After Divorce, My General Husband Chasin…
Chapter 47 Mounting Anxiety
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Emma’s eyes sparkled at the mention of the ten million dollars.
Emily, who had endured so much and had no ties to the outside world, preferred to stay here forever.
Emma, on the contrary, had a loving partner, a mother, and a younger brother waiting for her.
Had it not been for her brother’s illness, she would never have ventured there to earn money.
Now, with her brother’s health improving, she could leave such a lousy life behind once she got the ten million dollars.
When Emma was lost in fantasies of her future, her phone rang, shattering her reverie.
“How is it? Is it done?” a feminine voice demanded as soon as
the call connected.
“Almost there, just a bit more time. Today is not the 10th. Wait just a couple more days! And the money…”
Emma’s excitement was palpable as her mind was consumed by thoughts of wealth.
“Don’t worry. The money will definitely be transferred into your account.”
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Then, the call was abruptly ended.
The woman on the other end of Emma’s call was none other
than Diana.
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Diana orchestrated the plan with Caroline. The ten million dollars was a mere lure, a hollow promise.
They had no intention of paying Emma.
“This woman is so gullible, thinking she’ll get ten million for such a simple task. She’s living in a dream!”
After hanging up the phone with Emma, Diana gloated to Caroline over the phone.
“Yes. Diana, not everyone can be as brilliant as you.”
Caroline, now counting on Diana to take the lead, had no choice but to shower her with compliments.
After all, it was Diana who had reached out to the contact, ensuring that any mess in the end couldn’t be pinned on Caroline.
Even if their scheme were discovered, Diana, with her status as the eldest daughter of the prestigious Hawthorne family, could naturally resolve the matter in mere minutes.
Originally, Caroline harbored the belief that once Claire stepped into the perilous world of Eclipse Nightclub, her innocence
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would inevitably be compromised. There seemed no urgency in hastening her downfall.
But upon closer inspection, Caroline discovered that reality starkly diverged from her expectations.
Claire, against all odds, was thriving in Eclipse Nightclub, her days marked by unexpected success and allure. Faced with this unforeseen prosperity, how could Caroline possibly hold herself back from intervening?
She felt compelled to reveal to Frederick the true depths of Claire’s depravity and licentiousness.
Under no circumstances would she allow Frederick to develop any tender feelings for Claire. And should any such sentiment dare to sprout, she was determined to crush it mercilessly at its inception.
During these recent days, life without Claire had been
blissfully serene for Caroline, who had basked in the warmth of Frederick’s attentive care and gentle protection.
She believed that with a few more schemes, she could soon capture Frederick’s heart in the near future.
The essential condition, however, was that Claire, the significant obstacle, had to be dealt with decisively and completely.
That night, Caroline slept soundly.
Claire, however, was tormented by the conversation she had
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overheard between Emma and the man. She tossed and turned,
unable to find rest.
After a solemn consideration, she decided to call Hannah.
Yet, the reply she received was the impersonal chime of an automated voice, “Hello, you’ve reached Hannah Evans. I’m not available right now, but please leave a message after the beep, and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you!”
Just like Emily had experienced when she tried dialing Hannah’s number days earlier, the line was frustratingly out of
reach.
Claire, too, placed several more calls, and she even attempted to reach Hannah on the 9th, but every attempt vanished into the silence of an unresponsive line.
Finally, the day arrived when Neil was set to visit Eclipse Nightclub.
The moment Eclipse Nightclub opened its doors for the evening, a wave of nervousness washed over Claire.
She was caught in a dual–edged anxiety; on one side, the fear that Emily might consign her to Neil’s private room loomed large, and on the other, there was the gnawing worry that Emma’s scheme would come to fruition.
She found herself torn, wavering between the instinct for self–preservation and the tug of her conscience.
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Venturing into that room could mean facing death at the hands of Neil. Claire had witnessed what Jacob had done to her, so her fear of perverted men was not just a fear but a terror rooted in grim reality.
That fateful night at Jacob’s villa, a wild terror had consumed her, urging her to fight back, yet no matter how fiercely she willed it, her body remained paralyzed.
Ultimately, she was acutely aware of every drop of her blood surging back towards her heart. Her breath grew shallow. Each gasp for air was more labored than the last until she was teetering on the brink of self–destruction.
After that harrowing ordeal, her fear was not just a fleeting emotion but seemed to have seared itself into her very bones.
As the arrival of the guests drew nearer, Claire’s anxiety mounted with the relentless march of time.
“God bless. Please, let tonight be free from that lecherous Neil. With Hannah away, we’re utterly defenseless against his advances.”
“It’s genuinely terrifying. Do you think we could reach Hannah by phone? How I wish she would materialize before us this very instant.”
The others shared the same unease; a collective tension hung in the air on the day Neil was due to arrive.
Claire, too, was silently praying that the vile Neil would stay
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“He’s here! Oh no! He’s here! That pervert has arrived!”
“It’s over. We’re nearly doomed for now!”
To everyone’s dismay, Neil made his entrance not even half an hour after the doors opened for business.
Recalling the conversation she had overheard that night between Emma and the mysterious man, Claire felt more conflicted and uncertain of her next move.
Suddenly, a woman rushed in, breathless. “Emily has gone to serve Neil!”
“What? Emily?”
“Damn it! What if Emily dies at the mercy of Neil?”
A collective sigh of relief swept through the room when everyone heard that Emily would handle Neil, yet it was tinged with concern for her safety.
Claire, above all, was fraught with worry!
Acutely conscious of her standing, she felt the sting of being the newcomer with the poorest performance, a fact that Hannah’s appreciation only highlighted, turning her into the epicenter of everyone’s disdain.
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She stood as the outcast, the most despised among them, and the one they would most willingly send to serve Neil.
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Emily had every opportunity to delegate the ordeal with Neil to Claire, yet Emily chose not to. Instead, Emily confronted the situation herself.
At that moment, Claire was engulfed by a wave of self–reproach and frustration.
She checked the time again. Each tick of the clock seemed to tighten the coil of her anxiety, leaving her feeling like a spring stretched to its limit.
Finally, unable to bear the suspense any longer, Claire made her way to Neil’s private room.
She reasoned that if Emily were truly in jeopardy, her presence might not change the outcome, but she could at least be there in time to summon the police.
However, she was wholly unprepared for the revelation that Emily’s visit to Neil’s room was a ruse, which was part of Emma’s elaborate scheme.
Claire approached the doorway of the private room. Emily was nowhere to be seen. Instead, there sat Neil, alone.
Just as she peered inside, a sudden push from behind thrust her into the room.
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Whirling around, she came face to face with the culprit who had shoved her. It was Emma.
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