All Chapters of After He Took It All: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Brielle A familiar child. The house. The companies that were no longer in my name…An incoming car…And then!I woke up gasping for my breath. The soft sheets around me just followed my skin with every movement and it was starting to feel suffocating. My hands went to my throat for air as I kept gasping and gasping, trying to fill my lungs with as much air as I could.The sound of plates dropping sounded nearby but I couldn't think of that. I was too heartbroken to care anymore. The next thing I felt were hands on my back and mumbling besides my ears.Strong, steady hands on my back. Not holding me down—just there. Like a weight to anchor me.“Brielle,” a low voice whispered near my ear, calm and firm. It was more clear this time.“You’re safe. I need you to listen to me, okay?”I couldn’t answer. My throat burned. All I could do was slowly blink in response.“Let’s do this together. It’s called grounding. Just follow my voice. Can you do that?”I blinked again. Barely nodded.“Go

BrielleThe owner of the company was Axel."Bri—" He started."Don't Brielle me. Firstly, you knew my husband was a cheating skank, yet you kept it to yourself. I know we weren't... we aren't close, but still, I expected some respect. And now... now I'm finding out that she used to work not only in my husband's company but yours too." I said in one breath.The look in Axel's eyes. His surprise."Okay firstly, it's not fair that you keep bringing up the cheating part. I already told you why and I thought we were past that."A wave of shame caught me because he was right."Secondly, yes. She used to work for both of us. I fired her because I found out that she was blackmailing staff. A lot of them. I couldn't let such a toxic person stay... or should I? The only reason I didn't tell you was because I didn't see the need to. I didn't feel it was important. If I did, then you would have surely known."Okay, now I was feeling like the biggest jerk on the planet. He had been so supportive t