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She believed this was heaven giving her a chance to make amends.
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Claudine hung up the phone, feeling that something was off with Adriana, though she couldn’t quite put her finger on
She assumed the professor was just too busy lately. After all, the interviews were coming up soon, and as a supervi- sor, Adriana must have a lot of work to do.
Thinking this, Claudine put down the phone.
The interview was the day after tomorrow. She calmed herself and began preparing in the study.
The servants at home were privately gossiping about what was going on between Damian and Claudine this time.
Damian wouldn’t let Claudine go out, and Claudine really didn’t even step into the yard. What on earth was happen- ing?
As they spoke, the sound of a car came from downstairs.
Even inside the house, Darlene’s laughter could be heard.
The servants all rushed out to greet them.
“Miss Barrette, you’re back!”
Seeing the person behind Darlene, the servants added, “Mrs. Audrey Barrette is back too!”
Audrey put on the air of the lady of the house and addressed the servants.
“Miss Barrette wants to stay here for a few days. Go to the car and bring our luggage in.”
Hearing this, the servants glanced at each other, but none dared to step forward to get the luggage.
The new wife and the old wife living under the same roof?
With Mr. Barrette not at home, weren’t they, the servants, the ones caught in the middle?
Seeing the servants ignore her orders, Audrey grew a little angry.
“Didn’t you hear what I said? Or do I need to call Dami and have him order you around?”
Angie was the most senior among the servants.
She stepped forward and said, “Ms. Lavigne, since Mrs. Barrette is at home, I should ask her first.”
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Audrey’s face darkened the moment she heard Angie call her “Ms. Lavigne.”
Of course, she knew Claudine had already moved back in.
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These days, watching the videos online about Damian and Claudine, jealousy had grown wildly in her heart like weeds.
Today, she brought Darlene back precisely to take advantage of Damian’s absence and let Claudine know who the real mistress of the house was!
Audrey did not make things difficult for Angie, instead putting on a considerate expression.
“Since Dami’s wife is here, then I won’t go in.”
With that, she instructed the servants, “Go to my car and bring down Darla’s luggage. She said she wants to stay here for a few days.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
The servant went to get Darlene’s luggage.
At that moment, Darlene, who had been running around the yard, came back.
Seeing her mother about to get in the car and leave, Darlene ran up and hugged her.
“Mom, didn’t you say you would stay with me?”
Audrey squatted down, gently stroked her daughter’s little face, and kissed her cheek again, reluctant to part.
“Be good, sweetheart. Of course Mommy wants to be with you all the time, but Claudine is here now, she…”
Audrey deliberately paused, her eyes starting to redden.
“If Mommy stays here too, Claudine will be unhappy. I’ll go home first, and when you miss me, I’ll come pick you up, okay?”
“No, no!”
Darlene couldn’t understand the hidden meaning in her mother’s words.
She only understood one thing: if Claudine was here, her mother couldn’t stay with her, and she couldn’t be with her
mother!
Darlene clung tightly to her mother, refusing to let go.
“I don’t want to be separated from Mommy. I just don’t want you to leave…”
Mother and daughter cried in the yard, unable to part.
The commotion downstairs finally disturbed Claudine in the study.
Hearing the child’s cries, she walked to the balcony and opened the window.
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From her vantage point, she could only see Darlene crying sadly in a woman’s arms.
That must be the woman Damian kept outside.
Claudine thought to herself.
She didn’t want to get involved in Damian’s affairs. She was here only to fulfill her agreement with him: endure three months, get the divorce certificate and her share of the property, and leave cleanly.
Claudine closed the window, put on her noise-canceling headphones, and refused to let herself be disturbed.
Downstairs, no matter how Darlene pleaded, Audrey refused to give in.
Not only that, she cried along with Darlene, saying how much she hated to part, and kept telling Darlene to be good and not upset Claudine.
No matter how you listened, it didn’t sound like she was comforting the child-it sounded more like she was stirring things up.
Angie stood by, frowning deeply as she listened.
But she was just a servant. It was best not to meddle in the family’s affairs, lest she get herself into trouble.
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