At that moment, Chloe Reed was having dinner with her grandmother. She’d had a day to recover and was almost back to her usual self, so the old woman couldn’t tell anything was amiss.
Her phone rang. After a quick glance, she said to her grandmother, "I’m going to take this call."
"Mm, go ahead."
Her grandmother nodded.
Chloe Reed took her phone and walked out of the hospital room. She went straight to the end of the hallway before finally answering, "Hello?"
"One o’clock tomorrow afternoon. See you at the Civil Affairs Bureau."
Walker Grant said only that before immediately hanging up.
Hearing the BEEP BEEP BEEP of the disconnected line, Chloe Reed froze for a moment.
She looked down at her phone, which had already returned to the lock screen, and a small smile touched her lips. ’So, we’re finally getting a divorce?’
She quickly returned to the room. Seeing the unconcealed joy in her granddaughter’s eyes, her grandmother asked, "What’s the good news?"
Chloe Reed said, "I’m getting a divorce tomorrow."
"Oh, you." The old woman looked at her with a sigh of fond exasperation. "Most people are heartbroken when a relationship ends, but you seem overjoyed."
Chloe Reed said, "Of course I’m happy. I’ve been trying to get this divorce for a long time, and it’s finally happening."
’Soon, I’ll have nothing to do with him anymore.’
’I can finally be free of him.’
For a moment, the taut string of tension in her heart went slack.
Chloe Reed was in such a good mood that she ate an extra half-bowl of her dinner.
...
「The next day.」
Walker Grant, who was feeling much better after a night of rest, went straight to the Grant Family Estate.
Judith Pierce was in the middle of packing. She had already booked a flight scheduled to take off in two hours.
"Walker, are you back to see me off?"
Judith Pierce looked at her younger son, her voice tinged with weariness.
But Walker said, "No."

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