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The Kiss After The Storm
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26.06.2026 02:35:19
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HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET The Kiss After The Storm
Roberta's POVJace stared at him. His nose was broken. Blood dripped down his chin."You're going to regret this," Jace said. His voice was nasal. Gurgling. "Do you know who I am? Do you know what I can do to you?""I don't care who you are." Brett stepped closer. "I don't care what you can do. If you ever come near her again—if you ever lay a hand on her again—I will end you. I don't care what it costs me."Jace laughed. It was wet and ugly."She's not worth it," he said. "She's nothing. She's garbage. She's—"Brett hit him again. Harder this time. The sound of flesh against flesh echoed through the quiet cemetery. Jace's head snapped back. He stumbled. Jace swung back wildly. His fist landed on Brett's jaw. A glancing blow, but enough to split the skin. Brett's head turned with the impact, but he didn't stagger. He didn't even blink.Then he moved.He grabbed Jace by the collar. Slammed him against the ground with so much force that Jace's head bounced off the dirt. Brett's knees
HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET There Will Be No Divorce
Roberta's POVMy heart was racing.Why are you lying to me, Roberta?His question hung in the air between us. His face was still close. His eyes were still searching mine.He knows. He knows I'm keeping something. "I really need to sit down," I said. I couldn't manage to tell him that I wasn't lying to him. that would be a double lie.Brett nodded slowly. He guided me to the edge of the bed. His hand was on my lower back. His eyes never left my face.He helped me sit. Then he crouched in front of me. His hands rested on my knees."I'm going to give you some space," he said. "But I'm right downstairs. If you need anything—anything at all—you call for me."I nodded.He stood up. Walked toward the door. He paused at the threshold and looked back at me."I'll be here," he said. "Whenever you're ready."Then he was gone.The door clicked shut.My hand flew to my mouth. The tears came before I could stop them.What is wrong with me?Why do I want him to kiss me? Why do I want him?I presse
HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET We Had A Daughter
Roberta's POV "What's mine?" Brett said again.He was still in the doorway. The phone in his hand had gone dark in his grip, forgotten. His eyes were on my face, and whatever he saw there had stopped him from coming any closer too fast.I looked at my own phone. The screen had dimmed, but I knew what was still on it.*99.97%.*"Nothing," I said."Roberta.""It's nothing, Brett." My voice didn't sound like my own. "I just — I said something out loud. To myself. It wasn't—""You said my name. I heard you say something was mine." He stepped into the room slowly, the way you approach something fragile. "You were holding your chest. You looked like the floor had opened under you." He crouched slightly, his eyes level with mine. "Please. Whatever this is — I'm not going to make it worse. I just want to understand."I looked at him.At the genuine, unhurried concern in his face. The same patience he had carried through every hard moment since the hospital. He had never once demanded anythin
HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET Probability Of Paternity
Roberta's POV He hesitated. I watched him weigh protocol against the look on my face — whatever that look was, it must have carried something because his posture softened slightly."This isn't standard procedure," he said. "Normally, we'd need consent from both parties for a paternity comparison.""Please. I have to bury my daughter, and I can't do it without knowing the truth."He looked at the glass cup. Then at me. Then he picked up his clipboard."I can run it as a private comparison," he said quietly. "Off the books, technically. It'll take two days. I may need you to come back for the results in person — we don't send paternity results electronically.""Two days," I repeated."Two days."I nodded. Signed where he indicated. I watched him bag the glass and labelled it and disappeared through a door I didn't follow him through.The drive back to Brett's house took longer than it should have.I sat at a red light with my hands on the wheel and my eyes on nothing. What have I done
HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET There's no turning back now.
Roberta's POV Then I signed. Not slowly. Not emotionally. Deliberately. The pen scratched against the paper—moving across the line with the weight of a decision that had been building for years and was finally, irrevocably, done.I set the pen down.Desmond took the document. His expression gave nothing away, but there was a faint precision of satisfaction in how he handled the page. "I'll have this filed by the end of the day. Jace will be served within the week."He repacked his briefcase.They shook hands. Then he nodded at me."Take care of yourself, Roberta." I nodded once. Then Brett walked him to the door. I heard low voices in the hallway, the door closing, and then Brett's footsteps coming back.He sat down in the armchair across from me and picked up a glass of whisky that had been sitting on the side table. He turned it in his hand once before he drank.I watched the glass.The mark of his lips on the rim when he lowered it.The thought arrived so quickly and so clearly t
HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET He Breathed With Me
Roberta's POV I lay in the guest room in the early morning and stared at the ceiling and replayed yesterday.Not the pantry. Not Jace's hands on Millie in my kitchen. Not the sounds they made while my daughter was cold somewhere across the city.The hallway.Brett's hand on my wrist. The way he hadn't flinched when I raised my voice at him. The way he had pulled me in without asking and held me without making it into something and breathed with me until I could breathe on my own again.Like he had assessed the situation, my pain and identified a gap, and decided to fill it.I didn't know what to do with a man like that.Eight years of marriage, and I have never seen this side of a man.Brett's voice came from downstairs."Roberta!"I sat up. My heart jumped. Not because something was wrong. Because his voice was warm and tender."Coming!"I also heard another sound— the low sound of him talking to someone, professional and welcoming. I got up and dressed and ran my hands through my h
HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET The Things I Survived
Roberta's POVWe stayed like that for a long time.His hand holding mine. The fireplace crackled. The clock ticking on the wall.Neither of us spoke. Neither of us moved.I don't know when it became awkward. Maybe when I realized my thumb was moving across his knuckles. Maybe when I felt his finger
HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET The Stranger 's Arms
Roberta's POV "Come out of the car." His voice was low. Firm. Not asking. I looked up at him. He was standing outside the open door. My legs wouldn't move. He didn't ask again. He reached in. One hand under my arm. The other around my waist. He pulled me out gently. I stumbled. My knees buc
HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET Eight Years in the Shadows
Roberta's POV"I will destroy every single one of them."The words came out of me like something alive. Something that had been waiting in my chest for years.Brett was still sitting beside the bed. His face was hard to read. His eyes were dark. He didn't say anything."I will make them pay," I sai
HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET Eight Days Beside a Coma
Brett's POV Victoria's funeral was last Thursday.A few people came. I stood at the front and received their condolences.Afterwards, I drove to the hospital where Roberta was.I didn't plan to. I just did.I sat beside Roberta's bed for an hour and watched the machines keep her alive and drove ho
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