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“Dami, wait for me here. When I come out, let’s pick up Darla together and have something delicious for lunch.”
Damian nodded. “Okay, don’t be too nervous.”
Audrey walked a few steps forward, then turned back to wave at Damian.
Adriana saw the whole scene.
She had never expected that her daughter and her most prized student would end up marrying the same man.
Judging by how her daughter and Damian interacted, their feelings for each other probably still existed. Besides, there was Darlene between them.
As for Claudine…
She had always said her relationship with her husband was strained and was already planning to get a divorce.
Once Claudine and Damian divorced, and her daughter was accepted as her PhD student and gained status, the Bar- rette family should be able to accept her again.
By then, everyone would be happy…
She knew it was unfair to Claudine, but she owed her daughter too much.
As for Claudine, she would make it up to her, little by little, in the future…
“I am today’s candidate, please let me in.”
Claudine spoke to the security guard standing outside the door.
She hadn’t expected that, despite hurrying as much as she could, she was still a minute late.
She stood outside the examination room, pleading with the guard to give her a chance.
“Sorry, you can’t go in now.”
No matter how Claudine explained or begged, the rules were the rules–she was indeed late…
After working so hard for so long, everything was ruined on the most important day…
Claudine glanced at the classroom not far away.
At this time, the interview had already begun.
She should have been in thora
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But now, she could only stand outside the examination room, letting time slip by, second by second.
How could she not regret it!
How could she not hate it!
No matter how she thought about it, she couldn’t understand why Damian had stopped her.
Just like the day she lost her child, she couldn’t figure out why Damian wouldn’t answer her calls, why he wouldn’t save her child…
Claudine slumped onto a stone bench, her eyes dull, her face ashen, staring at the examination room in the distance.
The cold wind swept across the lake, messing up her hair. The pain in her feet was nothing compared to the despair in her heart.
She didn’t know how long she sat there, only that it was long enough for the examination room door to finally open- the test was over.
She watched as the candidates came out one by one, some dejected, some elated…
But inside her, there was nothing left but endless numbness.
Suddenly, she spotted a familiar figure in the crowd.
It was Audrey!
Yes, Audrey had said she was applying for Adriana’s PhD program.
She didn’t know what questions Adriana had asked in the interview, nor how Audrey had performed…
Claudine’s nose tingled with sourness, her eyes burning.
She lifted her head, trying to hold back the tears, but when she turned around, she saw something she never expected.
She saw Audrey throw herself into a man’s arms…
It was Damian!
In that moment, Claudine felt as if she had fallen from a towering cliff, plunging into a bottomless, icy abyss.
She stared at the two embracing, and all the events of recent days quickly connected in her mind.
The truth was right before her eyes!
So, the ex-husband Audrey spoke of, the one who loved her so deeply, was Damian!
And the pitiful woman she had once felt sorry for, the one kept in the dark, was herself!
She was nothing but a complete fool!
No wonder Damian had locked her up in Belmont Villas today!
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He did it for Audrey, to eliminate a rival for her.
In that instant, a tidal wave of hatred crashed over Claudine.
Her reason was instantly swallowed up.
Like a madwoman, she pushed through the crowd, rushing up to Damian.
She slapped him hard across the face.
She used almost all her strength in that slap, her arm going numb from the impact.
Everything happened so fast.
By the time Damian came to his senses, he had already been slapped three times in a row.
Just as Claudine raised her hand again, Damian grabbed her wrist.
A burning pain spread across the man’s face.
When had he ever been so humiliated in public!
“Are you crazy!”
Claudine’s right hand was tightly gripped by him, a piercing pain shooting through her wrist bone.
Without thinking, Claudine raised her left hand and slapped him across the face again.
“Dami!”
Audrey finally reacted, stepping forward to shield Damian.
“Dami, your face!”
Audrey looked at the handprints on Damian’s face, her heart aching for him.
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