All Chapters of Too late ex Husband : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

16 Chapters

The accident

For the past 3 years, I've lived my best life as the wife of Murphy Daniel. The cold, indecisive CEO who loved and cared for I and our little daughter Sophie. Not until last year, when I gave up my job to become a house wife in order to take good care of our daughter Sophie who suddenly had an issue with her kidney.And today, Sophie was turning five. It was already 9pm but Daniel wasn't anywhere to be found for his daughter's birthday. He had promised he would take her to get her birthday cake.“Daddy” Sophie called as her voice was too cold. As she had just woken up from sleep. She felt so much happier staying close to her dad than with me. "Hey Sophie, your dad isn't at home." I said to her as I smiled gently holding her little hands.She shoved them off as she pouted her mouth. “ I don't want you mom, I want my dad.”My chest tightened as my hands trembled in anguish. Sophie had turned cold towards me even at her age. She never truly saw me as a good mom.I exhaled deeply. “Sophi

His Mistress

I slowly took it out from my purse as I glanced at the caller ID. It was Mason—the doctor that took me through my training. I spent years studying medicine only to walk away from it when my daughter got sick. It's been years since we last spoke, I became shocked as my eyes flickered with surprise. I left the room as I walked down the hospital's hallway to avoid disturbing Sophie. I swiped over on my phone as my fingers shivered.“Hello Mason." I said as my voice came out low.“Hello Jane. It's been a long while, how are you doing over there?" His voice has suddenly changed as it felt as if I had never known someone like him.I kept quiet for a while, let out a huff and then continued. “I've been doing great Mason. It's nice talking to you.” "My dream finally came to realization. I have a hospital now and if you hadn't given up on your dreams, you could have had a better spot. But whenever you decide to come back to your dream, there's a better spot for you in my hospital." Mason ha

Just my secretary

I didn't go home that night. Even after leaving Sophie's ward, my legs refused to carry me out of the hospital. I sat alone in the hallway with my back against the cold wall while nurses walked past me with hurried footsteps.The hospital smelled strongly of antiseptic and medicine. Ironically, it used to comfort me once.Years ago, hospitals made me feel alive. I loved saving people, wearing my white coat and feeling like my life actually had meaning outside being someone's wife or mother. Now the same walls only reminded me of everything I lost.I lowered my head into my palms tiredly. Murphy's words kept replaying in my mind.“You've done nothing except stay at home and overthink everything.”A painful laugh escaped my lips. Was that truly how little he thought of me now? My chest tightened painfully as memories flooded my mind. The sleepless nights I spent checking Sophie's temperature, the countless hospital visits, the days I skipped meals because Sophie refused to eat unless I

Cracks in the Marriage

The next morning, I woke up with a stiff neck inside the uncomfortable hospital chair. Soft rays of sunlight slipped through the curtains while the steady beeping of machines echoed quietly through Sophie's ward. My chest tightened painfully as I slowly lifted my head.Murphy was asleep on the couch across the room with his arms folded while Nessa sat beside him, her head resting lightly on his shoulder.My breath caught instantly because the sight felt too intimate like they had done it before. My stomach twisted painfully as I stared at them. Murphy didn't even realize when his secretary crossed boundaries anymore. Or perhaps he simply didn't care.I looked away quickly before tears could gather again. The movement must have stirred Sophie awake because she blinked sleepily before smiling immediately.“Daddy...” she whispered happily.Murphy opened his eyes almost instantly and sat upright.“Princess.” His face softened immediately as he walked over to her bed. “How are you feeling?

The night everything broke

Three days passed after the accident, yet Murphy barely stayed in the hospital long enough to feel like a husband, or even a father. He always had somewhere else to be. Either meetings, business dinners or trips. And every single time he left, Nessa somehow ended up staying behind beside Sophie.At first, I told myself I was overthinking things. But gradually, even the nurses began looking at Nessa as though she belonged to Murphy more than I did. That realization slowly destroyed me from the inside.I adjusted Sophie's blanket softly as she slept quietly on the hospital bed. Her face looked pale and smaller than usual while machines beeped steadily around her.The doctors had warned me repeatedly that the accident worsened her kidney complications. She needed constant care now more than ever.And yet Murphy remained emotionally absent. My gaze shifted toward the clock hanging on the wall.9:47 PM.Murphy had promised he would come tonight. I looked down at my phone and dialed his num

