I Divorced My Husband, I Married His Rival

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idea how humiliat

wing for weeks. My chest burns as I watch my husband stand by the

the same face he always wears when he w

his tone flat, cool, indiffe

ngle word cuts sh

ness too?" I ask quietly, the

snaps, voice rising. "Can I have one peaceful nig

omplain about? Are you listening to you

s flash, his brows

e tears burning behind my eyes, b

're announcing to the world that you're single, or you're p

e calm, every motion a mockery of my pai

barely managing to speak. "I had a fever so high t

. "What are you

ting by her bedside. The same

a cruel smile. "So you

For the first time, I really look at his crisp shirt, his slicked-back hai

again," he says coldly. "So no, Eva, I'm

everything I had. My body, my time, my soul. I fought for your company,

is bitterness over a kiss? Be caref

ong with what you did? You kissed another wom

d of you throwing that word in my face like it's a weapon

o deep I can hardly breathe. "You're cheating

ctually went down on me once in your li

nt, the wo

pit of my stomach, and ev

p back, shaking. "How dare you use that

at's your problem. You've been us

use?" I

lity, looking straight i

gs I waited for him to come home, the countless times I believed he'd change. I've

n know you," I murmur, m

shirt and grabs his car k

hes. "What ha

wondering," he says coldly, w

rush after him, my heel

anyway," he throws over his sho

low him down the stairs. "It's late, Stepha

t is your problem? If I stay, you nag. If I lea

just... I just want y

n he exhales harshly. "Just let me be, Eva.

that, h

d I crumble where I stand. My knees hit the floor by the st

believing love would be enough. But love d

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days

n't re

rner holds a memory, every breath reminds me of the woman I used to be.

age is alr

eneath my name. I'd drafted them months ago but never had the courage to hand them

round the house, the home that once felt like a dream. The

tside, and my heart

re my shoulders, forcin

ession tightening when he sees me standing there wit

" He says, sca

nce adored. The man I built my life around. A

ice trembling. "I probably always wi

He takes them, scans through,

es glinting. "You're not

and sure for the first t