Love Mission: Ex-wife Strikes Back

"Don't worry. I won't," Terence assured her.

Jean stared at him doubtfully, looking rather nervous.

"You really won't blame me?" she asked. Terence smiled. "You don’t have to tell me if you’re that worried."

"No, I..." She hesitated for a long while but eventually decided to come clean. "In fact, nothing really happened that night. I really wanted to be with you, so I came up with this idea.

Terence, I really like you, so I did this. You don't blame me, right?"

"So... nothing happened between us that night?" Terence paused and stared at Jean thoughtfully. "Then why did Julia come?"

"It was... because I texted her." She looked away and bit her lower lip. "Julia is the biggest obstacle between us. As long as I could make her completely give up on you, nothing will stand between us anymore. Terence, I..."

Terence

you left, you even took away all of our savings and stabbed me. I was lucky though. I was sent to the hospital and survived. Otherwise, how could I possibly know that you’re faring so well now?"

He pinched her chin harder. "After you left, those loan sharks came to me and beat me half to death. See? I really had no other choice but to come looking for you."

George softened his tone. "In any case, we were married once. Do you really have the heart to see me killed by those beastly guys?"

"You want money, don't you?" Jean sneered. "Okay, I'll give you the money. Tell me, how much do you want?

Five million dollars should be enough, right? I'll wire you the money tomorrow. After that, I'll be grateful if you stop disturbing my life in the future."

"Five million dollars?" George scoffed. "Do you take me as a beggar?"