All Chapters of The Wife He Forgot To Love: Ex-husband Wants a Second Chance: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Camille By seven o’clock, I’d checked my phone fourteen times.Not because Ethan usually texted me.He didn’t... Not anymore, anyway.But today was different. Today was supposed to be different.Seven years of marriage had to mean something.I stood in the kitchen staring at the pan in front of me while Mrs. Lewis quietly arranged plates behind me. The smell of garlic butter and rosemary filled the air, mixing with the faint scent of the white roses I’d spent way too much money on that afternoon.The apartment looked beautiful with warm lighting, candles, soft jazz drifting through the speakers, and the entire dining table decorated like something out of those luxury couple pages on Instagram.It looked like love lived here.Which was funny, considering I hadn’t really felt loved in this apartment for a long time.“You should sit down for a bit, ma’am,” Mrs. Lewis said gently.I glanced toward the clock on the oven.7:06 PM.“He said he’d be home by seven.”She gave me the kind of lo

I met the divorce attorney on Thursday afternoon.I almost turned around three separate times before entering the building.The first time was when the elevator doors opened and I realized how insane this was.The second was when the receptionist smiled at me and said, “Mrs. Stone, right this way,” like women asking how to leave their husbands was an everyday thing.And the third was when I sat across from a woman named Dana Ellis and heard the word divorce spoken out loud for the first time.Because suddenly it became real.Not just hurt feelings.Not loneliness.Not another rough patch I could keep pretending would eventually fix itself.Real.“You don’t look certain,” Dana said gently after explaining the preliminary filing process.I stared down at my untouched coffee.“I love my husband.”The confession came out embarrassingly fast.Dana nodded like she’d heard that a thousand times before.“You can love someone and still recognize that they’re hurting you.”My throat tightened p