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Outbid for My Own Wife Chapter 10
Six months later, Ollie and I moved south.I returned to architectural design, the work I'd done before my marriage. My first project back was a pediatric cardiac rehabilitation center.On opening day, Ollie wore a tiny suit and helped cut the ribbon.His recovery was going well. He only had to pause for breath when he ran too fast.Raymond visited occasionally. Before every visit, he asked whether Ollie wanted to see him.Vivian didn't come around anymore.I'd heard she'd sold her house to repay the company's losses and started over as an entry-level project consultant.No assistant managed her calendar now. Nobody competed for a slot.At last she had an abundance of the one thing she'd always withheld from us: free time that nobody wanted.Blake's studio was liquidated and his accounts were permanently banned. He faced legal consequences for the forged medical documents and his other misconduct, then left the city.Sterling Group abolished every policy connected to the auct
Outbid for My Own Wife Chapter 9
Blake eventually confessed to forging the medical opinion and rigging the auction's administrative system, and he paid back every cent he'd taken.During the investigation, he handed over extensive message logs.Every time Vivian leaked my balance to him, every time she made him permanent priority, it was there in black and white.It took only three pages of evidence to silence her.The first was a message sent on Ollie's parent day."Miles can only bid $300. Offer $900. Then he'll understand that my time isn't a free perk that comes with marriage."The second was the payment record after Ollie's diagnosis.Vivian had first credited Blake's account with $3,000, then directed him to bid $2,250.The third was an administrator command entered the night before Ollie's surgery."No matter how much Miles bids, declare Blake the winner."The judge asked Vivian whether she disputed any of it.She sat at the defendant's table, her face ashen."No."At last, she admitted that every
Outbid for My Own Wife Chapter 8
Ollie was discharged before the divorce hearing.Vivian didn't come on the day he returned to kindergarten. It wasn't because she didn't want to.He'd told her not to.Ms. Harper arranged another parent day just for him.This time, I held his hand and walked him into the classroom.He drew two people on a sheet of paper: himself and me."Why didn't you draw your mommy?" Ms. Harper asked.Ollie answered solemnly, "Mommy used to cost money. She's too expensive now, so we don't buy her anymore."The room went quiet.I crouched and wiped the paint from his fingers."Ollie, people aren't things you can buy.""Then why did Mommy auction herself?"I had no answer.Outside, Vivian stood on the other side of the classroom window. She'd heard every word. Her eyes slowly welled up.She didn't come in. She left the gift she'd brought with Ms. Harper.Inside the envelope was a handwritten coupon."Time with Mommy. Every day. Never expires. No bidding required."Ollie studied it and
Outbid for My Own Wife Chapter 7
On the day of the board vote, Vivian was suspended from every position she held.Her auction platform was shut down at the same time.Before it went offline, Raymond disclosed the administrative logs to every user on the platform.The supposedly fair system had one hidden rule: "Account: Blake Ellison. Automatically overrides every other winning bid."Her mother, Eleanor; her business partner, Grant Hale; and even senior executives who'd paid large amounts to secure meeting time had all been pushed aside for Blake.Grant terminated their partnership on the spot. Several executives jointly demanded a full audit.Blake went online to claim Vivian's husband was persecuting him and that every payment he received had been a willing gift.He also uploaded a recording of Vivian saying, "Miles won't leave. He'll make a fuss and then come back on his own."Overnight, the internet turned on her.This time, the anger was directed at Vivian, not me.She spent an entire night outside the
Outbid for My Own Wife Chapter 6
The first thing Ollie asked for when he woke up was water.I dampened his lips with a cotton swab. He glanced toward the door."Mommy didn't come?""She did.""Then why isn't she here?"I smoothed his blanket."Because she hasn't been a very good mommy. Now she has to get back in line."Ollie thought for a while."Do we have to let her get back in line?""Why?""I don't want her anymore."Something crashed outside the room.Vivian stood beyond the observation window, the pieces of a shattered thermos scattered at her feet.It was the first time she'd heard her own son say he no longer wanted her.She waited outside his room for two days. Blake called more than a dozen times. She didn't pick up once.On the third day, when Ollie was moved to a regular ward, Vivian arrived with the building blocks he loved."Want Mommy to help build a castle?"Ollie didn't look at her."Do I have to bid for this?"She froze beside the bed."No. Never again.""And when Blake calls, wi
Outbid for My Own Wife Chapter 5
Raymond arrived at the hospital that night.He didn't ask about the company shares first. He stood on the other side of the observation window, looking at Ollie for a long time."Where's Vivian?""With Blake."His face darkened. He took out his phone.Vivian answered promptly. "Dad? What's wrong?""Your son is in surgery. Where the hell are you?""Blake couldn't breathe. I'll come as soon as he's settled.""Get back here. Now."Raymond ended the call and faced me."Miles, if you return the shares, I can rein Vivian in. But making her leave the marriage with nothing isn't realistic."I pushed a folder toward him."I own twenty-seven percent of Sterling Group. Seven years ago, when the company was about to collapse, my father risked everything he had to save it. Those shares belong to the Carver family."I trusted Vivian, so I never exercised my voting rights."I connected my phone to the room's display and showed him the bidding records, account statements, and hospital pa
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