Chapter 55
A hint of mockery flashed in Mia’s eyes as she looked at the order. She’d furnished every inch of the marital home with her heart, and a certain someone had disregarded it like it meant nothing. Now, they even wanted her to design a new home for her ex-husband and his first love!
They’d crossed the line with this!
It looked like they wouldn’t let her off the hook; they were constantly trying to provoke her. Since backing down
wouldn’t resolve the problem, Mia would probably be better off facing them directly.
As long as they weren’t afraid of the consequences, what would she have to fear?
Mia’s eyes flashed coldly. She called the number indicated in the order. Heath’s voice rang out awkwardly on the other end of the line. “Ahem. Mrs. Barrett.”
“You don’t have to call me that now that we’ve signed the divorce papers. I’ll cut to the chase-you guys are the ones behind that online order, right?”
Heath nodded. “Yes.”
have a condition. I want to be paid tenfold,” Mia
on this, Mrs. Barrett.” Heath hurried into Timothy’s office after hanging up. Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Barrett
stopped writing. “Tenfold? She
had the nerve to demand
leaned back. “Do you think she’s worth
for more than 100 thousand dollars, so we’ve already spent more than 500 thousand dollars on them. It’d actually be worth it if we could spend a little more to hire a designer who can get the job
are you so
fell silent. Hadn’t Timothy switched designers so many times because he hadn’t
asked, “So, what do
little expensive. Maybe we should
won’t pay her the remainder of
be that easy to
from his brow. It was getting harder and
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