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Chapter 62

ผู้เขียน: Aleyah Lavelle
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The call came on a Friday evening.

I was at the library, almost at the end of my shift. I was turning off lights at the back when my phone buzzed and his name appeared on the screen and I felt something loosen in my chest that I hadn't even realized I'd been holding tight.

I answered.

"It's handled," he said. "She's leaving."

I stood in the half-dark library with one hand on the light switch and let those three words sink in.

"Leaving as in…"

"Her father arranged it. She's going back to London.
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  • Her last name, His claim   Chapter 63

    The week after Amanda was soft. There was no other word for it. Enzo stayed in Maplewood. There in the mornings sometimes, he goes to New York for a day or two, back again. A rhythm that had established itself without either of us designing it.He was different.Or maybe I was finally seeing clearly enough to see what had been different for a while. He talked more. Not about work, he'd always talked about work, but about other things. Small things. Something funny that had happened with his driver on the way from the city. A memory from years ago that surfaced .He'd spent years, maybe his whole adult life, being extremely deliberate about what he revealed and to whom. There was the professional Enzo and the private Enzo and the private one had been kept so carefully that even I, six years married to him, had sometimes felt like I was standing just outside a door that was never quite fully open.The door was open now.I was also more trusting now, but the instinct to protect myself w

  • Her last name, His claim   Chapter 62

    The call came on a Friday evening.I was at the library, almost at the end of my shift. I was turning off lights at the back when my phone buzzed and his name appeared on the screen and I felt something loosen in my chest that I hadn't even realized I'd been holding tight.I answered."It's handled," he said. "She's leaving."I stood in the half-dark library with one hand on the light switch and let those three words sink in."Leaving as in…""Her father arranged it. She's going back to London. She has projects there, apparently, that require her attention now that his support of them is dependent on her being on another continent." A pause. "His words, not mine.""Mr. Collins is thorough.""He is. Apparently, he knows his daughter enough to realize she won’t stop until he threatens to cut her off financially." Something in his voice was quieter than usual. "It's done, Elena. The investors are all back," he exhaled. "It's done."I turned the light off.Stood in the dark for a moment.

  • Her last name, His claim   Chapter 61

    The meeting was Enzo's idea.He told me about it the morning after the library incident, over coffee at my kitchen counter."I'm going to see her father," he said.I looked up from my mug. "Mr. Collins.""Yes.""Does he know you're coming?""I called yesterday and he agreed to meet." He turned his own mug slowly. "He sounded unsurprised. Almost like he knew this was coming."I thought about that. "What are you going to say?""Everything." He said. "All of it. How it started, what I agreed to, why, what's been happening since. I'm not going to manage it or package it. Just the full tru

  • Her last name, His claim   Chapter 60

    The thing about small towns was that strangers stood out.Maplewood was not unfriendly to new faces, it was too warm a place for that, but it noticed them. By the time Amanda had walked from wherever she'd parked to the front door of the library, at least four people had clocked her, noted her, and filed her away for later discussion. I found this out afterwards, of course. In the moment, I had no warning.One minute I was helping a patron locate a book on Victorian architecture that we definitely had but had been incorrectly shelved. The next minute the library door opened and it felt like the air changed.I turned around.She looked different outside of New York. In the restaurant she'd been in her element, polished and predatory on familiar ground. Here, in a small to

  • Her last name, His claim   Chapter 59

    I didn’t tell Enzo I was going to come to the office when he left home this morning. I wanted it to be a surprise and I wasn’t kidding about being in this with him.His assistant didn't know what to do with me.She was young, efficient, with the composure of someone trained to manage unexpected arrivals without revealing that they were unexpected. She looked at me across the reception desk of Wayne Industries with a carefully neutral expression and said, "Do you have an appointment?""No," I said pleasantly. "I'm his wife."Something shifted in her face. Not surprise exactly, more like she was thinking of what specific protocol was required."Mrs. Wayne," she said, and her entire manner changed immediately. "He's in a meeting right now but I can…""How long?"She glanced at her screen. "It should be wrapped up in about ten minutes.""I'll wait," I said, and sat down on the sleek sofa in the reception area. I crossed my legs and looked around at the space Enzo had built.I'd been here

  • Her last name, His claim   Chapter 58

    Three days passed.Enzo and I weren't in a bad place exactly. We weren't in a good place either. We existed somewhere in the careful middle ground of two people who had things left to say to each other and had agreed, to hold those things temporarily while a more immediate problem demanded attention.He texted. I responded. We spoke on the phone twice about Amanda's latest moves, his lawyers, and the investors. I was back in Maplewood. He was in New York.Maya texted on Tuesday night: how is he doingI typed and deleted three different responses before settling on: handling itWhich was true and also not the full truth.

  • Her last name, His claim   Chapter 17

    It’s been a full week now since I finally accepted my fate regarding the car. The shiny, stupid car.I stood at the window staring at it, looking at the way sunlight made it look even more expensive.“You’re only here because my husband is insane.”Then I groaned at myself. Husband? Really?Great,

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  • Her last name, His claim   Chapter 18

    I stared at Nathan’s text again. Those four words made it impossible for me to sleep, so I called him. Ignoring it would only make things worse and I was tired of that.He picked up immediately. “Elena.”His voice was calmer than I expected.“Hey,” I said, trying to sound calm. “You wanted to talk

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  • Her last name, His claim   Chapter 21

    I didn’t sleep. I couldn’t.Everytime I closed my eyes, I saw Nathan shoving Enzo. I heard the things he said and the weight of my own words too.“I’m done with both of you.”I’d meant it at the moment. God, I’d meant it.But now, sitting in the dark at 2AM, staring at my phone, still off. I wasn’t

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  • Her last name, His claim   Chapter 14

    The next morning, I woke up feeling…okay-ish. Not happy or even peaceful, just functional. And honestly, with all the chaos Enzo was causing in my life, that felt like a miracle.I brushed my teeth, packed my hair into a ponytail, stepped outside to grab the mail…And froze.Because sitting in my d

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