LOGINShare
Chapter 53
publish date:
2025-12-21 10:02:07
Latest chapter
The Governor’s Wife, His beautiful ruin Chapter 164
Clara had been in her room since last night.I left food outside her door before bed and when I woke up the empty plate was back in the corridor. That was enough for now.I pulled into the driveway and looked at Theo in the passenger seat.“You don’t have to do this,” he said.“Get out of the car Theo.”“I can manage…”“You were shot three weeks ago and you live alone.” I looked at him. “Get out of the car.”He gritted his teeth and reached for the door.I grabbed his bag and we went inside and I set it in the spare room and came back to find him lowering himself carefully onto the couch, wincing as his shoulder settled.“She’s upstairs,” I said. “Give her time.”He nodded.Twenty minutes later the footsteps came down the stairs.Clara strode into the living room in an oversized sweatshirt, hair pulled back, and the moment she saw Theo her steps faltered. Just slightly. Just enough.She had seen him before. Plenty of times at the campaign office, across rooms at events, once in a corr
The Governor’s Wife, His beautiful ruin Chapter 163
“Dad why would you do that?”Clara’s voice echoed through the entire house, sharp and trembling, all the way from her bedroom. Alfred gritted his teeth and strode down the corridor and stopped outside her door, watching her yank clothes from her wardrobe and shove them into her bag with shaking hands.“Clara calm down!” he barked.“Calm down?” She whirled around and glowered at him, her eyes blazing and wet at the same time. “You filed a court motion about me without telling me. Without even asking me. I had to find out from people at school Dad. People at school!”“It was for your own good…”“Your own good?” She scoffed and turned back to her packing, fuming, pulling things off hangers and folding nothing, just stuffing everything in. “You want to stand there and talk to me about my own good? After everything? After what the whole school is saying?” Her voice cracked but her hands didn’t stop moving. “I know everything now. The lies. The cheating. The other family you were hiding whi
The Governor’s Wife, His beautiful ruin Chapter 162
My phone rang the moment my mom’s car roared out of the driveway.I answered after the third ring. It was Forrest, Alfred’s lawyer, and hearing his name flash across my screen at this hour made my stomach lurch before he even opened his mouth.“Mrs Cole,” he said. “I’m calling to inform you of a new development. Mr Cole has decided to accelerate the custody matter. He will be filing an emergency motion tomorrow morning seeking full custody of Clara.”My hand tightened around the phone so hard my knuckles ached.“The hearing has been scheduled for four pm tomorrow.”Four pm. Less than twenty four hours from now.I thanked him and ended the call and sat there with the phone in my lap and stared at the wall. The most awful part wasn’t that Alfred was doing this. The most awful part was being informed this late. Deliberately this late. He had waited until I was emptied out, until my mother’s car had barely left the street, until I had nothing left in me. Alfred had timed it the way he tim
The Governor’s Wife, His beautiful ruin Chapter 161
Evelyn I didn’t expect to see her. She was the last person I expected to see. She was sitting on my couch with her handbag on her lap and her coat still on, and when I pushed the door open my heart lurched. “Mom you scared me!” I pressed my hand flat against my chest. “What are you doing here?” She looked up at me. “Theo gave me the address.” I stared at her. “I went to see him at the hospital,” she said. “I needed to see he was alright. He wrote down your address and told me to come.” My chest constricted painfully. I didn’t move from the doorway for a moment, just stood there looking at my mother sitting in my house in her good coat like she wasn’t sure she belonged here, and felt the exhaustion of the day press down on me even harder. I closed the door and sat down across from her. She watched me settle and then she looked down at her handbag and said, “I saw Grace’s interview.” My jaw tightened. “I sat in my living room and watched that woman say those things
The Governor’s Wife, His beautiful ruin Chapter 160
I walked in alone. My folder was under my arm, seventeen years of legal training sitting quietly inside it, and I had not brought Margaret or anyone else because this was mine to do and mine alone. Forrest was already seated when I pulled out my chair. Two associates flanked him, both sharp eyed, folders open in front of them. Alfred sat at the far end of the table in a charcoal suit, hands folded, watching me settle into my seat with an expression that gave nothing away. I opened my folder without looking at him. “Whenever you’re ready,” I said. Forrest glanced at Alfred then back at me. “Mrs Cole. We’d like to begin by addressing some concerns that have arisen since our last meeting.” “I assumed as much.” He clasped his hands on the table. “Your decision to broadcast personal allegations on a public social media platform has significantly complicated these proceedings. You named private individuals. You displayed documents of unestablished provenance and made allegations aga
The Governor’s Wife, His beautiful ruin Chapter 159
Evelyn I couldn’t back down now. Couldn’t sit in my house drowning in self-pity while Alfred dismantled my life piece by piece. I grabbed my phone and did the one thing Margaret had warned me never to do. I went live. My hands trembled as I opened TikTok, fumbling through the app with fingers that felt clumsy and foreign. Clara had shown me how to use it once, laughing at how long it took me to understand something she did without thinking. I hadn’t paid enough attention then. Now I jabbed at buttons until the camera flipped to face me and a red recording indicator blinked in the corner. Live. I scrutinized my own reflection in the screen for a moment. Dark circles carved beneath my eyes. Hair that hadn’t seen a brush in two days. The face of a woman who had been holding herself together with nothing but sheer stubbornness for longer than she could remember. I squared my shoulders, lifted my chin, and started talking. I told them everything. Every secret I had buried for the sa
The Governor’s Wife, His beautiful ruin Chapter 111
TheoThe email came at seven in the morning.“My office. 8am. Don’t be late. - AC”Theo stared at the message on his phone, coffee mug halfway to his mouth. AC. Alfred Cole. He never signed emails that way unless something was wrong.He set the mug down and typed back a quick confirmation, then gra
Last Updated : 2026-03-31The Governor’s Wife, His beautiful ruin Chapter 112
EvelynThe restaurant was called Marchand, tucked on the top floor of a building downtown with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city. I’d made the reservation under my maiden name and arrived fifteen minutes early.The hostess led me to a table in the back corner, away from the main dining
Last Updated : 2026-03-31The Governor’s Wife, His beautiful ruin Chapter 108
EvelynI took the stairs two at a time, my keys still clutched in my hand, my jacket half off my shoulder. Behind me Alfred’s footsteps were heavier, faster, catching up.“Don’t walk away from me.”I made it to our bedroom and tried to close the door but he pushed through, slamming it behind him ha
Last Updated : 2026-03-31The Governor’s Wife, His beautiful ruin Chapter 109
EvelynI woke to my phone buzzing on the nightstand. The room was still dark, curtains drawn against the morning light. Alfred’s side of the bed was empty, sheets pulled tight like he’d never been there at all.I reached for my phone and squinted at the screen. Three missed calls from an unknown nu
Last Updated : 2026-03-31
You may also like
Wild Epic Desires
F. Prince 584.2K viewsPowerful Papa with Triplet Babies
Pink Dolphin632.9K viewsLet Me Go, Mr. Hill!
Shallow South6.5M viewsBlack Card
R.C.BRIE15509.0K viewsMy Husband Wanted My Kidney And Not My Love
BENIKAY 59 viewsThe CEO’s Lost Wife
Diego Almary265 viewsRuined On My Wedding Night; Claimed By The Billionaire
Jennie's Pen 22 viewsIn Love With My Husband’s Brother
Butterflydaisy55 views
