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Chapter 20: Couldn't Hold It Together
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Divorce ME Look Who Wants Me Back Now Chapter 33: A New Contract
Hailey's POVThe penthouse was dark when I got home.I'd stayed at the office for hours after the elevator confrontation, unable to face going back. Unable to face him. Unable to face the fact that I was destroying us both because I was too terrified to say three words.Now it was past midnight, and I slipped inside as quietly as possible.The living room was empty. Maxwell's office door was closed, no light on. Either he'd gone to bed or he was sitting in the dark, and honestly, I didn't know which was worse.I headed toward my room, the guest room I'd been using since everything got complicated, when his office door opened."We need to talk."His voice was flat. Somehow that was infinitely worse than anger."It's late...""I don't care." He stood in the doorway, still in his work clothes,
Divorce ME Look Who Wants Me Back Now Chapter 32: Always Running
Hailey's POVThe headlines hit the next morning."Power Couple Takes Joint Control: Ramsey-Kingston Alliance Strengthens Company Leadership""Board Vote Solidifies Married CEOs' Position"Ramsey Industries' New Era: Husband-Wife Leadership Team"I stared at my laptop screen, coffee going cold in my hand. The media had spun Maxwell's vote as strategic partnership. A united front. Power couple goals.If only they knew the truth.We hadn't spoken since the boardroom. Hadn't been in the same room except to coordinate Gio's morning routine in painful, stilted exchanges that felt like negotiations between strangers."I'll take him to school.""Fine. I'll pick him up.""Strategy meeting at ten.""I'll be there."It was professional, eff
Divorce ME Look Who Wants Me Back Now Chapter 31: Couldn't Find The Words
Hailey's POVI stood frozen, my heart hammering so violently I thought it might crack through my ribs. Tears streamed down my face, hot and unstoppable, but I couldn't move. Couldn't speak. Couldn't force my brain to process what he'd just said.I'm in love with you.Maxwell watched me, hope and fear battling in his eyes, his chest rising and falling with shallow breaths as he waited for me to say something. Anything.But my throat had closed completely. The words I needed, the words he deserved, were locked somewhere inside me, trapped behind years of fear and old wounds that had never properly healed."Say something." His voice came out rough. "Please, Hailey. Say anything.""I..." My voice cracked. "I don't...""Of course." The words came out flat. "Of course you can't.""Maxwell," My voice cracked. "I'm not.
Divorce ME Look Who Wants Me Back Now Chapter 30: One Week To Decide
Hailey's POV The week passed in aching silence.Maxwell and I moved through the penthouse like ghosts. He'd take Gio to school while I buried myself in board preparation. I'd handle bedtime while he worked late in his office. We existed in separate orbits, carefully avoiding collision.His ultimatum echoed constantly.I hadn't decided. I couldn't decide. I was too terrified of making the wrong decision.Now I stood outside the boardroom, Christina beside me, watching board members file in with expressions ranging from sympathetic to calculating."Ready?" Christina asked.I wasn't. But I nodded anyway."Stay calm." She said quietly. "Don't let Denis provoke you. Stick to facts.""I know.""Hailey." She touched my arm. "You've earned this. Don't forget that."I walked into the boardroom.Denis sat at the far end like a predator who'd already tasted blood. Tiana sat in the gallery, not a board member, but clearly invited as family representation. Her smile was cold when she saw me.Maxw
Divorce ME Look Who Wants Me Back Now Chapter 29: Too Late To Say Sorry
Hailey's POVThe car was suffocating despite the driver's silent presence in the front seat.I stared out the tinted window, Floyd's words replaying in my head like a curse I couldn't shake.Not because I wanted him back, I didn't. But because those words had ripped open wounds I'd thought were healed. Reminded me of how completely I'd loved him once. How easily he'd discarded me when something shinier came along.How terrified I was of it happening again.Maxwell sat beside me, jaw locked, radiating tension like a live wire. We hadn't spoken since leaving the fundraiser. Hadn't touched. The space between us on the leather seat felt like miles instead of inches.The penthouse was dark and silent when we arrived, the city lights casting long shadows through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The driver barely had time to stop before Maxwell was out, striding toward the entrance without waiting, without looking back.I followed more slowly, exhaustion settling into my bones like lead.Inside
Divorce ME Look Who Wants Me Back Now Chapter 28: Need To Save The Company
Hailey's POVThe Ramsey Industries Annual Fundraiser was supposed to be my victory lap.Instead, it felt like walking into a battlefield in heels and a designer gown.I stood at the entrance of the ballroom, Maxwell beside me in a perfectly tailored tux, his hand resting lightly on my lower back. To everyone watching, we looked like the perfect power couple, polished, united, unstoppable.Only I could feel the tension radiating through his touch. The distance that had grown between us over the past week as we'd worked separately on board strategy. We'd email documents back and forth, leave notes on the kitchen counter, coordinate around Gio's schedule like divorced parents instead of married partners. The irony wasn't lost on me that our fake marriage felt more strained than some real ones."Ready?" His voice was neutral, carefully controlled."As I'll ever be."We walked in together, and every head turned. I felt the weight of their stares, wondering if the rumors about Denis's coup w
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