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Chapter 25
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2026-05-06 23:13:05
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After Divorce; I Married My Husband’s Brother Chapter 27
Gwen’s povI had said it because it was true and I would say it again if I had to because I knew all of that was true and some way those words had found a way to sit in my chest overnight like something that was utterly important to me.When I said it was just an arrangement and a contract, those were words I had chosen deliberately. I had meant every syllable and I did not regret saying it and I had also lain awake longer than I wanted to admit staring at a ceiling that had nothing useful to offer me.Xavier had been cold this morning but he was not cruel, he was never cruel the way Cole had been cruel but he was distant in a way that implied he had been hurt and was still processing what to do.He had left before breakfast was properly on the table and the space he left behind him had this quality to it that I felt more than I wanted to.Even though I felt his coldness I had other things to do and I would not dwell on it and that was what I told myself and which was mostly true.I
After Divorce; I Married My Husband’s Brother Chapter 26
Xavier’s povThe press room was exactly the kind of environment I had learned to move through without effort even with the lights and cameras and the stillness of a room full of people waiting to write something down. I had done enough of these to know how they moved, where the difficult questions lived and how to answer them in ways that gave journalists enough to fill their columns without giving them anything that actually mattered.Jessica Sterling stood beside me at the podium and she was good at this, genuinely good because it didn’t look like she was performing, she possessed an elite level of competence.When the conference started it was magnificent and it held the efficiency of two prepared people who had done their homework and respected each other's time.We covered the expansion first then I spoke about Holt Holdings' trajectory in real estate and the natural progression toward integrated travel services.I spoke about offering clients not just the properties but the eas
After Divorce; I Married My Husband’s Brother Chapter 25
Gwen:They had been at it since late afternoon and the sunroom had transformed over the hours into something that looked like a war room. There were laptops open and mood boards spread across the table with empty cups pushed to the edges to make space for whatever needed space next. My team worked the way they always had which was with a focused and slightly chaotic energy that looked disorganized from the outside and produced exceptional results anyway. Dare had the vendor list color coded and was calling in favors from people she had been saving for exactly this kind of emergency. Micah had pulled three different lighting concepts and was arguing quietly but passionately for the second one. Lena and Pru had divided the catering logistics between them without being asked and were moving through it with the efficiency of people who genuinely enjoyed this kind of pressure.I had forgotten how much I loved this. The building of something from scattered pieces, the satisfaction of wa
After Divorce; I Married My Husband’s Brother Chapter 24
Gwen’s POV They had been at it since late afternoon and the sunroom had transformed over the hours into something that looked like a war room. There were laptops open and mood boards spread across the table with empty cups pushed to the edges to make space for whatever needed space next. My team worked the way they always had which was with a focused and slightly chaotic energy that looked disorganized from the outside and produced exceptional results anyway. Dare had the vendor list color coded and was calling in favors from people she had been saving for exactly this kind of emergency. Micah had pulled three different lighting concepts and was arguing quietly but passionately for the second one. Lena and Pru had divided the catering logistics between them without being asked and were moving through it with the efficiency of people who genuinely enjoyed this kind of pressure.I had forgotten how much I loved this. The building of something from scattered pieces, the satisfaction
After Divorce; I Married My Husband’s Brother Chapter 23
Gwen’s pov The Infinity Hall was exactly what the name promised which was wide and high-ceilinged and full of the kind of light that made everything inside it look more important than it probably was.I had driven here with the focus of someone who had already spent too much of the morning inside her own head and needed her hands on something real and manageable before the day got away from her entirely.I left Josie with Xavier and Greta because I told myself it was fine and I truly believed it was.Josie was safe and happy, she was probably already demanding Xavier's full attention in the way she had perfected.I thought of them as I walked into the hall and let the work take over.My old team picked up on the second ring."I need help," my voice was demanding when Dare answered and there was a pause before she laughed."we were wondering when you'd call" she muttered and something I hadn’t realized was tight in my chest loosened.We had worked together for three years before Cole
After Divorce; I Married My Husband’s Brother Chapter 22
Gwen:My body remembered before my mind did.I had that deep settled ache that started in my shoulders and ran all the way down. The kind that wasn't unpleasant exactly but was impossible to ignore.It pulled me into consciousness before I was ready for it and for a few seconds I just lay there with my eyes closed feeling my existence without attaching meaning to it.Then I opened my eyes and saw the ceiling and the ceiling was wrong because it was not my ceiling.I sat up slowly and the sheets pooled at my waist and the room arranged itself around me in the early morning light.It was all dark furniture and high ceilings and the particular quality of silence that belonged to a space that was larger than it needed to be.Everything from the night before came back in pieces, not all at once but in the way memories returned when your body had already processed them and was simply waiting for your mind to catch up.I pressed the heel of my hand against my forehead.I had slept here for t
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