Chapter 73\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle went still. She slowly turned her head and found Clayton standing behind her, his eyes narrowed dangerously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had caught her talking smack about him, and to make things worse, she couldn\u2019t afford to get on his bad side. Terrified, Michelle spat out the ice chips and burst into a coughing fit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton closed in on her, the air around him cold and suffocating as he pressed, \u201cWhy\u2019d you stop talking? Go on, tell me what you want to tattoo on my forehead?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing this, Sienna quickly grabbed a few tissues and wiped Michelle\u2019s mouth. She smoothly stepped in front of Michelle like a veritable shield. \u201cWhat are you doing here? Did you get lost again?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton\u2019s gaze darted past Sienna and swept over Michelle, who shrank into herself. She wished she could slither into the cracks in the floor and stay in hiding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Only then did Clayton turn to Sienna. There was no room for negotiation in his tone as he bit out, \u201cThere\u2019s a business dinner tonight. You\u2019re coming with me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy can\u2019t you go alone? I don\u2019t want to go.\u201d Sienna turned him down without a second thought.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandpa asked that we go together.\u201d Clayton\u2019s voice dropped. \u201cHe\u2019ll be there too. Do you want him to find out we\u2019ve been fighting?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna was silent for a moment as she considered her options. All she had to do was endure Clayton for another 20\u2013odd days,\u00a0<\/p>\n
and she would be 50 million dollars richer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Instead of protesting, she obediently followed Clayton into the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the car, Rowan tried to make his breathing as soundless as possible as he drove quietly. The couple in the backseat were fighting, and the last thing he wanted was to become cannon fodder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna turned toward the window, her gaze unfocused. There was no telling what was in her mind, and she refused to speak.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton cast a sidelong glance at her, noting her furious side profile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho pissed you off? Must you carry on with this crappy job? It\u2019s bad form to flirt with a movie star. Please don\u2019t tell me you\u2019re only working there so you can see your favorite celebrities up close.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna couldn\u2019t be bothered to spare him a look.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, Mich needed help on set, so I came over at the last minute for assistance.\u201d She paused, then asked, \u201cAre you happy with that answer, Mr. Hale?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton was far from placated. \u201cThen why did you accept that gigolo\u2019s iced latte and autographed portrait?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna wanted to counter him by asking why he had visited Melody on set and brought her so much food. Why had he bought her an air purifier just because she coughed?\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Sienna held her questions back. She figured he would, more likely than not, answer, \u201cI\u2019m showing concern for Melody\u2019s well\u2013being because I love her. Isn\u2019t that a given? I don\u2019t see how any of that is your business, Sienna.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She would be asking for humiliation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s nice and generous with everyone he meets,\u201d Sienna replied vaguely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton snorted. \u201cRight. I think he just has a thing for you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c<\/p>\n
She got the divorce and bolted 73 Chapter 73\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 Michelle went still. She slowly turned her head and found […]<\/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-20147","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\/20147","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=20147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}