All Chapters of You Had This Divorce Coming: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Lucille stepped through the door of Blossom Court and immediately felt the place's coldness settle over her like a physical weight.She didn't want to be there, so she turned to leave.Gideon caught her before she could take a single step. He wrapped his arms around her, carried her to the sofa, and set her down before untying the stockings from her wrists.Her bag slipped from her arm as she landed. The zipper hung open. A registration document slid out and struck the floor.Gideon's eyes locked onto it immediately. He picked it up and opened it. The name inside stopped him cold: Lillian Sandwell.Pain throbbed at his temples as something hot and furious surged through his chest. He held up the document and turned to her. "How could you register her without my consent? On your own, without saying a word to me?"He paced the living room with one hand pressed to his forehead. For days, he had combed through name databases, checked scores on naming apps, and even consulted a fortun

Gideon caught Lucille’s wrist before the vase could leave her hand. He set it back on the table, pulled her against him, and looked down at her. "I don't want us to end up like this. I still want to make this work. I was wrong not to be there during the pregnancy and the birth. I know that. I'll make it up to you."He paused. "But if you keep pushing this, I'll have no choice but to push back. You know what I'm capable of."Lucille trembled. She bit hard against her lower lip. "So you're going to use that against me? Wear me down until I give in?"Gideon let out a slow breath. "Not wear you down. I just want you back the way you were. Wasn't it better when you trusted me? When things were easy between us? Why does it have to come to this?""It will never go back to that. I will never trust you again, and I will never submit to you. If you want to see who hits harder, Gideon, you'll regret it."He gave a short, dismissive laugh. "Lucy, I've been going easy on you. You know that. Ev

Gideon let himself drift in his office chair for a few minutes after the meeting ended. He was almost ready to head home.'Dinner with Lucille. A proper evening for once,' he thought.Then Grace called."Sir! Something's wrong! All six of the bodyguards are down and not moving. Plus, your wife is gone!"The vein at Gideon's temple snapped like a starting pistol. "What did you just say?"He was out the door before she finished answering.…Rayne's heart condition flared again after the hospital visit. She spent several days recovering before she was finally strong enough to sit up properly.After regaining her strength, the first thing she did was make a phone call. She wanted Gwen hurt. She wanted to start with the person closest to Lucille and make Lucille suffer first.When the photos came through, showing Gwen beaten bloody with her face swollen beyond recognition, Rayne pulled the blanket to her chin and savored the sight.She was still smiling at her phone when Elaine ap

"This family had peace during the five years you spent overseas with Otto. The moment you came back, everything fell apart. Other people may not know what's in your heart, but I do," Daphne said.Tears continued to stream down Rayne's face. She had no response.Elaine started to speak, but one look from Daphne made her close her mouth again.Wendy and Hector had known about the incident five years earlier. Hearing it spoken aloud in front of them drained the color from both their faces.Wendy opened her mouth to speak, but Hector beat her to it.He rose to his feet, his voice sharp and unyielding. "Rayne, enough. If this continues, none of our three families will come out of it intact."Once you're discharged, you will go to Lucille and apologize in person. You will ask for her forgiveness. Then you will stay away from Gideon. No more of this. No more turning our families into a public spectacle."His patience had run dry. He turned and walked out without another glance, leaving

Wendy clenched her teeth until her jaw throbbed. At that moment, the hatred she felt toward Lucille couldn't have grown any stronger.Elaine narrowed her eyes, a calculating look passing through them. "She forgets who she's dealing with. Remember how we all came together to deal with Joanne back then?"A slow, ugly smile spread across Wendy's face. "How could I forget? Sometimes, I still think about the state she ended up in."Elaine let out a short, contemptuous laugh. "Lucille is cut from the same cloth. She came from that woman, after all. She should be just as easy to break."Wendy's voice dropped, heavy with disdain. "I still don't understand what Gideon was thinking. Out of all the proper families in Coasthaven, he picked her. I still can't make sense of it."Elaine felt her blood pressure rise again. "Don't remind me. To this day, I don't know what kind of spell that woman put on him. Just like her mother, she's the type to get inside people's heads. She needs to be crushed