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What Odette hadn‘ t expected was that even her divorce had become a grand affair.
“So, do you have any plans?”
“I like it here. I should have joined you sooner, Senior,” Odette blinked, her voice filled with quiet resolve.
Amadeo, watching her beneath the vast, sparkling sky, couldn’t help but feel something stir inside him. The quiet, long- buried crush he once thought had died now seemed to flicker back to life.
That night, Odette had the most enjoyable time.
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She didn’t think about the crabapple tree, nor did she think about Benedict.
Amadeo shared stories of his experiences over the past three years, and Odette listened, fascinated by every word.
Meanwhile, Benedict was plagued by restless nightmares, waking repeatedly.
In each one, he saw that car accident again, Odette rushing toward him in reckless desperation, throwing herself at him without a thought for her safety.
Back then, she had been willing to risk everything for him.
But now, why was she leaving without so much as a second glance?
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Benedict faced a wall in his search for
Odette’s whereabouts.
The medical aid mission was top–secret, and the airline refused to give him any
information.
Frustrated, he began to devise a plan to buy the airline itself.
At last, he discovered where Odette had gone. His heart raced as he prepared to fly there immediately.
But Millicent had ensnared him, tying him down and preventing him from moving.
Benedict ordered his assistant to flood the media with glowing praise for Odette, revealing her skills as a brilliant doctor, and
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in an instant, he controlled the online
narrative.
The critics who had once torn Odette apart now hastily apologized.
Through a video of Millicent causing a scene at the hospital just the day before, the truth
was laid bare: Millicent was the real mistress.
Worse still, the audacity of the true mistress to slander the legitimate wife, especially one who dedicated her life to saving others,
shocked everyone.
Millicent was now drowning in a flood of online backlash.
The day after Odette left, Benedict issued an order to evict Millicent from Odette‘ s villa in Wellington.
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Not stopping there, he froze Millicent‘ s accounts, repossessed her car, and even had the television station fire her due to the
negative impact of her disgraceful actions.
She had plummeted from the heights of being a beloved host to being nothing.
When she entered any platform, no one sent her expensive gifts, no one pampered her.
Her fake displays of charm were no longer admired.
In fact, when Millicent was thrown out onto the streets, a crowd of former fans swarmed her, those same fans who had caused chaos at the hospital just the day before.
“I’ve never seen someone so disgusting. You‘ re the real mistress, huh?”
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“Millicent, how dare you drag us into that hospital mess? Dr. Clarendon is a saint, and you made us lose all dignity!”
“You even got me slapped by Mr. Evander!”
“Because of you, I’m laughed at everywhere I go. You shameless woman!”
Her die–hard fans had turned into her fiercest
critics, dragging her to a nearby dump to
shame her.
After her fury had subsided, Millicent crawled out of the trash heap, her body reeking with a stench that made her stomach turn. She gagged violently, unable to control the wave of nausea that followed.
Frantically, she searched for her phone, but it was nowhere to be found.
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With no phone to call for help, she resorted to flagging down passing cars, but every driver who saw her in her disheveled state quickly sped past as if she were a mad woman.
Defeated and without a choice, Millicent finally made her way on foot to Benedict‘ s
villa.
But no matter how hard she pounded on the
door, there was no answer.
Benedict wasn’t home. Instead, he was at his usual haunt, drowning his sorrows in a
haze of alcohol.
