All Chapters of An Ex-wife's Guide to Revenge: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

LYSSANDRA I'm standing on the edge of my balcony, one foot hanging off the edge, the evening breeze blowing the smell of citrus flowers into my nose.I'm considering stepping off the edge. It wouldn't take much, and really, no one would miss me. No one except my best-friend, Riley, and maybe, Cade.I'm convinced this evening is the best day because this is the happiest I've been in a year, and I've always wanted to die happy.I hear the bedroom door open, and I sigh. Another missed opportunity. I smell Riley’s perfume before I hear her voice. Riley’s voice is sultry, the voice of a vixen luring men to destruction in a 90’s movie.“Lys? Where are you? Mrs. Nagia gave me your tea.” Riley says.The smell of citrus fills my nose again, as I tilt the wine glass in clutching to my lips. I could still do it, just one step over the edge, and Riley would lay my dead body to rest, same as I did for my parents.Instead, coward that I am, I chicken out again, and head into the room, sweeping th

LYSSANDRA Uncle Nathan comes around the table, and kisses me gently on the cheeks.I roll my eyes.My uncle is Judas.This is a kiss of betrayal.Arcg is still sitting in my chair, and I walk around the desk, glaring down at him. “I guess it is not enough to fuck my husband, you also want my seat?”I don't wait for them to attack me, I will attack first, and win.Arch’s eyes flash with anger, but he stands, and walks around the desk.“Lyssandra, I understand you are angry, but that is no way to speak to a major shareholder. Show some respect.” Cade snaps at me.“You mean the same respect he showed me while he rammed his cock into you?” I grin, shrugging. “Okay.”I will never allow any of these men to see that I am hurt.They will never know that under this facade, I am broken, and drained, and sick.None of them care at all.“Lys, Cade is a man, he's allowed to do whatever he wants. You can't bring the issues in your marriage to work.”“I haven't planned to, because Cade is no longe

LYSSANDRA He kisses me again, and for one stupid second, I melt.But then I remember the sound Cade made when he moaned into Cade’s mouth.I remember the way Sadie held her stomach as though I was the enemy.I bite down hard on his lower lip, so hard that I can taste his blood.Cade staggers back, cursing. “Fuck! What the hell is wrong with you, Lyssandra?”I wipe my lips with the back of my hand. "I want nothing to do with you. I’m filing for divorce. And I want you off my board.”“You’d really do that to me?” he says. “After everything we’ve been through? We’ve always stood by each other, Lys. You were mine before you even knew what love was.”His fingers dig into my arms, squeezing so tightly I feel my bones will snap.Gritting my jaw, I hold back the whimper of pain.He has broken me more times than I can count, I refuse to allow him win this time too."How can you do this to me? After everything we’ve been through? It was a simple mistake!”"A simple mistake?"His eyes look awa

ERDENLyssandra. Her name rattles around in my head in the silence that soaks into the room. Nathan stands, straightens his shoulders and tries to move the meeting forward. “I apologize for that farce, Erden. You weren't supposed to see that.” My chest still heaves with what I just witnessed. I've never claimed to be a good man. People have died at my hands, and more people will die at my hands who cross me. In my world, it is the price I pay for staying alive. But Nathan Veyn had just sat still and watched his niece being disrespected by two men who are nothing but dirt, compared to her. And that more than anything is the reason I'm still sitting here, still considering this meeting despite the fact that there's nothing for me to gain here. “Wasn't I? Then why did you let me see it?” I question him. The color had faded from Lys’s face immediately Arch questioned her, and I could see that she was putting on a brace front. “Lyssandra is a staff here at Veyn Biolabs. She must b

LYSSANDRA I look up into dark eyes staring right into my soul, a head full of dark blonde hair, with full lips smiling down at me. I'm not sure who this is, but whoever it is, he's hot. Hotter than a furnace on a hot summer day. I back away, feeling Riley behind me. She's knocked into my back and barely stumbles to keep her balance. The man wraps his fingers around her arm and holds her until she's stable, but his dark eyes are on me. “Are you lost?”He is handsome, with long lashes that fan shadows on his cheekbones whenever he blinks down at me. His eyes are dark, and yet there's something unnaturally golden about their depths. Is he a party guest? Or a friend of Erden’s? My heart is suddenly knocking against my chest. “I'm here for Erden? Erden Kryne?” My voice is suddenly too throaty, and I swallow to clear it. His brows rise in question, creating a perfect arch. “Erden? He's busy. But I'm free, I wouldn't mind keeping you company.” He offers the words so casually, as th