Breaking Free from the Ex-Husband novel Chapter 193

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“Why do you have to be like this?!” Heriberto frowned, his voice low and icy, “Katrina, do you think that just because we’re married, we can be like a normal couple?”

Katrina smiled, “We got married, we’re just a normal couple, you know!”

“Ha!” Heriberto laughed at the words, then quickly swiped the soup out of Katrina’s hand.

With a loud “bang“, the bowl was thrown out and smashed into pieces, spilling soup all over the floor.

Katrina didn’t say anything, she just looked really dark and moody.

“Katrina, I used to respect you a little because of Julian, but you have no shame and insist on seeking abuse. I will definitely indulge you,” Heriberto said coldly, his voice seeping out between his lips.

Katrina glared at him, gritted her teeth, and sneered, “Heriberto, you think I’m the second Iris, and you can just manipulate me however you

want?”

Iris…

Iris…

Even Katrina knew, he was always bullying Iris, never treating her well.

Why was he such a mess?

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My heart suddenly felt like a big hole was dug open, sharp knives kept twisting inside.

Heriberto closed his eyes.

“No, you won’t become the second Iris,” she said, lowering her gaze and unable to hold back the tears, “because you don’t deserve to be compared to her.”

***

Katrina was so angry with Heriberto that she was shaking uncontrollably, almost to the point of vomiting.

Coming out of Heriberto’s office, she rushed to the bathroom to calm down, only to run into Mara, who was wearing a cleaning uniform and scrubbing the toilet inside.

“Ms. Powell!” Mara was surprised to see Katrina, whose face was a mix of pale and blue.

Katrina frowned and looked up and down at her, “Why are you like a ghost while scrubbing the toilet here?”

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Mara’s head sank lower all of a sudden, and she whispered, “Is… is it what Mr. Hale meant?”

“Heriberto made you, the chief secretary, clean toilets as a janitor?” Katrina couldn’t believe it.

Mara nodded.

“Why?” Katrina chuckled. “Why did Heriberto treat you like that? What did you do to upset him?”

Mara glanced towards the door, made sure no one came in, then timidly said, “It’s because of Iris.”

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Because she used to disrespect Iris and even called her a thief, Heriberto is now taking it out on her after losing Iris.

Heriberto gave her two options.

The first rule is Get out of Ardiham, never set foot in Ardiham again.

The second job was working as a cleaner at the Hale Group, specifically in charge of cleaning the men’s and women’s restrooms.

Mara was born and raised in Ardiham, all her family and friends were in Ardiham. How could she ever leave Ardiham forever? So she had to choose the second option.

If she didn’t choose the second option, there was only one road to take.

Heriberto wanted her to disappear from Ardiham, that was just too easy, she didn’t dare to confront Heriberto at all.

Katrina heard the reason and couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“Iris, it’s always Iris,” she gritted her teeth, her face darkening, “I just want to see how long he can keep thinking about Iris.”

***

Katrina had just returned to her apartment when she received a call from her father, Marlon.

Their project in Santazog/had just started for a week when they were reported by local residents for cutting down a few trees, and then the local government ordered them to stop work.

As for when we can go back to work, it’s still up in the air.

Local government officials said they needed to come up with improvement plans and could only resume work after getting approval

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from the local government.

This kind of thing has happened abroad too, you know.

Environmental activists abroad were really going all out, many big factories were forced to shut down due to environmental issues, it’s not just one or two incidents.

But the Powell family couldn’t afford it, if they stopped working for a day, they would lose hundreds of thousands or even millions.

The Powell family was hoping that this project would turn things around for them. After all, ever since they sold 51% of Powell Pharmaceuticals, the Powell family didn’t have any reliable businesses under their name.

Marlon was in a hurry!

He knew, the Hale Group invested a lot in Santazog, and Heriberto had a good relationship with the government officials where they invested.

Now, the Powell and Hale families were in–laws. Heriberto was about to become a son–in–law of the Powell family. When the Powell family had trouble, the Hale family naturally lent a hand.

So, Marlon called Katrina and told her to go find Heriberto to help deal with the issue of the strike.

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