"What?"
Franklin turned his head. Lucille lowered her head behind him and almost buried her head under the table.
"Mr. Moore, I can't ensure that my family will not use my identity to borrow money in the future." Lucille did not want to get a divorce, but she voiced out her concerns frankly.
If Franklin could help her, that would be good.
She lowered her head and waited for an answer from him.
He was silent for a long time before he answered, "Then, let's get a divorce. I don't have time today. We'll do it tomorrow."
Lucille's heart sank when she heard his answer, but she kept nodding. "Okay, then... I will pack up my things today."
"Alright." Franklin looked at Lucille who had lowered her head for a long time, and he became even more unhappy.
She thought that he was relieved of such a heavy burden. After all, he had gotten rid of such a big problem.
When he was gone, Lucille began to pack up her things.
However, she did not go home. Instead, she moved her things to her best friend, Abby Meyer's home.
She and Abby had been in the same school since high school. Ever since they went to college, Abby had walked a different path from her. She studied fine arts while Abby studied IT.
In the morning, when she told Abby that she would move temporarily to her house, Abby hesitated for a long time before saying, "Lucille, although I have two unoccupied rooms in my house, it's a little messy. You'd better contact a housekeeping company to clean it up before you come."
At first, Lucille thought that what Abby said was too exaggerated.
When she brought the housekeeper over, she found that the two empty rooms were definitely not something that one housekeeper could handle.
"This is really messy."
"Oh, well. You only called one housekeeper? Why don't you hire a few more? I will pay for it."
Abby wore a large T-shirt and sat in front of the computer like a tomboy. She did not look at Lucille when she spoke.
Lucille asked the housekeeper to call three more people. It cost 1,200 dollars, and they cleaned for a whole day. It was already evening when they had finished cleaning Abby's house from the inside out.
After cleaning, Lucille made dinner for them.
During the meal, Abby looked at her and asked, "Are you breaking up with that playboy?"
The playboy she was talking about was Franklin.
"I'm going to divorce him tomorrow. Therefore, I moved out from that house first." Lucille lowered her head.
"That's great! I've told you that that playboy was unreliable. Half of the entertainment industry were his girlfriends. How can you want such a man? He'd better not spread any disease to you."
Abby did not support Lucille and Franklin's marriage from the very beginning, but Lucille had made up her mind at that time.
"He was nice to me originally. Later, after we obtained the marriage certificate and before we held a wedding banquet, my father borrowed money under my name and he discovered it..."
Lucille did not have many friends, and she did not say much about her family matters to outsiders. Therefore, she could only tell Abby.
When Abby heard this, she almost threw up the food in her mouth. "No way! I knew your stepmother and sister were weird, but I did not expect that your father was greedy as well. What kind of family do you have?"
Lucille sighed.
She knew that what Franklin said that morning was just so that he could get along with her.
"What if we rewrite the stars? Say you were made to be mine..."
While they ate, Lucille's mobile phone rang. She glanced at the screen, and her hand, which held onto the phone, stopped in midair...
It's Franklin.
He never called her before.
Abby leaned over to take a look. "Answer it."
She hesitated for a long time and then pressed the answer button.
"I'm at home. Where are you?"
As soon as the phone was connected, Franklin immediately showed his impatience.
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