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Chapter One Sophie Clarke•••I paced around the living room, glancing at the wall clock as the seconds dragged by. My husband wasn’t back home yet. He knew it was our anniversary but didn’t even say anything about it throughout the day. I was waiting for him to come back home and join me for dinner. I picked up my phone, tempted to call him but I knew it wasn’t going to make any difference because I had called him a million times already. He didn’t respond to any of the calls. Alexander already made it clear he wasn’t and will never be in love with me. But I was delusional enough to think that he would make an exception since it was our third anniversary. Out of frustration, I called out our maid to refrigerate the food. “Yes ma,” she responded as she rushed to the dining room. I sat on the chair with a sad face, watching as he packed up the food I had spent my entire day preparing just to make him happy. It was half past ten already. I checked my phone again but no mess

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Chapter TwoSophie Clarke •••The sound of the door slamming still echoed in my ears long after he was gone. I stayed on the floor, my knees weak. My eyes burned from the tears. I didn’t think I’d stop crying but I did, eventually. I just sat still, the papers were still there, soaked with my tears, unsigned. I reached for my phone with a shaky hand to dial the number of the only person I could think of, my best friend. “Amanda,” I whispered as she answered the phone. “He’s gone, he handed me divorce papers.”There was a pause on the other end of the line. I could tell she was shocked by what I had just said. “Sophie, what is going on?” She asked curiously. When I was done explaining everything to her, she continued. “Please don’t stay there, come to my place. You shouldn’t be alone right now. If you want me to come get you, I surely will.”My throat tightened as I blinked fast, refusing to let the tears win. “I can’t, Amanda. He’ll come back, he just needs time,” I said with so

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Chapter ThreeAlexander Cole•••I drove over to the hotel with anticipation, the cool evening breeze brushing against my face through the open window. When I arrived at the hotel, I headed straight to the bar where she waited for me. I froze for a moment when I saw her sitting by the bar with that familiar, effortless smile that once made me lose control of my emotions and fall for her. Leila, my ex-fiancée, the woman I once thought I’d spend forever with. She stood when she saw me, her perfume already filling the air. “You came,” she said softly as she hugged me, as if she wasn’t sure I’d come. We had met each other the previous night, but it was just for a few minutes. We didn’t really get to talk. I already knew she was coming back to New York though. We had been texting for a while. I took a seat beside her as I responded, “Yeah, of course. I wouldn’t miss this for anything.” The waiter came by, and before I could say anything she ordered for both of us, like she always d

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Chapter FourSophie Clarke•••I had been staring at the wall and crying for minutes after I got off the phone with Samuel. My chest hurt badly and I kept on contemplating whether I should actually go over to the location Samuel had sent to me. After a few minutes, I forced myself up, wiped my face, and went straight to the closet. I picked out an outfit and got dressed. It wasn’t anything too serious. It was just low-rise jeans and a black tank top. I wore a cardigan over it and tied my hair up in a messy bun. After that, I searched for the car keys but I couldn’t find them. It was weird because Alexander usually kept one of his cars for me to use. He must have changed the location of the keys or something. But I didn’t let that bother me. I just picked up my phone and ordered a ride. After a few minutes, the cab arrived. As soon as we drove out of the house, it began to rain. As I stared outside lost in thought, soft droplets tapped against the car window. It was as if the wo

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Chapter FiveSophie Clarke•••“I’m sorry, who are you?” I asked, glaring at him. With a smirk on his face, he replied, “Let’s get out of here, so I can properly introduce myself. And you know you owe me a drink.” I stood still, trying to process what was going on. At that time all I could think of was my husband who was probably apologizing to his ex for my behavior. “Just trust me, okay?” He said, lending his hand to mine. I reached out for his hand, hoping I was making the right choice by agreeing to follow him wherever he planned to take me. “Sure, but where are we going?” I asked, trying to steady my voice. I turned around for a moment, trying to see if Alexander was coming after me at least. “I said trust me.” He said with a light chuckle as he held my hand and let me out of the bar area and over to the parking lot. Outside, the night air was cool, and drizzles of rain fell softly but all I could hear was my sobs. My eyes were still swollen and red. A black SUV arrived a

