All Chapters of Unseen Goodbye: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The day after Ruby Larson ran away from her wedding, everyone at work couldn't stop talking about it. I got a lot of pitying looks from my coworkers at the office.‘Do you think Liam will get back at her? Maybe he'll make a big fuss at the company about Ruby? Or hang up a huge sign and yell at Wilson?’ they wondered."I don't think so," someone said. "He seemed pretty calm after Ruby took off yesterday.""Maybe he's just scared that Ruby will want a divorce if he makes a fuss, especially after everything that's happened in the last three months," another added.When I walked into the office, a bunch of my coworkers were laughing. They quieted down as soon as they saw me. I used to get mad about stuff like that, but not anymore. I just sat down at my desk and ignored them.They were right. The last three months had been tough, and I wasn't the same person I used to be. I was ready for their jokes.Everyone knew about the crazy situation with me, Ruby, and her assistant, Wilson

"Ruby, regardless of everything, Liam is your husband. It's not right for him to apologize to me. I've forgiven him already, so let's drop it," Wilson chimed in with a hurt tone before I could even speak.He sounded like he was defending me, but I knew he was just trying to rile her up.Ruby just scoffed."So what if he's my boyfriend? I'm always fair and don't play favorites. I'm worried that someone might hide behind the 'boyfriend' title to cause trouble."Liam, I'll ask you one more time, do you admit you were wrong?"I almost laughed. "Yeah, I know I messed up."I had messed up by not seeing who she really was sooner and not breaking things off with her to let Wilson have her. That's what I was truly thinking.However, before I could say it out loud, Ruby snorted with satisfaction. "As long as you understand your mistake, that's enough. Considering you've just gotten out of jail and might be a bit out of it, Wilson and I will let it slide."You really should apologize to W

I didn't correct her. I just nodded. "You're right, I'll handle the paperwork tomorrow." In the past, I always took care of the complicated paperwork, so Ruby didn't think twice about it, quickly signing the proxy agreement. After she signed, I flipped to the last page of the divorce papers. "Why does this look different from the other ones?" Ruby felt something was up and was about to check the front page. Just then, her phone rang. She glanced at it and started smiling, losing all interest in the papers as she signed her name quickly. "Okay, you can leave now. I've got stuff to do," Ruby said, waving me off. She didn't have to tell me. I knew that call was from Wilson. They talked on the phone for almost half an hour every night before bed. I had no clue what Ruby was up to, but she was out all day for the next two days.This time, I didn't bother checking on her like I used to, as she would just snap at me for being nosy.Instead, I took care of my own stuff.The

The room went silent when the officer finished talking.Wilson looked like he had been caught red-handed.Ruby was flustered but tried to smile. "Officer, that case was clear-cut, and it's been ages. Wasn't it closed already?"The officer was all business. "There's new evidence that changes things. It's pretty convincing."And someone's questioning the case. No matter how long it's been, we need to look into it."Ruby wanted to argue, but the officers were firm.I had guessed Ruby would try to talk her way out, so I had my lawyer ready with a plan the moment we filed the lawsuit.I wouldn't have gone to court if I wasn't sure we would win.Wilson was the first to get his wits about him.He glanced around, then looked at me with a hurt expression."Liam, you're behind this, aren't you? I know you've got it in for me. Just come at me, but leave Ruby out of it."Whatever happens, this lawsuit's going to mess with Ruby's career at the company."When Wilson said that, Ruby came

Hope flickered in her eyes. I nodded, "That's true." Her eyes lit up, but before she could say more, I pulled out the signed divorce papers from my bag and handed them to her. "It’s a good thing we're already divorced." I made sure to show her where she had signed. "No more shared property, right? Your problems won't affect me," I said with a smirk. Ruby's eyes went wide, staring at the papers. She turned ghostly white. "Impossible, when did I...?" she stammered. "Remember the house sale? The third document," I reminded her. Her face lost all color. "You... You tricked me? Liam, I trusted you, how could you?" she said accusingly, trembling. I laughed softly, "Tricked you? You signed it yourself, didn't you? I showed you the whole contract, didn't I?"Wasn't it you who was so eager to call Wilson that you just signed everything and dumped all the problems on me?"If she had just cared a little bit about me back then, if she had just looked at what I gave her, none of that