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chapter 164
As they reached the bottom of the stairs, Claudine turned and walked down the other side of the corridor.
At that moment, Damian grabbed her wrist.
“I’ve already arranged for Audrey to return to Bronzevale…”
He looked at the woman in front of him, his Adam’s apple bobbing before he continued.
“About what happened that day… it’s not what you think.
“I didn’t know you were pregnant, nor did I know you happened to have a hemorrhage at that time.
“That day was a special day for both Audrey and me. I didn’t ignore your calls on purpose. I…”
Claudine really couldn’t listen any longer.
She cut Damian off.
“I’m not interested in hearing about your romantic date.
“I don’t care how you arrange things for Audrey. If you’re saying all this to justify yourself, or even hoping I’ll forgive you and Audrey, then don’t bother!
“I will never forgive you.”
With every word Claudine spoke, the knot between Damian’s brows deepened.
“Claudine, it’s not what you think between me and Audrey.
“I’ve told you, I want to live well with you from now on. What I did today is proof of my sincerity.
“If you were smart enough, you’d understand that staying with me is good for you, your brother, and your mother.
“We have a long life ahead of us. Are you really going to keep treating me like this?”
Claudine could only find it laughable.
Even now, Damian still thought her desire for a divorce was just a joke.
He even believed that what he did today should have made her deeply grateful.
But weren’t these just part of their transaction?
Yet in his eyes, it was all his charity.
“Live well together?”
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Claudine laughed, the corners of her lips curving in mockery, her eyes full of scorn.
She stepped forward, meeting Damian’s gaze.
“Damian, all that’s left between us is a transaction. Don’t you find it ridiculous to talk about living well together?
“Or is it that you, Mr. Barrette, are so used to being above everyone else that you think as long as you beckon, I should obey you like before, at your every command?”
Claudine raised her hand, pointing her index finger at Damian’s chest.
Standing on the stairs, she looked down at him.
“Get this straight, what you owe me, you’ll never be able to repay!
If you have any conscience left, if you really feel sorry for me, then when we divorce, just compensate me a little more.”
With that, Claudine turned and left without hesitation.
Damian watched Claudine’s retreating figure, his hand at his side clenching and relaxing repeatedly before he finally managed to dispel the knot in his heart.
He didn’t stay there long and went out to the yard alone.
The winter nights in Reedport were much colder than the days.
It was already late at night, and only a few streetlights cast a faint glow in the villa district.
He stood in the yard, thinking about the way Claudine had just looked at him. The emotions he had just suppressed surged back, leaving him restless and agitated.
He couldn’t even tell what exactly was churning inside him.
All he knew was that when he heard Claudine say that all that was left between them was a transaction, and insist on divorce, he was utterly frustrated!
He didn’t want a divorce!
Damian lit a cigarette in the cold wind.
The rich tobacco smoke slid through his lungs, pressing down the turmoil in his heart a little.
He slowly exhaled a cloud of blue smoke, gazing into the dark night, his eyes deep and unreadable.
By the time he finished his cigarette, he had made up his mind.
He stubbed out the cigarette, took out his phone, and made a call.
After giving a series of instructions, Damian hung up.
He looked up at the lit window on the second floor of the villa, knowing that Claudine was in that room.
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He was the kind of man who never failed to get what he wanted.
Back then, he had managed to take over the Barrette Group.
Now, naturally, he could also make Claudine give up the idea of divorce.
He not only wanted her to remain Mrs. Barrette, but also to willingly be Mrs. Barrette for the rest of her life.
Claudine knew nothing of Damian’s thoughts.
When she returned to her room, she received an email from Mitchell.
Mitchell’s project had already started, and she was required to return to Bronzevale tomorrow to attend the group’s first seminar.
The email outlined the general research content and direction of the project, and Claudine read it carefully.
She replied to Mitchell, sharing some of her thoughts on the project and promising that she would return to Bronze- vale on time tomorrow.
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