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CHAPTER 18 Breakaway
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2026-03-21 13:35:27
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Goodbye Ex, I Married Your Uncle! CHAPTER 24 Pretty Girls Break Too
CHLOE’S POVThe first thing to break was not the business… it was my circle. It didn’t happen all at once; atleast that would have been honest. No, it happened so quietly and elegantly that I almost didn’t notice it. Group chats slowed down. Replies came later. Invitations stopped arriving. Girls who used to comment under every photo with hearts and fire emojis suddenly watched my stories without even reacting to them. A few brands that had been “so excited” to discuss collaborations with me went silent.Even my post announcing my engagement to Jason wasn’t performing as it should have.That was what made me finally call Nikki.Nikki had known me the longest. She was the sort of friend who could say awful things prettily enough that nobody slapped her. If anyone would tell me the truth, it was her.She picked up on the third ring.“Hey,” she said cautiously.That tone alone annoyed me.“Where have you been?” I asked, unable to hide the irritation. “Chlo, the phone works both ways,”
Goodbye Ex, I Married Your Uncle! CHAPTER 23 An Army for Me
LILA’S POVThe next morning, Adrian brought in lawyers.Not one or two… a whole army. By ten o’clock, the formal sitting room at his house had been transformed into something that looked halfway between a war room and a board meeting. Dark folders covered the table. Tablets glowed. Coffee appeared and disappeared. Luca moved in and out of the room with the same silent efficiency as always, and Monica sat among the lawyers like she had belonged there all along.For a strange second, I just stood in the doorway and stared.All these people.All this seriousness.All this… for me.Adrian noticed me first. He stood from his chair at once, crossed the room, and guided me to the empty seat beside his with one hand lightly at my back.“Sit,” he said quietly. “Just listen first.”Monica looked at me, her expression calm and steady. “You okay?” “I think so,” I said.One of the lawyers, a sharp woman in cream with a severe ponytail, opened a file and got right to it.“Publicly, their statemen
Goodbye Ex, I Married Your Uncle! CHAPTER 22 The Full Truth on Camera
LILA’S POVThe night before, I had gone a little wild online and bought myself clothes I never would have dared to order while living under my aunt and uncle’s roof. When the boxes arrived that morning, one of the maids had kindly unpacked everything and hung the dresses in my wardrobe.Now I stood in front of it in a robe, staring at row after row of beautiful new clothes and feeling completely lost.What exactly did the secret wife of a CEO wear to her first television interview?A soft knock sounded on my door. I pulled the robe tighter around myself.“Come in,” I said.The door opened, and there was Adrian Shepard in a devastating navy suit.“How long do you need?” he asked. It didn’t sound impatient or sarcastic. He really wanted to know.“I don’t know what to wear,” I admitted.His gaze shifted past me toward the wardrobe. Then, without making a fuss about it, he stepped into the room. Something about it felt oddly intimate. Not improper. Not aggressive. Just... close. Like thi
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
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