All Chapters of After Rebirth, I Married My Ex-husband's Enemy : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

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A Drunkard's Funeral

**CALISTA**The problem with drunken courage was that sober Calista Winslow always had to wake up and deal with the consequences.The weight of my actions only slammed into me like a freight train two days later when I woke up in a pool of my own sweat, tangled in the sheets like I was already fighting my enemies. Sunlight streamed in yellow slices of light through the curtains, casting a warm glow over the room that I used to share with my husband.I sat there for what felt like an eternity, staring into nothing and tasting last night's wine on my breath. I should not have taken alcohol with my pain meds, but what was life without a little more destruction, a little more pain?I glanced sideways at the wine bottle half empty on the nightstand. Do not do it, Calista…I reached for the bottle and lifted it to my lips in one swift move, telling myself that it was noon somewhere in the world. And who said day drinking was such a crime? Was one not allowed a final drink before the noo

One Lucky Shot

**MERRICK**Dawn crept through the guest bedroom curtains, but sleep never followed it in.I had spent the entire night staring at a ceiling that did not belong to me, replaying the moment Astrid put the gun in her mouth and smiled.No matter how hard I tried, the sound of a skull cracking open against a bullet was surprisingly difficult to forget.I rolled to my left, glaring through the window into the bright pink sky dotted with white clouds, tasting whiskey on my breath and seeing my mother in my mind's eye. Her eyes had been shut the whole time, yet I had expected them to flicker open, and her hands to yank the tube from her throat and demand for a bottle of gin. To no surprise, her eyes stayed shut, and she didn't combust, or wither away in ash.Maybe Astrid pushing her down the stairs would give her liver some breathing space.Astrid. My heart retreated into its cage, leaving me hollow as I tossed and turned, and heaved off the bed with a sigh.I broke into a pace, grounding

Smart Girls Don't Walk Alone

**CALISTA**“We’re here, Miss Winslow.” My driver's voice dragged me out of the spiral chewing through my head.I sat up straight, hearing a tiny pop in my back and blinking through the moist haze that sheeted my eyes.The garden looked exactly the same as it did five years ago, and somehow that terrified me more than if it had changed. Stomach tight, I gazed up at the blank wrought-iron gate standing before me, one side ajar as if the garden itself had been waiting for me.All these years in my past life, and I never stopped by to sniff the flowers with Eveline…I mean, how could I, when I fired her just months after her husband died?I gulped back a breath and unclasped my seatbelt as the driver held my door open.I could do this.I stepped out onto the sun-warmed stone path, squinting through my shades as the sun hit me square in the face. I glanced up and down the empty street, lungs filling with a sickly sweet scent. Nobody was following me…yet. I walked down the path and sli

Home had Blue Eyes

**CALISTA**Merrick's fingers closed around my arm, and the world narrowed to the crushing pressure of bone against bone.“No…” my breath faltered.“Yes.” Merrick grinned, something dark crossing his eyes.How did he…“How did I find you?” He leaned in, breath burning across my cheek, “it was easy. I just had to find the dumbest bitch on the block.”“Let me go, Merrick,” my teeth chattered, “if you hurt me, I swear—”“Hurt you? My intention was to kill you…but that'll have to wait. You're coming with me.”Oh god…My vision spun as he whirled me around.“Stop—”My breath snagged somewhere between my lungs and my throat as his hand locked around me, ribs screaming the moment I twisted against his grip. He only held tighter.If he was going to kill me in this garden and bury me beneath the roses, then I would not go down pleading.My jaw fell open, and I sucked in all the air my aching lungs could muster. I let out a scream that rattled my throat, and I did not stop. Not until something

Until My Dying Breath

**ATLAS**Calista said yes like a woman stepping into a burning house because the cold outside had finally become unbearable.Somehow, that terrified me more than watching Merrick drag her across a garden like a walking corpse.I should have been focused on the blood drying on her lip or the fact that Merrick was still breathing somewhere behind us, but all I could think about was the way she said the word like it physically hurt her.I drove like a man running on empty, slowing at every red light to glance at her shoulders quivering in the traffic lights. Her face stayed turned to the window, but the glass betrayed the tears that spilled down her cheeks as she tried to muffle her sobs.I wanted to park by the curb and pull her into my arms, to swear my existence solely to her protection, but I would hold on too tight, and it would break her…break all of us.So I said nothing, choking on the metal rising in my chest and gripping the steering wheel until my fingers numbed.The gates s

