Lahat ng Kabanata ng BEYOND GOODBYE: Take Me Back EX WIFE : Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 110

Shan POV“I got you,” Samuel whispered in my ear, and it made me want to bawl and cry my eyes out.The words were meant to comfort me, but they had the opposite effect.How can I find solace from those words when they came from the person who had repeatedly hurt me in the past?What if the words were uttered in haste as a band-aid solution for my tears? Just to placate me and stop me from crying, but it was half-meant and forgotten in the next hours, days, or weeks.What if someone only says the words because you wanted to hear them, but they were not the actual words they wanted to say?Too many questions, but there’s only one thing I was sure of.I can not rely on Samuel’s promises. That was what I learned a long time ago.When it came to me, his words sounded inane. He lacked the commitment to push the words through and make them real.Maybe because to him, I am someone dispensable. Easily forgotten. Replaceable.I did not know how long we stayed like that, with Samuel hugging me

Shan POVI gaped at Josh’s retreating figure, trying to figure out whether I would follow him to set the record straight about Samuel’s insinuations, but what would that remedy?That thought held me back.My plans aren’t fixed yet. I am not sure what to do yet.As much as his offer was good for Shelly, I don’t think playing house with anyone right now is a good idea.I was not blind to Josh’s interest. We went out on a date in the past, and it was a big flop.Right now, I am not interested in any relationship. Shelly is my priority.I do not need to complicate our lives by dating another man. Someday maybe.“Good riddance.” I heard Samuel mutter on my side, breaking into my thoughts.Shelly heard him, too, and seeing Josh leaving hurriedly made an impression on her mind.“Why did Uncle Josh leave? Did he not see me?” Shelly asked, clueless.She looked so cute despite the puffy eyes. Her pigtails swayed while her head bobbed when she asked.While Josh’s offer surprised me, his reactio

Shan POVFor the first time, I saw a flicker in Samuel’s gaze as he stared intently at me, but like always, I did not know how to interpret them.Like a good lawyer that he was, Sam had a way of cloaking his thoughts and emotions that second-guessing him would be a feat.For years, it had always been like that, and I had gotten tired of trying.Still, a flicker meant that he had a reaction.That was something, right?Still, the nagging question is, should I rejoice about it when I have already made a decision?I don’t think that, at this point, any reaction from Sam would matter.My mind is made up.There is no changing it.It was not a choice I would be making for myself, but a choice that I made for my little girl.Shelly needed the stability I can provide her, and I can’t be stable with Sam near.Samuel is my weakness. Loving him is my one major flaw.I can’t go back and forth being crazy and tend to a four-year-old kid.That would be inviting disaster.I needed to be lucid, strong

Shan POVI stared at Samuel’s triumphant face and wanted to stomp on his foot.He was trying to trick me by using Shelly.I glared at him.“We are not going, and that is final. I have to decide on Shelly’s best interest and not yours since she is mine.” I tried to set the record straight, but Samuel only met my glare with an innocent smile that made my blood boil.My mood totally ruined, I marched back to the house.His generosity had been forgotten when he tried to insist on what he wanted rather than honoring what I wanted.“And what was he thinking, suggesting we live in his own? I have my own apartment! We aren’t cohabiting!” I hissed on the phone while talking to Pepper, who chuckled when I reported what Samuel did.“You should clear that out with him. I think he wanted to have an official relationship with you.” Pepper sounded pleased with her analysis.The way Pepper worded it made me pause.I must admit a part of me felt hopeful at the suggestion, but I know I had to tamp down

Samuel POVThe vague declaration seemed to do the trick.Rodney’s brother stepped back with his hands clenched to his sides. It looked like he was trying to restrain himself to maintain his cool.But I won’t let him. I am going to shake that facade of his to expose him.I arched a brow, and it seemed to infuriate the bas*ard further, much to my amusement.This boy, I shook my head, as I turned my gaze away from him to fix it on Shan.He, too, looked in Shan’s direction.Both of us waited for her verdict.She could deny my claim, but I highly doubt it.I was so sure Shan would grab the rope I threw at her feet. She’d save herself, I believed that. But then, a moment of hesitation gripped me when I caught the impassive look on her face.Shan looked like she was ready to dismiss the rope to confront Josh with the truth, and I can’t allow that to happen.“You do not need her confirmation. Shan is not going to marry you.” I told him arrogantly and pulled Shan away.I dragged her out of th