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TWELVE

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ASHLEY'S P. O. V

Surprisingly, Jackie was the only one who could sing among all of us, but she didn't mind as they sang off-key while she drove us in her jeep.

Beulah was the one who hollered the call, while Gwendie, July, and Sydney like faithful minions, responded loudly, hair whipping with the wind rushing in from the jeep windows that were rolled down.

“Who runs the world?”

“GIRLS!”

“Who rules the world?”

“GIRLS!”

“Who’s ready for cocktails and closure?” Beulah shouted. The girls all cheered.

My stomach flipped. The dinner I had was threatening to resurface, but I hid my queasiness, the same way I hid all other strange things that had been happening to my body lately.

I should have been concerned and visited a hospital, but I couldn't dare to go in there again, I wouldn't be able to bear it if I saw a nursing mother or an expecting mother. My mind had only just accepted my loss, going back there would be like going to my baby's graveyard.

There was only so much I could hold up.

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  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    THIRTY EIGHT

    ASHLEY'S P O. VI had only ever been in Genevieve's office twice.Surprising right? Considering I grew up in this mansion, but that was the truth. This place was too sacred, too much of her's to be anyone else.The butler pushed the doors open“Your office, Ms Harrington,” he said in a professional voice.It took a minute to realize he was referring to me and not to my mother. I nodded absentmindedly, after being referred to as Mrs Langston for years, going back to my old name would take a while to stick I took in a deep breath, the office coming to life before me. So this was where Genevieve spent all her time when she was at home? Running the family business, going over accounts, and proposing deals.This was where she hid from being a mother to me.“It's yours now, Ashley,” Genevieve said softly from behind me “All of it is yours” I didn't turn to her as I took in the spacious office with a big flat screen TV, a circular modern desk, expensive carpet, and a tall bookshelf at the

  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    THIRTY SEVEN

    KELLAN'S P. O. VI tapped on my screen. AgainHer name blinked to life: HomeA hysterical laugh choked in my throat. I had saved her contact as ‘Home’ because, despite everything, she was Home. The place of comfort, where I always wanted to be.The screen went dark again, and I tapped it again. When Ashley called last night, I had left my phone in our bedroom while I took some fresh air on the balcony.It was hard to breathe properly in there, where her presence was still deep in every inch and corner of our home. I had gone back and seen one missed call from Ashley.My heart nearly burst out of my chest, I should have called back, but I couldn't bring myself to. I hesitated, and that felt like giving upBecause I'm a fúcking coward. Because I couldn't bear to hear her say those words to me again, because I was running away from my feelings instead of facing them. Worst of all, I feared that the call had been a mistake.The screen went off again. I ran a hand over my stubble, I was al

  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    THIRTY SIX

    ASHELY'S P. O VI didn't sleep that night, or the next, or the one after. Today made it four days since Genevieve left. I didn’t sleep tonight either.I lay on the queen-sized bed, one arm draped over my stomach, the other shielding my eyes from the moonlight spilling through the half-closed blinds. Tonight, like every other night since I moved into the Briarwood, the apartment was quiet.I patted my stomach softly, my baby was asleep now, resting in mommy's tummy. The fact that I was becoming a mother made me see things differently, Genevieve wasn't the best person, but she was still my mom, and as much as I dislike to admit it, we had some good times together.Her words played like a loop in my head. ‘It’s terminal.’‘Come back home and take your place as heiress to the Harringtons.’‘Before I die.’I rolled onto my side and curled like a kitten into myself. For some reason, my eyes stung. It was like being fifteen again. When I used to hide under my bedsheets anytime mom and dad

  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    THIRTY FIVE

    ASHLEY'S P. O. V“I don't understand” I whispered. Genevieve blinked and glanced out my window, her eyes unfocused.My baby fluttered, this time more strongly, and I had to drag in a breath after another to calm my racing heart.My legs shook like twigs, and I lowered myself to the couch. “I don't understand,” I repeated, this time so quietly, it was almost inaudible.“I'm telling the truth, Ashley. My cancer's been back for months now,” she said as she dropped to my side on the couch.My fingers went numb, and a strange pressure rested on top of my chest, making it hard to drag in air. I raised my face to meet with hers, and my heart.... broke.We stared at each other, too full of emotions choking us to say anything.“Ho..how long?” I croaked out,“It's been four months since my Doctor saw more traces of the cancer” she admitted.I grabbed my throw pillow and tightened my fingers around it, the pressure in my heart intensified.Genevieve wasn't the best mother, but she was my mother

  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    THIRTY FOUR

    ASHLEY'S P.O.VThe tension in the car was so thick, I could feel it in the airI was seething, boiling inside me, memories from the last time we saw each other flooded my head, tears threatened to spill out of my eyes, but not tears of pain or sorrow, rather, tears of anger and bitterness.‘You have no other purpose,’ she screamed at me years ago. ‘Because of me, you're worth something.’ I could still hear Genevieve's voice in my head. I fisted my hands by my side, willing myself to go breathe calmly. I wouldn't put myself and my little girl under any form of stress, and definitely not because of Genevieve Cece Harrington.I focused on the street as she drove, purposefully not looking at her. Her car smelled like expensive perfume, money, and lies.But even as she drove, I couldn't help but think, why was she here, and why now? “A baby” Genevieve whispered so low, I wouldn't have caught what she said if I wasn't paying attention. I glanced at her, the way her brows were furrowed a

  • Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs!    THIRTY THREE

    ASHELY'S P. O. VKellan couldn't find a way to come back into my life, so he invaded my dreamCorrection: dreams. Over and over. Multiple times at night, sometimes even during the day. Whenever I close my eyes, he's there. Everywhere.Besides me, sitting next to me, smiling at me. Inside me Deep inside me.I blinked away the growing surge of heat in my body. I couldn't think about that stuff here and not now. I shouldn't be thinking about him at all, so this recent behavior is very strange, which is why I'm here to see Doctor Liam today.I gently sat on the edge of the hospital bed, The room smelled faintly of disinfectant and antiseptics.I patted the curve of my belly, feeling the tiny flutter I've been experiencing for some days now, not quite yet a kick though, but it was evidence that my daughter was doing fine.Doctor Liam was attending to another patient. A pregnant woman too. She had been rushed in here by her husband because she was bleeding and Doctor Liam had to attend to

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