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2026-04-24 14:58:58
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I LEFT WHEN HIS EX CAME BACK WITH HIS SON NINETY SIX
BRANDONThe shouting didn’t stop the moment we stepped inside the building. The glass doors muffled the noise from outside, but I could still hear people yelling through them as eggs and bottles continued hitting the entrance behind us.I kept my body between Thalia and the doors until we were several steps into the lobby. Only then did I lower my arms and turn to look at her properly.Blood had trickled from the cut beside her eye and stained the side of her face. The sight made my jaw tighten because just a few minutes earlier, I had walked over thinking the biggest problem I had to solve was convincing her to attend a press conference with me.“Let me see it,” I said as I stepped closer. “You’re bleeding.”She wiped at the cut with the back of her hand and looked down at the blood for a second before brushing it off like it didn’t matter.“It’s fine.”“It isn’t.”Without thinking, I reached for her shoulders and gently pulled her toward me. My only intention was to check the injury
I LEFT WHEN HIS EX CAME BACK WITH HIS SON NINETY FIVE
THALIA After Olivia and Knox left, my apartment became quiet and for the first time all day, I thought I might actually get some rest. I changed into comfortable clothes and settled onto the couch with a blanket over my legs. A reality show played on the television while I absentmindedly scrolled through my phone, paying more attention to the contestants arguing than anything happening in my own life. For a little while, everything felt normal. Then my phone buzzed. I barely looked at it at first because notifications had become a constant part of my life lately. The second buzz came almost immediately after the first, followed by a third, and then a fourth. My forehead creased as I reached for the phone. The notification count attached to my name made absolutely no sense. I clicked on it. The moment the page loaded, I sat upright. “What the hell is this?” I muttered as I stared at the screen. The article displayed my picture beside Clara’s and Brandon’s like we were part o
I LEFT WHEN HIS EX CAME BACK WITH HIS SON NINETY FOUR
THALIAOlivia and Knox had decided to invade my apartment today without asking for permission. At this point, I had accepted that neither of them respected boundaries whenever they thought I needed company.Olivia was sprawled across my couch with her phone practically glued to her hand. Knox stood near my kitchen counter stealing snacks from my cupboard like he paid rent there.“This internet thing should honestly be studied,” Olivia said as she shook her head at her screen. “People are genuinely insane.”I sat with my legs folded underneath me and sipped my tea. “What are they saying now?”Olivia groaned dramatically before handing her phone over. “Take a look.”I glanced at the screen and immediately saw hundreds of comments under another article about Brandon. People were dragging his name through the mud. And I, clearly, was depicted as the pitiful wife of the year.I handed the phone back to her. “People will do anything for a trending story.”Before anyone could continue the c
I LEFT WHEN HIS EX CAME BACK WITH HIS SON NINETY THREE
BRANDONI drove straight to my parent’s house after leaving Thalia’s place because I honestly didn’t know where else to go anymore. Everything was falling apart faster than I could fix it, and for the first time in a very long time, I needed someone to tell me exactly what to do.I barely stepped inside the house before I realized coming here had been a mistake.My mother was already standing in the living room waiting for me, and before I could even greet her, her hand connected with my face with a loud slap that echoed through the room.I immediately grabbed my cheek and stared at her in complete shock. “Mom, what was that for?”“How dare you?” she snapped, her eyes blazing with anger. “How dare you drag this family into this kind of scandal and then walk in here acting like nothing happened?”I blinked several times, trying to catch up with her anger. “What are you talking about?”She scoffed and folded her arms tightly across her chest. “Now I understand why Thalia is so determin
I LEFT WHEN HIS EX CAME BACK WITH HIS SON NINETY TWO
THALIAFor the first time since he arrived at my apartment, I didn’t immediately know what to say.His chest rose and fell heavily while he looked at me. Frustration was written all over his face, but there was something else there too.He dragged a hand through his hair and exhaled loudly. Then he looked directly at me again.“Leo is not my son, Thalia,” he said. “I should’ve explained this a long time ago.”I kept my hand on the edge of the door and waited for him to continue. If he wanted to explain himself, then he could finally do it properly.“Clara moved back to town because her ex-husband is an alcoholic,” he said. “He was abusive too.”His jaw tightened the moment he said the words. It was obvious he hated even talking about it.“He wasn’t just abusive to Clara,” Brandon continued. “He was also creating an environment that wasn’t safe for Leo.”I stayed quiet and listened. This was probably the longest explanation he had ever voluntarily given me.“We all grew up together,” h
I LEFT WHEN HIS EX CAME BACK WITH HIS SON NINETY ONE
THALIAI stared at him for several seconds after he mentioned the press conference. Then I actually laughed because I couldn’t believe he had come all the way here to say that.He stood there waiting for my answer while I looked at him like I was seeing him for the first time all over again.“You cannot be serious.”He sighed heavily and shifted his weight from one foot to the other. His face looked tired, but I didn’t care anymore.“I know how this sounds.”“No, I don’t think you do.”I folded my arms and leaned against my doorway. The audacity of this man was genuinely unbelievable.“Everyone is talking about you having a child with another woman while we’re still married, and instead of explaining yourself or asking for forgiveness, you came here to ask me to help you clean up your image?”His jaw immediately tightened.“That’s not what this is.”“Oh really?”I laughed again, but there wasn’t anything funny about it anymore. The anger that had been quietly sitting inside me for wee
I LEFT WHEN HIS EX CAME BACK WITH HIS SON THREE
THALIAThe meeting dragged on for nearly forty minutes.Charts flashed across the screen as Dr. Harlan talked about revised timelines for Project Elara. Clara stood beside him, explaining sections of the presentation as if she had always been part of the team.I stayed quiet.My pen tapped against
I LEFT WHEN HIS EX CAME BACK WITH HIS SON NINETY
THALIAI took the day off from work and, for the first time in what felt like forever, my apartment was quiet. Adrian had practically ordered me to rest before the hockey camp preparations officially started, and I wasn’t about to argue with him because even my body was beginning to protest agains
I LEFT WHEN HIS EX CAME BACK WITH HIS SON TWO
THALIABy the time the car rolled through the iron gates of the estate, the tightness in my chest had already become hard to ignore.Thomas stopped in front of the entrance and stepped out to open my door.“Welcome home, ma’am.”I nodded faintly and walked inside.The house was quiet. Too quiet.Wi
I LEFT WHEN HIS EX CAME BACK WITH HIS SON ONE
THALIAShopping for sexy nightwear alone should have felt embarrassing.Instead, I found myself smiling.My fingers drifted over rows of silk and lace as I moved slowly through the boutique. Black lace sets, satin slips, delicate babydolls—each piece more daring than the last.Tonight was special.J
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