---- Chapter 226 switched on my phone, which was immediately flooded with a bunch of missed calls from Antonio. | didn't call him back but just sent him two texts. "Sign the divorce papers, and we can split amicably." "Ignore them, and my lawyer will handle it." | hit the ground running at the branch office, burying myself in work. Two days later, Antonio touched down in Vortexburg.

He showed up with a huge bouquet of roses and had two guys hold up a banner that read, "Lila, forgive me." Despite the security guards' efforts to chase him off, Antonio remained stubbornly at the office's door. I'd given the team a heads-up before. If anyone ---- Chapter 226 let Antonio in, they would be fired. Thus, my staff steered clear of Antonio whenever they were entering or leaving the office.

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Antonio just had to suck it up and wait for me downstairs, hanging out there all day long, even taking his meals right by the building. On day three, a chill swept through Vortexburg, and Antonio, not built for such hardship, passed out cold. The guards whisked him off to the hospital. He woke up and called the cops to force me there. With the divorce papers in hand, | kept my cool. "Sign these, and we can call it quits nicely." Antonio propped up in his hospital bed and shook his head.

His voice was barely there. "I can't sign, honey. I'm done with Wendy. | swear. She's out of my life. Please, just forgive me..." ---- Chapter 226 | wasn't in the dark about their split. Wendy had been blowing up my phone non-stop like crazy for the past five days. "Lila, did you push Antonio to dump me? No surprise the universe turned on you, causing that miscarriage!" "Women shouldn't make things hard for other women.

How can you be so cold-hearted?" "You're really crafty, playing it cool to reel Antonio back in. It seemed that | underestimated you." | read her wild messages and shot back a cool response. "Truth is, | hope you two can be together forever. If you can get him to sign the divorce papers, I'll be grateful to you." A week later, Janessa rang me up. She filled me in. After getting the boot, Wendy