Our Anniversary, You Chose Her – I Chose Divorce

Chapter 312: Is It Miles Hawthorne?

Chloe Reed paused, a slight change in her expression. "Why does it feel like you’re more anxious about this than I am?" she asked teasingly.

The person on the other end of the line fell silent for a few seconds before speaking. "Sigh... It’s just that I can’t stand to see you wronged. Besides," he added, "I’m still waiting for you to get divorced so I can pursue you."

Chloe Reed’s eye twitched. "Miles Hawthorne, don’t make that kind of joke."

Miles Hawthorne laughed immediately. "You actually believed me? Relax, I was just teasing. But the part about not wanting to see you wronged is true. For now, I guess we just have to wait. Still, I think Walker Grant is up to no good. He definitely won’t just wait quietly for the court date. This time might have been an accident, but next time, he might really pull some crazy stunt."

"Okay, I know."

Chloe Reed murmured in agreement, though she didn’t take his words to heart.

’This whole thing was aimed at me,’ she thought. ’There’s no way Walker could have known in advance.’

walking toward the hospital room. Just then, a call came in from Daniel Hayes. His tone was very serious. "Miss Reed, do you have a moment?

there news about the first

"Yes."

a deep breath. "Alright. I’ll find a place

"Okay."

...

was set far apart from the others, and the large windows provided a

stepped inside. "Miss Reed, how did you

offered a faint smile. "I came here once with

from her. "Sit down. Have some tea. You can tell me everything at your own

"I’m not much for this kind

Those two snuck into the country. They weren’t carrying much ammunition and used it all up during the attack. Then they fled. I couldn’t catch them. But I did screen the area around the sanatorium and checked your mother’s phone records. I followed the trail, and it turns out your mother knows the director of the sanatorium. And right before this all happened, that director contacted another

off, pausing to look at her