All Chapters of Taking Back My Ex-wife: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Chapter 1: Divorce Mirellas POV“You’re home early” I smiled, setting the wine table, “perfect, I have a surprise for you.”The penthouse glowed with soft candlelight. The scent of rosemary and butter floated through the air, I’d even put on his favorite silk dress.Tonight was supposed to be our night, After years of heartbreak, failed tests, and hospital visits.Tonight was the night I’d tell him I was pregnant.I’d imagined it so many times, his shocked grin, the way he’d pull me into his arms and kiss me, the laughter and brainstorming of baby names. I wanted to see him cry, just once, with joy instead of frustration.But the moment Nikolai stepped into the doorway, something felt off. His cologne filled the room, He dropped his keys into the silver dish by the door his movements sharp. He didn’t take off his jacket. He didn’t smile. Didn’t even glance at the dinner table or the silk dress I’d chosen.He looked….tired. His eyes, that I loved, didn’t soften when they met mine.“I

Mirella's POV“Jaxon, he threw me out,” I sobbed into the phone, my voice barely audible over the rain hammering the roof of the cab. “He doesn’t want me anymore.”The driver's eyes flicked at me in the rearview mirror, his gaze was pitying, cautious, Then turned back to the road. I pressed my forehead against the cold window, watching the Belgrave skyline blur into streaks of light.“Slow down,” my brother’s voice came through, low and tight. “What the hell do you mean threw you out? Where are you?”“I, I don’t know,” I stammered. “I just left. I couldn’t stay there. He…he said he wants a divorce. Jax, he’s leaving me for Liora.”Silence. Then a hissed curse. “That son of a, Mirella, listen to me. I’m coming back tonight.”“No, no, you can’t.” I wiped my face with my sleeve. “You told me you have important meetings and conferences for the next day,““To hell with the conference!” he barked. Then his tone softened, breaking at the edges. “You’re crying, I can hear it. Little sister, I

Mirellas POVImmediately I walk through the door I find Tessa already waiting for me.“Finally!” She ran towards me, her face riddled with worry as she inspects my face and my body.“Tessa, What are you doing here?, how’d you get in?” I asked tiredly, I was too weak to show my surprise.“Andreas called to let me in, he called me on my way here and asked me, well ordered me to check on you.” She said absentmindedly as she kept inspecting me.“Andreas, Called you, why?” I asked as something small and almost unnoticeable blossomed at the pit of my stomach.“Why?, Why?!” Her voices going higher, “the whole city of belgrave knows why mirella…what were you thinking, how dare Nikolai not stand up for you, how dare she lay a hand on you! If I ever catch that bitch, her disgustingly pretty face would be not so pretty” Tessa raves on, but the only thing I picked out of it was.“Andreas saw it..?” I mean I knew he was bound to see it but.. I wasn’t ready for that reality. How was I going to look