My Deceased Wife Wants a Divorce (Hannah) novel Chapter 11

Hannah couldn't help but laugh. "Lionel, a man who's never home has no right to ask me where I've been."

Lionel was taken aback, clearly not expecting such a response.

“Lionel, did Hannah answer? Where is she?” his grandmother’s voice called from the dining room.

His expression darkened. “Whether I’m home or not has nothing to do with you,” he said coldly. “Don’t change the subject. If I hadn’t covered for you with Grandma just now…”

Hannah’s chest felt heavy, as if a large stone was crushing her. She cut him off, her voice strained. “You’re right, it has nothing to do with me. Because we’re getting a divorce. So you don’t need to worry about where I am!”

Lionel was about to say more, but the line went dead.

“What did Hannah say?” his grandmother asked, walking up to him and noticing his scowl. “Did you say something to upset her again?”

“Lionel, don’t you forget, if Hannah hadn’t saved you, you wouldn’t even be alive today. You were lucky to marry her. Why can’t you appreciate that?”

Lionel sighed internally. “She said she’s out shopping with a friend. Let’s go eat.”

“Really?”

Lionel didn't answer, just nodded.

Meanwhile, Hannah was at the law firm, finalizing her resignation. She borrowed a colleague’s phone to call her former client.

“Ms. Smith, it’s Hannah. Do you have a moment? Could you tell me exactly why you decided to drop the case?”

There was a long pause on the other end before the woman spoke.

“Have you thought about where you’ll go next? I have a few friends at other firms I could recommend you to.”

Mr. Jones handed her the files. “Hannah, you’re a rare talent, but you’re too stubborn. If you had just taken Sandra’s case, you would have been on the promotion list for next year. Why did you have to do this?”

Hannah looked at the files in his hands and laughed humorlessly, pushing them back. “Mr. Jones, you of all people should know that as long as Sandra is here, I will always be overshadowed. What promotion? I should be thankful I haven’t been demoted.”

Her expression grew serious as she turned to leave.

When she first joined the firm, things had gone smoothly. She was promoted quickly. But ever since Sandra arrived and Lionel became a partner, this place had become her own personal hell.

Cases she worked hard on were snatched away by Sandra, and she was left to clean up Sandra’s messes. Even when she ranked first in performance reviews month after month, the promotion always went to Sandra.