Lahat ng Kabanata ng Disgraced Ex-wife; Reborn With Fire: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 4

DAVINA“You came too late, Mrs. Miles.” The grave words of the doctor, caused my heart to sink. “The IUD device needs to be surgically removed. It has perforated your uterus beyond normal and uterine removal is the only solution…” Those words put a final stamp on my proficiency as a woman. Weeks of pushing off the doctor’s visits even with the pain I was feeling just to care for my husband in his last stages of illness. “Davina!” His sharp voice cut through my self-deprecating thoughts, reminding me I had an issue at hand. “What did you say?” My shaky voice bounced off the ears of everyone who watched us intensely on stage. Gossip mongers, waiting to carry the news of my impending doom. “I want a divorce.” Again, he said, for the second time that day. He wasn't bluffing, he said it like something I could just accept and get it done with. To him, breaking from a marriage of five years after I had devoted my life and energy to caring for him was nothing. “Right now? Everyone…” I p

DAVINA My eyes opened, with the feel of the sun's rays soothing my skin. The morning sun– I gasped, shooting up from the bed in fear. However, I got a split headache almost immediately and then a rush of memories of all that happened. I wasn't in the Miles mansion where I was obligated to wake up before the sunrise. But where was I? My heart dropped, feeling the thick bandage that wrapped around my head. And then when I looked at the wide floor-to-ceiling window, I realized I was in a penthouse suite that overlooked the streets of Staten Island. This wasn't my apartment. That man— fear filled my heart at the thought of him. “Finally, you are awake.” The same cold voice, made me snap my head in its direction. The man sat, crossed-legged with fresh newspapers covering his face. Had he been here the entire time? Watching me sleep? My gaze burned through those papers, wanting to see the face behind them. When he finally brought the