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Chapter 29\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 29\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not that hungry,\u201d Natalie said quietly. \u201cI had half of the bun earlier.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She hesitated before asking, \u201cAnyway, will Rowan be busy this Wednesday?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucian glanced at her while eating and asked, \u201cDidn\u2019t he tell you? There will be an important contract signing ceremony. Some of the directors from Payne Group\u2019s headquarters will be attending, too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll be going too, right?\u201d Natalie wanted to ask about where it would be held, but she didn\u2019t dare to be so direct.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPayne Holdings isn\u2019t under my care,\u201d he replied. \u201cRowan will take care of it on his own.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing Natalie had only been eating the vegetables from the pan-seared pork belly, Lucian pushed the dish toward her. \u201cI have something else on that day, so I won\u2019t be going to the Imperial Hotel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie had been racking her brain for ways to ask Lucian about the location, but to her surprise, he gave her the answer at\u00a0<\/p>\n
the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou must be starving from working the whole morning. Please have more.\u201d Natalie\u2019s mood lifted instantly, and she served Lucian some food with her own fork without realizing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucian glanced at the serving spoon in the corner and smiled. Among the Payne family, Natalie was known for being scrupulous about etiquette.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Apart from her husband, she would never serve food to another man. In fact, she would never say more than a few words to Lucian or Rowan\u2019s father, Logan Payne, at the dining table.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Wednesday morning, Natalie arrived early at the Imperial Hotel with Jasper. When it was close to 9:00 am, many well- dressed men and women walked into the lobby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Right in front of the group was Rowan. Imogen walked beside him, dressed in a white suit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRowan!\u201d Natalie hurried over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment Rowan heard Natalie, he shot a look at the bodyguards beside him. Immediately, they rushed forward and attempted to force Natalie out of the hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRowan, let\u2019s talk about the divorce. I brought my lawyer with me today. Please give me custody of our children,\u201d cried Natalie. She was so loud that everyone in the lobby heard her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The businessman who was planning on collaborating with Rowan looked at him sternly after hearing her words. \u201cMr. Payne, are you getting a divorce from your wife?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease give me a minute, Mr. Morris. I\u2019ll take care of this real quick.\u201d Rowan was worried Natalie would ruin his business deal, so he had no choice but to deal with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Morris, why don\u2019t we head upstairs with everyone and have something to drink first?\u201d Imogen cut in smoothly. \u201cI can explain the details of the collaboration to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was ready to back Rowan up, determined not to let Natalie ruin the contract signing ceremony that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRowan, I\u2019ve already agreed to divorce you! Why are you still trying to take the children from me? Don\u2019t you know they\u2019re my life? They can\u2019t live without a mother! I\u2019m begging you, please return them to me!\u201d Natalie shouted, pushing the bodyguards away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
John Morris\u2019 expression darkened when he heard Natalle\u2019s words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before coming to the hotel, Natalle had done her homework.\u00a0<\/p>\n
John was known for doting on his wife. However, despite many years of marriage, they had never been able to conceive naturally. It wasn\u2019t until two years ago that they finally got a pair of twins, a girl and a boy, through IVF.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 29\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hence, he began investing in children\u2019s clothing brands. After each profitable venture, he would donate five percent of the profits to children\u2019s welfare homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Men who failed to fulfill their duties to their families were the people John hated the most. Now that he realized Rowan\u2019s family was far from the loving picture described in rumors, he would definitely hesitate to proceed with the collaboration\u00a0<\/p>\n
with Rowan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rowan ordered the bodyguards to forcefully take Natalie and Jasper to a lounge upstairs. Pointing at Natalie, Rowan said threateningly, \u201cIf you need to talk, do it tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Payne, my client has already submitted a divorce petition to the court some time ago,\u201d Jasper said, pulling out his work ID along with the court summons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cToday is the day on which the court issues a compulsory summons. Please respect the law and resolve this matter with my client as soon as possible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, Rowan knew nothing about the summons because Imogen had sent someone to intercept it. He turned to look at\u00a0<\/p>\n
her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Chapter 29\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 Chapter 29\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not that hungry,\u201d Natalie said quietly. \u201cI had half of the bun earlier.\u201d\u00a0 […]<\/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-270","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\/270","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=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}