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Goodbye Ex, I Married Your Uncle! CHAPTER 21 Public Wife, Public War
ADRIAN’S POVBy the time I got Lila out of the cameras and into the car, the city had already begun to do what it did best.Talk.I could practically feel it spreading through the streets, through office lobbies, group chats, and family dinner tables. My marriage. My wife. Her face. My hand on her waist. That single word I had given the media so calmly.Yes.Now the city would chew on it for days.Good.Let them.The driver took the longer route out of town, heading toward my house on the outskirts, where the roads widened, and the buildings thinned, and the noise dropped away. Lila sat beside me in silence, one hand wrapped around her phone, the other resting in her lap. She wasn’t panicking exactly, but I could see the tightness in her shoulders.The public reveal had been necessary… but that didn’t make it any easier on her. When the gates opened, and the car rolled inside, I glanced at her for the first time since we left the media frenzy.“It’s quiet here,” she observed, her vo
Goodbye Ex, I Married Your Uncle! CHAPTER 20 Reveal
JASON’S POVI had just poured myself a drink when Chloe called.I stared at her name on my screen for a second, already irritated, then answered anyway, because it would have been far worse if I’d ignored it. Big mistake.That was how the next hour disappeared.Into my ear, into my skull, into my last remaining shred of patience.“She’s lost her mind, Jason,” Chloe ranted. “Completely lost it. Mum and Dad found her in this ridiculously fancy complex, like she’s some kind of princess now. And she spoke to them like they were trash. Trash! After everything they’ve done for her!”I leaned against the kitchen counter and took a slow sip of whiskey.On the other end, Chloe kept going without even pausing for breath.“She basically disowned them. Can you believe that? The family that took her in when she had nothing. Nothing. She has no gratitude, no shame, no sense of loyalty—”My eyes drifted to the city lights outside my penthouse window.I was barely listening anymore.Lila had moved o
Goodbye Ex, I Married Your Uncle! CHAPTER 19 My Husband’s Offer
LILA’S POVJason had been silent the entire time. That was what made it so much worse when he finally spoke.“Open it, Lil.”I turned to stare at him. The man I’d thought I would marry had turned at the flick of a switch, and that had never not been jarring. “You have nothing to do with this,” I said coldly.Before he could answer, Chloe lunged like a furious little guard dog.“Don’t speak to my man like that!” she screamed.I had to bite the inside of my cheek to stop myself from laughing.My man.Jason folded his arms and looked at me like he was the reasonable one in the room. “If you have nothing to hide, it shouldn’t be a problem.”I looked from him to Chloe, then to my aunt and uncle.And suddenly, I was tired.“Fine,” I said.My hands were trembling with anger by the time I crouched and unzipped the suitcase. Then I lifted it and turned it over.Everything spilled onto the floor. Clothes. Shoes. A few books. Toiletries. Boring. Regular. Silence hit the foyer when they saw t
Goodbye Ex, I Married Your Uncle! CHAPTER 18 Breakaway
LILA’S POVBefore I knew it, a month had passed.Thirty days of pretending. Thirty days of keeping my head down, counting the hours, swallowing insults, and hiding the biggest secret of my life.And now it was over.I was sitting on the edge of my bed, staring at the clock like I could force time to move faster, when my phone rang.Monica.I answered so quickly I nearly dropped the phone. “Hello?”Her warm voice came through at once. “Lila, it’s done. The trust can finally be activated.”My fingers tightened around the phone. “Really?”“Yes,” she said, and I could hear the smile in her voice. “I’ve already prepared the documents. Come by the office as soon as you can.”My eyes stung.“Also,” she added, “my sister is a real estate agent. I’m sending you her number. I told her a little about your situation, and she’s already found a few places you can look at right away.”I laughed softly, half from relief, half from disbelief. “You thought of everything.”“I’ve seen enough girls get de
Goodbye Ex, I Married Your Uncle! CHAPTER 17 Opportunists Everywhere
ADRIAN’S POVI stared at my phone longer than I should have.The message I sent Lila yesterday sat there on the screen.Thanks, wife. No reply.I set the phone down, picked it up again, then told myself to stop acting like an idiot. She was probably flustered. That thought alone was enough to improve my mood more than it should have.I could picture it too easily—her reading the message, going still for half a second, then pressing her lips together the way she did when she was embarrassed and trying not to show it. A faint blush creeping up her neck. Her eyes narrowing at the screen like she wanted to argue, but couldn’t quite find the words.The image made the corner of my mouth lift.Inconvenient.Very inconvenient.Luca walked into my office just as I locked the phone and set it aside again.“You seem pleased, sir,” he observed.“I just destroyed my nephew in front of the board,” I said. “Wouldn’t you be pleased?”Luca’s face remained politely neutral, but I could tell he wasn’t
Goodbye Ex, I Married Your Uncle! CHAPTER 16 My Husband’s Mysterious Wife
LILA’S POVI was curled up in bed with a book when my phone buzzed.For a second, I ignored it. The house had been unnervingly quiet all evening, and I was enjoying every second of it. But the screen lit up again, and when I reached for it, my heart gave a weird little jump.Adrian.It wasn’t a text, it was a photo.He had sent me a picture from what looked like a conference room at Ambrosia. A long polished table. Half-drunk glasses of water. A leather folder. The city skyline behind the glass wall. No words. Just the image.But I understood immediately.Things were going smoothly on his end.I stared at the photo for a moment, then smiled despite myself and typed back:Congratulations, head of Ambrosia.Three dots appeared almost at once.Then:Thanks, wife.My face warmed so fast it was embarrassing. I stared at the word like it might rearrange itself if I looked hard enough.Wife.There was something about the way he said it—casual, dry, like it meant nothing and everything at onc
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