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Chapter 66: The Bag Was Already Packed
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2026-08-21 19:29:46
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Untouched for Three Years: Leaving My Billionaire Husband and Return the Pool Chapter 130: Fear From Competitors
Nothing more romantic happened after they said good night. Devon only ran his hand once over the hair at the back of Romy’s head before releasing her and returning to his room. Strangely, it took Romy twenty minutes longer than usual to fall asleep that night. On Saturday morning, the team lounge divided itself around the campaign.No one questioned Anny’s position. Her time, medals, and place at the center of the film were beyond argument. The disagreement formed beneath her: whether Sophia’s years inside the program gave her a stronger claim than Romy’s rapid improvement, and whether the younger swimmers were being asked to wait for a story sponsors already knew how to sell.Some athletes supported Sophia. Others insisted Sunday’s board would settle more than a week of interviews could. Most tried to avoid choosing a side until they knew which side would win.Sophia found Anny alone beside the recovery room, fastening the strap of her watch.“You were right yesterday,” Sophia said
Untouched for Three Years: Leaving My Billionaire Husband and Return the Pool Chapter 129: One More Thing He Asked
“I will ask,” Devon said.Romy noticed the wording. He had not promised to force the association to obey him. He had promised to begin with a request.She lowered her glass, and their fingers brushed again when Devon reached to move the campaign folder away from the damp ring on the table. This time, Romy did not pull back immediately. Devon’s hand went still beside hers, close enough that the side of his smallest finger rested against her skin.Neither of them mentioned it.The silence that followed was no longer entirely uncomfortable. Romy could hear the quiet hum of the air conditioning and the faint movement of traffic far below. Devon’s presence filled the room without pressing against her, and she became aware of how easily those five minutes had passed.Devon looked at the clock on the wall.Exactly five minutes after entering, he withdrew his hand and stood. “I said I would not stay longer.”Romy had expected to feel relieved when he respected the limit she had set. Instead,
Untouched for Three Years: Leaving My Billionaire Husband and Return the Pool Chapter 128: Keep A Distance
Friday’s training passed mostly in other people’s conversations.At 11:10, Romy swam 1:01.79. The number remained well behind Sophia’s best and farther behind Anny, but the people near the timing board stopped describing Romy as an old champion attempting to become competitive. They began discussing how long it might take her to reach Sophia.Sophia heard the difference.Miller recorded the result, ordered Romy out of the water, and moved on to Maya’s start. Liam did not celebrate, touch Romy’s towel, or remain beside her lane. He followed the boundary Miller had set so precisely that his absence became visible in a new way.It was Devon who broke his own pattern first.Romy returned to the thirty-seventh floor after dinner and found him standing outside 3703, ending a call. He had not sent food to her room, changed her treatment schedule, or appeared at the pool. Since she closed the door on him Wednesday night, he had reduced every interaction to a polite greeting.He started to ent
Untouched for Three Years: Leaving My Billionaire Husband and Return the Pool Chapter 127: The Story They Chose
The new campaign was released at 7:15 on Friday morning.By 7:22, every phone at the team breakfast table had received the link.The film opened with Anny on the starting block beneath the words BRITAIN’S FASTEST WOMAN. Her international medals appeared behind her. A commentator described her as the country’s strongest hope in the women’s sprint events, and the next shot showed her driving cleanly through the final meters of a race she had won the previous season.No one could reasonably claim that the campaign ignored her.That was what made the rest of the edit more effective.Sophia appeared next, alone in the training center before dawn. Her interview about missing a selection by 0.12 played over images of taped shoulders, empty stands, and her hands tightening the straps of a kit bag. Maya and two younger swimmers spoke about waiting for their first international chance.Then old footage of seventeen-year-old Romy filled the screen.The film cut from a younger athlete saying, “So
Untouched for Three Years: Leaving My Billionaire Husband and Return the Pool Chapter 126: How to Choose a Side
Anny’s fingers tightened around the water bottle in her hand. Anger flickered across her face, but the mention of Liam had unsettled her enough that she could not answer immediately.“And don’t give me that noble speech about how you don’t need anyone to let you win,” Sophia continued. “Be honest with yourself, Anny. Would you really feel nothing if Romy took everything you spent years believing would finally be yours?”Anny’s expression stiffened. She still did not reply.Sophia leaned closer. “Think about it.”“You see it now, do you not?” Sophia kept her voice low enough that the production team could not hear. “It does not matter whether Romy disappears for three years or ten. You can stand where she once stood, win every race, and Liam will still look at her first.”Anny stopped beside a table stacked with bottled water. The words found the wound Liam had opened that morning, and Sophia knew it from the brief change in her expression.“Liam’s feelings are his responsibility,” Ann
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By ten thirty, the women’s sprint group had finished the hardest part of its morning session.Miller moved Liam to the center lanes and kept him there. Liam recorded starts for Maya, checked a relay exchange at the far end, and passed Romy only twice without stopping. The decision was fair. It also made the easy rhythm of Wednesday feel more private in retrospect.Romy’s final hundred was 1:02.04, a smaller improvement than the day before. Miller wrote it beside her name and gave her the same brief nod he gave Maya after a clean turn.Sophia still noticed that his eyes returned to the number.Before anyone could leave the deck, the team administrator entered with two assistants carrying garment bags and a box of release forms. Caroline followed them.She wore a cream suit with a narrow gold belt and heels that had no practical place near a pool. Her hair fell in polished waves over one shoulder. Nothing in her appearance suggested that Devon had publicly challenged her judgment two ni
Untouched for Three Years: Leaving My Billionaire Husband and Return the Pool Chapter 6 Lost And Found Her
Rebecca felt herself go rigid.Slowly, she turned back. “Coach Miller,” she said quietly.“It really is you.” Miller reached her in several long strides.The face that had stared down champions, sponsors, and entire committees without softening was now filled with disbelief. His gaze moved over her
Untouched for Three Years: Leaving My Billionaire Husband and Return the Pool Chapter 5 The Training Squad
Rebecca kept walking.Her wet footprints marked the tile behind her until the changing-room door swung open.Then Chloe’s voice broke through the poolside murmur.“Wait—that badge. Isn’t that the British national swimming team training emblem?”The atmosphere shifted at once.Rebecca stopped with h
Untouched for Three Years: Leaving My Billionaire Husband and Return the Pool Chapter 2 A Cry In The Night
She moved in close, lifted her face, and kissed him.It was awkward at first. Her lips brushed his with more courage than skill. She laid both hands on his chest. He felt warm and solid under her fingers. One hand slid up to his neck but she stopped short of pulling him in closer.Rebecca kept her
Untouched for Three Years: Leaving My Billionaire Husband and Return the Pool Chapter 1 Failed To Be A Wife
“You’ve been married three years!” Margaret said, her scorn cutting the atmosphere in the high-ceilinged drawing room. “Three years, and your excuse is that my son still hasn’t touched you?”With her head lowered, Rebecca Perry sat stiffly on the edge of the sofa, focusing on her hands folded tight
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