Todos los capítulos de Married to my ex-husband's boss: Capítulo 101 - Capítulo 110

ELLE I burst through the glass doors of the office, my coat still clutched tightly around me, heart hammering so violently it threatened to shake me apart. Heads turned immediately, conversations halted mid-sentence, and a wave of startled stares swept across the room. “What's...up this time?” someone whispered behind me. I didn’t look at them. I didn’t care. Their confused expressions, their murmured questions—they were irrelevant. I pushed past the reception area, ignoring the curious glances and subtle whispers trailing behind me. My only focus was my office, my desk, and my things. My hands trembled as I fumbled with the keys to my office door, the metal cold and heavy under my fingers. Once inside, I slammed the door gently behind me, letting out a shaky breath I hadn’t realized I was holding. I gathered my bag, my coat, and anything I might need, moving like a robot. I needed to see Raymond as soon as possible. A soft knock at the door made me flinch. “Elle? Are you okay

ELLE It took everything in me to steel myself, to not let the fear in me slip. To not let everything crumble before me. If Raymond was this shaken, then it meant...it couldn't be. I couldn't let my mind travel so fast. There had to be hope. We were definitely going to get out of this situation somehow. We had to. For our child. For us. Melody watched us with a curled lip. “Touching. Really. I almost actually... cried." Then she scoffed. "But don’t get too comfortable.” Raymond lifted his head again, his voice razor-sharp. “How did you get out, Melody? How are you even here?” She smiled. “Simple,” she said. “Like I always told that idiot, Richard—who never listened—always make sure people owed you a debt. In my case, it was my uncle. A very rich uncle.” She began pacing, her steps echoing across the empty pool. “He bribed some officers. Threatened a few more. Paid others to fake my death. One simple staged incident, and poof—little Melody no longer existed in the system

ELLE I didn’t realize I was screaming until my throat felt sore. The sound coming out of me wasn’t human. It was raw. Shredded. Violent. It ripped through the dead, hollow water park like something dying in the dark. “RAYMOND!” I screamed his name again and again, until my voice broke so painfully it felt like something inside me snapped. But nothing I did… nothing I said… brought him back up. The water swallowed him whole. And his struggling… stopped. My heart clawed at my ribcage. “No, no, no, no…” Tears blurred everything. My vision shook. “Raymond, please… please move… please come up… please breathe…” I dragged my body forward even though the ropes cut deeper into my wrists, tearing skin. I didn’t care. I would have ripped my own arms off if it meant reaching him. But the world didn’t move. The water didn’t move. Raymond didn’t move. I felt something inside me collapse. Something so heavy I couldn’t breathe. Melody laughed. Actually laughed. A sharp, gleeful, insan

ELLE The day Raymond opened his eyes felt unreal, almost dreamlike. I refused to leave him. I sat beside him, brushing my fingers over his hand every few minutes just to reassure myself that the life in him was real and not another cruel trick of hope. So when the door opened and two officers stepped in, their footsteps sharp and their expressions solemn, the fragile peace inside the room trembled. A male officer and a female officer stood in the doorway, both wearing that heavy, unreadable look that usually came before news no one wanted to hear. The female officer cleared her throat. “Mr. and Mrs. Orlando?” My heart tightened again. Fear was a habit my body could not unlearn overnight. “Yes,” I said quietly for both of us. I moved closer to Raymond, as if proximity alone could shield us from whatever came next. The officer nodded. “We came with an update regarding the suspects. Luckily, Melody Nelson and Evans Decker were both apprehended yesterday. They sustained a few inj

ELLE FIVE YEARS LATER The hospital felt so cold I thought I was at the North Pole. I stood just outside the consultation room, the test results trembling slightly in my hand. Pregnant. Again. My breath caught as the words echoed in my mind. For a moment, joy flickered through me. A baby. A new life. Another little heartbeat growing inside me. But the joy was swallowed quickly by something else. A familiar dread crept up my spine and wrapped tight around my chest. I thought I had healed. I thought time had stitched every broken piece. But holding that paper made something inside me tremble. What if something happened again? What if danger found its way back into our lives? By the time I reached the parking lot, my hands were cold. What if I could not protect this baby? What if my past repeats itself? What if peace was never meant for someone like me? Even though Evans was gone. Melody was gone. The threats were gone. I still wasn't at peace. I guess fear had a way of