Chapter 10 Unfortunately, sleep had caught up with Abigail, so she did not hear a thing that came out of Luna’s lips. When she woke up, she realized that Luna hadn’t parked the car at the studio and had parked it at a new residential area instead. So, there was a confused look on her face as she stared at Luna playing on her cell phone, asking, “Is there a customer?” When Luna saw that she was awake, she jingled the keys in her hands. “Yep, I’m bringing you to experience life!” After Abigail got out of the car, she realized that there was no customer at all. Instead, Luna had secretly bought a cozy three–bedroom apartment that was sufficient for her to live alone. Then, she said in concern, “Living at the studio is not a long–term solution. You can’t sleep well and it’s not safe, either. This apartment is close to the studio, and since you’re in the midst of settling your divorce, I’m worried that the jerk Sun, 24 Sept 61% Chapter 10 Capsizing Her Boat 2/6 will take your property. So, I’ve bought this place under my name for now, but it will be yours once you’ve regained your freedom.” Abigail clutched the keys in her hands and was at a loss for words. Luna waved her hand nonchalantly. “Hey, you earned this. You’ve always refused to accept bonuses from the company, so take it as me returning all the bonuses you rightfully deserve. I’m pinning my hopes on your designs to take me to greater heights!” Abigail stopped being modest after Luna’s words and accepted the keys willingly. The next morning, she was woken up by a phone call, and when she checked her phone, she was surprised to find thirty–three missed calls. Thirty–two of them were from Luna while the other one was from Sean. […]
Chapter 9 Luna smiled, entered the elevator, and walked straight in the direction of the president’s office. Once she arrived at the door, she heard an idle voice from inside, asking, “Alana, is that you?” The two ladies froze at the door and stared at Kevin in utter astonishment. It didn’t help that the man had also personally come out of the office to greet them. Eventually, it was Luna who reacted first. “Nice to meet you, Mr. Stewart. I’m Alana and also the owner of L.Moon, Luna Smith.” Although he was shaking hands with Luna, Kevin fixed his gaze on Abigail. “She is…” “She is my assistant,” Luna explained hastily. Kevin almost burst into laughter upon hearing that. Then, he turned around and teased the person inside, “Sean, is your family going bankrupt?” 61% 12:14 Sun, 24 Sept Chapter 9 Is Your Family Going Bankrupt? Abigail followed his gaze and looked inside. Unfortunately for her, she immediately saw a familiar figure sitting on the couch with his back facing the door. Abigail could still recognize it was Sean at a glance even if it was merely a silhouette. Hence, she couldn’t help but curl her lips in annoyance. It’s true when they say opponents always stumble upon one another. Look at us! I can’t believe I would meet him here after we didn’t get to meet at the City Hall this morning. Likewise, Sean was looking at her with apparent suspicion in his eyes. 277 The oblivious Kevin shifted his gaze between the two as he smiled and said, “Miss Smith, I have been waiting for your arrival. Please come in.” Abigail looked away nonchalantly and followed Luna, who was trying her best to play the role of an assistant. Now that the cooperation between East Joy Talent and L.Moon was practically finalized, all that remained was Kevin’s final decision. Sun, 24 Sept Chapter 9 Is Your Family Going Bankrupt? * 61% # Although Luna wasn’t the real Alana, she still knew her design concept and strength thoroughly by heart from her years as Abigail’s best friend. Hence, she wasn’t afraid of being not–so–subtly interrogated. 207 Soon, it was time to sign the contract. Unexpectedly, Kevin pushed the contract aside and said with a smile, “Miss Smith, there’s no rush in signing the contract. Before we sign the contract, I have a presumptuous request. There is a friend of mine who would like to ask you to design a dress that is solely for him. This isn’t included in the contract, so I’ll let you set the price. Of course, this is only if the dress could be completed before our company’s fashion gala next month.” Only Sean was the other person present in the huge office other than Kevin