Bare Chest, Broken Hearts

**CALISTA**I woke to the scent of coconuts and the horrifying realization that somewhere between surviving Merrick and falling asleep in Atlas Kane's bed, I had started to feel safe again.Maybe it was the weighted blankets grounding me into the silk sheets, or the gentle chirping of birds outside my window—his window.I told myself that the coconut scent was a coincidence. Surely his room must have always smelled like this…not like I had ever been here before.For a moment, the air stilled, and I sucked in a breath, bracing for the ache in my ribs. The dull throb rocked my chest, but it was nothing compared to yesterday when Merrick—No.I turned my neck to the side, fixing my gaze on the sunlight streaming in through the open windows. A bird sat perched on the windowsill, and I felt myself freeze as its beady black eyes met mine.A robin. How beautiful…I thought that I could rise from the bed without scaring him, but the moment I heaved the blanket off me, it was gone in an instan

For You, Always

**ATLAS**The guilt came first.Then Ledger Bennett looked at Calista standing barefoot in my shirt, and I realized there was no point pretending I had kept my word.“You've got to be FUCKING kidding me.” He hissed, green eyes cutting to me.He had every right to look at me like a traitor. After all, I was the idiot who swore I would stay away from Calista—and then handed her my goddamn shirt.“Cool it, Ledge.” I said, voice tight.He raised a brow, crimson lips set in a thin line.“What the fuck is she doing here?”“Atlas…” Calista's voice faltered, and I stepped in front of her, blocking Ledger's murderous glare.Louise had exited the room, leaving the aroma of cinnamon and coffee in her destructive wake. “Let us talk outside.” I said.“The only person who should be outside is this little —”“Ledger. No.” Not after everything she has been through.“No, let him. I actually deserve it.” Calista tried to step out of my shadow, but I blocked her again, for the only thing more dangerous

Dining With the Devil

**CALISTA**I pushed the eggs around my plate with my fork, but my mouth tasted like sawdust and my heart would not stop racing.Atlas had been gone for too long now, long enough to set my heart beating backwards as I sat rigid on the sofa. The small coffee table was propped in front of me, carrying a steaming mug of coffee and a platter of toast, eggs, bacon…none of which registered in any part of me.My birthday…how could I forget?So much anger and hate, so little room for anything else, not even the day I was born. Fate really twisted the knife with this one.Happy birthday, Astrid. I hope your eggs taste like toothpaste and your shoes bruise your ankles when you go shopping with Merrick, you amber eyed gold digger.I bit into a slice of toast and chewed slowly, staring across the room at where Atlas used to be, where he stood and dedicated his life to me while my sister and ex husband actively tried to bury me in hell.The fork was slipping through my sweaty fingers, just like

You Watched Me Bleed

**ATLAS**“Are you sure this is the right place?”“At this point, I'm not even sure anymore.”Our car sat buried behind a towering thornbush, engine ticking softly in the middle of nowhere while the tall grass outside swallowed every sign that civilization had ever existed.My fingers tightened around the steering as Ledger checked his GPS, and I peered through the window at the area. “Great. The service is down.” He murmured.We had been driving for what seemed like forever, and maybe it was. Three hours excluding traffic. Three hours away from Calista if she needed my help. If I was paranoid enough, I could have sworn that Ledger was just trying to take me far away from her.“Yeah…this is the right place.” He muttered, looking out his window as he reached for the door handle.“Wait!” He turned to glare at me, and I recognised that the voice was truly mine. “What are we waiting for?” He asked, jaw firm.For the sky to fall, for the earth to swallow us whole and keep us infinitie

The Escape Clause

**CALISTA**The red light blurred through my windshield as I gripped the steering wheel hard enough to feel my pulse throbbing beneath my palms, trying to breathe through the old terror clawing its way back up my chest.I was five minutes late and already working up a sweat. The seatbelt dug into my ribs, and for the first time since the accident, I felt grateful for the grounding pain. What the hell was I thinking driving by myself? I could not trust my own hands to stop shaking, and my teeth set on edge everytime a car pulled up beside me. I shut my eyes, telling myself that I was fine. That the accident was in the past. That I was not sitting in my car choking on my own blood as water cracked down on the windshields.No…no water. Just sky and sun and freaking red lights at almost every stop.It was almost as if the universe herself was trying to stop me, to protect me from whatever Isadora might have planned. But I was done sitting on my hands. Especially when I searched for Atl

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