All Chapters of THE WIFE HE THREW AWAY: My ex-husband's regret : Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

LEILA"What is the meaning of this?" Karl’s voice dropped into that low, dangerous register that vibrated through the quiet studio, but the fury in his eyes was entirely flat. He held the folder with a white-knuckle grip, the cardboard bending beneath his thumb as if he could physically crush the blank lines I had left behind. I didn't answer him. My eyes remained fixed on my laptop screen, where the corner of the workspace was flashing with the timeline block from the Sovereign Apex Prize portal. The clock was ticking down to my final three days, and the man standing in my doorway was nothing more than an obstruction between me and the grid lines of my future."You crossed out twenty-five million dollars, Leila," Karl said, his step forward heavy enough to rattle the delicate plastic scale models on my drafting shelf. "You left the spousal support blank. You left the penthouse asset division blank. If you think this emotional tantrum is going to humiliate me into a public court b

LEILA "Every single dollar of that six million is legally frozen, Leila. You have absolutely nothing outside of my name." Karl’s voice vibrated through the speaker of my phone, stripped of humanity, and dripping with an imperial entitlement that treated my entire existence as a minor clause on his financial ledger. Behind me, the steady, rhythmic lashing of the first heavy rain sheets against the floor-to-ceiling glass panel sounded like a firing squad. I didn't blink. I didn't let my breath hitch, refusing to give him or the sneering real estate broker watching me from across the marble table a single scrap of emotional satisfaction. "My father expects us at the estate tomorrow evening at seven o'clock sharp," Karl continued, his tone flattening into an absolute command. "You will confirm this divorce is completely mutual, or I will ensure you don't have a single dollar to buy a she