After all, women sometimes need to be coaxed.

    But he hadn’t expected to see Vanessa smiling so radiantly, looking charming and beautiful, flirting with that escort. In that moment, rage surged straight to his head, and his fists clenched tightly.

    “No, there must be a public apology. That’s my bottom line,” Vanessa said coldly.

    She was a public figure, a well–known doctor. Only a public apology could help her regain some dignity in society.

    For the rest of her life, she would rely on her career as a doctor to make a living, and only then could she get divorced with her head held high.

    “Vanessa, have you really decided to divorce me?” Nathan nced coldly at Evander standing nearby and asked again.

    Just an escort–he really didn’t believe Vanessa would divorce him for an escort. After all, the title of Mrs. Powell wasn’t something just any woman could have. Besides, if Vanessa left the Powell family, she’d be nothing more than a doctor. If she ended up with this escort, her future would be one of poverty and misery. He didn’t believe any woman would give up fame and fortune for that.

    He had always thought she was just saying it to get a reaction out of him, ying hard to get. Thinking back, she had done so much just to win him over.

    “Of course I’m sure,” Vanessa replied calmly. “I’ve already said so in front of your parents. Do you think I’d lie about this?”

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    “You won’t regret it?”

    “Absolutely not,” Vanessa answered withplete certainty.

    Nathan narrowed his eyes dangerously as he studied her.

    White T–shirt, jeans, pure and straightforward with not a trace of impurity. The big, bright eyes no longer held the resentment and frustration of the past, but were much clearer. There was no sign of heartbreak or despair on her at all; instead, she looked detached and liberated.

    “Fine, fine, very well, Vanessa. You’ve seeded in making me angry. Divorce it is–we must get divorced. Do you think I’m afraid of not having women? There are plenty of women lining up to get into my bed.” Nathan spat out several “fine“s in a row, his chest burning with

    rage.

    Women are all the same. Vanessa actually wanted a divorce over an escort, thinking he wouldn’t agree. Now he’d really divorce her, let her regret it for the rest of her life.

    Seeing him agree, Vanessa secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

    “So when will you publish the apology? I need a specific date so I can make arrangements. You know I’m a doctor and have to take care of patients. My time isn’t entirely my own,” she asked gently and calmly, her voice free of grievance, reluctance, or even the slightest hint of resentment, as if she were discussing something else entirely.

    “Fine. Tomorrow. I’ll arrange it right away. Juste to the Powell Group to find me in the morning,” Nathan said coldly, then turned and strode away.

    But after only a few steps, he turned back, his eyes as sharp as knives, shooting a re at Evander.

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    “You escort, how dare you touch my woman. Just you wait.”

    He pointed at Evander several times in a row, his face icy cold, then turned and strode off.

    “Evan, starting tomorrow, you need to leave Brookford as soon as possible. He’s already agreed to the divorce, so there’s nothing left for you here,” Vanessa said to Evander anxiously as soon as Nathan left.

    She had grown up with Nathan and fought with him for so many years. She knew him best. Even though he hadn’t said what he would do to Evan, that expression on his face showed he was at the peak of his anger. Nathan was most terrifying at times like this–no one could predict what he might do next.

    Vanessa had seen before in the business world how ruthless he could be when furious, destroying his opponents so thoroughly that their families would be left begging for generations.

    Evan had no background or even a decent job. If Nathan wanted to crush him, it would be as easy as snapping a twig.

    She was the one dragging Evan into this. She couldn’t just stand by and do nothing, so her face was full of anxiety.

    “You’re really that worried about me?” Evander smiled, his fingers gently brushing her cheek.

    “I’m serious, no joking. You’ve never seen what Nathan is capable of, but I have. There’s no need for you to provoke him. Leave here right away, and don’t evere back to Brookford,” Vanessa urged anxiously. “Book a ne ticket now and leave tomorrow morning. If you don’t have enough money, I’ll transfer it to you.”

    “But what if I can’t bear to leave you?” Evander showed no fear at all, still smiling breezily

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