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Chapter 17: The Notebook
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My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 26 : The petition
CHAPTER 26 The PetitionBlake Pov Forty-three pages to destroy the mother of my child.She thinks she can mess with me.Blake set the petition papers down.Picked up his coffee. Drank it standing. Put the cup back on the desk and sat down and picked the petition up again like maybe the words had rearranged themselves while he wasn't looking.They hadn't.Primary residential parent. Material change in circumstances. Demonstrated instability. Conflict of interest arising from romantic involvement with Luciano."The abandonment framing is our strongest entry point." Marcus Hale slid his copy across the table with two fingers. Eleven years of litigation and the man still handled paper like it was evidence. "The documented absence during the Nathaniel incident — a judge sees that and the rest of the filing writes itself.""She wasn't absent."Marcus looked up."She was in the building," Blake said."She was on the forty-second floor running a client meeting while her four year old son we
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 25: Brooklyn
OLIVIA POVLuciano called before I was fully awake.I answered anyway."You're up early," he said."Couldn't sleep past seven." I sat up against the headboard. "You?""Never sleep past six." A pause. "How are you feeling?""Different," I said. "Good different.""Good." The comfortable kind of quiet settled between us. " Have you decided on going to Connecticut ?"Not yet." I pulled my knees up. "Actually I'm going to Brooklyn today. Ivan's sister."Silence for a second."Brooklyn.""Just one day that has nothing to do with any of it." I looked at the morning light coming through the curtains. "I just want to be normal for a few hours."He was quiet for a moment.Then — "Olivia.""Yeah.""Go." The word came out warm. Genuine. "Eat something good. Walk somewhere. Just breathe for one day.""You sound relieved.""I am relieved." A pause. "You've been carrying everything for a long time. One day in Brooklyn won't fix that but—""But it's a start.""Yes." I could hear the smile in it. "Exa
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 24:What Luciano knows
LUCIANO POV"He chose you before Blake even knew your name."Olivia looked up from her coffee."Alexander ran a background check six months before the contract offer," I said. "He wasn't looking for a suitable wife for his son. He was looking for the specific person who could hold everything together while Blake demonstrated exactly why he shouldn't have it."She set her cup down. "He chose me because I would stay quiet.""He chose you because you were capable enough to make Blake look competent and smart enough not to demand credit for it." I looked at her directly. "There's a difference.""And you." Her eyes stayed on mine. "You knew this whole time.""I suspected. For years I suspected." I paused. "Knowing and proving are different things.""When did you know for certain?""The Singapore merger. I tracked the resolution back to its source. It wasn't Blake." I held her gaze. "It was never Blake."She was quiet for a moment."Why didn't you tell me sooner?" she asked."Because tellin
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 23: Ivan's apartment
OLIVIA POV"You took wo bags," Ivan said from the doorway. "That's all you brought?"I looked at them on the bed. "It's enough."Ivan leaned against the door frame and looked at me for a moment. Then she went to the kitchen without another word."Tea," she called back. "Don't argue."I sat on the edge of the bed and listened to her move around in the kitchen, The kettle A cabinet opening,A spoon against ceramicIvan's room was peaceful it smelled like clean laundry and Ivan's vanilla candle on the windowsill.No marble floors. No garden views. No house the size of a statement.Just a small warm room that didn't want anything from me.I sat with that for a moment.She put the tea in front of me and sat down without asking how I was feeling.That was the thing about Ivan at her best she knew when not to ask."Found something." She slid her phone across the table. "Job posting. Marketing coordinator Midtown it's a good firm I know someone there."I looked at the screen.Mid level positio
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 22:The stability clause
BLAKE POV"She's gone," Lorenzo said. "And now we have a problem."I looked up from the desk. "Keep quiet Lorenzo.""I've been quiet." He put the papers in front of me. "Blake. The clause activates today. The moment she walked out of this building it activated.”"Say it again," I said."The clause requires ongoing marriage with the same spouse." He didn't look at the papers. He has waited for this. "Or remarriage within sixty days. Plus conception within the first year of that remarriage.""And if neither”?"Controlling shares transfer to next of kin demonstrating superior stability." He paused. "That's the language. Superior stability."I looked at the window."Luciano.""Yes."The room was quiet."He's been building toward this," I said."He's been patient," Lorenzo said. "There's a difference."I looked at him. "How long have you known about this?"He held my gaze. "Long enough.""That's not an answer Lorenzo.""No." He stood up slowly. "It isn't." He picked up his jacket from the
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 21 :The pen scratches the paper.
OLIVIA / BLAKE POVBLAKE.Eight o’clock She wasn't down yet.I had been at my desk since Six fifty eight. Papers laid out, Pre-signed on my side. Settlement figures calculated. Everything clean and ready and prepared to be signed.I picked up my coffee.Put it down without drinking it.The divorce papers sat in the center of the desk. Forty pages. Six years reduced to forty pages and a signature line.I had done this right. Handled it properly. No mess.The contract had run its term and this was the logical conclusion and I had prepared for it the way I prepared for every difficult board decision — thoroughly and efficiently without sentiment getting into the joints.I looked at the door.Lorenzo had called me twice this week. I hadn't answered. Barr had sent three emails. I had read them without responding. The board could wait Everything could wait one day.The door opened.Olivia walked in.I had seen her walk into rooms a thousand times. Board meetings. Galas. Every Sterling func
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