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Chapter 6Alexander Cole•••I didn’t miss the hushed whispers and side talks after the drama that happened with Sophie at the bar. But I didn’t care about that. All I could focus on was how to find a way to apologize to Leila. She had finally come back into my life and I didn’t want to lose her anymore. I could tell Leila was really embarrassed, she wanted to leave but I stood in her way trying to stop her. She yanked her hand away from my grip. “Alex, let me go. I don’t want to repeat myself.” I didn’t want to create another scene by holding her down, because they had already recorded us the first time. I even had to threaten them before some of them shoved their phones away.Leila walked out of the bar trying to hide her face from the stubborn people who still made videos. I trailed behind her, trying to chase the people with the camera away. “You piece of shit, you’re going out with a married man. You should be ashamed.” A young man said out loud, holding the camera so cl

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Chapter 7Sophie Clarke•••After leaving the restaurant, I went straight to Amanda’s house. It was already a little bit past ten. I didn’t even call her to say I was on my way. I just showed up at her door. I knocked gently and waited for a few minutes. When she opened the door, she didn’t ask me any questions. She just pulled me into a warm embrace. “Oh my God Sophie, you look like you haven’t slept in days.” She said softly as she cupped my face. My eyes were swollen. I was crying throughout the entire ride to her house. “I can’t go home tonight. Can I stay with you?” I whispered, my voice barely audible. Amanda nodded without hesitation. “Of course, you don’t need to ask me.” She replied as she led me into her house. I sat on the couch in the living room, shivering. Amanda brought a blanket and covered me with it. She sat beside me, and I lay my head on her thighs, curling my body like a baby. She ran her fingers through my hair and murmured softly. “Everything will be o

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Chapter 8Sophie Clarke•••When I regained consciousness, a soft beeping echoed beside me, my eyelids felt heavy and my throat was dry. As I finally opened my eyes, I blinked continuously trying to adjust to the ceiling light that stung. I looked around the room and found Amanda sitting beside. A nurse was also present in the room.“Amanda,” I whispered as I tried to sit up, my voice barely audible,“Hey… you’re awake,” the nurse said gently, her lips curled into a soft smile. Amanda got up and stood close to my bed, her hands roaming around my body as though she was trying to check my temperature. “What happened? Why am I here?” I asked Amanda, my eyes scanning the room. She looked at me, shaking her head, as if she knew something I didn’t. What was happening? Why were they not saying anything? Amanda finally replied. “You’re at Saint Luke’s hospital, you passed out but you’re… uhm you’re fine now.” I felt she was holding something back, I could tell just by looking at her. I

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Chapter 9 Alexander Cole •••I sat on the bed, staring into thin air filled with rage. There was no way she could be pregnant. No way!How did I even end up with such a pathetic woman? This had to be the worst mistake of my life. She really thought she could trap me with a fake pregnancy? She was out of her mind. My fist tightened as I thought about what she said, claiming she was pregnant for me. She must be delusional if she thought that a non-existent baby would make me change my mind about the divorce. Sophie and I never had sex without protection, and we barely even had sex. Everything was my father’s fault. He forced me to marry her, and now, she was like a shadow that wouldn’t go away. I was certain she didn’t come up with the lie on her own. Someone must’ve helped her. It was probably that stupid best friend of hers. There’s no way she came up with this whole bullshit herself. “Who did you plan this with? Who’s the doctor?” I finally asked when she wouldn’t leave the

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Chapter 10Sophie Clark •••My eyes burned with rage as I tried to wrap my head around what just happened. Even though I knew Alex didn’t love me, he had never put his hands on me for all three years we have been married. Why did he become violent all of a sudden? He pulled my hair and I was too stunned to speak. I couldn’t even be under the same roof as him, so I decided to go to my parents’ house. Alex threatened me and I knew he could hurt me and our unborn child if he had the chance. I took the divorce papers with me. When I arrived at their house, they weren’t home. The maid welcomed me. “Where are my parents?” I asked, hovering anxiously around the house. The maid replied, “They stepped out a few hours ago, they’ll be back soon.”I nodded my head. “Get me a glass of water please.”I couldn’t stay still, I kept moving restlessly around the house.After drinking the water, I went into the room that used to be mine. It still looked the same. Memories flooded my mind, I u

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