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The First Call

Author: Ona Hearts
last update publish date: 2026-03-28 12:30:57

Elara’s Pov

I waited two days before making a decision.

Not because Adrian pushed me. He didn’t. In fact, he didn’t mention the question again after that night.

But my child did.

The next evening while we were eating dinner, they asked again.

“Mama?”

“Yes?”

“When can I talk to my dad?”

I set my fork down.

“Why do you want to talk to him?”

They shrugged.

“I want to see if he really likes rockets.”

I smiled a little.

“That’s a very important question.”

They nodded seriously.

“Yes.”
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    Elara’s Pov The next visit did not begin at the door. It started before that. I noticed it in the way Blue moved through the afternoon, more settled than before, but not distracted. She was not watching the clock the way she used to. She was watching the structure instead, but not constantly. She would look at it, then look away, then come back to it without urgency. That was new. She was not trying to control it anymore. She was observing it. That change mattered. I stayed in the same room, but I did not interfere. I let her move at her own pace, adjusting when she felt like it and stepping back when she did not. There was no rush in her actions, and that made the space feel different. When the knock came, she did not jump up immediately. She looked at me first. I held her gaze. “Stay,” I said. She nodded and remained where she was. I walked to the door and opened it. Adrian stood there, as expected. “You are on time,” I said. “Yes.” He did not add anything else.

  • Divorced by the Billionaire Who still owns me    What Holds Still

    Adrian’s Pov I did not drive away immediately after leaving the house. I stayed in the car for a moment, hands resting on the wheel without starting the engine. It was not hesitation, just a pause to understand what had changed inside me. Nothing loud had happened during the visit, yet something still felt different. Blue had spoken more freely than before, and Elara had not interrupted her. Even the structure had become part of their conversation instead of something controlled or corrected. I could not ignore how unusual that felt compared to the first time I entered that house. I started the engine after a while and drove off slowly. The road back was quiet, and I did not fill it with thoughts that did not matter. I focused only on what had actually happened, not what I expected to happen. That was the only way it made sense now. When I got home, I did not go straight to work. I sat down first and let the silence settle properly. It was different from the silence in Elara’s h

  • Divorced by the Billionaire Who still owns me    What She Watches

    Elara’s Pov After he left, I did not move immediately. I stood where I was for a moment, looking at the door after it closed, then shifted my attention back into the room. The quiet returned, but it did not feel the same as it used to. It felt steadier, like something was being held in place instead of constantly shifting. Blue remained near the structure. She did not follow him to the door, and she did not speak right away. She stayed where she was, watching the structure as if she expected it to change the moment he stepped outside. “You watched him leave,” she said after a moment. I walked further into the room. “Yes.” She looked at me. “You always do that now.” I paused slightly, then nodded. “Yes.” She studied me for a second, then turned back to the structure. “He did not rush,” she said. “No, he did not.” “He waited again,” she added. “Yes.” She crouched down and pressed lightly against one of the blocks, then pulled her hand back. “It still moves,” she said.

  • Divorced by the Billionaire Who still owns me    The Distance That Holds

    Adrian’s Pov The next visit did not feel uncertain in the same way as before, but it was not easy either. I understood what was expected now, and that made the difference. I was not walking into something I needed to control. I was stepping into something I needed to respect. I arrived on time again. I stayed in the car for a moment before stepping out, not because I was hesitating, but because I wanted to be clear about how I approached it. Rushing into the house had never worked, and I was not going to repeat that mistake. When I knocked, I did it once and stepped back. Elara opened the door after a few seconds. She looked at me the same way she always did now, not cold, not welcoming, but aware. “You are on time,” she said. “Yes.” She stepped aside. “Come in.” I walked in and stopped where I usually did, not moving further without a reason. Blue was already in the living room, sitting near the structure again. She looked up when I entered, and this time she did not wait b

  • Divorced by the Billionaire Who still owns me    What She Does Not Say

    Elara’s Pov After he left, the house stayed quiet, but it did not feel empty. I stood where I was for a moment, watching the door after it closed, then turned back into the room. Blue had not moved far. She was still near the structure, looking at it again, but this time she was not adjusting anything. She was just standing there, thinking. “You let him stay longer,” she said. I walked further into the room. “I did not,” I replied. “He stayed until I told him to leave.” She looked at me. “That is longer than before.” I paused, then nodded once. “Yes.” She accepted that without arguing, but she did not look satisfied with the answer. “He did not talk too much,” she added. “No, he did not.” She shifted slightly, then sat down on the floor again, crossing her legs as she faced the structure. “He waited,” she said. “Yes.” She looked up at me. “Is that what you wanted?” I did not answer immediately. “Yes,” I said after a moment. She studied me for a second. “Then why

  • Divorced by the Billionaire Who still owns me    The Weight of Staying

    Adrian’s Pov I did not leave immediately this time. When the conversation slowed and the room settled into a quiet that was no longer tense, I stayed where I was instead of stepping back toward the door. I was aware of the time and the limits that had been set, but I could also feel that something had shifted slightly, and I did not want to move too quickly and undo it. Elara noticed. She always did. “You are still here,” she said, her tone calm but observant. “Yes,” I replied. “I will leave when you tell me to.” She held my gaze for a moment, like she was measuring whether that was patience or hesitation. “That is not what I asked,” she said. I understood what she meant. “I am not trying to stay longer,” I said. “I am just not rushing to leave.” She did not respond immediately. Instead, she looked at Blue, who was still standing near the structure, watching both of us like she was following something she did not fully understand yet. “That is different,” Blue said. I loo

  • Divorced by the Billionaire Who still owns me    The Question I Was Not Ready For

    Elara’s Pov The photo changed something. Adrian did not say it directly, but I could feel it in the way he wrote after that day. His messages became more careful. He stopped asking several questions at once. Instead, he asked one thing at a time. Sometimes the questions were small. “Did they en

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  • Divorced by the Billionaire Who still owns me    He Pushed Too Hard

    Elara’s Pov Adrian didn’t wait. That was the first thing I noticed the next morning. No pause. No pretending things could cool down. He moved like someone who had decided patience was no longer useful. I found out when I arrived at work and my access badge didn’t work. I tried it once. Then aga

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  • Divorced by the Billionaire Who still owns me    He Tried To Corner Me

    Elara’s Pov The corner didn’t come the way I expected. I thought it would be loud. A formal notice. A suspension. Lawyers at my door. Adrian preferred clean victories, and this felt messy already. Instead, it came as an invitation. Private dinner. Off-site. No assistants. No Legal. Just his na

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  • Divorced by the Billionaire Who still owns me    The Thing He Started Digging For

    Elara’s Pov The verification request didn’t disappear just because I ignored it. By morning, there were three more emails. Different wording. Same demand. Each one was polite enough to pretend this was routine, firm enough to make it clear it wasn’t optional. I went to the office anyway. If I s

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