The Ex-Wife Strikes Back By Queena Laurie

Chapter 2 

It was not until some time later only did she find out from Michael’s former comrade–in–arms that her father had been tricked, and that was why Michael used that huge government project fund. 

It was because he was used by someone else that he took a bribe from that huge fund in question. 

In the end, he was reported before being removed from office. 

Not only that, all the clues as to the person who was behind the scene pointed to the Francois family, and her ex–husband, Marcellus. 

From that moment, hatred grew in every part of her body and was rooted in every inch of her bones. 

She could forgive him for having a new lover. She could even accept his heartlessness when he broke things off with her. On top of that, she could even lie to herself and tell herself that he didn’t know she was pregnant before he pushed her. 

However, she couldn’t forgive him for destroying and tearing apart her family. 

She couldn’t forgive him for what he did to her father, Michael, and the blissful family that she was proud of. 

She had made a scene and scolded him, but he responded by being even colder and more ruthless to her as he sneered and looked at her with contempt like the others. 

Everyone thought Aurelia was the daughter of a corrupted official and thought that Marcellus was a model citizen who obeyed the law, placing righteousness before family. 

Aurelia swore that she would prove to him, showing him that she could love and also hate just as well. 

She would also prove to everyone that Marcellus was a shameless and despicable person. 

He was a shameless man who betrayed his father–in–law to gain benefits and sustain himself. 

For more than ten years, she had been providing for him too. She had been working so hard. 

However, Marcellus was right. Aurelia was nothing without the title of the daughter of the chief deputy sheriff. 

Aurelia witnessed how all of her father’s friends who used to be kind–hearted and all the same people who called themselves. her best friends change overnight. Even all the official’s wives and daughters started staying away from her. 

Aurelia really felt that it was better for her to die than suffer such humiliation. 

If her mother hadn’t fallen ill and needed her care, she would have been unable to support the family like how she was supporting it now. 

She sold the only house left in the family and used the 2 million dollars of alimony when Marcellus divorced her to get by. 

Regardless of Marcellus‘ sarcasm and everyone’s doubts, she gritted her teeth and insisted on establishing the trading 

company. 

She wanted to go against him. 

It had been ten years now. Her company was barely considered successful, but compared with Marcellus, it was nothing. 

That just made her look worse. 

Now, no one remembered that Aurelia used to be the darling daughter of the chief deputy sheriff. 

However, she did have a nickname now. She was the heroine of liquor, the top beauty of Navarre, and everyone in the business industry knew about it. 

She had fallen from grace, becoming a social butterfly of Navarre. 

Aurelia didn’t want any of this. 

Thinking of the past, Aurelia couldn’t help but cry as her crystal–like tears streamed. 

She was so tired, and she was exhausted. 

Aurelia wanted to avenge Michael, but there wouldn’t be any hope for revenge if this went on. As for herself, she wondered how long would she have to socialize with all kinds of people–to flatter them, and to drink all night long. 

“Ms. Swanson, why are you crying?” 

Scott frantically wiped the corners of her eyes in a panic but gently. 

Only then did Aurelia realize that she was crying meaninglessly again. She just held his hand and shook her head slightly. 

“It’s all right. It’s the alcohol backlash, and it’s irritating my tear glands, so they went out of control.” 

“Ms. Swanson, you- 

His voice was low and was trembling slightly in hesitation. 

“Hmm? What’s wrong? Speak up.” 

“Ms. Swanson, you’re worn out. This won’t do. You need to rest and take good care of yourself. D–Don’t do this again. I really can’t bear seeing you like this. 

Aurelia opened her eyes in surprise. 

She was almost lying in Scott’s arms, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a look of extreme distress on Scott’s face. 

There was a trace of redness under his eyes.. 

Aurelia was absolutely stunned. 

She just looked at the handsome young boy’s face that was above her head intently, thinking, “This child… Did he… fall in love with me?” 

Aurelia felt a sharp pain in her chest after that, and she couldn’t help but laugh sarcastically at herself. 

“What’s so good about me?” she thought again. 

Aurelia was neither young nor pure anymore. Even if she still had a beautiful face, it was already growing old like a wilting flower. It wouldn’t last forever. 

Especially after divorcing Marcellus, she was even colder and dismissive about dealing with anything involving romance. 

