Breaking Free from the Ex-Husband novel Chapter 206

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She looked at Zayden, and said very seriously.

“So, your feelings for him, it’s not just a crush between a man and a woman?” Zayden confirmed with her.

“At least not for now,” Iris said confidently.

“What about after that?”

Iris paused for two seconds, smiled, “It’s hard to say.”

“Ira,” Zayden looked at her with sincere and serious eyes, “if you ever really fall for Aedan, promise me, don’t love him like–you did with Heriberto, giving everything and getting hurt.”

Iris looked at him and nodded heavily, “Don’t worry, the old Iris is dead. The one standing in front of you now is a brand new Iris.”

Ardiham was in the CEO office of the Hale Group office building.

Heriberto was buried in the documents when Brogan knocked on the door.

“What’s up?” Heriberto asked without even looking up.

Brogan looked at him, hesitated to speak.

Heriberto didn’t pay attention to him until he finished reading a

document and signed his name at the bottom right corner of the last

page. Still didn’t hear Brogan’s voice.

He looked up.

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Brogan looked puzzled, even a bit scared.

“What’s up?” he was already feeling uneasy.

Brogan lowered his head, “Mr. Hale, at yesterday’s engagement party, Zayden had someone deliver a gift to you.”

When Heriberto heard “Zayden“, he started feeling bad.

They basically had no relationship.

Even though Charlie and Merlin were somewhat friendly, that was because Merlin had helped the Hale family before, and the Hale family owed a favor to the Knighton family.

So, like, he got engaged, and like, to Katrina, and the Knighton family had no reason to give him a big gift.

There must be something fishy going on.

“What did he give?” he asked in a low voice.

Brogan hesitated for a moment, “Three billion in cash, wired directly to the Hale family’s gift account.”

Top–tier wealthy families like them always invite guests who are either rich or noble. Naturally, the guests give generous gifts, so it’s impossible for everyone to carry a bag of cash.

So, everyone had their own special gift money account.

Three billion!

Even Heriberto was shocked to hear someone offer him three billion as an engagement dowry.

“Three billion, are you sure you didn’t make a mistake?” he

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“Yeah, that’s right, it was transferred from Zayden’s personal account,” nodded Brogan.

Heriberto’s face fell, “What does he mean?”

He got engaged to Katrina, and Zayden, who had no relationship with him, gave him three billion as a gift.

But the next second, he thought of something else, and the confusion and anger on his face were replaced by endless sadness and self- mockery.

He got engaged, why did Zayden give gifts?

Because Zayden was Iris’s lover now.

So why did he just happen to give exactly three billion?

Because, he agreed to marry Iris in the beginning, he gave the Aguilera family, that’s three billion.

He bought Iris for three years with three billion.

Now, Zayden gave Iris back the three billion, just to completely draw the line between them, as if the three years they lived together never happened.

Heriberto’s right hand on the desk slowly clenched into a fist, and suddenly, with a snap, the pen in his hand “clicked” and broke into two pieces.

He closed his eyes, his dry eyes filled with waves of bitterness.

Brogan looked up at him, seeing the pain in his eyes and not knowing what to say.

“Return along with the over three billion he had previously

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transferred.”

Heriberto opened his mouth with his eyes closed, then opened it again, his voice low and hoarse as hell.

“Yes, Mr. Hale,” Brogan nodded and walked away.

In the lobby downstairs, Katrina just got off the car and walked into the Hale Group building, when she was stopped by the security guard.

She looked at the security guard blocking her, with a puzzled and incredulous expression on her face, suppressing her anger, and said, “Look carefully, I’m Katrina, the owner of the Hale Group. Why are you stopping me?”

“Sorry, Ms. Powell, they told me that starting today, you can’t set foot in the Hale Group office building.” The security guard was just doing his job, blocking her from entering, but he was still polite.

Katrina looked at the security guard, her eyes widening, “Who said that?”

“Whatever the boss told us to do, please don’t make it difficult for us.” the security guard said, lowering his head.

Katrina’s face turned purple with anger, “What if I insisted on going in?”

“No one dared to let you in unless Mr. Hale gave the order.”

Katrina was so angry that her face turned from blue to white, her delicate nails digging into the palm of her hand, leaving bloodstains.

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