All Chapters of After the Divorce, My Psycho Alpha Ex-Husband went feral: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Scarlett POVThe second floor hummed with old magic, thick, and metallic like dried blood on parchment. My stomach twisted the moment we reached Supervisor Elena’s door and found the note: Emergency Leave. Back tomorrow at 9 a.m.Tomorrow?Disappointment crashed over me like ice water.After everything—after dragging myself here on barely any sleep, forcing the paperwork, and pushing through every reminder that I was still tied to him—I was stuck waiting another day?“Why does it have to be tomorrow?” I muttered, my voice sharper than I had intended. “Isn’t there any way to get this done today? There has to be someone else who can handle it.”Jaxen stood beside me, hands in his pockets, watching me with that infuriating calm. He already knew about the sealed vows document; of course he did. He just hadn’t expected me to make it this far without cracking.I didn&rsq

Jaxen POV“Start,” I said, tapping my watch for emphasis, my voice low and commanding. “Or I head back to the office, and this offer vanishes.”“Jesus Christ, Jaxen. You think the world revolves around your damn schedule? I have a job too, you know. You’re unbelievable!” Scarlett’s patience had officially snapped. Her voice cracked with raw frustration, her scent sharpening with spikes of pure irritation.I kept my arms locked around her waist, refusing to let her put any actual distance between us. “Beg me nicely, and not only do you move back home, but I restore your supplementary cards—full limits. You can even come back to the company as my assistant. What more could you possibly want? I’m being generous here.”Her eyes flashed with disbelief. “Your house was never my home. The apartment I rent? That’s mine. I don’t want any of that shit from you

Jaxen POVSpending the rest of my life with her?I’d never let myself think that far.Her accusation hit the air between us and hung there, heavy and sharp. I pressed my lips together, saying nothing. What the hell was there to say? Marrying her hadn’t exactly been my choice. It was my mother and Regina pushing, Scarlett chasing me relentlessly—back then, it felt like the only way to shut everyone up and keep the peace.“You never intended to keep me around forever,” she whispered. “Even if Liliana hadn’t come back, you would’ve kicked me to the curb, eventually.”The silence that followed was thick enough to choke on. Her ginkgo leaf scent wrapped around me, now edged with frustration and something raw that made my wolf pace restlessly inside my chest.Why the hell does she think like this? I rubbed my temples, brows pulling tight. Was it really because of that kidnappin

Scarlett POV“Miss Ravencroft, you’re telling me you don’t know what you did?” Eva Cassel’s voice carried a hint of amusement over the phone.“Would you like me to remind you of the documents you signed when you joined Hale Group? I can have my assistant send over copies, or you can dig up your own and read them carefully.”Of course. Every decent-sized company had those ironclad agreements—non-compete clauses, NDAs, and the entire arsenal designed to keep employees in line and protect their secrets. I’d signed mine without a second thought during onboarding, back when I was too starry-eyed to care.Jaxen had just taught me a brutal lesson: sign nothing without reading every damn line. Because when shit hit the fan, those papers could destroy you.I forced my voice to remain calm. “What exactly did I do that caused Hale Group ‘incalculable damage’? Thirty milli

Scarlett POVI was right there on the couch next to Christina when she took the call. At first, she was chill, but the longer she talked to her son, the farther she scooted. By the end, she was standing up and wandering off into the other room as if she couldn’t get away from me fast enough.When she finally came back into the living room, I was still sitting there with tears streaking down my face and that pathetic spark of hope in my eyes. She cleared her throat, obviously uncomfortable.“Scarlett, honey… Jaxen’s a grown man. He’s got his mind now, and I can’t control him. You’re his wife; you two need to work it out. No fight lasts past bedtime, right?”The switch-up hit me like a slap. On the outside, I just nodded, but inside, I was reeling. Weren’t you supposed to rip him a new one for me? She’d been so ready to go to war when I first showed up. Now she was folding faster