Chapter 40
Elara immediately turned and walked away. Time was running out. She needed to find a place with power and internet access as soon as possible to complete the online competition.
She headed to a nearby café, only to discover that it also had no signal. Pressing the emergency call button, she dialed Finnegan.
“Finn, can I use the Internet at your gym? I lost all signal at home.”
Finnegan’s voice came through, “I’m sorry, Elara. The gym was just shut down due to fire safety regulations.”
“What?”
How could it be such a coincidence?
Finnegan also found it strange. “Even my rental properties lost power today. I’ll call the power company and check.”
“No need,” Elara replied. “I’m sorry for dragging you into this.”
Finnegan quickly realized why Elara felt guilty. His expression turned grim. “Was it Harvey? Did he cut off your signal?”
“Finn, I have something really important to do. I believe things will work out.”
Elara didn’t have time to explain further. She ended the call clutching her laptop tightly as she stepped into the
rain.
The drizzle fell in fine strands, soaking her clothes. She wrapped her coat tightly around her laptop to protect it from getting wet.
Glancing back, she noticed a white car trailing her at a slow pace. There was an antenna mounted on top.
A chill ran through her entire body. It was a signal–blocking vehicle. She quickened her pace, but the car followed closely, shadowing her every move.
Harvey was making a statement–he could infiltrate every aspect of her life, leaving her nowhere to escape.
Even though they had signed the divorce agreement, he still had complete control over her. And if he wanted to, he could utterly destroy her.
Elara walked for a mile before finally finding an old convenience store with a landline.
She called Tobias and explained her situation. After hanging up, she stood at the store’s entrance, watching the fine drizzle outside.
Tobias had promised to send a car for her.
She didn’t dare hail a cab as Harvey could easily bribe a driver. If she got into the wrong car, she might never know where it would take her.
Just then, the store owner called out to her. “Miss, your husband wants you to take this call.”
Elara’s entire body went cold.
She stood there, soaked to the bone, looking like a drowned ghost. Wet strands of hair clung to her forehead, and her damp clothes clung tightly to her frail shoulders.
She stepped up to the landline and picked up the receiver.
Chapter 40
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At that moment, Harvey sat in his leather chair. He was dressed in a meticulously tailored suit, gazing out at the rolling clouds beyond the floor–to–ceiling windows.
Like a god standing above the world, he needed only to extend his hand to crush the insignificant ant at his feet.
“You’ve been out of the Fisher family for three weeks. Have you calmed down?”
To him, it was as if she had merely run away in a fit of anger. The divorce agreement she had handed over was nothing more than a ridiculous piece of scrap paper.
“Get into that white car and return to the Fisher residence. If you do, I’ll pretend this whole divorce matter never happened.”
This was his final ultimatum to her. He had already given her so many chances.
If she didn’t take this opportunity and grab onto him now, she would have nowhere to cry when she regretted it
later.
“The money in your BrightPeak Securities account, the property in Azure Shores, and all your stock options and assets I’m taking them all back.”
His tone remained indifferent as he delivered his decree, his long lashes casting a shadow over the malice. gleaming in his eyes.
Elara felt her blood boil in an instant. “Harvey Fisher, you’re going back on your word!”
The man chuckled coldly. “Everything you have was given to you by me. I can give it, and I can take it away.”
“Harvey! You already signed the divorce papers!” Elara gritted out through clenched teeth.
