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Chapter 31\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie let out a cold laugh as she clapped slowly in mocking applause. She took the envelope that Jasper handed her and dumped all the evidence onto the coffee table.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTake a look,\u201d she said flatly. \u201cEnjoy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Among the evidence were photos of Imogen and Rowan in bed, underwear-clad pictures Imogen had emailed to Natalie, and hotel check-in records for the two of them both domestically and abroad. There was also a detailed list of luxury purchases Rowan had made for Imogen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis\u2026 Where did all this come from\u2026\u201d Scarlet stared at the items in disbelief.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rowan stood rooted to the spot without a word. He saw everything on the coffee table clearly, then finally shifted his gaze to Imogen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Imogen avoided his eyes, thinking to herself that she was willing to pay any price as long as she could get Rowan to divorce\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t real.\u201d Scarlet grabbed the photos and documents and tore them apart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMadam, if this case truly goes to court, I will report everything truthfully to the judge,\u201d Jasper stepped forward to speak up for Natalie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie scoffed. \u201cTear them apart all you want. These are just copies anyway. I have plenty more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, Natalie took out her phone and said mockingly to Rowan, \u201cLet me play this for you, too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBabe, you\u2019re the only one I love. I\u2019ll take responsibility for you, so I\u2019ll divorce Natalie soon and marry you. In my heart, Natalie\u2019s just a maid who\u2019s good for nothing except lowly labor\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The phone played a recording from Rowan. His voice was unmistakably from when he was being intimate with Imogen, thanks to the heaving breathing and panting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie sneered. \u201cI\u2019ve got plenty more recordings like this. Do you want to listen to every single one?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou gave this to her?\u201d Rowan demanded, glaring at Imogen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRowan, I\u2019m sorry,\u201d Imogen said. \u201cI\u2026 I just couldn\u2019t stand Natalie constantly calling herself your legitimate wife in front of me. I sent her those recordings just to show her her place. Since she wants a divorce, you should just divorce her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She decided to just let Natalie have her way, since things had already gone this far. That way, she could openly be together\u00a0<\/p>\n
with Rowan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rowan turned back to Natalie, \u201cSo, Natalie, you planned all this out? You found out about today\u2019s signing ceremony with Mr. Morris and knew how important this deal was for my standing in the Payne Group. So you deliberately chose this moment to\u00a0<\/p>\n
talk to me about divorce,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI really underestimated you. I thought you were just a stupid, crude, lowly housewife. I never imagined you\u2019d be so vicious and calculating.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStupid? Crude?\u201d Natalie repeated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She accepted the first one, since she really had been stupid. If she hadn\u2019t been, how could she have foolishly worked like a maid for Rowan for seven whole years? How could she have given up her own dreams, willingly handling everything at home for him?\u00a0<\/p>\n
As for crude and lowly, a scumbag of a man like him would never be able to see her virtues.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough. Forget about money or a big villa, that\u2019s impossible. The only condition I can agree to is giving you Sarah. She\u2019s just an expensive burden,\u201d Scarlet sald, sighing heavily, as if she were making an enormous concession.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy daughter is a burden!\u201d Natalie hated it most when Scarlet Insulted Sarah like that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy daughter is a burden!\u201d Natalie hated it most when Scarlet insulted Sarah like that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s always been one!\u201d Scarlet spat. \u201cThe Payne family cares only about sons who can inherit the family fortune. Who would ever care about a daughter like her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what are you? An animal? Your parents never should have brought you into this world, then. And even if they did, you should\u2019ve been strangled at birth. Why did you even get married? Why didn\u2019t you just go and die?\u201d Natalie blurted in fury.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 31\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 Chapter 31\u00a0 Natalie let out a cold laugh as she clapped slowly in mocking applause. She took […]<\/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-272","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\/272","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=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}