Alle Kapitel von CONTRACTED TO MY EX-HUSBAND’S ENEMY : Kapitel 51 – Kapitel 60

There would be no winning if she chose to fight this in court. Zoe knew that.She knew that with a sharp cold clarity she'd once used to read Emery's lies off his own sweating upper lip. The clauses were airtight, drafted by lawyers considerably more expensive than the ones who'd represented her, and any legal chance she wanted to challenge would cost more in fees than simply paying the cancellation amounts outright.Plus the additional publicity a lawsuit would generate, which she could not currently afford to generate right now with the painfully increasing amount of negativity surrounding her name.Zoe picked up her phone.She scrolled to the number of the number one Media’s house capable of turning public opinion about her.This was the same media house that she had patronized to white wash Emery in her past life.Zoe’s hand paused, hovering over the dial button.The media house was perfect but expensive.Zoe dropped her phone, allowing it to drop onto the table with a soft clac

By afternoon Zoe had washed her face, changed out of the dress she wore when Nathaniel sat next to her for a strategy session, and set herself up at the dining table with her laptop, a legal pad, and the focus of a woman determined to solve at least one problem today with numbers rather than feelings.She had given Beulah the day off after assuring the woman that she would not go near the kitchen if it wasn’t to boil water.How on earth was she going to convince Beulah that she finally learned how to cook in Emery’s house in her past life.She’d taken classes from Michelin-starred chefs and burned her hands cooking for Emery because he mentioned that his new love language was Acts of service.When he said Quality gifts, she’d went overboard, tearing open her trust fund to get gifts suitable for his tastes. Gifts that appealed to whatever his mother - Eunice wanted.The same Eunice who was aware her son was freaking cheating on his wife with tons of women outside and still raised her h

“I came here to see you, not waste my time on any of your lackeys, Emery.” Zoe frowned.“What?” Emery turned his head in confusion looking around.“What lackey?”“Urgh. Just move.” Zoe groaned, walking past him into the office.She paused after three steps, her eyes falling on the woman who was seated on the chair opposite his, sipping tea with her back turned to her.Zoe blinked.She would know that back anywhere.The back of her enemy? The back that she saw leave her many times and still acted like a gullible fool over.Zoe turned to Emery, “What’s this? Two Landon siblings ganging up on me?”Emery recoiled back, his hand on his chest as if, if strongly enough performative to depict a hurtful face, Zoe was going to melt.“No! Why would you say that?!” Zoe rolled her eyes, refusing to be moved by Emery’s theatrics.She motioned to Brooke who was slowly turning around, “You were going to pitch in something to give to me with yiur sister who doesn’t know how more than spending money?”

Brooke's mouth fell open, she blinked furiously, each eyelash movement looking faster than the last."How dare you?!" she snapped."How dare I what? Speak the truth?" Zoe shrugged unconcerned. "You brought him up first. There’s a reason we should let sleeping dogs lie."Brooke wheezed, her index finger pointing at Zoe. Her mouth flapped open and close with nothing to say.Emery slammed his palm on the desk. "Enough! Both of you!"The silence which settled was thick and ugly.Zoe smoothed the front of her dress, trying not to show her excitement at ruffling the Landon siblings feathers.‘This feels freaking great. Imagine if I had done this earlier instead of catering to their every whim like an underpaid servant.’ Zoe’s mind came up with that thought that same minute.Brooke sat rigid, arms crossed, glaring holes into the side of Zoe's face, her jaw working like she was chewing on every insult she wasn't allowed to say out loud in front of her brother.Zoe's eyes dropped to Brooke's

Zoe stared at her phone screen every time she ran into a red light, the entire drive home, smiling at her account balance every few minutes like it might disappear if she blinked too long.Twelve million dollars.Ten from Emery. Two million was already sitting there from before, belonging to her.Zoe skipped into the house, smile stretching across her lips.Zoe ignored Beulah's confused look at the door, and settled at her dining table with her laptop open before she'd even taken her shoes off."Okay." She cracked her knuckles, waving her hands in the air."Let's fix this."She transferred the fee for cancellation to Solene Haircare first, watching the confirmation ping through with immense satisfaction. Then Mailie Restaurants their cancellation fee eating a considerably larger bite than she expected. Then Marbelle Jewelry, the cruelest of the three, structured exactly to punish someone in her position.Aurelle and Rogue cosmetics took more than one-third of the money in their cancel