Chapter 1. The Ghost in Her eyes.

Elena's POV Three Years–I stared at the phone long after the message came in.“I’ll come home tonight.”Four words.After days of silence, weeks of sleeping alone, and three years of a marriage that felt more like slow erosion than union… he was coming home.I didn’t know what to do with that. What to feel. I should have been angry. Maybe I was. But underneath it all, under the bruises silence left on a woman’s heart, there was hope—small and aching and foolish.So I waited.I didn't bake because I didn't expect anything. I baked because my hands needed something to do that wasn’t reaching for him in my sleep. The lavender? That was accidental. A candle I lit just to make the house feel less cold. I wasn’t trying to lure him into softness.Not this time.I told myself I wouldn’t dress up. That I wouldn’t let him see how much I still wanted him to want me. But when the clock ticked past nine and headlights touched the driveway, I panicked. I ran upstairs and changed into the only sil

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Chapter 2. A Birthday never meant for Me.

"Ma'am, why are you sitting on the floor?"I didn't even hear the door open. Aunt Jenny's voice pulled me back from whatever place my mind had drifted into. She stood at the door, holding a small tray with a glass of water and a little white pill. Her brows knit together, confusion and concern playing across her features.I turned my back to her, blinked hard to chase away the tears, and slowly stood. My legs ached, and the soles of my feet throbbed."What is it?" My voice was dry, distant."Mr. Lucien asked me to bring this up to you before he left." She hesitated as she stepped closer, holding out the tray.I didn't need to ask. I already knew. Birth control. Again.Something inside me crumbled like ash. The man I called my husband didn't even want to leave the possibility of a child between us. I reached out with trembling fingers, took the pill, and swallowed it in front of her.Aunt Jenny nodded silently and left. The door clicked shut behind her, and I was alone again.I moved l

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Chapter 3. Divorce is the Goal.

Elena's POVThe silence in the car wasn't just awkward. It was suffocating. Like a storm building up in Lucien's chest, thunderclouds gathered behind his dark eyes."What did you just say to me?" His voice, low and gravelly, cut through the quiet like a knife. "Say it again."I met his gaze, cold and piercing. My fingers tightened into fists, my lips trembling slightly, but I didn't waver."I said, Lucien, I want a divorce."I didn't know what I expected—maybe a laugh, maybe silence. But not this.The next second, the world tilted. Literally.With two sharp moves, I was sprawled across his lap, stunned into disbelief. My breath caught as heat radiated from the backs of my thighs.He actually spanked me."Are you out of your mind?! Let me go!" I shrieked, kicking, writhing. "You arrogant bastard! What right do you have to lay a hand on me?"**Smack.**Another hit, harder. My eyes watered, not from the pain but from the memory it clawed open.I was fifteen again. Chest bound tight, suf

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Chapter 4. Illusion.

Pfft… cough, cough.Water sprayed down my chin as I coughed, choking on the sip I’d just taken. My lungs burned, but I barely had time to recover before Lucien’s voice sliced through the air.“Talk.”His tone was ice—flat and hard enough to cut glass. I wiped my mouth, lifting my eyes to meet his, heat rising in my chest.“Is it me who can miraculously conceive without sperm, or are you secretly capable of remote impregnation now?” My voice came out sharp, laced with fury. “Remind me—when exactly did you stop being so damn careful?”The air thickened between us, the edge in my words practically vibrating in the space.“You’ve got a nasty tongue,” he muttered with a hollow laugh.But I saw it in his eyes—he didn’t believe I was pregnant. He didn’t push. He didn’t ask when how or why. He just moved.Lucien dropped to one knee beside the bed and opened the first aid kit, pulling out antiseptic like it was routine. And maybe for him, it was. He reached for my ankle, and I didn’t pull away

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Chapter 5. The Breaking Point

(Elena’s POV)Lucien didn’t look at me straight away. He kept his head bent over a stack of files, flipping pages with the bored precision of a man whose time was far too valuable for whatever I might say. Then slowly his eyes lifted. Cold. Sharp. Already carrying the verdict.“I don’t have time to play house with you, Elena. Take it back.”The divorce papers crinkled in my grip. “I’m not playing.”The pen in his hand hit the desk with a metallic clang that made me flinch. The sound seemed to rattle inside my chest, like a warning bell before a storm.“What’s your excuse?” His voice was ice. “Do I smell? Am I-” a faint, scornful pause “infertile? Careful, Elena. Spread something like that and you’ll be the one who pays.”My mouth was dry. “Those weren’t my words. I wrote my reasons clearly.”He snatched the papers from me, skimming them like each page was an insult. Halfway down, his eyes stilled. His jaw clenched.“No love. No intimacy. A marriage in name only.” His voice had dropped

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Semua Bab Put a Leash on My Ex-husband : Bab 1 - Bab 5

Chapter 1. The Ghost in Her eyes.

Chapter 2. A Birthday never meant for Me.

Chapter 3. Divorce is the Goal.

Chapter 4. Illusion.

Chapter 5. The Breaking Point