30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

Chapter 69

“Ms. Estrella, please take a seat,” the man gestured to Estrella, then commanded the servant, “Make Ms. Estrella a cup of coffee.”

Estrella settled into her chair with an air of indifference, and the servant soon brought over the coffee. “Ms. Estrella, your

coffee.”

The man then lit a cigar, and smoke began to curl around them. Estrella frowned at the haze, but the man didn’t snuff out his cigar. He looked at Estrella with a smirk. “Ms. Estrella, you take your work quite seriously, don’t you?”

Taking a sip of her coffee, Estrella replied with a nonchalant smile, “So does that mean. you have a case for me?”

The man’s smile slowly faded as he tapped ash from his cigar. “How much do you make. as a lawyer?”

“Just enough to get by,” Estrella responded simply.

As her words hung in the air, the man’s expression darkened, and he crushed the cigar in the ashtray before looking up at Estrella, “Just getting by, huh? I offer you eight million to play ball and you still won’t cooperate?”

His sudden anger was palpable, but Estrella remained cool and composed. She had known what was unt

moment those beefy guys stopped her in the parking lot.

Estrella’s calm demeanor only fueled his rage, and he glared at her, “Young lady, do your have any idea how hard it is to earn three hundred million? Do you know how much time I’ve spent, how many smiles I’ve faked, and how much crap I’ve taken? You just flap your lips, and I’m supposed to hand over half my fortune to Jo? I’ve been supporting her for

thirty years.”

Speaking of his financial loss, veins on the man’s neck stood out in anger. He hadn’t slept well for days, haunted by thoughts of the wealth he’d lost in the breakup.

provision, then it must be there for a reason. I’m sure you

woman’s contribution to the family, and how a man’s success is often thanks to a well-managed home. Richie understood these things. He

to eat, you should be grateful instead of still eying his fortune.

and calculating,

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they turn faster than anyone else. If his life isn’t going well, he clings to you, unable to bear the hardship alone. He needs a woman to accompany him, to take out his dissatisfaction and anger on, someone to tend to his needs. And sometimes, they even

cases, so she didn’t waste her breath on those who tried to outsmart the law and their wives, hiding

do her job with

and had never met someone like Estrella, who was impervious to his charms and wealth. After a long stare, he let out a cold, teeth-clenched laugh, “After taking over three hundred million of my money, Ms. Estrella, you must

laugh, “Are you asking me to spit out my

around the block, but Estrella was the first woman who didn’t fear him, and few men dared to do so- unless

said, “You’ve just taken over three hundred million from me, Ms. Estrella.

sudden shift in tone, “With all that commission, it wouldn’t be too much to ask for you to spend a

but it wasn’t far from the truth. The moment his transferred and

and unable to swallow his pride, he concluded that Estrella had set

might alleviate

proposition, Estrella laughed. “Richie, there’s a long line of people who want to sleep with me, and I’m afraid you’re not even on the list. Think you

continued, “Besides, I won’t take your eight million, so what makes you think I’m easy to

defiance enraged him, and pointing at her, he barked, “You’re a lawyer, and I won’t believe a damn word you say.

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