Second Marriage The Billionaire's Planned Love (Quinn and Julian) novel Chapter 38

Chapter 38 Rosalie Starts Digging

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“Chase, how can you actually say something like that?” Quinn stared at him. “What do you call this, trying to profit off your own wife?”

“Don’t make it sound so ugly,” Chase said awkwardly, clearly embarrassed. “I didn’t have a choice. And since it already happened, we should at least minimize the damage.”

Quinn said nothing.

She just looked at him. Her eyes were filled with open contempt and ridicule.

Quinn didn’t even want to look at him anymore. Just seeing him made her feel sick.

“Stop looking at me like that,” Chase said irritably. “Am I wrong?”

“You’re right,” Quinn said flatly.

“Then did he contact you or not?”

Suppressing the wave of nausea rising in her throat, Quinn shook her head. “No. Think about what I said. You have eight days left to give me an answer. Otherwise, I’ll make everything public.”

With that, she slammed the door shut.

Chase stood there stunned. He raised his hand and pounded on the door.

“Quinn! Get back out here and finish this conversation! You…”

He didn’t get to finish.

At some point, two large men had appeared behind him.

Before he realized what was happening, they each grabbed one of his arms and started dragging him toward the elevator.

“Hey! Who the hell are you guys? Let go of me!”

Quinn had no idea what was happening outside.

Once the door closed, the apartment fell silent, and the nauseating feeling in her stomach finally eased a little.

She sent a message to Rosalie.

“If Chase refuses to agree to the divorce, I’m making everything public. Then everyone will see exactly what kind of person he is. And you don’t need to contact me again. I mean what I say.”

Rosalie immediately called.

Quinn declined the call every time.

Furious, Rosalie called Chase instead. “What’s going on with you? Didn’t you go calm her down?”

“Don’t even start,” Chase said angrily, slamming his fist against the steering wheel. “Nothing I said got through to her leven

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Chapter 38 Rosalie Starts Digging

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bought flowers and told her I wanted to start over, but she didn’t appreciate it at all. And there were two bodyguards outside her door who literally threw me into my car!”

“Bodyguards?” Rosalie frowned. “Where did those come from?”

“I think they belong to Maddox,” Chase said, analyzing the situation. “He slept with her and probably can’t get her out of his head now. That’s why he’s supporting her divorce and sending people to protect her. If she’s got Maddox backing her, what are we supposed to do?”

Rosalie sounded skeptical. “Maddox is interested in her?”

Rosalie knew the elite circles of Lakeshore City extremely well.

Her standards were high and her ambitions even higher. Otherwise she wouldn’t have set her sights on Julian.

Although the Dixon family was one of the four major families, Maddox himself didn’t have nearly the same personal charisma as Julian.

Because of that, Rosalie had never thought much of him.

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Still, his status and influence were undeniable. A man like him had seen all kinds of women.

Would he really take interest in someone like Quinn, who was already married?

Chase said, “It’s possible. I never slept with her, so she might still have been a virgin. If Maddox slept with her, he might feel protective toward her now. Besides, Quinn really is beautiful…”

“Yeah, she is pretty,” Rosalie said quietly. “Ever since we were kids, a lot of boys liked her. Unlike me, I’ve never really known how to interact with guys.”

“How could that be?” Chase said quickly. “She’s got nothing but her looks. She’s shallow. How could she compare to you, Rosalie? You’re elegant, refined, and genuinely kind. She’s not even worth a single strand of your hair.”

“Oh, stop,” Rosalie said, though she clearly sounded much more pleased.

She might not care much about Chase, but she absolutely could not tolerate him praising another woman in front of her, especially Quinn.

“I’m just telling the truth,” Chase said. “Anyway, I have no idea what trick she pulled, but Maddox seems to be on her side now. What are we supposed to do?”

“Wait for my call,” Rosalie said. “I’ll check what Maddox has been up to.”

In truth, Rosalie was extremely irritated. Quinn wanting a divorce was only part of the reason.

The bigger problem was that Julian had suddenly stopped contacting her.

She was going crazy with anxiety. She had tried sending several messages, but none of them got a reply.

These days, almost everyone had their phone within reach at all times.

There was no way Julian hadn’t seen her messages.

So why wasn’the responding? She asked several friends.

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Chapter 38 Rosalie Starts Digging

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During the years she spent overseas, she had worked hard to break into upper–class social circles. With her calculated charm and sweet, innocent act, a lot of men liked her.

She was especially good at reading men. She would make them interested in her but never actually give them anything in return, keeping them hooked with that teasing push and pull.

And plenty of men fell for it.

Among them were quite a few wealthy second–generation heirs back home.

They weren’t at Julian’s level, but finding out some information about Maddox was still easy for them.

After asking around, she eventually learned that Maddox had gone abroad.

She immediately contacted Chase.

Chase was shocked. “He actually went to a place like that? And he’s going to be there for several years? Are you serious?”