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brows, his countenance scaly grim. He was no fool and had guessed Nadine was behind pealing that information to Josephine
After a long prose, he gritted his teeth and said, “Josephine, Tran explain everything.”
However, the spared him no glance. Save your explanation for your first love. Now, sign the papers.
He was enraged “Is there anything else you know to say other than asking me to sign these damn papers?
What are you still doing out here, M. Dunn? The investigation is almost complete, and the evidence is conclusive. Based on the financial loss, the thief could get
tee prant in prison.
An officer arrived before Josephine, urging her, “Get in there and finish the statement. Once it’s done, we can move forward with the sentencing
Zeyn was dumbfounded. “It’s
sair of shoes. How could she get three years for that?–
The officer replied coldly, “It depends what kind of shoes they are. That lady stole a pair of shoes worth at least 60 thousand dollars. Three years is the minimum sentence. In fact, it could be more.
60 thousand dollars? Zayn was stunned. It appeared that Josephine didn’t lie to him. Those shoes were indeed costly.
Realizing that Nadine might serve time, he couldn’t care less about other matters. “Josephine, you know this is between us and has nothing to do with Nadine the’s so young and has a whole life ahead of her. How could you ruin her life over a pair of shoes?
“You’re a woman too. Don’t you? have any sympathy for her?
“I don’t!” Josephine said coldly.
Even then, he wanted to use the pathene moral coercion of being a woman to pressure Josephine. All that had only made her feel more disillusioned.
Josephine enunciated every word with coldness as she said, “How many times do I have to tell you that i won’t let her off the book unless you sign the divorce
Zayn drew in a deep breath. This woman was driving him mad
“Fine, I’ll sign them. It’s not like signing them would indicate our actual divorce, anyway,” he thought.
He arrived before the table with gritted teeth and picked up the pen Seeing Josephine’s name on the paper drove him into a daze. All of a sudden, he recalled the scene when they registered their marriage.
Although they started with a contractual marriage, he had actually fallen for her at first sight.
When they went to register thei
he was satisfied with everything and was willing to go through with the contract. But she was different–she kept her arrogant little face raised, not even looking at him
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