The Don Tore Up Our Divorce (Gemma and Cassian) novel Chapter 351

Chapter 351 (revised)

Gemma’s POV

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Antonios’s gratitude wraps around me like a warm blanket lent by a kind stranger, making you realise how chilly the wind had been all along.

I muster up a smile. “You’re welcome. But honestly, I’m not special at all. In that situation, anyone would have helped.”

I don’t feel like a hero, just someone who was there, who knew what to do for a few frantic minutes.

“Yes, and yet, you were the one who took the initiative. It’s not always the potential that matters,

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. Marino, it’s the execution of that idea which makes a difference.”

The words are simple, but they somehow shift something inside me. Everyone has the potential to do something, like Cassian has had hundreds of opportunities to defend

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But it only matters when they act on it.

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“Miss. Marino, I hope I’ll have the pleasure of you again, hopefully soon. Miss. Bernard, I’ll leave now. Goodnight, ladies!”

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As we bid Antonios goodnight, Meredith turns towards me and lets her mask of politeness drop. Wild curiosity shines in her eyes,

“Do you know Antonios personally?”

I shake my head, glancing at his retreating figure before facing her.

“It’s the first time I’ve actually met him. I just happened to be at the same event as his sister once, and managed to get her the medical attention she needed, in time.”

Meredith looks to be lost in thought.

“Hm… Antonios is a highly sought–after lawyer overseas, and he also happens to be a key member of our family’s legal team. Since you have this connection, why not let him handle your little internet problem? Consider it a professional introduction.”

Before I can even think of a response, Antonios, who had 2

paused a few steps away in back and catches our eyes.

He walks back over, his expression concerned. “Ms. Marino, are you involved in some kind of legal case?”

The directness of the question makes me flush with embarrassment. It feels so petty and trivial compared to the work I assume he usually handles overseas.

“Oh, no! It’s nothing serious…”

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I wave my hand, trying to downplay it, but his eyes remain grim as ever.

“Please, Miss. Marino. Maybe I can be of some help…”

“It’s just some ridiculous rumors circulating online. Really, it’s not worth your time.”

To be honest, I don’t think it’s worth anyone’s time.

I know I could spend hours myself, tracking IP addresses and reporting accounts, but it will be a temporary fix. It’s like fighting against a hydra: for every account I report,

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chorus of judgment will continue.

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Antonios, however, refuses to be brushed aside. “Mizs. Marino, with all due respect, malicious defamation is always serious. Please allow me to handle this. You helped my family in our most desperate moment, let me repay that debt. Consider the matter closed.”

He speaks with such finality, promising not only to clear my name but to take on the entire burden of evidence collection himself, that I’m not sure how to refuse at all.

Now that I am ready to accept the fact that I’m drowning, the offer seems like a lifeline I didn’t realise I could fall

back on.

“Th–thank you…

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“Of course, Miss. Marino! If you don’t mind, Miss. Bernard, I’d like to drop you both home. We’ll discuss some important points in the car as well?”

“I’ll ask the driver to take the car home. Wait here for me, please.”

Meredith says, a satisfied smile playing on her lips as she2

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glides toward the parking lot, leaving me with a speechless acceptance.

“Miss. Marino, I want you to be completely assured now…”

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Antonios is saying something while looking up the websites online, and I stand on the curb with a strange sense of relief warring with my ingrained desire to fight my own battles.

I’m so lost in thought I don’t notice the figure emerging from a building across the street until he’s standing directly across from me.

Liam!

Of course, he seems to have a radar for my 1

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inconvenient moments. I see the exact moment he recognizes me, his steps faltering.

Then, his eyes dart to the luxury sedan that pulls up, and to Antonios, who gallantly opens the passenger door for

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city, a storm might be preparing to unleash itself.

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Liam’s POV

My thumb jabs at the screen before my brain fully processes what I’m seeing.

Click! The photo is a little grainy, but the implication is clear enough. I hit ‘Send‘ before I can second–guess myself.

[Your ex–wife just got into a luxury car. With a man.]

The reply comes faster than I expected. It’s a sharp, straightforward demand from Cassian. [Whose car? Find out for me.]

I’m already sliding into my own car, my engine purring to life as I pull out to follow them at a safe distance. My fingers fly over the screen. [Not 100% sure yet, I’m on my way.]

I’m trying to be helpful, I really am. I’ve seen the way Cássian’s been moping around the office like a storm17:52

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cloud in a five–thousand–dollar suit. It’s pathetic, his routine from office to the bar, and back again.

He’s been a different man since the divorce, and not in a good way.

I just want to give him a nudge, to make him see what he’s so clearly still hung up on before it’s too late. Then, remembering the other firestorm, I add another log to the blazing fire.

[Did you know your ex is trending on social media again?]

He’s been on a plane; he’s probably blissfully unaware of the digital lynching happening in his absence. Maybe this will be the final push he needs… a little gasoline poured over the smoldering embers of his pride, so t finally have his sanity back.

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I also know that the anger he would feel after checking the internet would even eclipse the jealousy caused by that photo I sent earlier.

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