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Chapter 9: The Signature

ผู้เขียน: Lily Cruz
last update วันที่เผยแพร่: 2026-10-16 15:21:14

Varena’s POV

The pen in my hand felt off, too heavy, or maybe my grip was weaker today. I couldn't be sure. Across the desk, the tissue box was angled perfectly toward the guest chair, the first tissue poking up like a white flag. Someone had planned this, lined up the tissues, the folder, the flags. Even this was a sort of choreography. They’d already decided where, and how, I’d break down.

Rykar hovered nearby, trying to strike the right tone. “Take your time,” he said, like he meant it. The
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  • My Ex-husband wants me back, but three billionaires want me    Chapter 9: The Signature

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  • My Ex-husband wants me back, but three billionaires want me    Chapter 8: Sign Here

    Varena’s POVI read the first page twice, but the words didn’t move an inch. They sat there, cold and familiar: In re the Marriage of Valeth. Petitioner: Rykar A. Valeth. Some case number, a judge’s name I didn’t recognize. In the corner, in faint gray, the kind of date a lawyer stamps for his own records.Twelve days ago.God. Just twelve days ago, I’d been standing in a ballroom in midnight blue, listening to Octavia talk about being bold. Twelve days ago, I’d ironed his shirt for the Aurelian because he’d said I was the only one who could do it right.“This is a joke.”“It isn’t.”“You had this drawn up before the gala.” The words came out sharp.“Varena…”“Before Sable Point. You sat there and watched your mother offer me a nutritionist, while this was in a drawer.”He winced at that, slow on the uptake. “It wasn’t in a drawer,” he said finally, eyes closing as if the room had gotten too bright.“So where was it?”“With Hargrove.”“Right. Much better.” My face felt stiff, as if I’

  • My Ex-husband wants me back, but three billionaires want me    Chapter 7: The Papers

    Varena’s POVRykar grabbed my folder, a little too deliberately, like he’d just confiscated evidence. “Not here,” he murmured.He slipped past me, out of the boardroom, and I trailed behind. Priya glanced up, caught my eye, then buried herself in her keyboard as if her life depended on it. We slipped down a stretch of frosted glass, a hallway I’d never even had occasion to walk, nobody talking, the air thick with words not said. Our steps fell silent across the carpet, sharp and hollow against polished stone where the softness ran out.His office waited at the very end, behind a hulking door of dark wood, all privacy and no windows. When he closed it, the click was crisp and expensive, a sound meant to cancel everything else.Inside, I felt small for a second. The room was huge, definitely bigger than our Halloran Street place. Actually, I pictured the floorplan: you could've fit three of our old apartments here, easy, before I stopped myself. An aircraft carrier of a desk stretched b

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