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Chapter Thirty One
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Dear Ex-wife, You're More Than A Substitute Chapter One Hundred-Ninety
Richard’s POVThe courtroom felt suffocatingly hot despite the cold weather outside. Or except it was just for me.Every camera seemed pointed directly at us. Every whisper sounded louder than normal. I think at this point, they can see me breathe.I stood beside my lawyer while Tessa remained across the aisle, her face pale and tense. She refused to look at me now. I don’t think she ever will. I don’t blame her.And somehow, that hurt worse than her anger ever could. I could take anything but her silence.Judge George adjusted his glasses before glancing down at the documents in front of him. His expression remained calm. Too calm. I was worried.Sophia sat quietly behind us dressed in white, looking almost delicate. Innocent. I rolled my eyes. After a few moments, the judge finally spoke.“After reviewing the recent filings,” Judge George began smoothly, I held my breath.” This court acknowledges that Mr. Ri
Dear Ex-wife, You're More Than A Substitute Chapter One Hundred-Eighty Nine
Richard’s POV I did not go home that night. I could never face Tessa after what I did. So I made my bed in my office, under the guise of working late. I left the office lights still on long after midnight. That witch had tried to seduce me. Showing me her thigh. Eww. I think she saw the disgust on my face and took her L. That ugly mole on her leg.I sat alone behind my desk staring blankly at the city as the lights mocked me sitting in darkness. Through the glass walls, exhaustion sank so deeply into my bones that even breathing felt like work now.I already knew how I would look. It was just like that time I didn’t go home at night. It would be dark circles, that sat heavily beneath my eyes. Skin that looked dull. Tired.Destroyed.I stared down at my table. Three empty coffee cups littered the desk beside stacks of legal documents I could barely focus on anymore. The company was in shambles. Investors have been ringing me. Breathing down my neck. I spoke to no one. I feel like thi
Dear Ex-wife, You're More Than A Substitute Chapter One Hundred-Eighty Eight
Richard’s POVThe whispers started before I even entered my complaint building. Employees stopped talking the second I walked past them. Phones disappeared quickly from hands. Eyes followed me through the lobby.They had all seen the pictures. Of course, they had. That was why they were staring at me. The contrast almost blinded me. How easy it was to fall from grace. Ever since I met Sophia, it had been one scandal after another. By the time I stepped into the elevator, my head was already pounding violently. I barely slept after the scandal exploded online. Calls from reporters flooded my phone all night. My mother screamed at me for twenty straight minutes. Tessa never called back after her first missed attempt. I couldn’t take Eric’s call to end after the soothing message he sent. He said I should answer him and he would never reject me no matter what it was. I chuckled at that text with tears in my eyes. He was the realest. And I don’t blame anyone who distanced themselves from
Dear Ex-wife, You're More Than A Substitute Chapter One Hundred-Eighty Seven
Richard’s POVJust like that I was thrown back to a time I swore to forget. It was after Tessa had died. Drowned. After I went and saw her pale face at the morgue. Grief ate at me. Even Stacy was there but that didn’t mean I didn’t miss Tessa. I knew I had to get away before everything ate me up. I told no one. Not even Eric. However, we hadn’t gotten that close then. I snuck out, even though Stacy tried to console me, but I knew it was all my fault. I did that to Tessa. The trip was just to clear my head. Nothing more. In fact, Thailand had never meant anything to me before that trip. Just another country. It would be another business meeting. Another expensive hotel room with cold air conditioning and fake smiles. I wanted that rather than my reality. At least, that was what I told myself back then.I told business associates that I needed space for work negotiations overseas, and because I was Richard, nobody questioned me. Well except my mother. But she would be the last pet t
Dear Ex-wife, You're More Than A Substitute Chapter One Hundred-Eighty Six
Richard’s POVMy entire body stiffened instantly. What? She stood there in a dark coat, rain dripping down her hair slowly. Beautiful. Cold. Dangerous. And suddenly, I realized something. She had been the woman staring at me all night. I was made to run inside but two huge men stood in front of me. They led me across where Sophia was. Sophia smiled faintly when our eyes met. “Hello, Richard.”I walked toward her slowly, fury already rising inside me. “What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be in prison?”“Checking on you. Did you miss me?” she smiled.“Stop following me,” I warned. “Have you not gotten the memo yet? I love my wife very much. She is my family. I don’t want you” Her expression darkened slightly. “Your family?”I let out a sharp breath. “Not tonight, Sophia.”“Oh, I think tonight is perfect.”I shook my head and started to walk away, but her next words stopped me immediately.“You should divorce your wife.”I laughed bitterly. “Still obsessed with that? I thought we we
Dear Ex-wife, You're More Than A Substitute Chapter One Hundred-Eighty Five
Richard’s POV “What?” I took a step back like I had been smacked in the face.“You heard me well Richard” she put her hands on her waist and looked away. I grabbed her by the hand. “Look at me, Tessa.” She tried to yank her hands away from me but I held her. “Tell me you mean this” Tessa could not look at me.“All I know is that you are causing me pain and I don’t want that” she mumbled. Her voice was breaking. “Tessa please don’t do this, we can talk about this” I begged but all my pleas fell on deaf ears. She kept shaking her head and wouldn’t talk or look at me. ***************************************************************************************************The word divorce followed me out of the bedroom like a gunshot. Even after I slammed the door behind me, I could still hear Tessa crying upstairs. I had never made her cry after Stacy. Now look what I have done. I walked downstairs slowly, tension burning through my chest. I hoped Zane was nowhere close. I let out a breat
Dear Ex-wife, You're More Than A Substitute Chapter Twelve
The door shut with a heavy thud behind him, leaving nothing but silence.A silence that hurt so much.I stood there for a long time, not moving, not thinking... just existing in the ruins of what was supposedto be a simple dinner. A peaceful night. A night where I would finally tell him about our
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When I got home, I was greeted by the maid at the door with a polite bow of her head. “Welcome, sir.” I gave a distracted nod and walked past her, my mind still clouded by the earlier visit to the hospital. My legs carried me up the stairs on ins
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TESSA'S POV I walked out of the shower, a towel wrapped tightly around my chest, water still clinging to my skin. The room was dim, only the bedside lamb that casted a soft glow across the space. Richard sat on the edge of the bed, scrolling through his phone, but he loo
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RICHARD’S POV Tessa had left for errands. I watched her from the upstairs window as she drove away, until the gates closed behind her. I should’ve told her. I wanted to. But every time I looked into those eyes, I lost my nerve.
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