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Chapter 31:The quiet between us
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2026-05-19 22:09:46
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My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 32 : Meeting Alexander
(LUCIANO POV)Madam Chen opened the door before I knocked.She looked at me, Stepped back. Let me in without a word.The house was still quiet,noo movement upstairs. No sound from the kitchen. Just the early morning quiet of a house everyone is still asleep.She led me down the hallway. Opened the study door. Set the tea tray on the table. Walked out and pulled the door behind her.---Alexander was already in his chair.He smiled when he set his eyes on me. Six weeks when last I saw him had done something I wasn't prepared for. His hands on the armrests sat too deliberately. His jaw carried less than it used to. His color is different.His eyes were the same.Everything else had changed.I sat down across from him and said nothing.He looked at me for a moment."You came early," he said."You said early.""I did." He reached for his tea slowly. "How much do you know?""Enough to be here," I said. "Not enough to stop being concerned.""About the company or about me?""Both."He set t
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 31:The quiet between us
(LUCIANO POV)"Counter file today," I said. "By noon."My lawyer looked up from Blake's secondary filing. "You've read it already."“Yes last night”“ I sat across from him. "Walk me through their argument."He opened the folder. "They're classifying your relationship with Olivia Bennett as a material conflict of interest. Romantic involvement that compromises your position relative to Sterling Global. They want you barred from certain board proceedings until the custody matter resolves.""Blake filed a custody petition naming me as a conflict of interest," I said. "Then used that same petition to try removing me from the board before the inheritance clause activates." I looked at him. "He's not fighting two battles. He's trying to win one with the other.""It's not a weak argument legally.""It doesn't need to be weak. It needs to be wrong." I leaned forward. "The deposition transcripts are public record. You know every Olivia's labor has been documented and timestamped. She was Ste
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 30:While I was away
BLAKE POVMy phone buzzed at midnight.She was still asleep..I watched her for a moment. Then I picked up my phone and slipped out and went to my home bar. I sat down and opened the report.Cayman Islands account. Shell company. Six years of monthly deposits coming in from a Sterling family discretionary fund.My father's fund.I scrolled down The same account had outgoing transfers. Eighteen months of payments going to a name I didn't recognize. The security chief had flagged it ,and it required further investigation.I picked up my phone and called him.He answered immediately."The outgoing transfers," I said quietly. "The name on the receiving end. How far back does the relationship go?""We're still tracing sir. What we have suggests the payments have been going on for a long time but we don't know the exact length yet. The amounts are irregular but the intervals suggest a pattern. Not random.""Meaning someone is being paid for what we don't know.""That's one reading, yes.""W
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 29 : Cracks
BLAKE POVHe told me to stop making a scene.I read that line again. I was on the balcony.The transcript was open In my tablet.A drink on the railing I hadn't have the appetite to touch since I poured it an hour ago.The city was doing what it always did, everybody busy with there lives.I kept reading.Our son had a hundred and four degree fever. I had spent six hours alone under hospital lights calling him repeatedly. He walked in with another woman and told me to stop making a scene.I put the tablet face down on the table.Picked up the drink and put it back down---The balcony door opened behind me.I didn't turn around.Aria's hand tapped my shoulder. She came and stood beside me and looked at the streets for a moment without saying anything."You've been out here for two hours.""I know.""Come inside Blake.""I'm fine.""You're not." She touched my arm. "Come inside. I'll make something for you"I kept Looking at the direction my eye was fixed."Olivia was good," I said."Sh
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 28:The Deposition
OLIVIA POVThey thought I was going to cry. I could see it in the way Blake's lawyer looked at me when I sat down. Her calm positioning. The soft opening question.The patient expression of a woman who had handled emotional witnesses before and knew exactly how to manage them.I let her think itMy lawyer leaned close to me"You ready?" she said quietly."Yes.""They might might ask about Luciano first. Just answer.Don't defend.""I know."She nodded and sat back."Ms. Bennett." Blake's lawyer opened her folder."Let's start with your current relationship with Luciano Sterling.""We're developing a relationship," I said. "It's new. It's built on mutual respect.""Define developing.""We have meals together. We talk. We're getting to know each other.""Has the relationship been physical?""No.""But you intend""I intend to get to know him." I held her gaze.She made a note. "And your marriage to Blake Sterling. Would you characterize it as?"Would you like me to tell you about my ma
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 27 : Billionaire's Ex-Wife Unfit Mother
OLIVIA POV“Billionaire's Ex-Wife Unfit Mother”That was the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes.Madam Chen was calling, My lawyer was calling. A number I didn't recognize was calling. I ignored all three and stared at the headline on my screen.Below it — a photograph. Me and Luciano leaving the restaurant. Long lens. Taken from across the street by someone paid to wait.I sat up slowly.So that was how he wanted to play it.Tears rolled down my cheeksI cleaned up,picked my phone and called my lawyer.She answered on the first ring."I've seen it," I said."Blake's team moved faster than we anticipated." Her voice was calm "The association with Luciano is their central argument. They're framing it as a romantic involvement that creates direct conflict with Nathaniel's welfare given Luciano's position relative to Sterling Global.""How bad is it?""It's manageable. But we need to move quickly." A pause. "I want to outline your options—""What's the most aggressive one?"Silence
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