All Chapters of Pleasured by my Ex-Husband’s Uncle: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

MELANIE~•~This was awkward as fuck.The last time I was alone in a room with him, I’d argued with him concerning my… personal issues.Sure, he’d been nice enough to defend me in front of everyone earlier, but that didn’t mean I wanted to be stuck in the backseat with him while trying too hard to pretend like my cramps weren’t killing me. Maybe I should have taken the passenger’s seat.The tension in the air was suffocating and I couldn’t deal with the silence any longer. “Thank you for this,” I said, finally breaking the silence.“There’s nothing to thank me for.”“Well, thank you anyway.”He didn’t answer immediately. When he finally pinned his gaze on me, it felt heavy. “You should ask your husband to arrange your transportation. Standing on a curb in this weather isn’t very ideal.”Just when I thought he was tolerable, there he went again. “I can manage just fine on my own.”“Clearly.” He said sharply.“What exactly is your obsession with my husband? How do you even know him?”“I

CHRISTIAN~•~The first thing I noticed when we pulled over was my nephew standing outside the door, his eyes narrowed at my car.Melanie reached for the handle and opened the door, pausing briefly when she saw her husband standing outside. It was a very tiny hesitation but I caught it anyway. Her shoulder deflated at the sight of him, but she got out anyway, quickly closing the door.But he was still looking over her shoulder at my car suspiciously.“Sir? Home?”“Mmh?” I dragged my eyes away from the couple who already seemed to be having a heated conversation. “Yes. Home.”I took one last glance at her as Louis pulled away from them. I still remembered her vividly from her internship. She’d been so different back then. She was young, energetic, and hardworking, happy to help others reduce their workloads whenever she was done with hers.It got to the point that other interns deliberately started leaving the work for her to do and the silly excited intern didn’t mind. She just enjoy

MELANIE~•~I’d always loved working, but I’d never looked forward to going into work this much.I needed something to get away from Patrick’s house. The weekend was miserable so I spent most of it at Celina’s apartment, more than excited when Monday finally came and I could return to work.Now that the family knew I was working, I already knew I’d be working overtime whether or not I was needed at work. They were going to complain about it, as they did everything else in my life, but as I said before, I didn’t care.“You’re in a good mood today,” Donna said when she saw me walking past her office. “Am I?” “What’s the good news?”I merely laughed and continued walking to my office. There was no news. Walking into work just made me feel lighter than usual. I spent the whole day buried in work, only taking ten minutes out of my lunch break to eat lunch before returning to work.It was almost the end of the workday when the office phone rang. “Melanie Juarez speaking,” I said as I ans

MELANIE~•~It was the third time Christian was catching me in an embarrassing moment. Once at the cinema, another in the break room where I announced that I was a widow, and the last when Lane was implying something inappropriate was going on between Christian and me.I could only hope that was the last time or I really wouldn’t be able to face him anymore.When I returned home that evening, I could hear voices in the kitchen. My feet paused in the hallway before I fully made up my mind and I peered into the kitchen.Vivian stood behind the sink with her sleeves rolled up, scrubbing a pan with more force than probably required while Patrick’s mother sat on the stool beside the kitchen island, watching her with a satisfied smile on her face. “You don’t have to do all these by yourself,” Patrick’s mother said, though she wasn’t making any move to stop her. “You work so hard around here. Even harder than some people who are required to contribute to the household.”I held back a scoff.

MELANIE~•~I let go of my suitcase and dropped my carry-on on the bed before flopping down on it with a satisfied smile.The resort was beautiful. The room was a lot bigger than I expected with a wall of windows facing the water. I stood up, walked over, and pressed my palm against the glass, watching people walk around next to the water.For a brief second, I wondered what my life would have been like if I had stayed at Sin Apex after graduation. Did they have trips like this yearly? Blackwood Institute was only focused on crunching data. There were no team-building trips in their schedule and definitely no fancy resorts.Telling Patrick about the trip had gone way easier than I expected, mostly because he barely looked up from his phone when I mentioned it.“Business trip? For how long?” He had asked distractedly.“Three nights.”“Okay.” He had tapped something on his screen, not sparing me a glance. “Text me when you land.”I was stunned. There had been no questions about where I