All Chapters of Spellbound by Her: Chapter 11 - Chapter 15

Rylan knew then that he would never be whole again. The warning signs had always been right before his eyes, yet he'd foolishly repeated the same mistakes over and over. "It's fine, Mae. Don't worry."When Jonah turned to look at me, I caught a glimpse of Rylan standing outside the door. The moment our eyes met, I couldn't quite describe what Rylan felt. For me, it was only a beat of surprise and shock before I gave him a slight nod and calmly asked, "Are you here to drop off the divorce papers?"Actually, you can have your lawyer call mine. There's no shared marital property to dispute, so I'm sure it's just a simple procedure.""Mae," Rylan called out, his lips tugging into a small, bitter smile. "I didn't sign the papers, and I don't want a divorce."I was surprised, but the shock lasted only a second. Honestly, I understood why he was acting this way—it felt just like when Ciara White had dumped Hunter and disappeared.Humans took 21 days to form a habit, but Ciara and Hun

"You're not mad, are you?" Jonah asked."No," I replied."In that case, will you be my wife?""Why didn't you tell me back then that you were the one who first found me?""You said you hated me and that I annoyed you, so you told me to stay as far away as possible," he muttered in a sulky voice. "Was I really that unbearable?"I couldn't help but picture him as he was back then—tall, a basketball lover, his skin tanned dark by the sun. He was handsome, but with that goofy grin, he wasn't exactly my type at the time.Back then, I liked quiet, gentle men like the younger Rylan. It seemed that one truly couldn't judge a book by its cover.The man who'd seemed unreliable turned out to be deeply devoted, while the gentle, refined man ended up being quite the womanizer."Honestly… you weren't that annoying. I'm really sorry, Jonah.""You don't have to apologize, Maeve," he said softly."Could you say it again? The words you said when you tried to win me over."Jonah shifted, a lit