All Chapters of Married To My Ex-Husband's Uncle: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1: I Slept With My Ex-husband's Uncle

Chapter 2: I Have A Deal For You

Xena. Was Hannah drunk?I stood there waiting for the punchline. April Fools was months away but maybe someone had lost track of the calendar. Maybe this was some elaborate Yale family bit that I hadn't been briefed on. Maybe —Adrian crossed the room to stand beside her."It's true." He turned to face the crowd. "We found her barely alive around a week ago. Locked in a cargo house."He looked at me."For three years, you kept her hidden away from the world."I stared at him.This was a joke. This was genuinely, actually, a joke. They definitely couldn't be serious.Adrian Yale was standing in front of Chicago's finest in a room that cost more per hour than most people made in a month, and he was —""What the hell are you----" He shoved his phone against my face and tapped a button. And the video nearly left me dumbstruck..I was in it, forcing Hannah into an abandoned car while she screamed and cried for help. The only issue was I knew that wasn't me. But the aristocrats weren't g

Chapter 3: Where Do I Sign?

Xena.I have had some strange experiences in my lifetime.Being born illegitimate into a family that kept me like a footnote. Being sent to a wedding that wasn't mine with twenty minutes of notice. And spending three years married to a man who looked through me at dinner every night.But none of them — not one — came close to sitting in a police interrogation room while a man who shared a last name with the people who just destroyed my life slid a deal across the table like we were closing a business lunch."Yeah," I scoffed. "You must be out of your mind."He chuckled. Actual amusement, like I'd said something genuinely funny. Then the smile faded and was replaced with a cold expression. A chill went down my spine.."Some may say that." His eyes drifted to the door. "But it would be in your best interest to hear me out."I followed his gaze. The small window at the top of the door framed three officers waiting like there was good news to be told. The detective was pacing. He looked p

Chapter 4: Will You Satisfy Me?

Xena.The night air hit me the moment we stepped outside and I realized it was the first clean breath I'd taken in hours.Dante's car was already waiting. The long black car didn't need a logo to tell one it cost fortunes. A driver stood at the rear door without being summoned and I got in without being asked.The door closed behind us and the city moved past the tinted windows in silence.I looked down at my hands. The cuffs were gone — removed somewhere between signing and walking out, by the same wordless man in black who had held the papers up to my face. The detective had watched us leave with a sour expression, however he tried hiding it behind a smile.. which failed.I had enjoyed that more than I was going to admit out loud."You'll want to know about the video."Dante's voice came from beside me. He was looking ahead, jacket still perfect, like the last two hours had been a scheduled stop on an otherwise ordinary evening."I already know what it is," I said. "Deepfake. Adri

Chapter 5: I Had Married A Dead Man

Xena.The ceiling in Dante's room was different from the one in the guest room.I noticed that first, which probably said something about the state of my brain. I stared at it and waited for regret to arrive.It didn't.What arrived instead was a very thorough physical awareness of every decision I had made in the last several hours, and the sound of Dante moving somewhere to my left.I turned my head.He was standing at the foot of the bed, buttoning his shirt from the bottom up. He glanced at me when he noticed I was watching."You're surprisingly difficult to read," he said.I blinked. "Is that a compliment?""It's an observation." He did the second to last button. "Though in this context I suppose it functions as both." The last button. He reached for his cufflinks on the dresser without looking for them. "You held your own.""I'm aware."The corner of his mouth moved. Not quite a smile but I'd take it.I sat up, pulling the sheet with me, and looked around for my gown."There ar

Chapter 6: One Night Stand

Xena.I set my mug down before I spilled the rest of it."Axel?"He was still standing in the doorway looking at me like I was something that had appeared without explanation in a place I had no business being. Which, technically."What are you doing here?" I asked."I —" He stopped. "What are you doing here?""I asked first.""Xena." He crossed the kitchen in three steps, his voice lowering drastically. "I heard you were arrested last night. I've been calling since the gala. I saw what they did and I was —" He stopped again, eyes moving over my face like he was checking for damage. "Are you alright?"The question was so genuine it almost caught me off guard."I'm fine," I said. And then, because he was still looking at me like that — "I'm actually fine, Axel. You can breathe."He let out something that wasn't quite a laugh. Ran a hand through his hair, which I recognized as his tell for when he was more shaken than he wanted to show."You're in Dante Yale's house," he said quietly."

