A Deal with the Heartless Man novel

---- to be his and Emma's home. He made a fuss about wanting to buy the property. The current owner refused to sell it, and he even beat Seth up several times. When Seth learned Emma's whereabouts later on, he could not even be bothered with pressing charges on the current house owner for assault. He immediately traveled abroad, leaving June to her own devices. Without Seth by her side, June had practically lost everything. Naturally, she would not have the money to pay Emma as compensation.

Although Emma had only intended to scare June off at first, she eventually decided to actually demand compensation from her. The person who had started all of this was Seth. However, back when they were standing by the roadside and the car was driving toward them, June had seriously tried to get Emma killed. Emma used to love Seth deeply. Most of the time, she would overlook what he and June did because she cared about Seth. Yet, that did not mean Emma would always be magnanimous.

Emma called her attorney and asked him to file a lawsuit against June. She wanted June to return all the money Seth had spent on her while they were still married. ---- As soon as she hung up, Emma detected the strong stench of alcohol.