I returned home after cashing in the ticket. Jace and my best friend were both at my house.

As soon as Jace saw me, he smiled and said to me, "Honey, I have something to discuss with you."

This scene was almost identical to the one in my previous life.

At that time, he didn't want to share the huge prize money with me, so he tricked me into a fake divorce and then he shared it with my sister.

Now that I got the prize money in this life, I wondered what trick he would play again.

As expected, he brought up the idea of divorce.

The excuse was also similar to the one he had made in my previous life.

"My company is in crisis and may owe a large sum of money. I don't want to burden you and our child, so let's get a fake divorce."

"If I can get through this, I will marry you again in a grand way. If I can't, I will pay all the debts on my own."

In my previous life, when I heard this bullshit, I was deeply moved and shed tears.

In this life, after listening to it, I just wanted to slap him.

"Why get a divorce? I am your wife. We should share blessings and difficulties together."

Jace forced a smile and his face wrinkled. He grabbed my hands tightly.

"Claire, I know you are a good woman. But this is a big deal. Even if you don't care about yourself, you should think of our daughter Mia."

"If my company really goes bankrupt, at least don't let Mia suffer with us!"

In my past life, when he first mentioned divorce, I was very resistant. But when he mentioned our daughter, I hesitated for a moment and agreed.

At this time, my best friend Naomi Howard stirred the pot.

"Claire, your husband is doing this for your good. What's your hesitation?"

"I really envy you for having such a good husband. My husband is trash. If he's as good as Jace, I would wake up happy every morning."

After saying those words, the bitch glanced at Jace.

My best friend Naomi was shameless and ungrateful.

She and I were born in the same small town.

I was a few years older than her. Back then, her parents rarely came home and she was often bullied.

I felt sympathy for her, treated her like my own sister, and took very good care of her.

Later, I got into a university in a big city.

Naomi didn't even graduate from high school and couldn't find a decent job. She was unwilling to stay in the small town, so she came to the big city to seek refuge with me.

At first, she didn't have money to rent a house, so I kindly let her stay at my place.

I provided her with food and a place to live, but she didn't even show gratitude. She even destroyed my family and tried to take my life.

In my past life, I was locked in the basement. It was her idea.

Her biggest pleasure every day was to humiliate me in the basement.

"No man wants an ugly bitch like you. You don't deserve Jace. He must have suffered a lot living with you for so many years."

Those hurtful words, like poisonous knives, stabbed into my heart.

It was said that the cruelest way to treat people was to humiliate them. The bitch was doing just that to me.

Memories of the past flooded my mind, and I wished I could tear apart that asshole and that bitch.

But reason told me that it was not the right time yet.

I told them, "I need to discuss this with Mia."

In my past life, I had done the same. After asking for Mia's opinion, she strongly disagreed with the idea of our divorce.

Mia secretly told me that her classmate's dad tricked his mom into getting a divorce and then abandoned them without hesitation.

Unfortunately, I didn't listen to Mia at the beginning because I trusted Jace too much.

In this life, Mia still had the same reaction. When she heard that Jace wanted a fake divorce with me, she only kept shaking her head without saying a word.

I couldn't understand before why my daughter was so afraid of her dad.

Later I found out that Jace often beat her very severely behind my back. He even threatened her that if she dared to tell me about it, he would kill her.

I encouraged Mia. "Speak out boldly if you have any thoughts, and I will stand up for you."

Encouraged by me again and again, Mia finally spoke out her thoughts.

"My classmate's dad cheated on his mom and they got a fake divorce, and he even cheated her out of all her money."

"Dad, why do you want to divorce Mom? Did you cheat on her? You don't want us anymore?"

When Jace heard it, he got angry and threatened to beat Mia. "You naughty girl, shut your mouth!"

I stopped Jace and said, "Mia was not talking about you. Why are you getting so worked up?"

Jace smiled awkwardly.

I encouraged Mia to continue.

"Not only did his dad abandon them, but he also took away all the money from their home."

"The other classmates in my class all say that his dad is a scumbag and curse that the child he has with his mistress is a retard!"

Naomi couldn't sit still and yelled at my daughter, "You're a retard!"

After saying that, Naomi still didn't let go of her anger and raised her hand to hit my daughter.

I gave Naomi a slap, which stunned her.

"What's wrong with you? Mia wasn't talking about you. Why are you getting so worked up?"

"Or are you the other woman she mentioned?"

Naomi covered her face with her hands, her eyes filled with shock.

As soon as she reacted, she immediately turned to Jace for help. "Claire hit me. Ho-"

Before the word "honey" could slip out of her mouth, Jace slapped her.

Naomi trembled as she looked at Jace, about to say something, but Jace suddenly shouted loudly, "Don't meddle in our family affairs!"

Naomi ran out of my house crying, and I felt so happy seeing her look like a punching bag.

Seemingly afraid that I would misunderstand, Jace started venting about Naomi behind her back.

"See what your best friend did. Naomi is not a good person. I disagreed with the idea when you let her stay at our house back then."

"Look at her now. Who does she think she is? She was just asking for trouble."

Jace didn't mean what he said, and I felt disgusted.

I said to him, "I'll talk to Mia. You go about your business."