All Chapters of Divorced At Night, Married By Dawn : Chapter 21 - Chapter 25

Chapter 21:****The morning after the bombshell email hit the Ashford family, Ryan was ready to confront Vanessa about what he heard yesterday.He walked into the east wing lounge. Vanessa was seated on a velvet armchair, packing a leather suitcase with slow, deliberate movements. She didn’t look up when he entered.“Tell me it’s a lie,” Ryan demanded. His voice was flat. Vanessa zipped the bag and finally looked at him. “Is that true?" She asked, acting like nothing happened.Ryan stepped closer. “The boy and Leo Thorne. Is it true?"“Yes.” She stood up, smoothing her coat. “I was with Leo long before you ever came into the picture. I married you because of your mother; she really wanted to associate with the Cole family and legacy, and I granted her that without stress.”Ryan’s jaw dropped. “You used my family.”“No! Your family used me.” She corrected. Grace appeared at the top of the stairs. Her face was pale. "I trusted you so much, but you've just ruined everything. You deceive

Chapter 23:****I could not take my eyes off the laptop screen. My hands slowly rose and covered my mouth."No..."Adrian looked at me immediately. "You know him?"I could not answer him. Not because I refused to. Because I could not believe he was still alive.Adrian stood beside me and looked back at the frozen image. "Who is he?"I stared at the screen for several long seconds before I finally found my voice. "His name is Victor Dorian."Adrian frowned. "I have never heard that name before. Who is he?"""I never wanted you to, because I felt it was in the past."I pulled out the desk chair and sat down slowly, and the memories came rushing back. "Years before I met Ryan, before I even became an Ashford, I worked part-time while trying to finish school. My supervisor was Victor. He looked kind. He spoke gently. He treated everyone well. But he was nothing like the man people believed him to be."Adrian remained silent."He became obsessed with me. He said I belonged to him. When I

Chapter 25: ****Ryan spent the entire night staring at the photograph. Elena and a boy who looked nothing like Vanessa's son, but something about the shape of his eyes felt familiar in a way Ryan could not explain.He pulled out old documents from his marriage; he started comparing dates against the message on his phone. When he divorced Elena, she didn't look like someone who was pregnant. The series of test results we did said she couldn't conceive, so how could she possibly give birth within a short period of time after their divorce?The dates lined up in a way that made his hands unsteady.But something else bothered him more. The photograph looked recent; it was taken within the last year, yet the anonymous message said Ashley was approximately six years old. Whoever sent the message had not just discovered this child yesterday. They had been watching Elena for years, patient enough to wait for the right moment to strike.Ryan called the private investigator who once tracked E