Chapter 7: Death Would Be A Mercy

Dante.Axel Darwin stood in the kitchen after Xena's footsteps disappeared up the stairs and looked at the doorway she'd walked through with an expression he clearly believed was neutral. I had spent seven years reading rooms from a distance. I could read one I was standing in without effort.I picked up my coffee."The restructuring documents," I glanced at me. "You mentioned they were in the car."He turned back to me and adjusted. "Yes. I'll have them sent up this afternoon.""This morning.""This morning." He nodded once. Moved to gather his jacket from the back of the chair he'd dropped it on when he came in. Then stopped. "You're not usually that chatty."I looked at him. "Meaning.""Meaning in the three years I've worked with you privately you've never volunteered information that wasn't operationally necessary." He kept his voice even. "The contract marriage. The one night stand. You didn't need to say any of that.""True," I agreed."So why did you."I set my mug down and co

Chapter 8: You Still Don't Know Who Betrayed You

Xena.“You’re leaving?”I looked up from the foyer table where I was reaching for my keys.Maria stood halfway down the staircase in her uniform, eyebrows pulled together. Behind her, the Yale house stretched quiet and expensive and watchful in the gray early morning light.“Just for a few hours,” I said.“Mr. Yale knows?”The pause after the question answered it for her.I slipped the keys into my bag. “I’m not on house arrest.”“No one said you were.”Close enough.I gave her a small smile anyway because none of this was her fault. “I’ll be back before lunch.”Her expression said she didn't believe that.Mine probably said I didn’t care.I turned before she could ask another question and walked out of the Yale estate into the cold Chicago morning.The gate slid open slowly.For a second I stood on the sidewalk beside the waiting cab and just breathed.No marble hallways. No security teams. No Dante standing somewhere behind me seeing ten moves ahead before I’d finished one thought.J

Chapter 9: Her Husband

Xena.The bell above the studio door rang softly behind Hannah.Then she was gone.Nobody moved for a second.The envelope stayed open on my worktable beside scattered sketches and fabric samples like it belonged there. Like the last five minutes hadn't just happened.Chloe looked between me and the door. “Should I call the police?”“For what?” I asked quietly.“She threatened you.”“No.” I slid the documents back into the envelope carefully. “She warned me.”“That is not better,” Lena muttered.My phone buzzed against the table before I could answer.One message from Dante.Come home now.I stared at the words longer than I should have.Axel noticed immediately. “Something wrong?”I locked the screen and reached for my bag. “I need to go.”“Xena—”“I’m fine.”“You don’t look fine.”“Good thing looks aren’t legally binding.”That got the ghost of a smile out of him.“I’ll drive you.”“No.”The answer came too fast and Axel's expression shifted slightly at the speed of it.I softened m

Chapter 10: I Was Buried

Xena.Nobody moved.The ballroom stayed suspended in one long stunned breath while Dante stood beside me like he belonged exactly where he was.The MC remained frozen near the podium clutching cue cards with visibly trembling hands while conversations around the room died one by one.A woman near the front frowned first.Then blinked and looked harder.Recognition spread outward from there like cracks through glass.People were already turning toward each other.Whispering. Comparing faces. Trying to reconcile memory with reality.Dante Yale was supposed to be dead. Chicago buried him seven years ago.And now he was standing beneath crystal chandeliers in a charcoal suit with one hand resting lightly against my back. Across the room, Gerald Yale finally started walking.Every step seemed to split the ballroom wider open.People moved aside automatically.No one wanted to stand between them.I felt Dante go still beside me before I looked at him. Only the slight pressure of his finge

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