[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce":3,"chapter-our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-193":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Our Anniversary, You Chose Her – I Chose Divorce",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1663004,2128,"Chapter 193: The Bodyguards Stop Her from Leaving","our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-193",193,"\u003Cp>Chloe Reed replied, \"You be careful, too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will,\" Preston Vance said gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the bedroom door opened, and Walker Grant walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was wearing an apron, and his sharp gaze fell on her. \"Chloe, come and eat now that you’re awake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice wasn’t loud, but it was pitched perfectly for the person on the other end of the line to hear clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Preston Vance went silent for a moment before saying, \"Well, I won’t keep you then. Let’s grab a meal together some other time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe agreed and hung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without looking at Walker, she got out of bed and headed for the bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grabbed a change of clothes, and seeing this, Walker didn’t say anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After her shower, she felt much more refreshed. When she went downstairs, she saw the meal already laid out on the dining table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker was sitting on the living room sofa, replying to a message on his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only spared him a brief glance before heading for the front door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chloe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker called out to her when he saw her trying to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe’s pace quickened, but when she opened the door, she saw bodyguards standing outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression immediately darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is the meaning of this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She whipped her head around, her eyes blazing with anger as she glared at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker said, \"I just want to have a meal with you. You can ignore me, but you have to eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe’s hands balled into fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He must have anticipated I would try to leave, so he had bodyguards waiting at the door.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That manipulative bastard!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her stomach started to protest. She wasn’t one to make herself suffer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked over to the dining table, sat down, and began to eat with her chopsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the coldness in Walker’s expression finally eased a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even though he had forced her to stay.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She kept her eyes down, eating without any expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at her for a long time, a bitter feeling consuming him from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a time when she would watch him with a beaming smile every time he cooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he finished cooking, she would lavish praise on everything she ate, as if it were the most delicious food on Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he had to resort to trickery just to get her to eat a meal with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of frustration washed over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, his phone suddenly rang. He answered, his tone cold. \"Mom, what’s up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judith Pierce said, \"Noah is making a fuss, demanding to see you. Where are you right now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker said, \"I’m at home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, you should come over now,\" Judith Pierce said, her head aching from all the fuss. \"Come and see your nephew.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom.\" Walker’s tone became even colder. \"You’re Noah’s grandmother. You two hardly get to spend time together. You should be the one bonding with him, building your relationship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judith Pierce fell silent. She had been avoiding it subconsciously, but Walker was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All right, then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judith Pierce gave in, then casually asked, \"You’re home at this hour? What about Chloe? Is she with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, we’re together.\" Walker’s tone softened slightly as he looked over at Chloe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judith Pierce’s voice was filled with a mix of emotions. \"It would be wonderful if you two could just work things out. Then I wouldn’t have to worry so much about you. Anyway, I’ll let you go. Be good to Chloe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The call ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker looked at Chloe and asked, \"Is it good?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s terrible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe held nothing back. Once her stomach stopped complaining, she set down her chopsticks. \"Your cooking is absolutely terrible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at her plate, where she’d barely taken a few bites, he started to doubt himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Was it really that bad?’\u003C\u002Fp>",642,"2026-06-06T12:35:59.743Z",1,"novelbin.me","85ecdd7b5361bbb748f6848c0f4ffeb580876f99fc4c2b5e49281d53c48b849f","our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-194","our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-192",518,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Four-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-cover.jpg"]