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Chapter 36: Neutral Ground
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2026-06-03 04:05:37
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My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 14: What He Owes Her
(BLAKE POV)---"I need to see you," I said. "Today."Come to "my study by four o'clock."He hung up before I could say what it was about.Thirty six years. Not once had he asked what was wrong before telling me where to show up.---Alexander was already seated when I walked in.Both hands in his lap,the large chair holding him differently. “I sat down”"The board is restless," I said. "Lorenzo called me twice this week. Luciano is building alliances with Lawson and two other members I haven't located yet."Alexander didn't say anything."The Gilded Rose photograph is circulating online. Parents at Nathaniel's school are talking and aria's presence at the estate is becoming a public conversation." I leaned forward. "And Olivia—""What about Olivia.""She's different. She said something to me in the library that I can't shake. Something has shifted and I can't locate where.""What did she say?""She asked if I was speaking as her husband or as the man who staged his mistress's return
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 39: The Morning After His Voice
OLIVIA POVI was still awake at five when the city started outside the window.Not the restless kind of awake,the kind where your body has given up trying and your mind just keeps going without it.I turned over and looked at the wall.Alexander Sterling had called me at midnight directly.Not Blake,not a lawyer nor anyone connected to the ongoing machinery of divorce proceedings and custody filings and board maneuvering.Alexander directly Just to ask how I was.I lay there until the room got light enough and I stood up ---Ivan was already at the table.She looked up when I came in and Said nothing.I put the kettle on and stood at the counter while it heated."You didn't sleep," she said."No.""Me neither." She wrapped both hands around her cup. "You want to talk about it?""Not yet."She nodded. No follow up or asking questions Just — accepted it and moved on the way she always had when I needed space more than I needed words.I made my tea and sat across from her.The window
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 38: Ivan's reconciliation
OLIVIA POV Ivan looked like she hadn't slept in days. She was sitting at the corner table when I arrived, her hands wrapped in a cup of coffee she ordered but hadn't touched. She looked up when she saw me and something in her face shifted. I sat down. Neither of us spoke for a moment. Then she put her cup down. "Liv." Her voice was quiet. "The last time we talked — when I told you about Luciano, I didn't tell you everything I've been sitting with it since then and I can't keep sitting with it." I looked at her. "There was someone else," she said” "Lorenzo came to me," she said. "I didn't go looking for him. I need you to understand that." "Okay." "I was heading to your office that day and met him on my way." She looked at her cup. "He was warm,concerned. He said he'd been watching what was happening to you from the outside and it troubled him deeply." "What exactly did he say?" "That Blake was making decisions that were going to hurt everyone around him. That
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 37:His Apartment
(OLIVIA POV)"You came back," he said.He was already at the door. Black shirt. Sleeves rolled up. Something on the stove behind him smelling like garlic."You invited me," I said."I know." He stepped back. "Last time you didn't have a choice."I walked in.This was different."You know where everything is," he said."I was here once before," I said. "Under different circumstances.""I know." He stepped back. "That's why I wanted you to come back."I walked in.The apartment was calm like the last time.Books on every surface — not arranged for display, he actually reads them, spines cracked, pages marked. A kitchen table worn at the corners. The kind of furniture that belonged to someone who actually lived in their home and does chores.He went back to the stove.I sat at the kitchen table and watched him cook without offering to help. He moved around the kitchen like a man who had been doing this alone for a long time and had made peace with that."You cook," I said."Three things
My ex husband lost me to his rival Chapter 36: Neutral Ground
(LUCIANO POV)Blake walked in and sat down without a word nor shaking my handI hadn't expected him to. But I noticed it anyway.I had chosen the table at the back away from the bar. Away from anyone who might recognize either of us.He looked at me across the table."You called the meeting," he said."I did.""About Alexander.""Yes." I picked up my drink. "But I think you came with something too."He reached into his jacket and put a document on the table."My security team pulled this," he said. "Six years of monthly transfers from my father's private discretionary fund. Cayman Islands account. Shell company." He looked at me directly. "The account belongs to Aria."I didn't react.He noticed."Is like you already knew," he said."I knew about the account," I said. "Not everything.""The first payment predates the garden by four years." He sat back. "He didn't respond to my crisis. He engineered it."The waiter came and we both ordered whisky."I called him after I found it," Blake
My ex husband lost me to his rival CHAPTER 35 :The Confrontation in the office
(BLAKE POV)"Sit down, Aria," I said.She crossed the room and sat across from my desk, and crossed her legs neatly, those warm careful eyes fixed on me like she was already trying to read my thoughts. I had spent most of the night thinking about everything I saw and heard.“My father’s private fund,” I started, keeping my voice even while I watched her face. “Monthly payments consistent six years straight. Into a Cayman Islands account registered under a shell company.” I paused, my eyes locked on her. “The account belongs to you Aria.”She looked at me for a second nothing moved on her face, then something sharper like calculation.“Blake”“Don’t start with my name like that,” I cut in sharply “Just tell me.”She looked down at her hands for a moment, twisting her fingers together. When she spoke her voice was very quiet.“Your father approached me years before that night in the garden. I was struggling Between jobs and I didn’t have anything stable.” She stopped, “He told me he
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