Nothing serious between us

I left the hospital with Sophie right after she became stable. My heart had leaped into my chest because I feared something would have happened to her.My hands were placed on the steering as I tried to concentrate on the road. Sophie laid on the back sit, her drugs clutched to her chest.When we arrived at the house, Murphy wasn't home yet. I knew he mentioned he was busy but it was already half past eleven p.m and every married man like him should know it's time to be at home.Gently, I unlocked the car, stepped down with the other hand rolling my skirt up, and walked over to where Sophie was.“Sophie, we are home now. Let's go inside so you can rest.” I carried her onto my palms, kicked the car door closed and began moving inside.She barely spoke. The illness was already eating her up and that really broke me. I had tried every possible thing to make sure she got the best doctor. I gave her pills on time, took her to the hospital for tests, and did every goddamn thing. “Mom, I wa

My eyes widened as I gently read through the file.‘Shares allocated to Nessa Blake’My fingers tightened around the paper as if crushing it would somehow change the words staring back at me."Transferred shares..." The sentence blurred, tears streaming from my eyes. I blinked hard and forced myself to continue reading.No, that couldn't be right. My heart began to pound violently against my ribs. I hurried through the file, desperate to find some explanation, some clause that would make sense of what I was seeing but there wasn't one.The shares had been transferred to another woman—Nessa who he always denied having an affair with.The file nearly slipped from my trembling hands. A sharp pain spread through my chest, stealing my breath. I fell to the ground before my legs gave out completely."What...?" The whisper barely left my lips.Years of building that company from the ground up, the sleepless nights, risks, struggles, every victory we celebrated together. I had believed it bel

Divorce papers

A cold quietness washed over me. I didn't want to cry; I just felt completely numb. I slowly let go of Sophie’s hand, fixed her blanket, and stood up to face them. I looked at Murphy, then looked at Nessa. I didn't yell or make a scene. I just gave them a cold, empty smile. The fact that he brought his secretary to a hospital room was so low that I was finally done with him.“Why is she here Murphy?" I forced myself to blink back the tears trying to stream from my eyes.He exhaled, stepped close to Sophie's bed and held her hands. “Jane, how much more shameless could you be? Nessa and I attended a business meeting together and when she heard Sophie was at the hospital, she decided to come with me. Moreover, Sophie enjoys her company." None of this was new to me anymore. He had repeatedly shown me that I'm not good enough to be his wife. He utters every word without thinking them through and I've decided not to be in this shallow anymore.“Wow, really? All you talk about is trips, mee

It's over

I didn't cry anymore; my eyes were completely dry, burned out from the tears. I just sat on the plastic chair by Sophie’s bedside, staring blankly at the white sheet covering my entire world. The divorce papers were already being prepared, a cold document for a cold reality.The heavy oak door clicked open.I didn't turn my head. The familiar, hurried footsteps belonged to Murphy. I heard his heavy sigh before he even spoke, the sound of a man who thought he was walking back into another tedious argument."Jane," he began, his voice laced with irritation as he closed the door behind him. "I rushed right back after dropping Nessa off. Look, I’m sorry I slammed the door, but you really need to stop making these grand scenes in public. It’s exhausting."I remained perfectly still, my hands folded in my lap. I didn't look at him or say a word."Jane? Are you listening to me?" He walked further into the room, his brow furrowing when he noticed my complete lack of reaction. The arrogance in

Sign the papers

I gently slipped my phone under the bed and laid my head to ease the pounding. My mind went back to Sophie's lifeless body. Murphy should do whatever he wants with the body and I don't care if I'm being tagged a bad mom for walking away. They didn't know the living hell I had endured, and I had nothing left inside me to give.As the physical throb in my temples began to dull, a sudden, sharp memory cut through the haze.I stood up, the exhaustion completely draining from my body, replaced by a sudden rush of adrenaline. I needed the rest of it.I slipped out of the bedroom and glided down the hallway to Murphy’s private home office. The room smelled of his expensive cologne and expensive leather—a room I was usually forbidden from entering without permission. Tonight, the rules didn't exist.I went straight to his heavy mahogany desk. I began pulling open the drawers, flipping through file folders, tax documents, and bank statements. My heart hammered against my ribs, each second feel

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