way, we have news from the private investigator. There are quite a few people with the same name as Xavier Jaeger, the person you\u2019ve asked me to look for.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve found a total of 46 people who fit the description so far. These people could be found in different parts of the country. We\u2019ll have to wait a while for more news.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The light in Sienna\u2019s eyes dimmed. \u201cIt\u2019s alright. I can wait.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cXavier left without a word back then. Could he have gone into hiding?\u201d Michelle voiced her suspicions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna lowered her gaze. \u201cAnyhow, I still wish to get the answers I\u2019m looking for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next day, Miles took Melody to Clayton\u2019s office. He placed a document on the table and said excitedly, \u201cThis is the new movie directed by Carl Hilton, \u2018The Chronicle of Fallen Stars.\u2019 It\u2019s a grade S+ project under Jillians Media, and the movie is an adaptation of a popular novel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe production team is pretty good. Why don\u2019t we help secure the female lead\u2019s role for Melody? It\u2019ll be her debut work. Melody might even rise to stardom by appearing in this huge-scale project.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She got the divorce and bolted 27 \u00a0 Chapter 27\u00a0 \u201cMy hubby\u2019s dead,\u201d Sienna replied immediately.\u00a0 Clayton tightened his grip […]<\/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":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-she-got-the-divorce-and-bolted-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20101","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=20101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}