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Chapter 32 Connor POV "You can't be treating Claire like this. You asked me to leave, and I did. You can't treat her like she's not a human just because of the mistake I made. It's not fair," I said to Dad, and he scoffed. "Who are you to tell me what is wrong and what is right? What do you? It was all your fault, and you still dare to show your face to me and tell me that trash?" He fired at me, and I bit my lip. "Do you think you have the right to tell me that when you already ruined this family? You are nothing, but a disgrace. A disgrace I regret giving birth to," His words pierced through my heart, but I tried to fight back the pain, reminding myself that I deserved all he was saying to me, so I shouldn't think of getting hurt by his words. I slowly went on my knees, and I heard Claire gasp behind me. "I'm not asking you to forgive me. All I'm asking is for you to leave Claire out of this, please. You can't hurt her because of this," I pleaded with him, but he scoffed instea
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Chapter 33 Janice POV Two weeks later Everything was almost back to the way they used to be, but the only thing that remained unchanged was the fact that Connor couldn't still get over his family cutting him and his brother off completely. Although he has been trying to act like everything was fine with him, it was unfortunately obvious that he wasn't fine. Chase started working in his company as a part-time model and they have since been going to the company together. What about me? Well, I've started working as his assistant, and so far, it has been exhausting, but thinking about the pay I would get at the end of the month has been my only motivation, so I was going to keep pushing harder no matter how difficult it seemed to be. I mean, working and earning fifteen thousand dollars a month was fair enough, right? Well, Connor Empire is the only company I know that pays their workers such high salaries. Other companies range from six to ten thousand dollars monthly. I should count
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Chapter 34 Connor POV "What is wrong with her?" I mumbled, staring at the closed door while trying to figure out why she acted like that. The last time I checked, we were married not because we love each other, and also, we weren't going to be together for long, so what does she care what I do with my life? "Come on, baby. Let's start from where we stopped," The bitch I was fucking a moment ago said to me, and I turned to see her sitting on my desk and spreading her legs, revealing her dripping wet pink pussy. I scoffed as I walked over to the desk, pulled out the drawer, and took out one parcel of money, throwing it at her. "Get dressed and leave. Your service is no longer needed," I said to her, sitting on my chair. "But..." "You have thirty seconds to get the hell out of my office if you don't want to be thrown out by the security," I said to her dismissively, and that was all she needed to quickly get dressed and saunter out of my office. Of course, she wouldn't want to risk
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Chapter 35 Janice POV The sting I felt in my heart when he told me to stop meddling in his affair was a feeling I couldn't push out of my head. It felt strange, very strange that I couldn't fathom what the hell was happening or wrong with me. We weren't in love, so why would I care what he choose to do with his life? "When everything is over, you should get a life for yourself, Janice," I whispered, tucking the strands of hair on my face to my ear, leaning over the rail afterward. I was looking forward to getting a divorce and staying away from this freak forever, but I didn't want anything more than to keep working here even after the divorce. No other company pays more than this, and you know how much money means to me. 'Carl' A part of my heart stung as that name played in my head, and I asked myself again what the heck happened between him and Connor that he could never forgive. I was still living in the dark and really wanted to know what transpired between them, but I didn't
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Chapter 36 Janice POV Being in Texas feels so great and I wished I could take a walk around and feed my eyes with things here. But sadly, we came here for work purposes, and there's no way Connor would allow me to tour the city like that. I stood on the balcony of our room and fed my eyes with the beautiful view from here. From up here I could see the outline of the house, the outdoor swimming pool, the beautiful garden downstairs, and everything. The house looked like one of those I've seen in movies. "What are you thinking about?" I heard Connor's voice, so I turned to look at him. My heart skipped when I saw him walking into the balcony, shirtless. I swallowed nothing. "Nothing," I said almost in a whisper, turning my face away afterward. He came to stand beside me, leaning over the rail and staring at the sky. It was a beautiful and cozy evening, but the house wasn't too dark because of the light. "Hmm," He nodded his head. Again, I looked at him. He looked like he had a lot
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Chapter 37 Janice POV I checked myself out in the reflection one more time and tucked my hair behind my ear before walking out of the room, and heading downstairs. The short blue gown fitted me perfectly as if it was tailored for me, and packing my hair up in a ponytail and leaving some strands was a breathtaking style I loved when I saw it. I spot him sitting in the dining room as I descended the staircase. "Good morning. Did you sleep well?" I asked him as I pulled out the chair and sat down. "Hmm. Morning," He replied to me as he raised his gaze to look at me, smiling at me. "Did you sleep well?" He asked, and I scoffed. "What if I say no, hmm?" I rolled my eyes, and he scoffed. "Why? What happened?" "I think you should ask yourself. How could I have slept well when you left me to sleep in there all by myself?" I rolled my eyes at him, and he slowly nodded. "The meeting has been postponed till tomorrow. Do you have anything in mind you want to do? Just take this as your t
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Chapter 38 Connor POV Three days later I thought we were going to spend just three days here, but it has been four good days and there was no hope of us leaving anytime soon. The appointment I came for kept getting postponed. Janice has been ignoring me for the last three days, and I guess it's because of what happened a few days ago. I had no idea why she was suddenly being like that, why she wanted us to start having sex, but one thing I was sure of is that I won't agree to do that with her for her sake. She would end up hating giving this a chance and she may end up hating me for the rest of her life if she gets infected. You wouldn't want to know the infection I'm talking about, trust me. It was a beautiful sunny morning, and watching the beautiful blooming flowers in the garden felt so good and relaxing. I checked my phone and saw the number Claire used to call me the other day, the urge to call her and hear her voice, but I felt keeping my distance from her and the family
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Chapter 39 Janice POV I desperately wanted him to have me, but too bad that when he finally decided to, I was on my period. Last night felt like a long night, but thankfully it was morning now and a new day to do nothing. I felt a sharp pain in my abdomen when I tried to stand up from the bed, so I lay down hoping for it to relieve me first, but it only got worse. "Ugh! Not again, please," I whined, clutching my abdomen and squeezing my face painfully. Cramps is one of the sickness I hate the most, and something that affects me often on my period days. It's driving me nuts. I tried to leave the bed again, but I couldn't move a finger, so I just remained there. It felt like my abdomen was being cut with a sharp knife, and the pain only got worsened with each second that clicked. The door opened and Connor who had gone outside earlier for a morning workout, walked inside. I heard his footsteps stopped. "Are you ok? Why are you still in bed? It's unlike you," He asked, but I could
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