All Chapters of After Divorce: Ex-wife Never Turns Back: Chapter 221 - Chapter 230

“A break?” I gasped, spinning to face him fully. “Is that what you think I want? A break from the life I’ve built? From everything I’ve clawed my way into? Do you think I spent years fighting to know my father, building trust with the Augustus name, just so I could go sip tea by the Seine like some

“She’ll be here soon,” I said, trying to sound reassuring, though I had no idea if that was true. “She’ll be here for the birth. And in the meantime, you’ve got me.”Maya gave me a grateful look, and for a moment, the ice between us melted. I could almost see the girl she had been before everything

Every item from my registry had been purchased, down to the last organic swaddle cloth. It was generous. It was overwhelming. And yet none of it surprised me. I had planned it all, down to the brand of diapers and the specific model of bottle sterilizer. This moment was a performance, beautiful and

“And where do you want to belong?” Charles asked, his eyes narrowing just slightly, the smirk softening into genuine curiosity.I hesitated. The question was a loaded one, but the man asking it had always seemed more reasonable than the others. Less performative. More... aware. I leaned forward, res

I nodded, but my heart twisted. “Maybe. I don’t know.”“What do you mean?”I hesitated, then exhaled. “Louis wants to move to France. For work. For at least a year. And I told him I didn’t want to go.”Lyla’s face went slack with shock. “You what? Maya. What are you saying?”“I don’t know!” I cried,