All Chapters of OBSESSED WITH MY EX-WIFE : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

LYDIA'S POV“David?” I muttered with shock in my eyes. “How did you know this?”“I heard one of the staff talking about it on my way to get coffee. Then I walked up to them, they handed me the file with his name and stamp on it” Ethan said, slipping his hands into his pockets.I staggered back, trying to find my balance. I was finally getting my peace back –five years of getting my life together and now that I finally did, he decides to jump right back.I drove home in silence.No music, just the city moving past my windows and David Cole's name sitting in the passenger seat like an uninvited guest that had let itself in and had no intention of leaving.David Cole.Hartwell Development.The biggest contract Patricia had chased in two years and the man behind it was the same man I had walked away from five years ago.I pulled into my parking spot and sat there with the engine off for a long moment.My hands and head rested on my steering wheel.Upstairs the apartment was warm.Sandra,

DAVID'S POVI picked the restaurant myself.Small and quiet. The kind of place where conversations stayed at the table and the lighting was low enough that you could look at someone without it being obvious that you were looking. I had driven past it twice before I booked it. Sat in my car the second time and told myself I was being thorough, that a good partnership dinner required the right environment.I was lying to myself and I was getting better at it.Nina wore red, she looked pretty in it— didn’t care much about thatShe came downstairs in it while I was adjusting my jacket in the hallway mirror. I looked at her reflection and thought — she planned that. The color, the slit at the side of the gown. The way it said look at me before she opened her mouth. Nina never wore anything accidentally."You look good," I said."I know," she said, picking up her clutch.We rode to the restaurant in silence. Nina filled the silence the way she always did lately, with questions that had trou

LYDIA'S POVI held it together all the way home.Through the restaurant door, through the ride back home, I washed my face and changed out of the ivory dress, hung it carefully, like it hadn't just witnessed the worst dinner of my life.Then I sat on my kitchen floor with my back against the cabinet and my legs stretched out in front of me, and I stared at the refrigerator and let the evening replay itself without trying to stop it.Nina's voice came first."Something that just happens naturally when you're with the right person."I pressed the back of my head against the cabinet.She had looked directly at me when she said it, like she had been saving that specific sentence for a special moment and had finally found the right table to set it on."Something you couldn't give him."I pulled my knees to my chest.I had given David everything, everything I had at the time — my effort. I had shown up for that marriage long after it stopped showing up for me.And Nina sat across a candleli

DAVID'S POV"How have you been?" I asked, looking at her beautiful eyesShe looked at me for a moment, her shoulders settled into a professional mode."I'm great, as you can see." She said, extending her hand. "Good meeting David, your team is sharp."I looked at her hand, pushed my hand through my hair and stepped back slightly."Stop," I said.She blinked. "Excuse me?""The handshake" I looked at her. "It’s only been five years Lydia, Stop with the formality."She smirked."Five years," I said. "And you just… moved on, just like that " I looked toward the door Rhodes had walked out of. "With Ethan?"Her chin lifted slightly."Were you seeing him before we got divorced?"The room went quiet.She pulled her hand back slowly, straightened up and when she looked at me again something in her eyes told me, I was crossing the line."Mr Cole.""My personal life does not belong in a business meeting." Her voice was low but steady."What I do with my life and in my home stays with me and I wo

LYDIA'S POV"Ethan.""Hey, everything okay?""Nina contacted me."He went silent."From an unknown number," I added."What did she say?" His voice shifted, the calm gone.I read it to him word for word. He didn't speak immediately. I could hear him breathing on the other end."Send me the screenshot," he said. "I already saved it.""Good." He paused. "Lydia, this woman had eyes in that boardroom today. That means she has someone on the inside, either in David's team or somewhere close to this project.""I know.""This is not something we ignore.""I'm not ignoring it, Ethan." I looked at Noah's door down the hall. "I labeled the folder Evidence for a reason.""Okay." He went silent for a moment. "How are you?""I'm fine.""Lydia—""I said I'm fine.""Okay, is Noah good?""He's sleeping.""Lydia, lock your door tonight.""Ethan—" I almost told him he was overreacting."I already did that," I said."I'll be at the office early tomorrow. We need to talk before the nine o'clock.""I'll be