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Sienna turned to leave, only to bump straight into Olive at the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d Olive asked in surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna wasn\u2019t in the mood to deal with her. She brushed past, knocking into Olive\u2019s shoulder, and walked off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Olive yelped. \u201cAre you blind and deaf now? How rude of you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked up and spotted Ethan standing inside the office with bits of torn paper still clinging to his shoulder. Her gossip radar instantly lit up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you and Sienna get into a fight? You two barely even talk,\u201d Olive asked nosily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ethan ignored her question and brushed the scraps of paper off his shoulder. \u201cAre you here to ask for money again?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Olive pouted and clung to his arm, acting spoiled. \u201cAm I that kind of person? I just came to check on my dear brother.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She paused for a bit and went on, \u201cDid Sienna come here to give you trouble? I can help you get back at her. She\u2019s been talking about getting divorced lately and has a problem with everyone. She even lectured me last time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDivorce?\u201d Ethan paused mid\u2013motion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Olive replied with schadenfreude, \u201cYeah. Clayton\u2019s first love came back. With how pathetic Sienna is, there\u2019s no way she can compete. But if she really divorces him, won\u2019t that affect our business dealings with Hale Group?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ethan shot back, \u201cSince when do you care about the company?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Olive puffed out her chest confidently. \u201cIn order to protect our interests, I\u2019m willing to sacrifice myself by replacing Sienna and marrying into the Hale family.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cClayton wouldn\u2019t even look twice at you,\u201d Ethan said drily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy can\u2019t I compare to Sienna?\u201d Olive huffed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ethan glanced at her coolly. \u201cYou\u2019re still a kid who hasn\u2019t even finished growing up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that, he strode out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Olive chased after him, yelling, \u201cI\u2019m all grown up, Ethan! I\u2019ll be 19 soon! I\u2019m throwing a huge birthday party! Hey! Give me some money before you go!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a single day, Sienna had gone through an emotional roller coaster. Now, everything was back to square one. She almost wished she had never gotten on the ride.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She felt frustrated but had nowhere to vent it. She didn\u2019t want to go home and face Clayton\u2019s cold sarcasm either, so she went\u00a0<\/p>\n
to a bar alone to drown her sorrows in alcohol.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle, who usually listened to her rants, was already filming on set. Left with no one else to talk to, Sienna slapped a few bills on the counter and started chatting nonstop with the bartender.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She rested her chin on her hand, and her eyes were half\u2013lidded as she asked, \u201cDon\u2019t you think it\u2019s insanely hard to find a job these days?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bartender nodded vigorously while wiping a glass. What Sienna said was true, or he wouldn\u2019t be here mixing drinks even when he had a master\u2019s degree.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna took another swig and kept complaining. \u201cI finally landed a job. But then I found out that I only got in through connections. Isn\u2019t that like planting a tree myself, waking up one day to see it bloom beautifully, only to find out someone\u00a0<\/p>\n
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else stuck those flowers on it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bartender thought for a moment and tried to comfort her. \u201cWell\u2026 at least it has flowers now, right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
212\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna slammed her glass on the counter. \u201cHow is that the same? If my tree blooms, that means it\u2019s the result of my effort. The flowers truly belong to me. But if you pick flowers from another tree and stick them onto mine, what about the other tree? It\u2019s left completely bare!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just like how there were only three spots, and she took one by coming in through the back door. She had stolen the chance that rightfully belonged to the third candidate who passed the interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd even if I did get in through connections, couldn\u2019t they have at least told me? Instead, they let me run around showing off like an idiot, only to get brutally mocked by that damn bastard.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She angrily mimicked Clayton\u2019s tone. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to lie to yourself, Sienna. But to show off so blatantly like this? Are you afraid people won\u2019t know you got in through the back door?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pausing to catch her breath, she added, \u201cTell me, is that something a normal human with some compassion would say?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Having taken her money, the bartender nodded enthusiastically and replied professionally, \u201cExactly! What a bastard! People these days are so cold\u2013blooded!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna nodded in satisfaction and slipped him two more bills. \u201cYou really get me. I appreciate you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After that, she spent two hours ranting about Clayton. She even brought up past petty grudges like \u201cstealing the blanket in his sleep\u201c. The bartender listened with relish until his boss finally called him away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Left alone, Sienna drank until the world around her spun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Slumped over the bar, she muttered, \u201cBastard\u2026 Asshole\u2026 Sooner or later, you\u2019ll be the one getting kicked out\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, Samuel passed by the bar with a few friends. He recognized her at a glance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A sleazy grin played on his lips. He snapped a photo of the wasted Sienna and sent it to Clayton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He texted, \u201cYour wife\u2019s drinking herself into misery.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton replied instantly, \u201cAddress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Samuel deliberately teased him by texting back, \u201cYou sure are unbothered. Aren\u2019t you worried someone might abduct her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton\u2019s patience dropped to zero. \u201cCut the crap.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Samuel fanned the flames. \u201cIs this how you take care of your wife? You leave her alone and expect others not to make a move? Plenty of men are eyeing her. Are you going to wipe them all out?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Less than two seconds after he sent that text, his phone rang.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Samuel picked up, and an icy voice came through the line. \u201cDo you have a death wish? Address!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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She got the divorce and bolted 58 Chapter 58\u00a0 Sienna turned to leave, only to bump straight into Olive at […]<\/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-20132","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\/20132","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=20132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}