Chapter 42 No More Playing Nice

Joanne was dumbfounded. Graduated from the National Defense Academy? Top science scorer in all of Corvessia? That was… Chloe? Impossible! How could the Chloe she'd always thought of as worthless possibly be that capable? "Y-You're making that up!" Joanne stammered in disbelief. "You can ask Curtis. He knows about this too." Lena sneered. Joanne turned to Curtis, and when she saw him remain silent, she realized Lena must be telling the truth. But what shocked most people more than Chloe's education was the fact that she was only asking for 1.53 million dollars in the divorce! Curtis had never disclosed the exact figure, so everyone had assumed Chloe was after a massive payout. Those who'd thought she was greedy now started to think she was actually being shortchanged. By normal divorce standards, she could have claimed at least half of Curtis's wealth. "Curtis, you can take the patent. All I want is the 1.53 million dollars we agreed on," Chloe said, her gaze steady. Curtis