Lahat ng Kabanata ng Sunrise After Divorce; The Comeback Queen : Kabanata 251 - Kabanata 255

Author's POV ~Scarlett sat on the edge of her bed, her elbows resting on her knees and her fingers pressed against her forehead. The quiet of the room felt heavier than usual, almost as if it was waiting for her to speak first. Her thoughts kept looping back to the conversation she had with Ethan. Every word he said replayed in her mind, tugging at the parts of her heart she tried so hard to bury. She wished she could push everything aside and pretend she was fine, but nothing felt simple anymore.Her grandmother’s voice lingered in her memory. McKenzie had always been the one who saw through her, the one whose words stayed long after everyone else’s faded. She remembered standing across from her in that living room yesterday, listening to her grandmother’s gentle voice tell her to follow her heart and not the noise around her. At the time, she nodded and agreed but never truly absorbed what she heard. Now those words pressed against her chest as if they refused to let her run from t

Author's POV ~Scarlett moved quietly through her mansion that same night. The twins had been tucked into bed, their nanny quietly closing the bedroom door behind her. Scarlett exhaled, her heart heavy, yet her mind was buzzing with a single thought. The message she had seen on Stefan’s phone earlier had not left her alone. Someone was coming to spend the night at his bar, and she needed to know the truth for herself. She had spent too long wondering, doubting, and pretending, and now it was time to confront reality, no matter how painful it might be.She slipped into a dark hoodie, pulled on her glasses, and checked herself in the mirror. Her face was pale, tense, and determined. No one could recognize her like this. She grabbed her keys and quietly left the house, moving with deliberate silence. The drive through the quiet streets gave her time to calm her racing thoughts, yet she could not ignore the knot of anxiety in her stomach. She rehearsed what she would do, how she would con