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Ex-husband Wanted an Open Marriage With My Sister 46
The lights in the living room were too bright, casting a cold sheen over the polished furniture. I stood by the entryway, still clutching the crumpled stack of evidence, my fingers so tight they’d gone pale.My son, Daniel, was still curled up in Anna’s arms, staring at me like I was a stranger. Anna’s sobs had quieted; she stroked his back gently, occasionally glancing up at Alex with that look of someone who had just narrowly escaped disaster.Alex walked over and took the remaining photos from my hand. He didn’t even glance at them—just fed them straight into the shredder beside him. The machine let out a harsh grinding noise, and within seconds, every piece of evidence was reduced to scraps.“Since Daniel was just being mischievous, that’s the end of it.” He spoke quickly, almost urgently, like he was desperate to force the page to turn. “Jenny, go warm up some milk for Daniel—he’s scared. Anna, take Lisa upstairs to rest.”I stared at the shredder, then back at Alex. My throat wa
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I stood in the middle of the living room, bracing myself for the storm I thought was coming. The evidence was laid out in full—those photos and reports so clear they felt almost cruel. I’d imagined Alex exploding in anger, throwing Anna out, or at the very least feeling shaken by how close he’d come to losing his wife.But Alex just stood there, gripping the photos tightly. He looked at Anna—collapsed on the floor, crying so hard she could barely breathe—then lifted his gaze to me. His chest rose and fell a few times, and then that suffocating restraint I knew too well settled back over his face.He walked over to Anna. Instead of pushing her away, he reached out and steadied her by the shoulder.“Anna,” he said, his voice carrying more exhaustion than anger, “I know you’ve been worn out taking care of Lisa. You weren’t thinking straight—that’s why you made a mistake like this. But I can’t keep letting Jenny be hurt like this.”I froze.Not thinking straight? A mistake?Alex turned to
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When I pushed the door open, the living room was wrapped in a kind of staged, almost suffocating calm. Alex sat on the couch flipping through reports, while Anna crouched beside Daniel, tying his shoelaces. The scene looked so harmonious it was almost offensive.I walked straight over and slammed the heavy folder down onto the marble coffee table.The sharp sound cut through the room. Everyone froze. Daniel shrank back behind Anna, startled, while Alex frowned and looked up at me.“Jenny, what is it this time?”“Take a look.” I didn’t waste a second, flipping open the first page.It was a still from the bakery’s kitchen surveillance footage Rita had pulled through her connections. The image was crystal clear, timestamped two hours before the party began. Anna, in that pale lavender dress from that night, stood alone in the cake storage room. In her hand was a small, unlabeled glass vial. She lifted the cake box lid and carefully drizzled a clear liquid over the frosting.The second pa
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Jenny POVThe hallway reeked of cheap disinfectant mixed with damp mold. The motion-sensor lights were broken, so I had to feel my way up along the peeling handrail. Every inch of this place felt suffocating—like a completely different universe from the brightly lit villa I’d walked out of last night.I stopped in front of Apartment 502, smoothed the hem of my blazer, and knocked.The door cracked open, held in place by a security chain. A woman with sallow skin and hollowed eyes stared at me warily. She looked ten years older than in the file photo. Her dry hair was tied back carelessly, and she clutched a rag tightly in her hand.“Emma? I’m with Sunlit Legal. My name is Jenny Walsh.”The moment she heard the firm’s name, the wariness in her eyes turned into raw disgust. She tried to slam the door shut, but I caught it before it closed.“Get out! You bloodsuckers—haven’t you taken enough already?” Her voice was hoarse, breaking into a violent cough. Her whole body trembled with the e
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Jenny POVI parked the car and stepped out, gripping the thick stack of case files. My palms were damp with sweat.The “Northwood case” folder Lucas had put together felt heavy in my arms—like it was packed with something volatile, ready to go off at any moment. I took a steadying breath and pushed open the solid mahogany door.The living room was bathed in warm light—too warm, almost artificial.Anna was sitting on the couch, holding a steaming bowl of bird’s nest soup, carefully feeding Lisa one spoonful at a time. Every movement was exaggeratedly gentle. The moment she saw me walk in, she lowered her voice on purpose, putting on that fragile, wide-eyed look like a startled deer.“Jenny, you’re back,” she said softly, setting the spoon down. Her gaze flicked quickly toward the staircase before returning to me. Her voice was sickly sweet. “Alex has been waiting for you for a while… He doesn’t seem in a great mood. Did something happen at the company?”I ignored her probing and headed
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Jenny POVThe café’s glass door was pushed open, and the wind chime hanging on it rang with a crisp sound.Evelyn walked in with Anna on her arm. She scanned the room, her gaze quickly landing on our table by the window. She stopped, her neatly groomed brows knitting together, then strode over in her high heels.“Jenny, what are you doing in a place like this?” Evelyn stopped at the table. Her voice wasn’t loud, but it carried a deliberate authority.Her eyes moved to Lucas, sizing him up. Lucas froze for a moment, then stood up politely, his hand awkwardly brushing against the hem of his suit jacket.“And this is…?” Evelyn turned to look at me, the disdain in her eyes unmistakable. “Alex is working hard at the company, and you, as Mrs. Ritchie, are out here behind his back meeting a young man like this? Do you have any sense of what it means to be a wife?”I felt my cheeks heat up.In front of Lucas—this junior who had always seen me as a professional role model—being judged by my ow
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