Cornelia quickly grabbed her suitcase and hopped into a taxi, rushing to the hospital.
On the taxi ride, Ryan's call came through again, like a nagging reminder, "Ms. Stewart, we were all good last night, what the heck are you doing today?"
This was indeed Cornelia's fault, "Mr. Ryanl, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to bail, but something came up at home and I have to deal with it. Can we reschedule the divorce after I'm done with this?"
"The divorce won't take long. You come and get the paperwork done, and then I'll drive you wherever you need to go, how's that?" As long as Cornelia would come to get the divorce, he was willing to do anything, even beg her on his knees.
"I'm not in Riverton right now, please stop calling me, I'll contact you when I'm done." With that, Cornelia hung up and turned off her phone.
At this moment, all she could think about was her grandma's condition, her heart was in a mess, and she had no mood to deal with the divorce.
Ryan looked at his phone dejectedly, realizing that she wasn't in Riverton, and there was no way she could make it to the divorce within an hour.
Glancing at Marcus again, this time without any confidence, he said, "Marc, your wife said she's not in Riverton."
Marcus sneered, "You really believe a woman like that?"
Ryan thought he was right, "Fine, I'll go find her myself. As long as she's in Riverton today, I'll drag her here, even if I have to tie her up."
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