Chapter 8 “How much does this car cost?” Luna stared at the supercar, which got caught under the back of her Volkswagen, through the rearview mirror and asked wryly, “Are both our net worths enough to pay for the damages?” Abigail blinked and teased, “It wasn’t on purpose? I thought you hit the car because you were mad at the driver for stealing your parking space.” “I panicked, but I certainly was no fool!” Luna’s facial expression twisted in pain at the thought of the amount of compensation she would have to pay. 1/5 Abigail leaned over to help her put the gearbox in parking mode and pulled the handbrake before opening the door and getting out of the car. “I’ll check it out.” At the same time, the owner of the supercar stepped out too. It was a handsome man with a height of 6’2” feet. He was wearing a pair of oversized black sunglasses, which covered half of his face and only revealed his attractive nose as well as overly rosy lips. Once he saw Abigail step out of the 12:13 Sun, 24 Sept 0. Chapter 8 Our President Has Been Waiting for You Volkswagen, he momentarily stopped chewing the gum in his mouth and smiled. “Miss Slim Waist, have we met before? Why do I feel you look awfully familiar?” 2/3 Likewise, Abigail thought he looked familiar too. Therefore, she approached him and took a closer look. Then, she immediately realized that the man was none other than Kevin Stewart, Sean’s closest and best friend, who grew up with him. However, she merely met him once, which was two years ago. At that time, Sean was drunk. So, she had to ferry his wasted *ss home and consequently greeted Kevin in the process. Abigail’s eyes wandered back and forth between the disastrous state of the head of Kevin’s supercar and his face. Then, she curled her lips into a smile and tentatively called out, “Kevin?” Kevin was taken aback. So, he raised his hand, pushed his black sunglasses up, and squinted his fox eyes as he looked at her. “Miss Slim Waist, have we indeed met before?” “I’m Abigail Quinn.”
Chapter 7 Abigail’s eyebrows twitched when she heard Sean’s slightly insulting remark. He is free to attend the meeting with Joan and accompany her to try on a wedding dress, but when it comes to finalizing our divorce settlement, he is annoyed by having to wait another 20 minutes! Damn! He needs to get things straight! It is I who decided not to humiliate him and Joan by voluntarily ending our marriage, not the other way around! When she thought of this, she attempted to calm herself down by taking a deep breath. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door from the other end of the phone. “Sean, you didn’t go to the City Hall at all, did you?” Abigail instantly changed the topic. “Do you honestly think everyone has the habit of going back on their words like you?” Sean scoffed coldly. When Abigail heard what he said, she became certain that he wasn’t at the City Hall. “Okay then. Take a picture of the City Hall front entrance and send it to me-” 12:13 Sun, 24 Sept Chapter 7 Buty With Widowhood Sean immediately hung up the phone before she could finish her sentence. 2/6 So, she tossed her phone aside as she cursed in a low voice, “Ugh! Sc*mbag!” As for Luna, who was tidying up the clothes she had changed halfway, she joined in and rudely ragged at Sean as well. “What sort of undignified thing did he do again?” A still fuming Abigail replied waspishly, “God knows! I admit that it’s my fault. that I’m running late, so I have patiently asked him to wait a while. It turns out that he, too, didn’t go to the City Hall. Yet, he has the audacity to lose his temper!” Hah! He thinks he has the right to do whatever he wants while I don’t, eh?! As soon as Abigail said that, Luna received a message on her phone. She picked it up and took a look at the message before rolling her eyes with contempt. Afterward, she handed her phone to Abigail, asking her to read it too. “Sean is paying a lot of money to reserve an appointment with you the day after tomorrow.” Sun, 24 Sept Chapter 7 Busy With Widowhood 3/6 Well, to be precise, Sean wanted to meet Alana. Well, well. For someone who couldn’t wait another 20 minutes for me, this b*stard sure has plenty of time to make an appointment to meet Alana. Such thoughts made Abigail nearly crush the phone. Her gaze turned chilly as she said, “I’m busy with widowhood!” At present, she only had one thought in her mind, which was divorce. I need to immediately finalize our divorce! So, Luna retrieved her phone to play with it for a second before quoting Abigail’s statement and replying to her assistant. After that, she placed her phone down and analyzed the situation. “Sean wants to meet you probably because he wants you
