All Chapters of THE ALPHA NEXT DOOR: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

I stared at the envelope on the counter, my heart twisting so painfully that the pain had circled back around to something cleaner. Sharper.Anger.Five years of marriage, and this was it? Five years of swallowing my pride, and this was how it ended?I blinked back tears and forced my face neutral. Picked up the envelope. Pulled out the papers with steady hands even though I was shaking inside. Snatched the pen."That's my girl," Marcus said. "I knew you'd see reason."I signed my name on every yellow tab. Evelyn Hart. Evelyn Hart. Over and over until it was just shapes on paper, meaningless scribbles erasing five years of my life.I set the pen down and slid the envelope back to Marcus with a smile that felt like broken glass."Done." My voice came out steadier than expected. "You can burn all my things. I don't want any of it. But I expect that ten billion in my account within the hour, Marcus. Not tomorrow. Not next week. One hour."Marcus blinked, clearly surprised I wasn't crying

|| Evelyn ||I'd never felt this hopeful before.Standing in front of the Silverlake Heights mansion gates, watching them swing open with that mechanical hum—it felt like the sound of my life finally starting.A real smile spread across my face.This was mine. My fresh start. The first thing in my adult life that belonged to me alone. Twelve months to figure out who Evelyn Song was supposed to be when she wasn't busy playing the perfect, silent Mrs. Hart.I was going to make every single day matter.The past six weeks had been hell. I'd spent them locked in a hotel suite Marcus's lawyers arranged, crying until my eyes swelled shut, staring at beige walls trying to figure out what came next.Because I genuinely didn't know.Every dream I'd ever had, every plan, every vision of my future—all of it had revolved around Marcus. Around being his wife, managing his home, fitting into the life he'd built.Without that? I was nothing. Just an empty shell with no idea how to fill herself back u