Divorce and Freedom No More Homemaker for Him novel Chapter 560

Chapter 560 The Calm Before the Strike

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Draven looked at Troy quietly. His voice was calm, the kind of calm that comes right before a blizzard hit “This has nothing to do with you, does it?”

Troy let out another cold laugh. “What if I say it does?”

Draven studied him for a moment. Once he was sure Troy wasn’t really involved, he said, “Hand him over to me.”

The moment Jed realized Draven was talking about him, he panicked. “Mr. Winston, save me-”

Troy still had anger to take out on Jed. There was no way he would just give him up. “Sure,” Troy said. “But there’s an order to things. First come, first served.”

Jed stared at Troy in shock. He thought Troy would protect him. After all, Troy and Draven hated each other. But Troy didn’t.

Despair swallowed Jed whole. “Mr. Winston, I was wrong! I was really wrong! I’ll never do it again! Please save me!”

Troy looked annoyed by the noise. His face darkened. “If you don’t want to die, shut up.”

Tears rolled down Jed’s face. The pressure was too much for him to handle.

Troy and Draven were like fire and water. Completely different. But at this moment, Jed finally understood -they were still brothers.

Troy could lie, but Draven could see right through him.

And when they got cruel, they were both terrifying.

Troy made Jed feel even colder inside. Jed had worked hard for him before. Didn’t that count for anything? How could Troy treat him like this? He had only slipped something into Ayla’s drink. She hadn’t actually been hurt. What did he do wrong?

Nothing.

It was all Ayla’s fault.

If he had known things would end this badly, he might have tried to find a few men and ruined her. At least then she would have paid some price.

Jed was scared, but anger still burned inside him.

Troy stared at Draven. “Not a good place for me to deal with him. Wait for my text.”

The two of them had the same goal. They both wanted to punish Jed for crossing a line. Because of that.. they could actually talk things out for once.

For them, this was extremely rare.

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Chapter 560 The Calm Before the Strike

If Eric saw this, he would probably cry from happiness.

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Draven cared so much about Ayla. If Ayla knew, she would probably be deeply moved and fall even harder for him.

Back when Ayla needed protection, Troy had done nothing. Now Draven’s protectiveness made Troy’s failure painfully obvious.

Honestly, I want to destroy them both.

Even though Draven was furious, he stayed calm and controlled.

How could he hold back?

Troy knew he was a mess. He couldn’t hide it, especially not in front of Ayla.

Draven wasn’t exactly a good man either. But he could act calm. He could put on an act. Maybe that was how he kept Ayla by his side.

That thought made Troy even angrier.

He gritted his teeth. “People get divorced all the time, Draven. So tell me, how long do you think you and Ayla will last?”

Troy laughed.

He was obsessive. Almost unstable.

Draven waited until Troy finished laughing. “When we were kids,” Draven said quietly, “I always thought my existence made you suffer. I thought it was my fault. I hated myself for it. For some reason, I never wanted to see you sad. You’re my only brother. I just wanted you to live a good life. I tried hard. And I never blamed you for taking your anger out on me. But later, I understood something. I wasn’t the one at fault. I was innocent.”

Troy didn’t expect that.

He couldn’t laugh anymore.

“No matter what mistakes a child makes, they’re still just a child. Back then, you were innocent too.”

Draven had sounded calm the whole time. But now his voice turned ice–cold. like he had become a different person. “But your divorce from Ayla–that was your fault. I have no reason to think about your feelings anymore. Troy, take care of yourself and live your own life.”

Troy couldn’t speak.

Why did this hurt so much? It felt like his chest was being torn open.

“I don’t like waiting for things to pass through your hands before they reach me,” Draven continued. “I could have taken her away from you a long time ago. You were just lucky.”

Draven glanced at Jed. His voice turned cold again. “I prefer taking control early. First come, first served. This time, I go first.”

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Jed had no idea what Draven was talking about. None of it made sense to him. Before he could even figure it out, Draven suddenly removed the expensive mechanical watch from his wrist. He wrapped the strap tightly around his palm and clenched his fist, using the watch like a metal knuckle guard, then walked straight toward him.

The moment Jed realized what Draven was about to do, his pupils shrank to tiny dots. Before he could beg for mercy, a sharp, crushing pain exploded in his stomach.

It was nothing like the punches from Ayla’s bodyguards.

This felt like his insides were being torn apart.

The pain was so intense he couldn’t even scream.

Draven threw only one punch. Then he stopped. Calmly, he put his watch back on, slow and careful, like nothing had happened. The contrast with what he had just done was chilling.

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