Chapter 6 Sean felt agitated as he glanced at the divorce settlement and the several cards in his hand. I simply thought she was just throwing a tantrum. How dare she think of divorcing me!“Are you being serious right now?” He held back his anger and managed toask through his teeth.Abigail quirked a brow at him and replied nonchalantly, “I am dead serious.Sign it, and we will go through the procedures when both of us are free later.Sean looked at his wife before his eyes relentlessly as he thought, We havebeen married for three years, and Abigail has been fulfilling her duty as Mrs.Graham. She’s well–behaved, obedient, and kind to my family members.More so, she pleases me in every possible way. Yet, she’s like a differentperson now.As he regarded her fair and lustrous face painted with impatience that wascompletely different from before and listened to the icy cold words that12:09 Sun, 24 Sept 60Chapter 6 Let’s Go Through the Procedures2/6escaped her lips, he felt a knife stabbing through his heart as he realized thatAbigail was truly looking forward to leaving him. So, he quickly retracted hisgaze, turned around, and walked into the living room. “There’s no need forthat. I will see you at the City Hall front entrance tomorrow at 9.00AM.” Hisindifferent voice sounded.At first, Abigail thought that she was all prepared for this day. It was only atthis moment that she truly realized that her heart was still in pain like it wasgetting pricked with thousands of needles. Half of her body went numb. Infact, she didn’t even know how she managed to walk out of the house.She returned to the studio in a daze and lay on the bed, only to realize thather stomach was churning in pain after a while.So, she hastily covered her mouth and rushed into the bathroom beforevomiting everything she ate and drank earlier that evening. Still, the pain inher stomach worsened instead of being relieved.To make matters worse, whenever she suffered from digestive troubles, shewould feel nothing but excruciating pain. Since she hadn’t had a relapse for aChapter 6 Let’s Go Through the Procedures3/6long time, she had completely forgotten about the agony she would have toendure. Therefore, she didn’t even bother taking her stomach medicine withher when she moved out. At this moment, the journey from her bathroom toher bedside could result in her back drenching in a cold sweat. Still, shegritted her teeth and endured the pain as she grabbed her phone to callLuna.To her dismay, Luna didn’t hear her phone ringing at all as she was sleepinglike a log.As she feared she would die of pain in the studio tonight, she eventuallycalled Sean after a great deal of hesitation. However, no one picked up during the first call. Thus, she called again. This time, it was answered afterthe second ring, and a soft, waxy voice sounded from the other end of thephone. As soon as Abigail heard the voice, she could tell it was Joan. “Hello?Who is it?”He was still alone when I left the apartment just now. Yet, he’s already withJoan within seconds! Damn it! I was out of my mind to think of asking SeanSun, 24 SeptChapter 6 Let’s Go Through the Proceduresfor help! Thus, Abigail swiftly silenced herself instead of answering.61%When Joan heard no response on the other end, she tentatively asked, “Is ityou, Abigail? Are you looking for Sean?”As she had no intention of hearing Joan say something nonsense like Seanwas taking a shower, she promptly hung up the phone. Then, she curled upon the carpet, frowned, and blocked all of Sean’s contact.Then, she suddenly lost her vision and passed out once she placed herphone away.“Abigail?”Luna woke Abigail up early the next morning.4/6As Luna was still wearing her pajamas, she obviously rushed here before shehad time to change. Then, she said guiltily, “Was it your digestive troubles? It’s12:09 Sun, 24 Sept O Chapter 6 Let’s Go Through the Proceduresall my fault. I slept like a log last night and didn’t hear your call!”ས ཏྲཱི 61%#However, Abigail couldn’t be bothered about that right now. Instead, shejerked up and demanded, “What time is it?”“It’s 9.00AM.”At once, Abigail’s mind buzzed. Sh*t! I’m late!“Sean and I have agreed to meet at the City Hall and go through the divorcesettlement procedures at 9.00AM today.”Abigail grabbed the phone that had fallen on the carpet and hastily calledhim as she knew that Sean despised people being late.5/6The phone rang once before it got automatically hung up. Did Sean block mycontact as well?In the same amount of timidness as her speed in blocking Sean last night,Abigail unblocked him and made a voice call.SUIT, 24 SepiChapter 6 Let’s Go Through the Procedures6/6Once the call got through, she probed courteously and distantly, “Are you stillat the City Hall? I’m going over now.”Sean’s brisk voice sounded through the receiver. “Are you saying I have towait for you at the City Hall front entrance for half an hour?”Abigail didn’t bother explaining herself since she was in the wrong. Thus, shegot up and changed her clothes while apologizing on the phone, “I am sosorry. I’ll try to hurry up. 20 minutes? Is it okay?”Sean’s voice tinged with a chilling sense of anger. “Do you think my time is as worthless as you?”
