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The Penniless Ex-Wife Is A Hidden Boss

Chapter 9 

Word Count: 1084    |    Released on: Today at 16:39

e walls of the underground boxing club in Manhatt

vered in a thick layer of sweat. He had thick black tape wrapped tightly around

ac

er the force. Bartholomew's stomach still burned from the ulcer, but t

d not stop seeing the way she looked at him in

ft, right, left. Sweat flew off

ing. He was wearing a gray cashmere tracksuit. He watched

towel directly at Bartholomew's face.

sked loudly over the music. "Did your quiet litt

floor. He glared at Alistair. His chest

stepped out of the ring. He grabbed a plastic water bottle from the bench and squee

d. He picked up his iPad from the bench and ta

e my contacts at the Wall Street

s lawyer. It was the official filing for a net-zero divor

in his other hand. The plastic crushed inward with a loud cra

a man who is completely losing his mind, B

ng the crushed bottle into the trash. "She is b

strapped them on. He stepped through the ropes and into the ring. He

. He needed to hit something that

ward, throwing a wild, angry punch. Alistair ea

ure emotion. His footwork was

. The padded leather crashed into the side of Bartholomew's jaw. The impact

up. He stepped right i

," Alistair said, his voice low and brutal. "B

ung blindly. "Halie saved my life thirt

ot back. "You chose the one way that completely destroyed your marriage. You are not pa

. His arms dropped to his sides. His brain short-circuite

his leg and planted a hard front ki

. The breath was knocked out of his lungs. He lay flat on his

er him, looking d

apped his gloves and threw them onto Bartholomew's chest. "When sh

lked out of the ring,

The blood pounded in his ears. Alistair's wo

rious. He refused to accept that he was losing.

s gym bag. His hands were shaking, leaving smears of blo

answered i

energy. "Tell them Hendricks Group is doubling our investment in that new indie film. B

orld works. I will take the very industry you are desperately trying to break into and hand it over to the woman you hate most. He wanted to crush her newfound rebellion. He wanted to force her to see that he controlled the air she breathed. He pulled his

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The Penniless Ex-Wife Is A Hidden Boss
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“For five years, Casey played the perfect, obedient contract wife to the billionaire Bartholomew Hendricks. On their fifth anniversary, she waited five hours in front of a cold dinner, only to be called to pick him up from a club. When she arrived, she found him in a VIP room, looking softly at his assistant, Halie. Around Halie's neck was the massive blue sapphire necklace Casey thought was her anniversary gift. The crowd of elites openly mocked her, calling her the pathetic little contract wife. Halie shrank back into Bartholomew's arms and squeezed out fake tears. Instead of defending his wife, Bartholomew's eyes turned to solid ice. "Why are you interrupting my friends?" He ordered her to stop throwing a tantrum and drive him home. The humiliation peaked when his aunt violently slapped Casey across the face in a crowded hospital corridor during a family emergency. Bartholomew just watched her bleed, only caring about the family's reputation in the tabloids. Standing there with a bruised cheek and a bleeding lip, Casey looked at the man she had loved. There was no anger left, no sadness, only a freezing, absolute emptiness. She finally realized her humanity meant nothing to him. She took off her five-carat diamond ring, packed only the cheap clothes she came with, and handed him a net-zero divorce settlement. Bartholomew thought she would starve and come crawling back, completely unaware that she was secretly a multi-millionaire author who was about to turn his world upside down.”