Crossed: Chasing Back the Unwanted Wife

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gs and necklace in place. She smoothed down her blazer before the

ling in sleek waves over her shoulders. Her lips, painted a de

he kind of woman s

tes, she was

y. But as usual, she came whenever

on the bed as s

es on the meeting she was to have today-an impromptu me

tials and headed for the door. But then she paused, her eyes dropp

ht, pulled it off, and slipped i

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ing glass building, and as Jules stepped out,

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the ground up, and one reas

mile as Jules strode through the lobby, heading towards

smiled at the other workers who

istant holding a clipboard, her lips pressed in a thin l

and had a white cloth knotted loosely around her

ted, as the elevator closed shu

today?" Jules aske

in which the entire board, alongside the CEOs of

the board, she already knew who'

few mi

aling a long hallway whose flo

ght of the pile of documents she had to sort out if she survived the unnecessa

n't the foun

e." She added and lifted her eyes to Jules, who had placed he

e city below, her

ears since she moved away fr

he only thing she'd known as life and began afre

nd, she was

ee asked, partially trying to check if sh

es. Let's head to the conference room." She announc

uncing their presence. And as Jules scanned the few faces a

tern-looking man in a gray suit, greeted, his voice cold as hi

. "I would have prepared earlier if I was duly informed that there would be a meet

aid, more of a statement than an apology. "But if you must know, this mee

nd whispered. "I forgot to tell you, our tech part

ffed. 'Im

ated with a message from her nanny: "He's refused

and she sprang up from her s

ed behind

rds the door. "Where are you going?" Anot

veryone is seated an

person in her life

is kind of text. And each time, she'd abandon

d headed for her car, which thankf

enly, she paused. The sight of two

back door of one car was opened, and out came the on

pounded in her ears. "It's

she signaled to Zee. "What did you say

quickly, then

tech,