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Author: Author Deblice
last update publish date: 2026-02-08 15:38:57

MABEL

"Wait."

Claire's voice stopped me at the restaurant entrance.

I turned back. She stood beside our table, composed as ever.

"We're not finished," she said.

"Yes, we are."

"No. We're not." Claire gestured to my chair. "Sit down. I have an offer to make."

"I don't want anything from you….."

"You haven't heard it yet." Her voice was calm. Reasonable. "Sit. Five more minutes. Then if you still want to leave, you can."

Against my better judgment, I walked back to the table.

I didn't sit.

"Talk,
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  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   184!

    MABELDamian sat across from me.The apartment was quiet. Liam asleep in his room. Just us and whatever truth he was about to tell."There's something I never told you," he said again. "About how I found Liam.""I'm listening."He took a breath. "I didn't just stumble upon Liam's adoption. Didn't just investigate and get lucky. It wasn't chance or good detective work.""Then what was it?""I orchestrated it." His voice was flat. Matter-of-fact. "I facilitated the illegal adoption. I'm the reason Liam ended up with Vanessa."I couldn't process the words. They didn't make sense."What?""When Claire arranged the baby swap, she needed someone to take Liam. Someone safe. Someone she could control or monitor." Damian looked at me directly. "I made sure that someone was Vanessa.""You... made sure?""I paid off the hospital staff. The same people Claire paid to switch the babies. I

  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   183!

    MABELDamian stopped at the door.Hand on the knob. Not opening it. Not leaving.Just standing there."What?" I asked. Exhausted. Angry. Done with this conversation.He turned around slowly. "I need to ask you something.""Now? Really?""Yes. Now." He walked back toward me. "Do you trust me?""I don't know. That's the problem. I thought I did. Then I found out you've been keeping secrets about my son for five years.""One secret. About a meaningless family connection that doesn't change anything.""It's not meaningless to me. It's about honesty. About trust. About making decisions together instead of you deciding what I need to know."Damian nodded. "You're right. Completely right. I made a bad call five years ago.""Just five years ago? Or are there other things?""What do you mean?""I mean, what else haven't you told me? What other secrets are you keeping

  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   182!

    MABELI couldn't sit still.After hanging up with Damian, I paced my apartment. Living room to kitchen. Kitchen to bedroom. Back again.Liam was in his room. Playing. Oblivious to the crisis unfolding.My phone buzzed. Damian calling back.I ignored it.Buzzed again. Text this time.“Please let me come over. Let me explain properly.”I stared at the message. Didn't respond.Another text. “I know you're angry. You have every right to be. But don't make decisions tonight. Not like this.”He was right about one thing. I was angry.Furious, actually.Not about the distant family connection. That barely mattered. Vanessa's late husband being third cousins with Claire was genealogical trivia. Meaningless.But Damian keeping it from me for five years?That mattered.Making the decision that I didn't need to know? That it wasn't relevant? That telling me wou

  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   181!

    MABELI stared at the letter I'd just read.But something was wrong.The letter was longer than I remembered. I read it again. Claire's rambling justifications. Her claims about Elena. Her threats.Then I noticed. A second page. Folded beneath the first.I'd missed it.My hands shook as I unfolded it.This one was different. Shorter. Direct.Claire's handwriting. But the tone was different. Colder. More focused.“Mabel,Forget everything on the previous page. That was for the guards. For the prison censors. They read everything. So I gave them what they expected.This is what I actually want to say.I know you think you've won. Destroyed me. Taken everything. Built your perfect life on my ruins.But there's one more secret.About your son.About Liam.*Something you don't know. Something no one's told you.Ask Damian.

  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   180!

    HAILEYI saw the engagement announcement on Instagram.Not following Mabel. But someone I followed shared it. A fashion blogger. Post about "iconic designer Mabel James and her fiancé Damian Croft."Photo of them together. Happy. Smiling. Her ring is visible.I stared at it longer than I should have.Then closed the app. Went back to making dinner.My husband, second husband, was due home in an hour. Kevin. Insurance agent. Nice. Stable. Boring compared to Ethan but dependable.We'd married six months ago. Small ceremony. His family mostly. Mine didn't attend.They'd disowned me after the baby swap scandal. After my complicity was exposed. After the public turned against me.My career was gone. Social media influencing dried up. Sponsors dropped me. Brand deals canceled.I'd moved to Connecticut. Changed my name back to my maiden name. Started over.Got a job at a marketing firm. Mid-l

  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   179!

    ETHANI heard about the engagement from Thomas.My lawyer. Still handling my custody case. Still trying to get me more time with Jason."I saw the announcement," he said during our weekly call. "Mabel James and Damian Croft. Engaged."I sat down. "When?""Last week apparently. They're planning a small wedding. June.""Good. That's good." I meant it. Mostly."You okay?""Yeah. Fine. She deserves to be happy."After hanging up, I sat in my apartment. Quiet. Empty.I'd been living alone for over a year now. Since Hailey filed for full custody. Since the divorce finalized. Since everything fell apart.The apartment was smaller than I was used to. One bedroom. Modest. Nothing like the penthouse I'd shared with Hailey.But it was mine. Paid for with what was left after legal fees and settlements. After losing almost everything.I pulled out my phone. Looked at Mabel's socia

  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   85!

    VANESSA I didn't go home. Instead, I drove to Central Park and walked. Aimlessly. For hours. The flash drive sat heavy in my pocket. Proof that Liam was Mabel's biological son. Proof that my entire life was built on a crime. Proof that changed everything. It was nearly midnight when I finally

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  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   79!

    VANESSA The door closed behind Mabel. I stood frozen in my office, staring at the space where she'd been sitting. The DNA results lay scattered on the floor where I'd thrown them. This couldn't be real. It couldn't be. Liam was my son. I'd adopted him legally. Through a reputable agency. Every

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  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   80!

    DAMIAN I got Mabel's text at five PM. “Told Vanessa. She kicked me out. It went exactly as badly as expected.” I stared at my phone, processing. It was done. The truth was out. And now Vanessa would be spiraling, confused, terrified. I needed to talk to her. Before she did something rash. Bef

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  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   81!

    DAMIAN "Wait," I said, standing. "Before you leave, you need to hear the whole story." Vanessa stopped at the coffee shop door. "I've heard enough." "No, you haven't. You know pieces. But not the full picture." I gestured back to the table. "Please. Ten more minutes. Then if you want to hate me,

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