All Chapters of After Divorce, I Chose Sins: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Ashley’s POVMy husband, Noah, knew I was flying in today, and the thought of that only made my cheeks rosy.I was nervous too. I would have asked Anne, my best friend to come with me, but she was supposedly on a work trip in Chicago.I missed her.Finally, I was back from his private island in Monaco. Or should I say hell?Three months ago, the worst thing happened. An intimate video of my husband and I leaked online.We never found out who leaked it or how it got out. All we knew was that it spread like wildfire.Noah started getting calls from his PR team. Some companies he collaborated with canceled. And it was like my whole world crumbled in front of me.I got calls from my family too, especially my younger sister, Stella. But I didn’t pick it up. Shane didn’t let me.Noah got furious and dashed into our bedroom that night and began packing all my things into a suitcase. I rushed after him, begging, and asking what he was doing.He blamed me for the leak. He said I wanted to ru

Noah's POVMy blood was still boiling as I drove.She slapped me.The sound of it replayed in my head like it was stuck on repeat. Stella’s hand across my face. The look in her eyes. Like I was dirt. Like I was nothing.I gripped the steering wheel harder.Ashley collapsing on the sidewalk replayed in my mind too. Her body laid against the concrete, her pale face. For one second, I thought she was dead, and at that moment, it felt like the problem had been completely eliminated.I should’ve left her on the floor.I shook my head.I just wanted to take a normal night out, not this chaos I walked into.What was I even thinking…taking someone I just divorced to the hospital? A pulse throbbed on my forehead.Hold yourself together, Noah.There’s nothing wrong with me. She caused all of this herself. Ever since that goddamn tape, followed by the scandal and the mess it caused. I told myself the fact again and again.She wanted to ruin me so bad, she risked her image too. Thank goodness sh

“Mo-mommy?” My ten-year-old self trembled as I walked towards my mother.“Yes my love.” She replied as she mixed the batter faster than before.I blinked.She crouched to reach my eye level. “Are you okay?” She smiled.My fingers tightened around the paper before I slowly brought out my hand.I stretched it to her.“Ash,” mom’s voice softened. “What’s this?” She collected the paper from me and turned it so she could get a proper view of it.Her cheeks burned furiously.“You drew this?” She shifted her gaze to me. Then pulled me in for a hug.“I love it, baby.” She let hold of me and looked me deep in the eyes.I had drawn her on paper long before I came to show her but I was too shy and afraid of her reaction.A smile crept in on my lips too.Suddenly, a loud bang came from the living room.Mom threw herself up immediately. She took off her apron and dusted flour off her dress.My heart thudded.She kissed me on my forehead, “Stay here,”Then she walked past me to the living room.An

I stood at the edge of the shore with a cigarette in between my lips.I took a slow drag and for that second, the waves felt still. Just the way I liked it.“Still pretending like nothing ever happened?” A voice came from behind me.It was very familiar. I didn’t turn to look immediately.I exhaled slowly and dropped the cigarette. I stepped on it, letting it sink into the sand, then I looked over my shoulder.He stood a few steps away with his hands in his pocket, standing in a relaxed position.“Travis,” I said.He tilted his head slightly before giving a non-humorous smile.“Long time no see, brother,”I faced him fully now.He looked… different. Far from what I remembered.He didn’t look innocent anymore. His sleeves were covered in tattoos. His face looked… sharper and rougher. And the tenderness that used to be in his eyes had been replaced with darkness.“Time has really passed by,”A quiet scoff escaped his lips. “For you maybe.”There was no need to respond to that. So I just

For a second, I couldn’t move.His lips were still on mine firmly, like he already knew I wouldn’t pull away fast enough.I shoved him.My back hit the wall and my chest started rising.I wiped my lips immediately and that smirk was still on his face.“What is wrong with you?” My voice came out low, but it shook anyway. “Are you insane? Do you have a death wish?”He didn’t look affected. Not even a little.He just stood there, watching me like he had expected that reaction.And that stupid smirk.“I told you,” he said quietly. “You don’t remember.”My brows pulled together.“What are you talking about?” I snapped. “You’re engaged to my sister.”“I know.”He didn’t show any sign of guilt.“Then explain what the hell is wrong with you and what I have to do with it,” I demanded.His eyes lingered on mine.“I already did.”That made no sense at all. I remembered running into him that night and nothing else.Anger rose in me again but underneath that was confusion. I didn’t know if he was