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    “Why aren’t you saying anything? What are you spacing out for?”


    Jericho waved his hand in front of her eyes.


    Romina snapped back to reality and nodded lightly. “Yes, he’s much better now.”


    At that moment, her phone rang on the table. She quickly walked over, picked it up, and saw a message from Lina’s homeroom teacher, Abbie Payne, asking her to bring the child to school at nine o’clock.


    Only then did she remember that she was supposed to take Lina to school–today.


    After replying to Abbie, she was about to exit her phone when she noticed a missed call.


    It wasn’t from her main SIM card, but from the secondary one.


    She used the secondary SIM for contacting patients and quartz clients. During her years in prison, Elliana had kept it for her, and only recently had it been returned to her.


    For this reason, she had even bought a dual–SIM phone.


    Seeing that phone number, it looked increasingly familiar.


    It felt like she’d seen it somewhere before.


    After a moment, as if recalling something, she quickly opened the contacts on her main SIM.


    She looked up Joaquin’s number andpared it to the one on the


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    Her pupils instantly widened.


    Why did Joaquin have the number for her secondary SIM?


    Where did he get it from?


    “Today is Kash’s graduation ceremony. You should be attending, right? The teacher said both parents shoulde to give the child a perfect graduation.”


    Just then, a familiar voice sounded from behind, interrupting Romina’s thoughts.


    Hearing footsteps behind her, Romina quickly turned off her phone


    screen.


    Before the man could get close, she swiftly tossed her phone into her bag by the bed.


    She hadn’t expected Jericho to still be there.


    Romina nced back at him with a cold, indifferent look. “I have something very important to handle today. I don’t have time to attend his graduation ceremony.”


    She had just taken a step when the man suddenly grabbed her wrist. “Romina, Kash isn’t just my child. You already skip his parent–teacher meetings, and now you won’t even attend his graduation, which is so important. Is this how you act as a mother?”


    “Anyway, as a mother and wife, I’m dispensable to both you and him. What difference does it make if I go or not? As long as Nadine goes, isn’t that enough?”


    Her tone was calm, but her voice was full of coldness.


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    Jericho’s grip on her arm tightened. “Neither Kash nor I care that you’ve been in prison, or that you’ve embarrassed us. But you’re the one who keeps giving up the chance to be close to us! You really are…”


    “If you’re so afraid I’ll embarrass you, why do you want me to go.at all?”


    Romina’s lips curled into a mocking smile, her expression growing colder.


    “No matter what, you have to attend today.”


    “And what if I don’t?”


    She lifted her gaze, her eyes cold as she stared at him.


    Jericho was furious. “Are you just trying to provoke me?”


    “I have no interest in that. Please sign the papers as soon as possible and stop dying.” Romina’s tone was indifferent. “If you’re worried about Grandpa’s health and can’t ept this, you don’t have to tell him for now. Juste with me to get the divorce certificate first.”


    “You want me to deceive the old man? You might be able to do something like that, but I can’t!”


    The man’s face was icy cold, his voice full of displeasure.


    “As long as I can divorce you, I can do anything.”


    Without hesitation, Romina shook off his hand and strode toward the walk–in closet.


    Meanwhile, at the door.


    Joaquin had only intended to go downstairs, but unexpectedly, he overheard the entire conversation between the two.


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    A faint smile appeared at the corner of the man’s lips.


    Only after hearing footsteps inside the door did he finally go downstairs.


    Just as Jericho opened the door, he saw Joaquin’s figure heading downstairs.


    At that moment, a familiar voice called out, “Dad, today is my graduation ceremony. Will Nadie? I called her, but she didn’t answer…”


    Hearing the child’s voice, Jericho instinctively looked toward the man going downstairs.


    After confirming the man hadn’t turned back, he replied calmly, “I’ll call Nadi for youter, okay?”


    “Okay! Thank you, Dad.” Kashton said expectantly, “Mom doesn’t have toe, but Nadi muste. You have to make sure Nadies, alright?”


    “You don’t want your mom to go? You’d rather have Nadie instead?”


    Jericho deliberately lowered his voice a little as he asked the child in front of him.


    Kashton pouted, then said indifferently, “If Mom goes, she’ll just embarrass me. But Nadi is different. Nadi is a movie star, and she’s even won Best Actress. If she could attend, my ssmates would definitely be jealous…”


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