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Florence glanced at Albert, her expression unimpressed. “What are you talking about? Where did you see me flirting with Mr. Foster? I already explained that we were just discussing business, and considering he personally dropped me off, would it have been polite to just let him leave without offering him a drink?”
“If you didn’t want him to, why did he drive you home?” Albert shot back, irritation lining his voice.
Florence let out a cold laugh. “If you hadn’t thrown me out of the car, I
wouldn’t have run into Mr. Foster. I’m not
stupid enough to get caught in the rain like a soaked rat.”
Meanwhile, Isabella was at home,
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Albert fell silent, feeling a twinge of regret. He mused, “Perhaps it would have been better if I hadn’t made Florence get out of the car at all.”
As soon as Florence headed to her room upstairs, he followed her without a second thought.
Just as Albert was about to step into his own room, Florence blocked the doorway.
“Oh, I forgot to mention: your room is on the third floor. I won’t be sharing a bedroom with you.”
Albert’s brow furrowed as he looked into her strikingly beautiful face, a flutter of something unsettling coursing through
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“Don’t forget that you’re my wife. Sharing a room is part of your obligations.”
Florence laughed sharply as if he’d told a joke, her demeanor suddenly fierce. “We’ve been married for some time now,
and we’ve never shared a bed. Whenever I wanted to discuss having a family, you either turned me down or got called away. So now you want to talk about obligations?”
Albert averted his gaze, feeling a pinch of shame.
Florence continued, her smile icy. “Too bad, even if you’re suddenly eager to have a baby, I’m not interested anymore. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’d prefer to be alone.”
Albert’s eyes blazed with anger.
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He was ready to retort when suddenly his phone rang with Isabella’s designated ringtone.
He turned to head downstairs to answer it, but Florence was quicker, snatching the phone from his hand and hitting the answer button.
“Albert, I feel awful. Can you take me to the hospital?” Isabella’s weak voice came through the line.
Florence caught every word, her eyes mocking as she looked at Albert. “You should hurry and take Isabella to the hospital.
“If she messes up her health, I can only imagine how heartbroken you’ll be.”
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Although Albert had been genuinely worried about Isabella, Florence’s disdainful tone irritated him further.
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He snatched the phone back and asked, “How bad is it? You can’t even get out of the house?”
Isabella hesitated before replying, “I thought I heard Florence’s voice… Is she upset I called you? I’m sorry; I just didn’t know who else to turn to. I’ll be okay; I
can wrap myself in a blanket and tough it out.”
Even her brave words couldn’t mask the quiver in her voice, which tugged at Albert’s heart.
“Just hang tight. I’ll be right there to get you to the hospital,” he said firmly.
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After hanging up, he turned to Florence, his expression turning serious. “Isabella has it tough on her own in this city. You…”
Before he could finish, Florence interjected, “So we should hurry to get the divorce finalized. That way, you can bring Isabella closer and take care of her whenever she needs it.”
Albert choked on his words. “What are you talking about? I’m not divorcing you.”
But thoughts of Charles lingered uncomfortably in his mind, and he looked at Florence as if she were a woman about
to stray.
He asked, “Are you in such a hurry to divorce me because you want to be with
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Florence let out a cold laugh. “It’s not just Isabella who needs to go to the hospital; you should get your head checked too.
You’re delusional.”
Realizing that talking about divorce was going nowhere, she turned and slammed
the door shut.
Florence pulled out her phone, ready to call her divorce lawyer.
But before she could dial, Albert kicked the door open with a loud bang.
“I’m not gone yet, so why the rush to flirt with Charles?” Albert sneered, mistakenly thinking she was about to call Charles.
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In a fit of rage, he snatched the phone from her and hurled it to the ground, crushing it beneath his foot.
The screen shattered, and Florence’s beautiful face instantly darkened.
“Are you insane?” Florence spat back, raising her hand and delivering a sharp slap to Albert’s face.
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He blinked in surprise; then fury ignited in his eyes. “You hit me?”
“Get out, now! Or I’ll make sure Isabella is booted from the company!”
Florence’s stunning gaze turned
razor–sharp, challenging him.
“You wouldn’t dare,” Albert retorted with
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steely glare.
Florence’s demeanor shifted to ice, her voice low and dangerous. “Go ahead and
test me.”
Albert’s expression darkened, and he held her gaze for a tense moment before finally speaking, “If you touch Isabella, you won’t get away with it.”
With that, he spun on his heel and stormed out.
Florence watched his retreating figure, feeling an overwhelming sense of betrayal and regret. She couldn’t shake the
feeling that she had really been foolish in choosing him.
Picking up her phone, she was relieved
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Florence quickly dialed her lawyer’s number and then called her father, who was on a business trip abroad.
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“Florence, shouldn’t you be resting at this hour? Why the sudden call?”
William Brooks‘ concerned voice brought a wave of emotion crashing over Florence, and she couldn’t hold back the tears.
In her past life, William had been away on business at this time, and on his return, his private jet had met with a tragic accident, plunging into the ocean. She had spent a fortune hiring search teams, but she never found even a trace of him.
Meanwhile, where was Albert?
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While she was lost in grief, Albert had been busy comforting a sick Isabella and scheming to buy off some of the board members from William’s company.
By the time Florence pulled herself together, half of the Brooks Group was already in Albert’s hands.
This time, she won’t let that happen again!
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