All Chapters of She Stole My Boyfriend, I Married Her Dad: Chapter 11 - Chapter 17

*MANUEL* There were five stages of betrayal I knew of. Shock and denial. The initial discovery shatters your reality, leading to disbelief, numbness, confusion, and questioning everything you knew. Anger. Intense rage emerges, often directed at the betrayer, yourself, or the situation, as a way to cope with underlying pain and sadness. Bargaining. You might try to "fix" things or understand what went wrong by replaying scenarios, hoping for a different outcome, or making deals with a higher power. Or just trying to understand how that could happen. How someone you love could do that to you. Sadness and Depression. Realizing the damage and potential irreparable loss leads to profound sadness, hopelessness, and symptoms of depression, as the life you envisioned is shattered. Acceptance and Integration. Coming to terms with what happened and its impact, beginning to envision a new future, and rebuilding your sense o

*MANUEL* For a moment, it felt as if I was lost. And when I realized I was about to get disarmed by just a fucking kiss, I quickly pulled away from her. She panted, staring up at me with those beautiful ocean eyes. I panicked. Panicked and scurried away, because it felt like I was about to have a heart attack. A heart attack from simply kissing her?******* I paced to and fro in my study trying to get it together.I was having a strange feeling, it was an intriguing, unsettling, stirring combination.It had started from the moment I heard her burst into tears.I had wanted to ignore her.I tried to ignore her but her wails kept ringing in my head, tormenting me.How was I going to be in total control of her if I had caved in to what she wanted just because she cried? I had kissed her because I couldn’t stand seeing those tears.What was this?Was “tears” her way of manipulating men?How could I fall for that? I should know better than not to fa

*ALANA* It was Day 2 of trying to get Manuel to be a bit friendly to me so he would grant me a favor. I was all set again to go on a run with Mr arrogant. He was going to cuss the hell out of me as usual but I couldn’t give up. I was on a blue sport bra, and a pair of yoga pants, I jogged out of the house and found him setting off already. I quickly caught up with him. “Good morning, Manuel.” He stopped running and sighed. “Why are you dressed like this? Are you trying to seduce me? Didn’t I warn you not to try anything with me?”I frowned.What was seductive about what I was wearing? “This is literally a comfortable fit for exercising, do you want me to wear a garment or something?” “Go wear a shirt. Do you have any idea how distracting your top is?!” “So it’s distracting for you?”I looked down, my boobs were properly covered, just that the tank top held them tightly together and so the top part of my cleavage was exposed.But I d

*ALANA* He quickly shook his head. “I wasn’t…I…just…you said it was your morning routine as well and I only briefly…just briefly wondered why you would miss your routine.”I shrugged. “I overslept this morning. And it’s not a bizarre thing to skip a routine sometimes.” “It’s bizarre. I do not skip my routines.”He replied.I cocked an eyebrow. “Seriously? You mean to say you’ve never missed a single morning of your running sessions.” “No.” I laughed. “You’re lying. What if you oversleep?” “I do not oversleep.” “What if you fall sick?” “I do not fall sick.”I scoffed. “What are you? Iron man?”He laughed. “I guess so.”Oh God.He laughed?I wanted to hear it again. “Why are you staring at me like that?” He suddenly asked.I had been staring at him like I was enchanted.I had really been enchanted for a moment.By his laughter.Oh God, I can’t think properly right now. I have to be away from him so I can think properly agai