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The Wife He Forgot: Ashes to Empire Marriage Counseling
POV: JAXONDr. Mitchell's office felt different this time.Not the safe space it had been during the trial. Not the healing sanctuary we'd needed after the kidnapping.This time, it felt like a confessional.Or maybe an intervention."Thank you for coming in," Dr. Mitchell said, settling into her chair. "I know you've both been busy.""We're always busy," Isla said. A little defensive.Dr. Mitchell noted it. I could tell."How are things at home?""Good," we both said automatically."Are they?"Silence."Jaxon?" Dr. Mitchell prompted. "Honestly?"I took a breath. "We're... managing. The kids are good. The house is good. We're functioning.""But?""But we're not connecting. Not really. We're just... existing side by side."Isla shifted beside me. Uncomfortable."Isla, do you agree with that assessment?""I don't know. We're just busy. Four kids. My job. Life.""Busyness can be a shield," Dr. Mitchell said gently. "A way to avoid dealing with underlying issues.""We don't have issues,"
The Wife He Forgot: Ashes to Empire Apex Under Fire
POV: ISLADuring my 9 AM meeting, a call came inMy assistant knocked, apologetic. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but you need to take this. It's urgent."I excused myself. Stepped into the hallway."Dr. Winters," my head of legal said. "We have a problem. A big one."My stomach dropped. "What happened?""Victoria Montez. CEO of TechCore Solutions. She's filed a lawsuit against Apex. Claiming we stole proprietary code from them.""That's ridiculous. We didn't steal anything.""I know. But she's going public with it. Press conference in two hours. And she has... evidence. Or what she claims is evidence.""What kind of evidence?""Code snippets. Algorithms. She's claiming they're identical to TechCore's proprietary systems.""Are they?""I don't know yet. I need our development team to review immediately.""Do it. And get our PR team on damage control. Now."The next three hours were a nightmare.Our development team confirmed: yes, there were similarities in the code. But no, we didn't steal
The Wife He Forgot: Ashes to Empire The Baby Arrival Flashback
POV: JAXONOne year agoI stood in the hospital room, watching them prep Isla for surgery.Scheduled C-section. We knew what to expect this time.No emergency. No panic. No fear.Just... anticipation.Baby number four. Grace Olivia Winters."You ready?" the doctor asked Isla."As ready as I'll ever be," she said, smiling at me.So different from Asher's birth. No alarms. No premature delivery. No terror.Just normal routine."You okay?" I asked Isla, squeezing her hand."Nervous. But good nervous.""Me too."The anesthesiologist started the epidural. I held Isla's hand through it."Remember when you fainted during my first C-section?" she teased."I didn't faint. I got lightheaded.""You went pale and had to sit down.""Details."She laughed. And I loved that sound. After everything we'd been through, she could still laugh.The surgery was quick, efficient and smooth.I stood by Isla's head, holding her hand, watching the doctors work.And then I heard it.A cry."It's a girl!" the do
The Wife He Forgot: Ashes to Empire Rowan's Question
POV: ISLARowan came home from school upset.I could tell immediately. The way he dropped his backpack. The slump in his shoulders. The way he avoided eye contact."Hey, buddy. How was school?" I asked."Fine."The universal kid answer for "not fine at all.""Just fine?""Yeah."He headed for the stairs. I caught his arm gently."Rowan. Talk to me."He looked at me. Those eyes looked so troubled."We had to do a family tree project in social studies."Oh no."And?" I asked carefully."And everyone else had grandparents. And aunts and uncles. And cousins. But I don't. Not that I know about."My heart sank. We'd known this conversation was coming. Just not today. Not when I was already exhausted and barely holding it together."That must have been hard," I said."Why don't we have a family? Like, extended family?""We do have family. We have each other. And Aunt Mia""That's not what I mean." His voice rose, frustrated. "Tommy has like twenty cousins. Sarah's grandparents come to all he
The Wife He Forgot: Ashes to Empire Jaxon's New Normal
POV: JAXONI loved my life.I really did.Stay-at-home dad. Primary parent. The one who packed lunches and scheduled dentist appointments and knew which teacher taught which subject.It was my choice. And I was good at it.But some days were harder than others.Today was one of those days.Morning started well enough.Got the twins off to school. Dropped Asher at his half-day preschool program. Took Grace to the playground.She loved the swings. Squealed every time I pushed her higher."More, Dada! More!""Higher?""Yes! More!"I pushed. She laughed. Life was simple.Perfect.Then I heard a voice behind me."Jaxon Romano? Is that really you?"I turned.Sebastian Hartley. Old colleague from my Romano days. Investment banker. Shark in a suit."It's Winters now," I said. "And yes. Hi, Sebastian."He looked me up and down. Taking in my jeans, my t-shirt with spit-up stains, the diaper bag on my shoulder."Wow. The rumors are true. You really are... what do they call it? A stay-at-home dad
The Wife He Forgot: Ashes to Empire Three Years Later
POV: ISLAMorning in the Winters household was controlled chaos.And I mean that literally."ROWAN! NOVA! You're going to be late!" I called up the stairs while simultaneously trying to convince Grace to eat her oatmeal instead of wearing it."No eat!" Grace declared, smearing oatmeal in her hair.Perfect. Just perfect."Asher, shoes!" Jaxon said, chasing our almost-four-year-old around the living room. "We talked about this. Shoes go ON feet, not IN the toilet!""But they swim!" Asher giggled, clearly delighted with himself.This was our life now. Beautiful. Mundane. Chaotic.Three years after the trial. Three years of peace. Three years of building this ordinary, extraordinary life.The twins, nine years old now finally thundered down the stairs."I can't find my math homework!" Nova announced."Did you check your backpack?" Jaxon asked, still wrestling Asher into shoes."Yes!""Did you check INSIDE your backpack? Not just look at it?""Oh." Nova ran back upstairs.Rowan appeared in
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