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2026-02-13 19:49:27
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He was never mine Targeting My Family
Wyatt's POVI barely slept that night. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Avery push against my chest, cover her mouth, and rush to the bathroom. Her pale face in the mirror afterward stuck with me. Stress wasn’t new to Avery. I’d seen her carry more than most people could survive. But this? This didn’t look like stress.By six-thirty, I went downstairs.I made tea, toasted some bread, and cut up the last strawberries in the fridge. Nothing heavy, just things she might actually keep down. I arranged everything onto a tray and made my way upstairs to our room.Maybe she was right. Maybe she just needed rest.I pushed the bedroom door open with my shoulder, tray in both hands.She was awake, sitting up against the headboard, phone in hand, thumbs moving across the screen at a speed that didn’t match someone who was stressed. Then she saw me. The screen went off, the phone flipped face-down and slid it under the pillow.I stood in the doorway and looked at her."That looked suspicious
He was never mine Not Just Stress
Avery 's POVThe internet had finally accepted that Arielle Montreaux and Avery Sterling were the same person. Fashion blogs were still running articles, reporters followed me out of buildings, three different podcasts had done episodes. Some called me "the woman who lived two lives." Others went with "the mystery designer." One particularly creative blog called me "the Cinderella who built her own castle," which I found all flattering and clingy.I'd stopped reading the headlines after day three. The attention drained me, but the business side? That had exploded in the best way.The bridal collection was a hit. Orders were coming in. Custom pieces kept clients calling nonstop.The Monochrome website had crashed twice. Elise had been smiling nonstop for an entire week, which honestly felt like a warning sign.She burst into my office that morning, tablet in hand, eyes wide with excitement. She looked ready to explode if she didn’t share the news fast."Do you understand what you've
He was never mine Nothing Left To Fight For
Wyatt’s PovI barely slept.I lay beside Avery in the dark, the board’s words looping in my head. The weight underneath was clear. This was damage control, and they needed someone to blame.By six am I gave up. I slipped out of bed quickly, went downstairs, and made coffee. Then I got dressed, everything formal. Walking into a Sterling Industries board meeting looking half-dead wasn’t an option.I stood at the kitchen window with my second cup when I heard her on the stairs.Avery appeared, hair loose, still in her sleep shirt. She squinted at me. “Did you sleep?” She asked, voice still rough.“A little.”She looked at me properly. "You look terrible, Wyatt.""Thanks, baby."She crossed the kitchen and pressed her hand flat against my chest, reading my face. “What happened? The call last night, what was it?” I told her about the Sterling industry board meeting and Nate being called in. She didn’t say anything at first. She just watched me, as if she was listening to the words and
He was never mine One Problem Ends
Wyatt's POVShe turned forward and didn’t look back.I kept my eyes on the road and let the silence sit between us. Avery rested her head against the window, watching the city pass by but my mind wasn’t quiet.Anonymous…The word had stuck in my head since the officer slid that folder across the table. Someone sent an email that cracked open a years-old murder case, someone with evidence Marcus didn’t have, someone that had time and access to build the evidence. By the time we got home, Avery’s eyes were heavy. She made it upstairs and fell asleep within minutes, still in her clothes, one shoe half off. I pulled the blanket over her, kissed her forehead, and turned off the lamp.Then I went downstairs.The kitchen stayed quiet. I made coffee I probably didn’t need and stood at the counter staring at nothing while the machine ran.Three weeks ago, I’d been sure Marcus sent that email. I’d told him to send the evidence he got to California. He was the only one who made sense, he'd be
He was never mine Let Them Go
Avery’s POVTwo weeks later, things had finally settled.It wasn’t perfect, but for the first time in a long time, I could breathe.Celeste was still in custody.The pool deck investigation had officially closed after she admitted she intentionally tampered with the railing to delay the divorce proceedings and buy herself time to secure more of Nate’s assets.California was a different story.The investigation into her first husband’s death was still ongoing. The police kept uncovering pieces of information they hadn’t seen before, and the nurse connected to the case had also been taken into custody for questioning.Through all of it, Monochrome kept thriving.I sat in my office with Elise and two staff members reviewing the final reports from California Fashion Week. The sales reports and media rankings on my tablet made me blink twice.“Top three,” I said slowly.“Top three,” Elise repeated, looking entirely too pleased with herself.“Not just in California,” my assistant added exci
He was never mine Another Secret
Wyatt’s POV“Did he just say death?” Someone finally broke the silence.“First husband?”“California?”Nobody moved. Nobody even seemed to breathe. Every eye in the room stayed on Celeste.Then a laugh broke the tension. Everyone turned at the same time.Nate sat at the hallway entrance in his wheelchair. He must have rolled back quietly. It wasn't a happy laugh. It sounded tired like a man who had finally run out of reasons to keep pretending.“Well,” Nate said, voice flat, “I guess some secrets really do expire.”Celeste spun toward him. "You knew?"“You told me about one husband,” he said quietly. “You forgot to mention the second one.” The room exploded into whispers. Questions came from every direction. People looked at each other, then back at Celeste.Tobias turned to the cousin beside him with wide eyes."Wait." Tobias pointed at Celeste. "Married before? As in... twice? Before Nate?"“Twice?” someone repeated behind him.One aunt pressed both hands over her mouth. Three peop
He was never mine Played
Wyatt’s POVI had waited patiently since I had placed that call that day, but no feedback. It’s been seven days of checking my phone every ten minutes. Of course Marcus told me to eat something, sleep, to get busy, to stop staring at the same blank wall like it would answer me back. Then my phone
Last Updated : 2026-03-29He was never mine New Name
Avery’s POVThe black SUV stopped at a corner three blocks from the facility.Not Richard’s apartment, not anywhere he’d arranged.I told the driver to take me somewhere else. He nodded without asking questions, pulled over at a corner where traffic moved heavily and nobody looked twice at a woman
Last Updated : 2026-03-29He was never mine Don’t know half of it
I lost them on the highway.One wrong turn at the Route 9 construction detour and the ambulance disappeared into the early night like it had never been there.I sat at the intersection for ten minutes, both hands gripping the wheel, going nowhere. Kane… The way his whole body went tensed the mome
Last Updated : 2026-03-27He was never mine Suspicions
Nate’s PovI stood in the hotel room, staring at the bathroom door.Blonde woman…The phrase was played on repeat in my head. Celeste was blonde, so were hundreds of women here. That doesn’t mean anything. I was just being paranoid.Celeste came out from the bathroom fully dressed, her makeup was f
Last Updated : 2026-03-26
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