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CHAPTER 44
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2026-06-10 13:50:04
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The Wife He Replaced CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 46Rita's pov My hands were shaking hard. I could barely hold onto Aria. I looked down at the floor. My brain couldn't understand what my eyes were seeing. Victor Vale—the man who owned a lot of the city, the man who never bowed down to anyone, the man who ruined my life with one word—was on his knees in the mud. His fancy black pants were getting soaked with water from the floor. His wet hair was hanging over his face. His hands were flat on the floor.For a second something inside me cracked. The old Rita, the girl who used to love him more than her own life, wanted to reach out. She wanted to touch his shoulder and tell him to get up. It felt really wrong to see him look so small, so broken and so human. I took a shaky breath. My fingers loosened a bit around Aria's blanket.Then a cold wind seemed to blow through my memory.I felt heat rush back into my face. I remembered this morning. I remembered the lights of the company lobby. I remembered the look in his eyes when he
The Wife He Replaced CHAPTER45
CHAPTER45Ethan's pov The neon sign in the diner window was making a buzzing sound that was giving me a headache. I pushed the glass door open. It rattled really loud. I was breathing hard and fast. The smell of oil and cheap coffee hit me right away.. I did not look around. My eyes went to the small corner.That is where Victor was. Victor was sitting on a round metal stool across from Rita's table. Water from his leather jacket was dripping onto the clean floor. His hands were flat on the wood. He looked small. He looked completely broken. His head was hanging down like he had no strength left.. I did not care about his pain. I was angry. A hot fire was burning in my chest. My jaw was locked tight.I pushed past Maya. She was standing still near the door with a flashlight in her hand. My wet boots made a sound against the floor as I marched toward the booth. I did not care about his security cars parked outside. I did not care about his money or his company. I just saw the fear on
The Wife He Replaced CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 44Rita's pov My heart did not just skip a beat; it stopped. The warm greasy air in the diner suddenly felt like ice in my throat. I looked at Aria's finger pointing at Victor's wet shaking face and I panicked. I did not think. I did not plan. I just grabbed Aria. Pulled her behind my back."Don't look at him Aria!" I gasped. My voice was high and broken. I pushed her into the corner of the booth using my body to block her from Victor's sight. "Turn around baby. Look at the wall. Do not look at him!""Mommy?" Aria whimpered. Her little fingers dug into my coat. "Mommy you're hurting my arm. Who is that man? Why is he crying?""He is nobody, Aria! He is a stranger!" I lied. My voice rose into a shriek. I could feel my teeth chattering. "Keep your eyes closed, baby. Please just listen to Mommy."Victor did not stand up. He stayed on his knees on the floor.. When I called him a stranger he looked like I had hit him. His chest let out a gasp and his shoulders slumped down. He sta
The Wife He Replaced CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 43Victor's pov My legs felt like they were stuck in the mud. I stood by the glass door of the diner, water dripping from my jacket and making a puddle on the floor. I was breathing hard. I could barely get any air. Everything around me just stopped. The noise from the neon sign and the rain outside just disappeared.I could not look away from the corner booth. That is where Rita was. She was pressed against the seat, her eyes wide with fear. She looked at me like I was a stranger like I was someone who was going to hurt her. She was shaking a lot.Then my eyes moved to the little girl sleeping next to her. The pink blanket had slipped down. The light from the diner was shining right on her face. I felt a pain in my chest like someone had punched me.It was like looking at a picture of myself when I was a kid. She had dark curly hair like me. She had the jawline as me, the one my mom always said I got from my family. Even the way she slept with her lips parted was like me whe
The Wife He Replaced CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 42 Rita's pov The kitchen was really dark. I could not see my hands. The silence in the penthouse was so loud it hurt my ears. My heart was beating fast. It felt like someone was hitting my ribs with a hammer. I was holding Aria tightly against my chest. She was. Had her arms around my neck."Mommy, " Aria said quietly. Her voice was full of tears. "I am scared. Why did the lights go out?""It is okay baby, " I said. I tried to sound calm. "It is a storm outside. The lights will come on. I promise."Maya was moving around on the floor near the kitchen island. I heard her shoes scrape against the wood. Then I saw a yellow light. She had found her flashlight. The light was moving around the room. It showed how scared Maya was. Her face was pale. She had deep lines on her forehead."The phone is dead Rita, " Maya said. Her voice was shaking. "There is no service. No signal. Nothing. Ethan's system is not working either. The security panel is completely black."I felt sweat on t
The Wife He Replaced CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 41Victor's povThe rain was coming down hard pouring down on the built skyscraper like a million tiny drums. The metal frame. Groaned in the wind the only sound in the empty dark space. I did not care about the rain. I did not care about the mud over the floor. My blood was racing, hot and angry like a fire burning out of control. I had been following Raymond's signal. It had led me straight to this abandoned yard. I was not leaving until I got some answers.Through the light I saw Ethan standing near a wooden desk packing up his leather briefcase. He thought he was alone and that he had hidden her away perfectly.. I knew better. "Ethan!" I shouted, my voice cutting through the sound of the rain like a knife.Ethan jumped, spinning around fast. His hand hit the desk knocking a metal flashlight to the ground with a clang. When he saw my face his eyes went wide with fear. He quickly got control of himself. He glared at me, his jaw clenching hard. I could see the muscles in his
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