It didn’t matter if others said that she had given up or if she had no choice but to do so. 

In short, she had done many things in recent years for the sake of her company’s business. She had relationships with the upper class for various business approvals and anything that could be achieved by using her body. She had done all that. 

Once or twice, she did push her young assistant down before when she was drunk, and would even call him over on the nights that she was lonely and when she couldn’t handle it. He would then spend the night with her. 

However, she thought that he would understand that it was just a mutual exchange between opposite genders to solve their physical needs. 

It had nothing to do with love. 

Chapter 2 

Scott had also never shown reluctance or any other intentions toward her, so Aurelia always thought that there was no problem. 

It was not until now that she saw the sincere and pure love in this 24–year–old boy’s eyes that she realized that she was 

wrong. 

Scott took everything seriously. 

Sometimes, when she thought about it, she would just want to give up, wishing that she would just die. 

“What exactly does Scott like about me?” Aurelia thought. 

“Scott, you- 

Aurelia could be all dolled up and smiled flatteringly to the people who could benefit her business. 

She could also show a sarcastic and indifferent face to the person she disdained, and she looked extremely mean when she 

did that. 

However, when faced with this boy in front of her, who hadn’t even graduated from university but had already spent most of his time in her office and diligently handled all types of tasks she handed to him, Aurelia found that she couldn’t bring herself to say anything mean and perfunctory to him. 

She even forgot about the burning pain in her abdomen left by the whiskey and the throbbing in her head after finding out that Scott had fallen in love with her. 

Aurelia knew that Scott was committing a grave error with no way of turning back by falling in love with her. 

It was just like how she fell in love with Marcellus without reserve back then. 

Aurelia had already lost her heart and no longer believed in love, so she could never respond to Scott’s love. 

“Ms. Swanson, I’m sorry for falling in love with you.” 

Scott knew that his thoughts and secrets were now exposed before Aurelia when his clear eyes met with her shocked ones, and he no longer planned on hiding them. 

Instead, he continued seriously in a somewhat unconfident but firm voice. “I know I’m not worthy of you, but I really like you. I’ll treat you well. I can promise you this! You don’t have to accept me immediately. I just want you to give me an opportunity to take care of you! Can 1, Ms. Swanson?” 

“Scott, you…” 

Aurelia swallowed her saliva with difficulty, but she felt her throat becoming drier after doing that. A sniffling sensation came to her nose; she felt like crying. 

She thought, “How many years has it been since I’ve heard someone talking to me so carefully as if they want to protect me?” 

“Ms. Swanson, I know that I’m not good enough in all aspects, but I’ll work hard. I took a refresher course and got a master’s degree in law last month and an attorney qualification certificate. In the future, our company will no longer have to pay expensive fees just to hire that useless attorney!” 

He continued on. I also saved a little money. Although it’s not much, it’s enough to buy a small house. I’ll decorate it and make it a cozy home. I even secretly measured the size of your fingers and asked my friend, who’s studying abroad in Friyx, to order a diamond ring for me. It’s modest, but I designed it myself. I… I hope one day I can put it on you. Besides, I…. 

The shy, gentle, and introverted boy was talking about courtship in a clumsy but sincere way. 

Unconsciously, Aurelia had tears streaming down her face. 

She was full of sadness and wanted to refuse him, but she couldn’t say it. 

She couldn’t say it in such a situation because what he was giving her was a beautiful scene. He was giving her a home she had dreamed of having and the vision of a happy family. 

It was also the past that she once thought she would get one day before her dream broke and shattered. 

Aurelia hugged his waist tightly and buried her face which was full of tears and emotion into his thin but warm chest. 

Carlos, who was driving ahead, couldn’t help but feel moved too as tears welled in his eyes. 

He even had to reach a hand to wipe the corner of his eyes. 

At that moment, at the intersection in front of them, an engineering–mixing truck ignored the traffic lights that were about to turn red and sped directly across the pedestrian crossing. It sped toward the lane on their side of the highway. 

Right then, there was another truck that was driving side by side with them in the lane on the left while there were only concrete guardrails on the right. 

There was no room for them to dodge that at all. 

So Aurelia’s last memory was Scott shouting in fear, “Get down!” 

After that, he hugged her tightly and protected her in his warm embrace, and even at her last moment, he was still hugging her, protecting her. 

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