Too Late For Regret: The Ex-Wife's Escape

Chapter 4

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t the estate's entrance. He strode into th

nor sat behind a large mahogany desk, her e

e middle of a very import

y?" Eleanor cut him off, slamming her c

she complain to you about this time?" In his mind,

simply humiliated in front of the entire staff by your dear aunt, and then

s venomous words and Eloise

oyance at Patricia's meddling, and something else he refused to ack

t a new kind of performance, designed

h Patricia," h

't care who you're still thinking about, but Eloise is your wife. I am ordering you to bring her back

defy his grandmother, not when

asked, his voice tigh

nor sighed. "Carter, she's changed. You'd better figure out wha

one. He pulled out his phone and tried

t, Eloise was like a kite, and he always h

waiting nervously

he began, try

my permission," Carter said, his voice devoid of any emotion.

ined from Pat

only a deeper frustration. He got in his car an

She's changed. He hated to admit it, but t

ut because he could not tolerate anything escaping his

Find Eloise Knight. Check every possible place she could go

reen. An idea struck him. The penthouse. The apar

ling she wou

tell her to her face: if she wanted a divorce, it wouldn't be t

xurious apartment building. She wore a baseball cap, th

ton for the top floor. The mirrored walls reflect

oking for her. Her job was to set her tra

lock the apartment door. Inside, everything was just as s

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Too Late For Regret: The Ex-Wife's Escape

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“After three agonizing years in prison, Eloise Knight finally walked out of the heavy iron gates. Waiting for her was her billionaire husband, Carter James. He didn't come to welcome her, but to see if prison had finally broken her into an obedient wife. Three years ago, he stood in court and presented the very evidence that condemned her for murdering her best friend-a vintage letter opener he knew was a gift from her late father. When Eloise turned her back on his luxury car and walked away, Carter's ruthless nature was unleashed. "Freeze every single one of her accounts. I don't want one cent flowing to her." He cut off her credit cards, her bank accounts, and even the trust fund left by her mother. He wanted to leave her penniless and starving on the cold streets of New York, absolutely certain she would soon come crawling back to beg for his mercy. In the freezing night, clutching only an old suitcase, Eloise felt a bitter clarity. She remembered her murdered best friend's secretive smile, boasting about a way to steal Carter's heart just days before her death. She realized she had been framed by the two people she trusted most. Why did Carter hate her so much? How could they destroy her life so easily without a second thought? But she was no longer the naive Mrs. James. Eloise signed the divorce papers, left them on his pristine coffee table, and vanished into the night. She disguised herself as a mute cleaner at the exclusive Elysian Club, stepping right into his playground to find the truth and clear her name.”