Semua Bab No Longer Yours, Ex Husband: Bab 311 - Bab 320

I swallow hard, his words sinking into my chest like heavy stones dragging me down.Is this really how it’s going to end? Is this really the fate waiting for Axel? To see his father not as a hero, not even as a villain, but as a stranger?The thought alone feels like a knife twisting in my gut.I glance at Caden again, at the hard set of his jaw, the empty look in his eyes. He believes every word he just said. Maybe he’s even accepted it already, as if there’s no point in fighting it.But me? I can’t accept that.I won’t.Axel deserves better. He deserves a family that doesn’t shatter at the first sign of trouble. He deserves parents who at least try—who don’t just give up and call it fate."Maybe... maybe it doesn't have to be like that," I whisper, surprising even myself.Caden finally looks at me, really looks at me, with an expression I can't quite read. Sadness? Hope? Or maybe just pity because he thinks I'm naive enough to think I can save my son from something as broken as us.

[Vivienne] By the time we made it to the hotel, my heart was in my throat, and my head was buzzing with all kinds of impossible thoughts. Even though Caden does his best to calm me down—with his gentle words in my ears, with his soft and assuring touches—nothing seems to be working enough to make me completely relax. When we reach the reception lobby, the manager and two of his staff are already waiting for us. My voice is almost a scream when I open my mouth. “Where are they?” The manager stutters, “In your suite?” “Still?” “We were just waiting for you.” “For the love of God!” I throw my hands in the air and charge toward the elevator. Thankfully, one opens right when we reach, and we all get in, with Caden existing quietly by my side. During the ride, the manager once again briefs us on the situation. “This is an unfortunate situation, but I assure you nothing like this has ever happened before. Samiko is one of our best nannies. She’s absolutely wonderful with kids. I don

[Vivienne]Every time I think I have seen the worst, something happens and leaves me beyond frustrated and baffled for my own good.This time, it’s the audacity of Caden’s birth family.How can they be so shameless? Do they have no humanity? No emotions? No sentiments for their only child? The only thing they seem to care about is his perfection—the fact that he can represent their family or not, or if he’s worthy of their name.Right now, I want nothing more than to hold this man in my arms and let him forget about the kind of life he has lived. I want him to forget all the pain and betrayal and toxicity he has experienced since his childhood and live in this moment, where everything is selfless and loving and perfect.But I can’t even do that.Because this is not the moment I want him to have. In fact, this is not the kind of moment any parent should ever experience in their whole life.Axel and Ben are nowhere to be found, and that just… ugh… I don’t know what to do.However, befor

Hi,So… last month happened.My absence has been long—definitely not how I planned it. Let’s just say, despite trying everything and planning everything, I still wasn’t prepared (kind of like my home, which has been under mild renovation for over a month now).Anyway, if you’ve been keeping up with the little updates I left after some of the chapters, you’d know I was due last month. Surprise, surprise—because of my hypertension, the doctors decided to induce me early. And after going through 12 hours of labor, my child still decided to make an entrance via cesarean.Yup. That’s how crazy last month has been for me. Most of you have probably moved on, but to those of you still here—wanting to see this through as determinedly as I do—thank you for sticking around, waiting, and not giving up just yet. I’ll be trying to get back to updating this book soon, because god knows Viv and Caden deserve a happy ending—or at least some kind of ending, lol.Last but not least, thank you for your pa

[Vivienne]“This is the third time he hasn’t answered my call.”“And I told you he wouldn’t,” Caden says, rather confidently. “Not only because he got what he’s been after for so long, but also because he’s just another toy my mother loves to play with. I bet he’s so wrapped around her tiny little finger, he’d need her permission just to breathe.”I roll my eyes. Not because I don’t believe him, but because I’m sure he’s a tad exaggerating.No matter what Caden has to say, and the reasons he has to back himself up, I still feel like Alexander isn’t the huge monster he’s making him out to be. Sure, he’s mafia, and has done some really dangerous and questionable things, but the way he has been with Axel, the way he looked into my eyes when he talked about us—it all can’t be fake. Can it?My heart says we still don’t know the whole story—or at least his side of the story—and until we get to hear it, he should be given the benefit of the doubt.But I don’t say my thoughts out loud, assure