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Got tricked.

Author: Garnet
last update publish date: 2026-04-09 05:00:53

Damien

Rose made dinner the night I left the hospital. It tasted nothing better than Serena's.

I thought this meant nothing, and I could move on.

I was still telling myself that, it was all a dream and everything would go back to normal when I woke up.

The flat was quiet in the way that flats are quiet. Rose's perfume still faintly lingering in the air.

I made coffee and sat at the table and once my eyes landed on the vase, memories of Serena flooded my brain.

She was perfect.

She used to spe
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  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Victor's Last Good Days

    Serena Victor had been a little off. The Victor I had known this short period was the giddy type. He had good days and bad days, and the good days were so good that they made the bad days harder to absorb. And I'm sure this is one of the odd ones. On the good day, he was sharp and demanding and entirely himself. On the bad day, he got very tired. His hands shook slightly when he reached for thing, and there was a quality to his stillness that was different from rest. ************** It was a hot afternoon when he asked about the son. Not for the first time. He had mentioned Elliot before. But he had never gone deeper into it. He seemed to talk less about him, and I wasn't going to push it. We were seated by the window. Not close enough, but okay for a conversation. "My son called," Victor voiced out of the blue. I looked up a bit taken aback. That was a first. "Elliot." He was looking out the window. "Last week, my solicitor told him about the amendments. He wasn't

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Grief and Strategy

    RoseI rubbed my now visible belly, which had grown into the size of a double football.Satisfaction seeped into my heart thinking about the fact that everything was falling into places just like I wanted.I was twenty-two weeks now. Damien had become a bit distance, but I don't mind. As long as I see no threat now, I'll gladly embrace his moment of coldness till he comes back to me. To us.He came home at half seven and stood in the doorway of the kitchen with his jacket still on."Smells good," he said. His voice had flattened. Present but not quite."Sit down," I retorted. "Ten minutes."He sat down and looked at the table rather than at me, which I noted but said nothing about. I plated the food I brought over. I sat across from him, and we ate, and I let the quiet be quiet rather than filling it."How was the site meeting?" I asked."Fine.""Did they sort the contractor issue?""Mostly."I nodded. Reached for my water. Let my hand pass close to his on the table — not quite touch

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   I won't let go

    DamienI could hardly bring myself to sleep.Not even close to dozing. I went back to the apartment, picked up the documents, and left. It was around two in the morning, with the note lying flat in front of me. Everything that had gone on in the past weeks started forming connections.She had been alive for three weeks while I grieved her.My heart seemed to stop feeling. My lips went numb, and my body went weak in a way I couldn’t control. I had been broken on the day of the funeral. Completely, catastrophically small.I pressed my fists against the table and stole a glance at the now crumpled note again.“I loved you honestly.”The anger didn’t rise all at once. It built slowly, quietly. Every time I tried to direct it somewhere clean, it turned back on itself.Because she had known before, I admitted it to myself.She had heard everything. She had come back to that bedroom, laid beside me, and said nothing. Not out of weakness.I had underestimated her for three years. And I had ma

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Got tricked.

    DamienRose made dinner the night I left the hospital. It tasted nothing better than Serena's.I thought this meant nothing, and I could move on.I was still telling myself that, it was all a dream and everything would go back to normal when I woke up.The flat was quiet in the way that flats are quiet. Rose's perfume still faintly lingering in the air. I made coffee and sat at the table and once my eyes landed on the vase, memories of Serena flooded my brain. She was perfect.She used to speak so softly to meDamn! I couldn't. I just can't.I stopped and tried to clear everything off my head.“She was a good person. She deserved better.”That one almost worked. I was almost at peace. At the version of myself that could carry what had happened without it pressing on everything else.My phone lit up. And I saw a call from Lawrence's office. The name pulled me out of whatever I was doing with my face and I answered without thinking."Mr Holt." His assistant called out. "We have a doc

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Starting all over.

    Serena It took me three days to build something that was mine, and I found myself an apartment with Victor's assistance. He said that was the least he could do out of gratitude for saving his life. The apartment smelled faintly familiar. I stood in the middle of it with my bag on the floor and the keys still in my hand and took it all in. There was a kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom good enough for me. It was the most beautiful room I had ever stood in. I set the keys on the counter and didn't cry, which surprised me because I had expected to. I had braced for it. I opened the window and let the cold air into the room. As it hit my face, my body relaxed. I pressed my hand flat against my stomach. "This is it," I said. It’s just us. And whatever this is… this new kind of hope.” ****************** I found a doctor for myself after everything quietened and had settled. It was a private hospita on the third floor of a building ten minutes from the apartment, with a waiting ro

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   I found the one

    SerenaI was thinking this Victor man was up to something. Last night, he made it look like he had known me for long.It felt weird, but I couldn't deny the familiarity.I slept by him though partitioned by a curtain. I had nowhere to go since I decided to choose a stranger over moving on to the reason why I was here.He was awake when I arrived the next morning.With a cup of tea and a newspaper close enough to his face.A frown settled on my face... looking at the cup of tea. Was that even right? It lasted less than a minute after contemplating whether I should let him be or take that away.He looked up when he saw me enter."You're late," he said. “I must have had you drained."I looked at the clock on the wall."Technically," I said.His voice was warm. He folded the newspaper and set it on the blanket and gestured at the second cup with two fingers. "Please sit."After I felt comfortable, I was ready to say something. "How are you feeling?" I asked."Better than yesterday. It w

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Bad fate

    Serena"Serena."His voice came through the door before he did.Just my name. Nothing else. But the way he said it — rough and unravelling at the edges, the voice of a man who had been holding something together for hours and was finally alone enough to let it slip, did something to my chest I did

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   It is what it is

    DamienI have been trying to pull Serena closer to me when I felt us drifting apart. I felt the distance between us broadening, which broke my heart. I was going to take us seriously , so I tried. Not until I had to ruin everything. Every bit of us these 3 years got messed up when I found out I di

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Nearly got caught

    SerenaI waited till the door shut before I opened my eyes.I didn't move yet. Not yet. I'm not so sure she has left the hospital, and no one will come in anytime soon.For close to a minute, I held my breath and exhaled once I was sure it was right to open my eyes.I took in a long and slow deep b

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Rest Well

    Chapter 8Rose PovThe room went quiet."The pregnancy. We did everything we could. But I'm afraid she lost it."I looked at the nurse and made my face soft. As neutral as I could, something receiving."Thank you," I said quietly. "For telling me."She touched my arm and said something gentle about

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