Share

204. Home

Penulis: Marlize Beneke
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-29 20:57:11

Lena POV

The house no longer felt empty after Ethan came home but it still felt fragile sometimes like all of us were waiting for somebody to wake up and tell us none of this was real.

I noticed it in small moments more than the dramatic ones. The way Ethan still checked on Eli three or four times after putting him down for naps as though he needed visual confirmation our son existed. The way I still reached across the bed some mornings expecting cold sheets beside me before remembering he was
Lanjutkan membaca buku ini secara gratis
Pindai kode untuk mengunduh Aplikasi
Bab Terkunci

Bab terbaru

  • He Divorced Me On Our Anniversary   204. Home

    Lena POVThe house no longer felt empty after Ethan came home but it still felt fragile sometimes like all of us were waiting for somebody to wake up and tell us none of this was real.I noticed it in small moments more than the dramatic ones. The way Ethan still checked on Eli three or four times after putting him down for naps as though he needed visual confirmation our son existed. The way I still reached across the bed some mornings expecting cold sheets beside me before remembering he was actually there again. Even the staff moved differently around us now, quieter than before, careful in the way people become around grief.Some wounds close slowly even after miracles.I was sitting in the living room that afternoon trying to fold tiny baby clothes while Eli crawled across the carpet surrounded by wooden blocks and one of Ethan’s watches he somehow managed to steal from the bedroom again. The twins kicked constantly lately and every few minutes I had to stop because bending forwa

  • He Divorced Me On Our Anniversary   203. Watching

    Maya POVThe mansion looked different at night not because the building itself changed but because families reveal themselves in small ways after dark. Lights stayed on longer in certain rooms. Curtains remained partly open upstairs. Shadows moved across windows in familiar patterns that slowly stopped feeling random the longer you watched.I had been parked across the street for almost two hours.The black SUV I rented smelled faintly like leather cleaner and old cigarettes and the coffee beside me turned cold nearly forty minutes ago but I barely noticed anymore. My attention stayed fixed on the Carter estate sitting beyond iron gates and security cameras and guards who still had no idea I was there.Rain fell softly over Los Angeles that evening turning the windows of the mansion gold beneath reflected streetlights. Most people would probably call the place beautiful.I only saw Lena she was standing at those windows and Lena was carrying Ethan’s children and she live inside the li

  • He Divorced Me On Our Anniversary   202. Home Again

    Ethan POVThe first time I walked back into Carter Enterprises after seven months of being declared dead the entire building went silent.At first it happened floor by floor as people noticed security moving differently near the entrance and assistants suddenly standing from their desks with expressions that looked somewhere between confusion and shock and then whispers started spreading ahead of us faster than the elevator climbed.By the time the doors opened on the executive floor nobody pretended to work anymore every single person stared and I understood why.Seven months ago they buried me and now I stood in the middle of the hallway beside my pregnant wife wearing a dark suit Daniel bought three hours earlier because apparently disappearing internationally and returning from the dead did not excuse missing board meetings.The thought almost made me laugh.Lena’s hand rested lightly against my arm while we walked and every few seconds I caught people looking toward her with some

  • He Divorced Me On Our Anniversary   201. The Monster We Missed

    Maya POVThe first time I saw Ethan on television after losing him, I was hiding in a motel room outside Florence with the curtains closed and three different phones spread across the bed beside me.Rain tapped steadily against the window while the television played low in the background mostly ignored while I tried deciding which passport would get me furthest before authorities locked airports down completely. The room smelled faintly of cigarette smoke even though I specifically asked for non-smoking and the floral wallpaper peeling near the bathroom door irritated me more every time I looked at it.I hated places like this places built for people running from something. The news anchor’s voice sharpened suddenly and I looked up automatically when Ethan’s face appeared across the screen.Everything inside me stopped.My body simply forgot movement for a second because there he was stepping out of a black vehicle in Los Angeles while reporters shouted questions from every direction.

  • He Divorced Me On Our Anniversary   200. The truth

    Lena's POVWaking felt wrong not painful exactly but heavy as though my body knew something my mind had not caught up to yet and decided staying asleep would be safer. My cheeks felt damp and for several seconds I lay still trying to understand why. Pregnancy made sleep strange lately. Some mornings I woke convinced I heard Ethan moving around downstairs or opening the wardrobe beside our bed and grief had become cruel enough over the months that I stopped trusting the first few moments after opening my eyes.Then I heard Eli with soft uneven sound he made while sleeping against someone and my eyes opened immediately the room stayed dim despite daylight. Curtains mostly closed and my first instinct was panic because Eli rarely slept away from me unless exhausted.I turned my head.Daniel sat near the bedroom window with Eli curled against his chest. My son looked impossibly small from here one fist still wrapped stubbornly around Daniel’s shirt while his curls fell over his forehead.

  • He Divorced Me On Our Anniversary   199. Alive

    Lena's PovPregnancy made evenings feel longer.By the time the sun disappeared I usually reached a point where my back ached, my ankles felt swollen and the baby seemed determined to remind me every hour that she existed. I had stopped fighting the exhaustion weeks ago. Some nights I worked late in Ethan’s office after putting Eli to sleep because the quiet helped and other nights I stayed close to the nursery folding tiny clothes that did not need folding simply because keeping my hands busy was easier than thinking.That evening sat somewhere between ordinary and heavy.Eli had refused his afternoon nap and became clingy afterward and following me from room to room with sleepy eyes while carrying one of Ethan’s old photographs in a plastic frame my father replaced twice already because Eli kept dropping it.I found him near the living room rug talking softly to the picture not real words but baby sounds. His small finger tapped Ethan’s face. “Da.”The sound stopped me halfway towa

  • He Divorced Me On Our Anniversary   56. The night everything breaks

    Lena’s POVI don’t know why I can’t sleep but something inside of me feels wrong. as if my mind is telling me that danger is closing in. I lie on my side staring at the wall hoping that this feeling will go away. Keenan is asleep on the couch because he said he wanted to stay close to the front doo

    last updateTerakhir Diperbarui : 2026-03-26
  • He Divorced Me On Our Anniversary   49. Proof she can't hide

    Lena’s POVThe clinic smelled like disinfectant and cheap coffee and for some reason that combination makes my stomach roll before I even sit down.Keenan notices right away. "Are you okay,” he asks, lowering his voice even though no one in the waiting room is paying us any attention. “You went kin

    last updateTerakhir Diperbarui : 2026-03-24
  • He Divorced Me On Our Anniversary   52. The call that changed everything

    Lena’s POVI’m in the kitchen pretending to focus on cleaning when my phone rings. John’s name flashes on the screen and my stomach drops before I even answer, because John does not call unless something is wrong.“Hey,” I say, trying to sound normal, even though my heart is already racing. “What’s

    last updateTerakhir Diperbarui : 2026-03-25
  • He Divorced Me On Our Anniversary   47. Not Donovan's Man

    Lena’s POVI haven’t slept properly since that message came in.Every time I close my eyes, my body jerks awake like it forgot something important, like I left the stove on or the door unlocked or my whole life sitting wide open for someone to walk in and take.My phone is on the nightstand, screen

    last updateTerakhir Diperbarui : 2026-03-24
Bab Lainnya
Jelajahi dan baca novel bagus secara gratis
Akses gratis ke berbagai novel bagus di aplikasi GoodNovel. Unduh buku yang kamu suka dan baca di mana saja & kapan saja.
Baca buku gratis di Aplikasi
Pindai kode untuk membaca di Aplikasi
DMCA.com Protection Status