All Chapters of I Didn’t Mean to Divorce You : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Chapter Twelve—Laura's povMy eyes opened slowly, and the first thing I noticed was the pain. A sharp, relentless throbbing hammered in my head, spreading through my temples and jaw. Every blink felt like fire in my skull. My chest heaved, and a cold dread coiled around my stomach. Something was wrong. Everything around me was unfamiliar, dim. I tried to move but my hands wouldn’t obey. My legs? Tied. Fear gripped me instantly.How… how did I get here?The memory crashed back in. The restaurant, the unknown figure, the sudden hit at the back of my head, the darkness swallowing me whole. I had been knocked out. That made me realize I had been Kidnapped.“Help! Somebody!” I screamed, my voice raw panicking. The sound bounced back at me, mocking, echoing off the walls. No answer. It was only silence. My chest tightened with the realization I was alone in a place where I know nothing about.I tried to think. Who could have done this? Adrian? Could it be him? But… why? I had trusted him, al

Chapter FourteenMichael’s POVI woke up when I noticed something felt wrong.Not a sound at first, not even noise just that strange tightening in my chest, the kind that drags you out of sleep before your mind is ready. My body was stiff from the sofa, my neck aching, my mouth dry. For a moment, I didn't know why I was sleeping on the sofa when I clearly have a room.Then memory rushed back in all at once.Laura didn’t come home last night.I sat up sharply, my heart already racing, fear settling deep in my gut before my eyes were even fully open. The living room looked unfamiliar in the pale morning light, it looked like a completely different place. I dragged a hand down my face, exhausted, and that was when I heard movement from the stairs.I frowned and pushed myself to my feet, my head throbbing. I took two steps forward and froze.The maids were back from their holiday and they were in the living room.One of them was holding folded clothes. Another had a suitcase open on the fl

Chapter Sixteen Laura’s POVI stretched and reached for my phone, already half-expecting a flood of emails or messages.Instead, there was a single message from Adrian. My heart skipped when I opened it."Laura, I’ve spoken to my friend. He said you can send your documents over, and he’ll review them. Things are moving as we expected."A surge of relief and excitement coursed through me. I didn’t even hesitate. I gathered the necessary papers, my education certificates, letters, anything that could show I had the potential and sent them carefully via the email Adrian sent.After hitting send, I sat back in my chair, my heart beating a little too fast, my hands clammy from nervous anticipation. I had learned over the past weeks to prepare for disappointment, to hold my breath for bad news, and yet here I was, feeling something I hadn’t felt in a long time, hope.I waited. I paced the room. I checked the clock. Thirty minutes passed. Then forty-five. Then, just when I began to doubt mys

Chapter EighteenMichael’s POVThe house was already awake when I came downstairs, though it didn’t feel good or the happiness I always had.It felt like it was holding its breath.The lights in the kitchen were on, I paused at the bottom of the stairs, listening to the silence, as if the house itself might warn me of what was waiting.Kayla stood by the counter, dressed perfectly, her back to me.She was wearing a cream dress. The dress belonged to Laura, I'm sure she stole it from Laura. “You’re late,” she said without turning around.“It’s barely morning,” I replied.She glanced at the clock and hummed. “Time works differently on important days.”I stepped closer and poured myself a glass of water. My hand shook slightly, and I tightened my grip on the glass until it stopped.“You didn’t have to come,” I said. “The signing is my responsibility.”Kayla smiled faintly. “Michael, this stopped being just your responsibility the moment you decided to choose me.”I stiffened. “You clearl

Chapter 20–Laura’s POVI was just about to speak when the door to the boss’s office swung open. I froze before my words could even leave my mouth. And then… there she was. Catherine. My Catherine. My best friend. Time stopped for a moment. I could feel it in my bones. When our eyes met, it was like a jolt shot straight through me. My chest tightened, my stomach did flips, and before I even realized it, I was running toward her. She didn’t hesitate either. We collided in the tightest, most desperate hug I’ve ever had.“I...” I tried to say her name, but the words dissolved in the hug.“Laura,” she whispered, and it sounded like relief, like she’d been holding her breath for years.I pulled back just enough to take a proper look at her. She looked… the same, but different. But it was still Catherine. The Catherine who knew every little thing about me, the one person I could never hide from, even if I tried.And then I realized where I was. Boss’s office. My face burned hotter than the s