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Chapter 11 — DAVID COLE

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,

Chapter 12 — Arranged Marriage.

LYDIA'S POVThe city clerk's office smelled like old paper and recycled air.We sat on a wooden bench outside the registration window, Ethan beside me in a navy suit, me in a cream blazer and trousers, both of us looking like we were waiting for a business meeting rather than a marriage certificate. Which actually felt like one."You nervous?" Ethan asked."No," I said."You keep clicking your pen."I looked down, i was clicking my pen. I stopped.He almost said something. I saw it cross his face and then he let it go, which was typical “Ethan”.The woman at the window called our number.We stood and walked up together. She went through the paperwork with the enthusiasm of someone who had done this eight hundred times and had stopped finding it interesting. We answered her questions, signed where she pointed. She stamped something, slid a document across the counter and said congratulations with a robotic smile."Thank you," Ethan said.I picked up the certificate.Looked at it.Ethan

Chapter 13 — Friday Night

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

Chapter 14-- MY MISTAKE

DAVID’S POVI turned and looked at Nina.She was smiling at Lydia with the serenity of a woman who had just played a card she had been holding all evening.I had not known about this card."Congratulations," Rhodes said smoothly, his hand still over Lydia's.Lydia said nothing.She looked at Nina for exactly three seconds. Then she picked up her glass and took a sip and set it down carefully and her face gave absolutely nothing away.That composure frightened me more than any reaction would have.Rhodes pushed his chair back."I think we'll call it a night," he said, standing. He buttoned his jacket. Extended his hand to me across the table. "David. Thank you for dinner, Monday should be productive."I stood, shook his hand. His grip was firm and his eyes said everything his mouth didn't."Looking forward to it," I said.He turned to Lydia. Helped her with her chair. She stood, picked up her clutch, looked at Nina once more."Enjoy your evening," she said.Then Rhodes put his hand on

CHAPTER 15- THE PAIN IN MY HEART

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

Chapter 16 — THE MEETING

DAVID'S POVI got to the office, forty minutes early.Marcus found me rearranging documents that didn't need rearranging and stood in the doorway with his coffee and watched me for a full ten seconds."Not a word," I said, stacking documents."I didn't say anything.""You were about to."He walked in and sat down. "Shaw team called in, four of them are arriving at nine.""Good.""Lydia Shaw is leading.""I know Marcus."It was just a meeting, I kept singing that to myself.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The door opened at nine exactly.She walked in first and the room shifted, the whole room paid attention to her. It was peach today, she was in a fitted dress that followed every line of her body with the kind of calm confidence that needs no validation. Her natural hair pulled back, a few pieces loose around her face, small gold earrings catching the light as she moved.I looked at my documents and look

Chapter 17 — Five Years In A Room

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

Chapter 18 — THE THREAT

LYDIA'S POVThe elevator doors opened and I walked out first.Ethan was right behind me. We hit the lobby and I didn't stop, I didn't look back, I pushed through the glass doors and kept moving, the cold air on my face."Lydia." Ethan said, trying to catch up with me."I'm fine.""Stop saying that." He pulled my arm, slowing me down.I stopped walking and turned to face him right there on the pavement, people split around us both sides, minding their business."He asked if I was seeing you before the divorce." I said.Ethan went still."Then he stepped in front of me when I tried to leave.""He did what—?""You walked in," I said. "Listen, It's done, you don't have to go back up there."He looked at me hard. I could see exactly what he wanted to do"Lydia." His voice dropped, "If he puts himself in front of you again—""I'll tell you," I cut in."Promise me that.""Ethan—""Promise me."I kept my eyes on his. "I promise."He exhaled and nodded. We got into the car and neither of us sa

CHAPTER 19 — Evidence

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

CHAPTER 20 — SHE BELONGS TO ME

DAVID'S POVI drove past the florist on 48th street three times.First time I told myself I needed air. Second time I told myself it's been a while since I'd been to the florist. Third time I parked, sat in the car for four minutes and got out.The receptionist waited while I stood in front of the yellow roses like I had never bought flowers before in my life.Yellow was Lydia's color. I was married to Lydia for five years. I knew how much yellow meant to her."These," I said."How many?""All of them."She wrapped them. I paid and drove to the office with them on the passenger seat and told myself the whole drive there that this was the worst idea, but I didn't care.I left them at her P.A.'s desk. There was no card, just a sticker with her name on it — Lydia Shaw. Then I went upstairs and sat at my desk and opened the Hartwell file and stared at it without reading a single word.Marcus knocked at ten."You sent flowers?" he asked, closing the door."Good morning to you too.""To Lyd

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