Chapter 5 Sean glanced at Abigail as he furrowed his attractive brows tightly, wondering about her purpose here. Why is she doing such a servile job? Moreover, having to face fussy customers. It is a stark contrast to her life with us, the Grahams! Still, he couldn’t help but sneer. “Stop following others and dive into the service industry if you can’t stay humble.” His words pricked Abigail like a thorn. These two simply are capable of turning things upside down in perfect harmony, aren’t they? She curled the corner of her lower lip as she said in a somewhat impolite tone, “Very well, then. I shall let another person serve you. Hopefully, you can successfully ask for Alana’s contact and subsequently introduce more clients to us. Abigail left the fitting room area immediately after she finished saying that. Then, she called over an assistant to replace her. Before the assistant 12:09 Sun, 24 Sept 2/6 Chapter 5 Desperate entered, she specifically made it clear saying, “Don’t mention my identity when you go in later.” After a momentary pause, she added spitefully, “And if they ask why, tell them that Alana’s husband has just passed away, so she currently isn’t in the mood to design any dresses.” Asking for a chance to meet Alana? Dream on! The assistant swiftly took the order and walked to the fitting room area. Right then, she heard Joan complaining to Sean. “What’s with her attitude?! I asked her for Alana’s number because I genuinely love this wedding dress. Yet, she responded in such a manner! I can’t believe store attendants nowadays are all so ill–mannered.” Sean felt his head aching from Joan’s whining. “Why do you want to argue with a store employee? I will ask someone to get Alana’s number and then ask her to come and meet you. Okay?” The assistant involuntarily pursed her lips and secretly criticized, How hilarious! Ms. Alana was right in front of you moments ago, but you just had to offend her. And now, you still want her to design your dresses?! Chapter 5 Desperate So, she conveyed Abigail’s message. “I’m sorry, but Ms. Alana’s husband has just passed away. So, she doesn’t feel like meeting guests at the moment.” 2/0 Suddenly, Sean felt his right eyelid twitch. “We shall wait until she’s ready, then.” Alana has just become a widow? That’s quite unfortunate, indeed, Thanks to the distress caused by Sean, Abigail no longer felt sleepy. Hence, she called Luna, “Hey, I have made 1.3 million worth of profit today! So, hurry over and throw me a celebratory party!” As soon as Luna heard what Abigail said, she knew Abigail had successfully sold the wedding dress. Well, she’s in
Chapter 4 This was the same price tag for a dress from an international designer and was clearly overpriced. However, the design wasn’t inferior by any means. It was said that the dress was designed more than three years ago, but it still looked beautiful. Sean briefly glanced at Abigail dispassionately with his hands in his pockets. and said casually, “Just as long as you like it. We’ll take it.” Then, he passed the card to the shop assistant. “Swipe it straight away. There’s no password needed. Filled with excitement, Joan gave him a huge bear hug. “Sean, I love you!” 17 Abigail looked away with an inexplicable discomfort in her chest. Just as she expected, a dress that was more than a million was peanuts to Sean. As long as it was something that Joan wanted, he would give it to her without any second thoughts. So, Abigail nodded and gestured to the assistant next to them to process the 12:07 Sun, 24 Sept 62% Chapter 4 He Got the Wrong Person 2/7 payment. Yet, the assistant refused to take the card and cast her an anxious look instead. How could she sell this dress? This was the dress Abigail designed for herself! It would be a lie if Abigail said that she could part with it, but since she was getting divorced and there wouldn’t be any wedding for her, so what was the point of keeping the dress? Therefore, she chuckled lightly and said, “Didn’t Miss Smith already say that only a dummy will miss out on a deal?” Furthermore, they would be making money out of Sean, which she would consider a fantastic deal. After that, only then did the assistant begrudgingly process the payment. Meanwhile, Abigail brought a stool for herself to retrieve the dress from the glass display window. When it was time to try on the dress, Joan pointed at Abigail. “Will you help me put on the dress? I don’t need anyone else.” Abigail reflexively stole a look at Sean. Is he going to let his yet–to–be
