[{"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-518":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Our Anniversary, You Chose Her – I Chose Divorce",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":12,"novelImage":21},{"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},1662711,2128,"Chapter 518: The Question Answered","our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-518",518,"\u003Cp>Chloe Reed’s fingers twitched. She got up, sat down beside him, and started drinking the soup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was delicious—just the way she liked it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she hated Walker Grant’s methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’To force her hand, he’d just blurted it out, not caring who was around!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Was that something he could just say out loud?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If Claire Monroe found out about William Quinn and Iris Yates, could Nathaniel Monroe and Iris Yates’s wedding still go on?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant watched her drink her soup, the corners of his lips curving up. He said to Claire Monroe, \"It’s nothing. We’ve just been reading a novel recently. The story is pretty interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire Monroe immediately lost interest and quipped, \"You read novels? I never would have guessed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant said, \"A lot of novels are about winning a woman back. I’m taking notes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed finished her bowl of soup and said, \"It’s actually quite good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walker Grant didn’t press the issue and simply began to eat his own meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he didn’t make them wait long. After the meal, they headed for the villa on the outskirts of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The basement was brightly lit under the cover of night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miles Hawthorne was barely breathing. Covered in blood and filth, he was a wretched sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bodyguard carried over a bucket of cold water and dumped its entire contents on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shock jolted him awake. He struggled to open his eyes and saw Walker Grant and Chloe Reed, along with a woman he didn’t recognize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire Monroe walked over and circled him twice before speaking. \"How pathetic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miles Hawthorne’s entire body went taut. He sensed danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked toward Chloe Reed, his voice a raw rasp. \"You... Why haven’t you killed me yet...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed looked at him coldly. \"Why would I kill you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miles Hawthorne closed his eyes, intending to go back to playing dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You worked for the Norton Company before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the woman next to him spoke. Her tone was mild, disarming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Miles Hawthorne’s nerves stretched taut. He looked at her. \"You know me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" Claire Monroe shook her head. \"But, by all rights, we should.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miles Hawthorne frowned at her, searching his memory for her face, but after a long moment, he still couldn’t place her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SNAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the brief moment his concentration lapsed, he suddenly heard a sharp snap. Immediately, his consciousness began to blur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything became muddled, his reactions sluggish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that cut through the haze was that gentle, soft voice in his ear. \"What’s your name? Why don’t we get to know each other?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed was so nervous her palms began to sweat. She held her breath; this was the first time she had witnessed hypnosis up close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire Monroe guided the muddled Miles Hawthorne, coaxing him to reveal, bit by bit, everything she wanted to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe Reed was inwardly stunned. She was beginning to get a true sense of Claire Monroe’s abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interrogation had reached a critical juncture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire Monroe’s voice grew even slower. \"Your superior... what’s their name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miles Hawthorne’s lips trembled as if in a struggle. It was like a command had been embedded in his mind, preventing him from speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire Monroe’s brow furrowed, her expression turning exceptionally grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re friends. You can trust me completely...\" Claire Monroe coaxed, timing her words with the pocket watch in her hand. The TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK sound was shattering Miles Hawthorne’s psychological defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss Vera...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Claire Monroe’s relentless prompting, Miles Hawthorne slowly forced out two words.\u003C\u002Fp>",589,"2026-06-06T12:36:05.723Z",1,"novelbin.me","2cbd89dfbe35f51318a493d6463af38d56c592dda06bb53647856b20fcd5f345","our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-51","our-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-chapter-517","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Four-anniversary-you-chose-her-i-chose-divorce-cover.jpg"]