Marrying My Ex-husband's Greatest Enemy のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

Seraphina Hale placed the last plate on the dining table and stepped back with a satisfied smile.Everything was ready.Fresh coffee.French toast.Scrambled eggs.A bowl of sliced fruit.Beside Evan's plate sat a small navy-blue gift box tied with a silver ribbon.She rested her fingers on it for a second.Eight years.Sometimes it felt like they had only just gotten married.Other times...It felt like she had spent eight years learning how to fit into Evan's world without taking up too much space.She looked around the apartment.Everything was exactly the way he liked it.The flowers had been replaced.His newspaper was folded neatly beside his chair.His coffee was poured exactly the way he preferred.She smiled to herself.Maybe tonight would be different.The sound of footsteps echoed downstairs.Evan entered the dining room, already dressed for work. His jacket rested over one arm while his attention remained on the phone in his hand."Morning," Seraphina said."Morning.""You

Seraphina barely slept.The hotel room was quiet.Too quiet.She lay awake staring at the ceiling until sunrise, replaying the same conversation over and over again."I married Seraphina because she was safe.""She'll never leave.""A divorce would destroy too much."She had spent years wondering what she had done wrong.Now she knew.Nothing.She had simply loved someone who saw love as convenience.Her phone buzzed.Margaret Collins."I'm outside," her lawyer said."I'll be down."************Margaret Collins was exactly as Seraphina remembered her.Calm.Sharp.Impossible to intimidate.She stood beside her black sedan, holding two takeaway coffees."You look terrible," Margaret said as Seraphina approached."I didn't sleep.""I expected as much."They got into the car.For a few moments neither of them spoke.Margaret handed her one of the coffees."Tell me everything."Seraphina did.She started with the necklace.Then Lydia.Then the corridor.Then every word she had heard.Mar

Julian Cross was not what Seraphina expected.She had imagined someone loud.Cold.The kind of man who enjoyed intimidating people.Instead, he looked calm.His charcoal suit was perfectly tailored, but there was nothing flashy about him. He carried himself with quiet confidence, the kind that didn't need attention to be noticed.He looked at Seraphina for only a second before turning to Margaret."I hope I'm not interrupting."Margaret smiled."You're right on time.""I try to be."She gestured toward the chair opposite Seraphina."Please."Julian nodded before sitting.For a few moments, no one spoke.He folded his hands on the table, before turning to seraphina."I'm sorry we have to meet like this."Seraphina frowned."I didn't expect to meet you at all." She responded."I know."Margaret stood."I'll leave the two of you."She picked up a few files."If you need me, I'll be next door."By the time the door closed behind her, silence settled over the office.Julian looked at Serap

Seraphina barely slept.Every time she closed her eyes, she heard Julian's voice again."If Evan discovers you've seen those documents... you'll become his next target."She had spent eight years believing she knew the man she married.Now every answer uncovered another lie.By morning, one question remained.If Julian was telling the truth...How many other lies had she believed?*********She found Diana in the kitchen making pancakes."You look terrible," Diana said."I feel worse.""Coffee?""Please."Diana placed a mug in front of her before sitting opposite."So...""You've made a decision?"Seraphina stared into her coffee."Not yet.""You trust him?""I don't know.""You believe him?""...I think I do."Diana nodded slowly."Those are two different things.""I know."Seraphina sighed."I believe he was betrayed.""But I don't know whether marrying him is the right answer."Diana remained quiet for a moment.Then she asked,"If he hadn't asked you to marry him...""...would you

Seraphina barely slept.Every time she closed her eyes, she heard the same two words."Marry me."She had said yes.The answer still felt unreal.She stood by Diana's kitchen window, watching the morning rain fall against the glass."You've been standing there for twenty minutes."Diana walked in carrying two mugs of coffee.Seraphina accepted one."Thank you."Diana studied her face."So...""So?" She asked with a raised eyebrow."You said yes."Seraphina smiled faintly."I did.""And?" It was Diana's time to raise her eyebrow."I still think I've lost my mind."Diana laughed."I was hoping you'd say that."Seraphina looked down at her coffee."I don't even know what happens now.""You'll find out."As if on cue, her phone vibrated.It was a text from Julian.“Can you come to Margaret's office? Eleven o'clock. There's something you need to understand before we go any further.”She replied with one word.“Okay.”*********Margaret was already waiting when Seraphina arrived.Several th