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2024-10-29 19:42:56Meanwhile, Emma is currently in a dilemma. Even though she had divorced from Victor, she isn’t even Lucas' legal wife yet. And somehow, Lucas seems so reluctant to bring her to live with him at his house along with his family.
And he has no intention to find a place for Emma to stay for the time being. Instead, Lucas prefers to seek help, hiring a locksmith to open the door for Emma, so she can get back into the house where she lived with Victor.
“You sure this is your house?” the locksmith asks.
“Why don’t you just ask that old lady neighbor?” says Emma.
The locksmith glances a bit to the house next door, and indeed there is an old lady, Mrs. Greta, who is busy watering her little garden.
Seeing that the old lady doesn’t really concern about them, the locksmith is quite sure that the clients he is serving currently are not thieves. After all, he is just lazy to bother to make sure of it. And so, he just unlocks the house for them.
After being able to enter the house, Emma shows the locksmith the conditions in the living room. Especially on some portraits hanging on the wall.
The locksmith glances at Lucas a bit curiously. It's clear that Lucas looks so much different from the man in the photo with Emma.
After that, he also glances at Emma with the same suspicious gaze.
“What?” asks Emma.
“Don't tell me you're in a family dispute with your husband and are required to stay away from this place. If that's the case, I could be in trouble for helping you to get into this house,” says the locksmith.
Emma immediately takes down all the portraits that have Victor in it.
“We just got divorced this morning, and haven't finished taking care of the settlement issue. Coincidentally, the house key I was holding was left in my room. That damn loser locked the house since he was the last one who left the house this morning.”
But the locksmith is still finding it dubious. And so, Emma goes hurriedly towards the stairs to her room on the second floor.
“Hey!” calls the locksmith.
But not long after, Emma gets back to the locksmith and shows him the key to the house she had left behind.
After that, Emma starts fussing around, explaining everything about the key, about the hanger which is decorated with her initials name, and also about all the other completely unnecessary details to him.
In the end, the locksmith just leaves, feeling unable to stomach all the nagging that comes out of Emma's mouth.
The frustrated and irritated Emma slams the door as soon as the locksmith gets out of the house. She immediately sits on the couch while massaging her forehead.
She becomes increasingly impatient, thinking that she has to return to live with Victor in that house.
“Are you telling me to stay at this house again with that loser?” asks Emma.
“That’s why we need to clear this issue ASAP,” says Lucas, not even showing any slightest bit of care with Emma’s frustration.
Emma keeps talking to herself, occasionally grumbling and nagging as she takes off her stiletto shoes. Although Lucas did respond to Emma's words earlier, but now he is more busy paying attention to the condition of that house.
Lucas finds the house not too big, but not too small either. The condition is very well maintained, as well as all the furniture inside it. The interior is not that bad either.
And there, Lucas has just started calculating how much money they could earn by selling the house.
“With all the things here, you can sell this house for 250 to 300 thousand dollars.”
Only there, Emma realizes that Lucas has completely ignored her. Even though she herself is also eyeing the wealth and also the money from the sale of the house, now Emma doesn’t seem to want to discuss it with Lucas.
In fact, she begins to think about giving up her intention, knowing that Lucas is now also trying to get his hand on the money too. It makes her a little doubtful about her judgement on Lucas.
How can the man who she considers to be so rich, now be even interested in taking some of the wealth from her conflict with Victor. After all, she believes that the amount is certainly not much compared to the wealth that Lucas currently has.
She tries to ignore him by turning on the TV. Even though there is nothing that she wants to watch, Emma deliberately turns up the volume of the TV to distract her from all the bad thoughts in her head.
But now she is getting even more annoyed to see the most annoying TV advertisement that she has seen so often every day.
[Injured on the job?]
[Cheated in the employment contract agreement?]
[Abused by husband in the matter of divorce?]
[Jimmy Farion at your service, solving your problem with no problem!]
He is a lawyer who is famous for his eccentric wigs. Even the oddity of always wearing different wigs on many occasions, has made him so popular. What's more, he never hides his baldness, and admits openly that he does wear a wig.
Emma changes the TV channel because of her annoyance. But not long after, the same advertisement reappears. But now, the advertisement is starting to catch Lucas' attention too.
“That’s it. That’s the person we need,” says Lucas.
“What?” Emma startles.
Lucas notes down the number displayed on the advertisement. After that, he tries to make a call. But it seems like he doesn't get any answer.
He understands it too, that the person he is trying to call might be busy, given his reputation that is already like those of celebrities.
“Hey, I need to leave for now. I’ll contact you soon,” says Lucas as he gets out of the house.
Emma only turns slightly to see him leave. But she doesn’t have any will to say a single word to him at the moment. So, she just lets him leave.
Meanwhile, Lucas is still trying to get in touch with the lawyer he is planning to hire. He doesn’t even care to close the door again.
A moment later, Emma hears the sound of Lucas’s car leaving. Her face twitches again. She closes the door with a huge bang. She then picks up one of her shoes, intending to slam it so hard to the TV.
But she immediately cancels it, thinking about the money she could get by selling the properties. In that frustrated state, Emma glances at the gold ring studded with diamonds that Victor had intended to give her.
The ring is left on the table with the box open. The diamonds sparkle, starting to pique Emma's interest and curiosity. Indeed the ring looks so beautiful. Even Emma begins to realize the necklace Lucas bought for her looks so dull compared to the ring.
That’s when she begins to doubt whether the item is a fake jewel.
“Don’t tell me?!” she mumbles.
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