Chapter 1 ‘Your husband has cheated on you.‘ When Abigail Quinn received the text message from her best friend, she had just taken an ovulation injection and was resting on the bench of the outpatient clinic, trying to suppress the piercing pain in her abdomen. Her hair was dark and her skin as fair as snow, but there was no trace of blood on her face now. Even so, that didn’t overshadow her stunning looks and passersby kept turning their heads to look at her. Then, she inhaled deeply and tapped with a trembling finger, and opened the picture on her cell phone to take a look. It was a picture of Sean Graham holding a woman in a pink haute couture dress while walking out of a hotel. The man’s usually cold and stoic face looked tender as he lowered his head at the woman in the picture. Abigail knew who that woman was, Sean’s first love, Joan Palmer. After a while, she snapped back to her senses, searched for Sean’s number, 62% Chapter 1 Let’s Divorce and called him. She waited for a long time for the busy dial tone to end and the man’s aloof voice finally echoed from the other end of the call. “What’s the problem?” 2/8 “Are you coming home tonight?” Actually, she wanted to ask if he even wanted to return home. Alas, it was clear that her call itself had already caused Sean to feel annoyed. Thus, after a few seconds of silence, he said impatiently, “Is there an important issue we need to discuss?” Tears immediately welled up in her eyes, his indifferent voice stabbing her heart like a knife, but she expertly masked her sadness. “Did
Chapter 2 Abigail’s voice was crisp and clear, and her eyes were determined, but after she said those words, Sean’s phone started ringing. He immediately whisked out his cell phone, checked the caller ID, and frowned in concern before picking up. “What happened?” She couldn’t hear what the person on the phone said, but he replied, “I’ll be right there.” Then, he left the bedroom without even so much as a glance at Abigail. A snort escaped her lips, but she said nothing as she decided to forgo sleep for tonight. Then, she packed her stuff, printed out the divorce agreement, and swiftly signed her name. Then, she placed them on the coffee table in the living room along with a few cards and left their marital home. Luna crossed her long legs as she leaned casually against the hood of the car and straightened herself. Her eyes almost popped out of their sockets in surprise when she saw Abigail coming with just a tiny piece of luggage. “Are you serious? That’s all of your belongings?” 12:06 Sun, 24 Sept 62 Chapter 2 Shouldn’t You Get a Few Hundred Million? Abigail deftly placed her luggage into the car trunk and climbed into the driver’s seat. “All those are unnecessary things. At least, I’m free now,” she declared, pretending to be relaxed. 2/8 “Did you really divorce him?” Luna still sounded doubtful, but Abigail shrugged nonchalantly. “I’m done with love and finally going to live my own life now.” Luna didn’t question Abigail further. Instead, she turned the steering wheel and cursed, “Damn it. Sean Graham is so rich. You should at least get a few hundred million in assets for the divorce!” Abigail pursed her lips indifferently. “His empire is his asset before marriage, and I have no interest in coveting that.” Frankly, Sean was a generous person when it came to money. If their properties were strictly and legally divided, she would get way more than a few hundred million, but it was never money that she wanted right from the beginning. Chapter 2 Shouldn’t You Get a Few Hundred Millione Meanwhile, Luna hurriedly changed the topic the moment she fell silent. “It’s great that you finally divorced him. We have a stack of orders in the studio and my back is almost breaking from apologizing to our customers for the delayed delivery. You truly have perfect timing. Otherwise, it’s not fair for me to be the only busy bee! It’s gotten so bad that people are already thinking that I’m the sole owner of the studio.”
Chapter 1 ‘Your husband has cheated on you.‘ When Abigail Quinn received the text message from her best friend, she had just taken an ovulation injection and was resting on the bench of the outpatient clinic, trying to suppress the piercing pain in her abdomen. Her hair was dark and her skin as fair as snow, but there was no trace of blood on her face now. Even so, that didn’t overshadow her stunning looks and passersby kept turning their heads to look at her. Then, she inhaled deeply and tapped with a trembling finger, and opened the picture on her cell phone to take a look. It was a picture of Sean Graham holding a woman in a pink haute couture dress while walking out of a hotel. The man’s usually cold and stoic face looked tender as he lowered his head at the woman in the picture. Abigail knew who that woman was, Sean’s first love, Joan Palmer. After a while, she snapped back to her senses, searched for Sean’s number, 62% Chapter 1 Let’s Divorce and called him. She waited for a long time for the busy dial tone to end and the man’s aloof voice finally echoed from the other end of the call. “What’s the problem?” 2/8 “Are you coming home tonight?” Actually, she wanted to ask if he even wanted to return home. Alas, it was clear that her call itself had already caused Sean to feel annoyed. Thus, after a few seconds of silence, he said impatiently, “Is there an
