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作者: Author Deblice
last update 公開日: 2026-03-25 14:05:04

MABEL

We moved back inside from the balcony.

The candles were still burning. Dinner plates cleared. Music still playing softly.

Damian poured wine. Handed me a glass.

I took it but didn't drink. Just held it. Needed something to do with my hands.

"Talk to me," Damian said. Sitting beside me on the couch. "What are you thinking?"

"Everything. Nothing. I don't know." I set the glass down. "I want to say yes."

"But?"

"But I'
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  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   186!

    MABELDamian stood slowly."You can't marry me," he repeated. Voice flat. Processing."No. I can't. Not after this.""Because I broke the law to protect your son.""Because you broke the law, kept it secret, and put Liam at risk. All without telling me." I looked at him. "Because I can't trust you. Can't build a life with someone who makes these kinds of decisions alone."Damian was quiet for a moment. Then his expression changed. Hardened."You want to know the truth? The complete truth?""I thought that's what you were telling me.""I was. But let me be even clearer." He stepped closer. "I did what I had to do to protect him. To keep him safe from Claire. To make sure he had a good life with someone who would love him.""By breaking the law….""Yes. By breaking the law. By paying people off. By orchestrating an illegal adoption." His voice was firm. Unapologetic. "And I don't regret

  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   185!

    MABELI couldn't stand still.Paced from the window to the couch and back. Again. And again.Damian sat watching me. Silent. Waiting."Say something," he said finally."I'm trying to process. You orchestrated an illegal adoption. Of my son. Without my knowledge. Without my consent.""Yes.""You paid off hospital staff, the same people Claire paid, to facilitate a crime.""Yes.""You bribed an adoption agency to place Liam with Vanessa specifically.""Yes."I stopped pacing. Turned to face him."You broke the law. Multiple laws. Serious laws.""Yes. I did.""You could have been caught. At any point. By police. By investigators. By anyone looking into the adoption." My voice rose. "What would have happened then?""I would have been arrested. Prosecuted. Probably gone to prison.""And Liam? What would have happened to Liam?"Damian was

  • 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!   84!

    VANESSA I made it to my car before I broke down. The flash drive sat on my passenger seat, innocent and small. But it contained proof that my entire life was a lie. I gripped the steering wheel, trying to breathe. Liam wasn't mine. He'd never been mine. He was Mabel's son. Stolen. Given to me

    last update最終更新日 : 2026-03-26

  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   59!

    MABEL I was halfway back to the hotel when my phone rang. Bella. "Hey, I'm on my way back…" "Mabel." Her voice was shaking. "It's Lily." My heart stopped. "What happened?" "She collapsed at school. They called an ambulance." Bella's words came out in a rush. "Her blood sugar dropped too low. T

    last update最終更新日 : 2026-03-23

  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   61!

    MABEL The hospital social worker convinced Andrew to get back in the car. "Let me talk to him," she'd said after security called her. "Sometimes they need a neutral party." Twenty minutes later, she returned. "He's on his way back to Meadowbrook. But I have to be honest, his commitment seems shak

    last update最終更新日 : 2026-03-23

  • The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!   74!

    MABEL By the time I reached Vanessa's office building, my phone had exploded with notifications. The Margaret custody story was everywhere. Not just tabloids now. Real news outlets. "Wealthy Stylist Accused of Interfering in Family Custody Battle" "Mother Fights to Reclaim Daughter From Rich Si

    last update最終更新日 : 2026-03-25
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