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\u201cHow do you want me to prove it?\u201d Imogen sneered, thinking Natalie wasn\u2019t as composed as she seemed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With just a little trick, Natalie\u2019s defenses completely crumbled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cProve that Rowan loves you,\u201d Natalie replied calmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Imogen gave a light, mocking smile and took out her phone, showing Natalie a short video from last night of her and Rowan in bed together.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The clip was brief, only about 30 seconds, showing Rowan holding Imogen and kissing her with an urgent, impatient intensity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s it?\u201d Natalie raised an eyebrow, her tone calm and detached. \u201cIf I\u2019m not mistaken, Rowan had been drinking last night, right? This only counts as a drunken mistake. It doesn\u2019t mean anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She noticed that Rowan\u2019s coat not only carried the scent of another woman\u2019s perfume, but also the sharp tang of alcohol.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Imogen couldn\u2019t help but feel a little impressed by Natalie\u2019s restraint. Even after seeing her husband in bed with another woman, she could still remain composed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what exactly would it take for you to agree to divorce him?\u201d Imogen asked, losing her patience.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve already said it. If you can prove Rowan truly loves you and can\u2019t live without you, I\u2019ll agree to divorce him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there are plenty of men in the world. If Rowan doesn\u2019t love me anymore, I won\u2019t cling to him either. I\u2019ll be waiting for your proof.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After leaving the cafe, Natalie went straight to Jasper\u2019s law office. Carmen happened to be free that day, so she accompanied\u00a0<\/p>\n
her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust having a woman\u2019s lingerie as evidence isn\u2019t enough, since anyone can buy it anywhere. If he denies it and claims the lingerie has nothing to do with him, there\u2019s nothing you can do,\u201d Jasper said after reviewing the photos, giving a professional explanation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I can get a video of Rowan and Imogen sleeping together, would that be enough?\u201d Natalie asked quietly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat would be one piece of evidence, but if you want more compensation, proof that he spent money on her would be even better,\u201d Jasper explained. \u201cThat money is part of the marital assets, and as Mrs. Payne, you can reclaim it all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRowan must have already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Imogen. He even booked her a VIP room in the hospital that cost over ten thousand dollars a night and didn\u2019t even bat an eye,\u201d Carmen said. \u201cNatalie, you can go to the hospital and request the billing records from that stay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d Natalie nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Several of the resumes Carmen had helped Natalie submit had been rejected by various companies, mostly because she had no recent work experience and had spent seven years as a housewife.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But a fashion company called Lumiere Fashion was willing to give her a chance for an interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie took her resume and went to the company\u2019s HR department.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you design all of these, and have they been published?\u201d the HR manager asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey haven\u2019t been published, but I did design them myself,\u201d Natalie replied after hesitating briefly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rowan didn\u2019t like his wife having a public career. When they married, he made it clear that she was only allowed to stay at home, manage the household, and raise the children. Working outside was strictly off-limits.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the household expenses were enormous, Scarlet was cutting her allowance, and with Sabrina in a sanatorium, the\u00a0<\/p>\n
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monthly medical bills added up. With no other choice, she secretly started working online as a ghost fashion designer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Being a ghost designer required strict confidentiality agreements, so she naturally couldn\u2019t tell the manager who hired her that some of the popular pieces on the market were her own designs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Afraid of being rejected, Natalie hurriedly added, \u201cYou can test my skills. Give me a design brief now, and I\u2019ll draw a draft on the spot, okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her tone was almost pleading, because this wasn\u2019t just a job to her. It was her leverage to secure Sarah\u2019s custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The manager glanced at Natalie, then stood up and walked to the window to make a phone call. A few minutes later, he returned to his desk and handed her a design concept saved on his phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Chapter 15\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 Chapter 15\u00a0 \u201cHow do you want me to prove it?\u201d Imogen sneered, thinking Natalie wasn\u2019t as […]<\/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-256","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\/256","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=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}