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Demand a Divorce, Then Hide His Unknown Daughter

Chapter 6 Too Close To Home

Word Count: 1162    |    Released on: 22/10/2026

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na. She didn't notice the man whose sudden presence had made her

d of nausea rolled

just had to be this one. Jamie had to attend the same school. Ce

ever gets enough of taunting us

r Cedric had ruffled his hair, and the

c started

ally coming

to herself and waved at

her voice was loud eno

my daughter Luna. Where do

Luna away, I also started retreating in

ally Cedric. Seeing that distance almost vanish today made me feel sic

che when I noticed that black suit and

as follo

king me about Luna (which I was sure he wouldn't afte

signing the divorce papers because of some secret

tra year. So what else coul

stan's car and get out of this place befo

legs, and ten feet in

told myself it was jus

ecame

ow somewhere n

s hand closing

wisted my arm o

llowing me? Wh

t as words were about to slip out of his

he car the second he saw me s

s, shooting Cedric

roblem here?"

Tristan, as if he suddenly

siness," Cedric i

hadn't physically cut off the invisible beam

n, it's

ause I just sa

edric a withering glare before loo

ok before giving us some breath

answering my cal

You have my

have your n

ighter over my chest. Genuinely, I

eepers or your assistant. Since when do you call me

ated it even more when an audi

mean something to me, back when I

k to the

e asking me to come back? Come back to do wh

ntered. "I already explained the inheritance

out, Cedric," I snapped back. Pre

p closer. The air

ow how the real

? Have I been livi

Since I don't

supervision, living in some r

weapon in the Cedric Vanderme

hat the press is always looking for a weak link to use against me. If they find out that I have a wife living in a low-grade district, it could

my ears rang with the pressure. I kept myself

y money of my own stashed somewhere. Imagine having nothing and

hey were heavy as I le

best thing you can do is ignore me with the

ture st

Or ever. I mean, you run a billion-dollar business and I'm just a small fry. If your PR team is

on him for the

seat a few seconds later. From the side mirror, he k

right?" Tri

the latch of the

m f

what had just happened back there. But it was the de

. F

n't mind m

ind. He's

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Demand a Divorce, Then Hide His Unknown Daughter
Demand a Divorce, Then Hide His Unknown Daughter
“"You came and ruined everything. Shouldn't you be planning to excuse yourself from this family? Undo whatever spell you did on Arthur and get lost." I grit my teeth as the test paper crumpled further in my fist. Hurtful as those words were, they had some truth to them. I had to ask myself the right questions. Give the right answers too. I was a fool. Four years ago, I traded my freedom for a dying man's approval and became a wife in name only. Mrs. Vandermere. My husband never wanted this marriage. I never wanted his indifference. And somewhere between duty and heartbreak, I built a life he doesn't know exists. Now I want out. He isn't going to make it that easy.”