All Chapters of Stopped Belonging to Him: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

The man I called controlled the entire economic lifeline of Gunnerson. He was also the husband my father had chosen for me.Back then, my father treated Jason like a close friend despite the age gap, but he never approved of us."Diana, you're soft, just like your mother. Jason isn't a man you can trust your whole life to. He's insecure and arrogant at the same time. He likes the chase, but he'll never be satisfied. One day, he'll grow tired of you."At the time, I thought love was everything. I didn't take a single word to heart.I even defied his final wishes as he lay dying."Diana, you're still my daughter. I've left you one last way out. When you regret this, go find this man. He'll protect you."Even with his last breath, my father was still planning for my future.I told the staff to start packing my clothes. I was moving back to the old house, the one where my father and I used to live."I told you she was just putting on a show. And you were worried she'd actually leav

Jason's first instinct was that it had to be some media stunt.Diana was his wife. There was no way she would marry someone else.The person on the other end spoke again. "There's something else. The new leadership seat is up in the air."The alliance between the Mortons and the Harts. The election for the next leader.The two things were tangled together.Jason felt his head spin, like there was a thread connecting everything, pulling tight, but he couldn't see it clearly or make sense of it.He tapped into the rest of the video.On the screen, the woman standing there, bright and composed, was the same Diana who had spent over a decade curled against him, teasing, pouting, and living at his side.His phone slipped from his hand.Across the cracked screen, her radiant face overlapped with the girl in his memories.Back then, Diana had been young and fearless.Years ago, Gideon Hart came alone to Gunnerson to build his name. After he finally made it, he went back to bring hi

Sigmund stood to greet Diana.The man surrounded by the others was Ryan, the one who had once been her fiancé and would now become her husband. Whenever Gideon mentioned the Mortons back then, he always seemed like he wanted to say more, but held back. He had only ever said that Ryan's grandfather owed him a favor.It was a marriage that put the Harts above their station and a way to return a favor."Hello. I'm Ryan."He stood as she approached.There was an effortless elegance about him, something refined and untouchable, but the way he treated people was unexpectedly gentle and polite.He wasn't like Jason, who had clawed his way up through blood and chaos.Ryan's confidence felt like something he had been born with.Gideon really had chosen well.It was a simple dinner, but everyone left satisfied."Since this is our first meeting, I have something for you."Ryan raised his hand. One of Sigmund's men stepped forward, placing a small blade in his palm.The blood oath wa

After being with Ryan, I finally understood what he meant when he said he would teach me.It wasn't empty talk.He guided me step by step, showing me how to lead, how to manage people, and how to keep control without losing authority. He even used the Mortons' resources to partner with me and start a company."This isn't an era of fighting in the streets anymore," he told me. "Your father's men are getting older. They've given enough. It's time they had some peace."He was saying everything I had been thinking all along.I had brought it up to Jason more times than I could count.Every time, he would just ruffle my hair and brush it off, saying, "That's not something you need to worry about."Then he would go right back into the chaos, dragging those aging men into one bloody mess after another. Half the time, it was to clean up trouble Maddy caused. Every time, people got hurt.My days now were packed from morning to night. Yet for the first time, I felt alive.It wasn't li