Betrayed by my Ex
Betrayed by her husband, broken by his lies, Serena Caldwell’s world shatters when a car crash steals her three-year-old son, Liam. Pleading for help, she calls Ethan Warrick fifty times, only to hear his cruel dismissal: “I’m at your sister’s kid’s party. Call me when you’re dead.”
Left bleeding, her son dying, Serena learns Ethan’s cheating with her sister Mia—the same sister who planned the crash with their scheming mother to bury dark secrets.
As Liam’s life fades, Ethan refuses to save him, his cold voice sealing her grief: “I’ll plan the funeral.” Saved by a blood transfusion from Lucas, Ethan’s “evil” stepbrother and sworn rival, Serena wakes to a fire for revenge.
Uncovering lies—her husband’s affair, her son’s murder, her own sold-at-birth past—she teams with Lucas, whose dangerous gaze ignites forbidden sparks. But as secrets unravel and their passion burns, can Serena destroy Ethan’s billionaire empire without losing her heart to the one man she shouldn’t want?
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Chapter: Chapter five: Fractured Alliances The rain hadn’t stopped since the funeral. It was like the sky didn’t know when to quit. I walked beside Lucas through the downpour, his coat draped over my shoulders, my shoes sinking into the mud with every step. Reporters stood by their cars, cameras hidden under umbrellas. None of them said a word, but their silence was louder than anything they could’ve printed.Lucas’s house was quiet, too quiet. It smelled like coffee and old wood, a place that had seen better days. He opened the door and motioned me inside without a word. I sat down on the couch, and he disappeared into the kitchen. The sound of his kettle filled the silence until it almost felt safe again.When he came back, he handed me a mug and said, “Drink.”I didn’t argue. I didn’t have the energy to.The tea burned my throat, but it seemed more like it was exactly what I needed to make me feel something other than hollow.“How are you holding up?” he asked after a while.I let out a shaky breath. “I’m still breathing
Last Updated: 2025-11-13
Chapter: Chapter four: Death's GameSerena A month later I woke up to the splitting light shinning into my eyes, I darted my gaze around, to the sight of test tubes, monitors, drips...And then it all came back to me.The accident, Liam, Ethan and Lucas, the step brother I was supposed to avoid."Mrs Warrick, you're awake," A doctor called, stepping into the room."What did you call me?" I asked, my throat raw, anger bobbing from my insides."I'm sorry, Miss Serena," She corrected, bowing apologetically."How long have I been here?" I asked, attempting to sit up, but she held me back back."You cannot stand up yet," she said, holding Mr back to the bed when my eyes caught something on her phone about Ethan Warrick."What's that?" I asked, my voice raspy.She stared down at her phone, staring at the screenbefore she looked back at me.She swallowed, the lie catching in her throat like a fishhook. “Um—nothing.” Then she switched the screen off too quickly, as if furtive fingers could erase all the words.“Let me see. No
Last Updated: 2025-10-28
Chapter: Chapter three: Alive, AchingSerena And then the edges of everything softened. The light went wrong and the machines hummed like distant thunder. I clung to his hand until my fingers loosened and the last thought that fluttered through was a single stupid, aching gratitude, that I had not been completely alone.The rest was a slow, beautiful nothing—a darkness that smelled faintly of leather and rain and the remembered weight of a small, sleeping body.When I slipped away, it was into the steady press of another person’s promise......................The memory did not come gently. It tore through me, jagged and cruel, the way only certain nights could. I had begged my mind for silence, begged my body to rest, but instead, I found myself back there—back at the Caldwell-Warrick dinner, under glittering chandeliers and crystal light, where the world had laughed quietly at me.I had worn gold that night.A satin dress, smooth against my skin, the color rich enough that I thought—foolishly—that maybe I could shine.
Last Updated: 2025-10-28
Chapter: Chapter two: I'll plan the funeralSerena “Mrs. Warrick,” a doctor called, stepping into the room.“Why am I alive?” I asked, staring emptily at the ceiling fan turning like a slow, indifferent clock.“You were—” the doctor began, but I cut him off.“You should have let me die!” I screamed, my voice tearing through the quiet. “Should have fuckin’ let me die. Why did you save me? I don’t want to live anymore. I’ve got nothing to live for!” I ripped at the IV in my arm, the plastic shrieking as it came free. Pain flared and I welcomed it, anything that made me feel anything but the hollow.“Serena!” A voice rolled through me, dark and close enough to stir my bones. It made me still.“Lucas,” I breathed, because the name was the only anchor left that meant anything.He moved to the bedside as if he belonged there. Tears tracked down my face without permission; my cheeks were wet and hot and the room smelled of antiseptic and regret.“You’ll live, Serena,” he said, quietly, like it was a fact. “I’ll make sure of it.”I sh
Last Updated: 2025-10-28
Chapter: Chapter one : Shatters and GlittersSerena"Mommy, when is Daddy going to come home? It's been a long time I’ve seen him last," Liam, my three-year-old son, asked as I wiped the glitter from the park off his face."Tonight. Daddy will be home tonight, it’s your birthday, remember?" I cooed, kissing his forehead—just as the sound of a car speeding toward us cut through the soft hush of the afternoon.For a heartbeat, the world seemed to still. Children’s laughter dulled into the background, the rustle of leaves held its breath, and all I could hear was that engine—guttural, fast, hungry. My head whipped toward the street that ran parallel to the park.The car was coming too quickly, a dark blur against the gray drizzle. Something about the way it swerved made my stomach drop."Liam—"I didn’t have time to finish. The squeal of tires tore through the air, and then the crunch, the violent shattering of glass, the world turning upside down in a blink. Metal shrieked against metal, my body slammed forward, then sideways, the
Last Updated: 2025-10-28
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