All Chapters of Divorce: This Is No Game Anymore: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Jason followed Clarice, unable to stop himself from smiling. Clarice's expression, however, remained solemn. She'd been silent the entire time. "Does Nadine miss me?" Jason couldn't help but ask, his voice laced with excitement. "I knew she couldn't bear to part with me. We just went public with our relationship, after all."Clarice swallowed hard, but didn't respond. Soon, they arrived at the study. Jason took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, then walked in. Only a dim light illuminated the study, its warm glow tracing the slender silhouette of the woman standing before the floor-to-ceiling windows. Nadine stood beside the windows, a cigarette wedged between her fingers. Jason's excitement began to fade. The room was far too quiet, and something about the atmosphere felt terribly off. There was no affectionate embrace or warm look in her eyes, nothing like the welcome he'd expected.The tension in the air was almost suffocating. The smile on Jason's face fr

Nadine swung the door open, and what she saw made her blood boil. Jason was lying naked in bed with a woman, his hands still roaming over her back. Both of them were flushed from their intimate encounter, and the bedsheets were wrinkled. The moment Jason heard the door open, he whipped his head around. His eyes widened when he saw Nadine, and he quickly pushed the woman in his arms away. "Nadine, let me explain!" he cried, his voice trembling as he wrapped himself in a blanket. "It's not what you think. She… She was the one who seduced me!"The woman panicked, too. She scrambled to find her clothes, repeatedly insisting that it was all a misunderstanding. Nadine, however, didn't even spare the woman a glance. She fixed her gaze on Jason. "Seduced you?" She let out a mocking laugh. "Jason, do you think I'm blind or stupid?"The look in her eyes made Jason tremble all over. Tears welled up in his eyes as he knelt on the bed and shuffled toward her, his voice breaking."Nadin

Silas tightened his grip on the blanket, hesitation flickering across his face. Stella wanted him to accompany her to the Larkspur estate and pretend to be her boyfriend, but he couldn't help wondering what their relationship would look like after that.After all, they were rivals. The last thing anyone would associate them with was being a couple."Are you serious about this?" he asked in disbelief. As if she'd anticipated his reaction, Stella pulled a chair over and sat down. She leaned forward and fixed her gaze on him. "My family has been pressuring me to get married, and my grandma's been looking forward to meeting my boyfriend," she explained. "I was supposed to pick up the man my family arranged for me to marry at the airport today, but then I ran into you and everything went sideways."Not only did I have to cancel our meeting, but the guy got upset and accused me of disrespecting him. Now he refuses to speak to me."She spread her hands helplessly before continuing,

Silas met Nadine's gaze. "Nadine, let me introduce you to my girlfriend, Stella Larkspur.""Girlfriend?"Nadine stumbled forward, her gaze locked on Silas' face. "Silas, I dare you to look me in the eye and say that again! You clearly still love me. You said that—""So what if I said that before?" He cut her off.He knew that unless he made things absolutely clear, Nadine would never let go. Taking a deep breath, he leaned forward and wrapped his arms around Stella's waist. Before she could react, he kissed her without hesitation.Stella's eyes widened, but she quickly caught on. She stayed in his arms and shot Nadine a triumphant look."See that? He's mine now."Leaning against Silas's chest, Stella didn't look back as he draped an arm over her shoulders and led her away.They soon disappeared from Nadine's sight, but she remained rooted to the spot. The light in her eyes faded, and it felt as though an invisible hand had tightened around her heart, leaving her struggling

Nadine's hand froze midair. She had reached out to stroke Silas' cheek, but hesitated before touching him.She stared at him, unsettled by his calm, unreadable expression. He was trapped in this resort without even a chance to step outside, yet he seemed utterly confident, as though he still had an ace up his sleeve.The thought made her uneasy.Just then, her phone rang, breaking the silence.Nadine frowned and pulled out her phone. One glance at the caller ID told her it was Clarice, her assistant.She answered the call. "What is it?"The voice on the other end was frantic."Ms. Larson, we have a problem! Something's happened at Larson Group!" Clarice exclaimed."What's going on?" Nadine demanded."We've just discovered that a mysterious account has acquired 51% of Larson Group's shares! You're no longer the largest shareholder! The board is in an uproar and is demanding an emergency shareholders' meeting. You need to…"The news struck Nadine like a bolt of lightning. All t