All Chapters of Love on the Even Days: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

My throat was so dry I couldn't force out a single word.The whole thing was absurd.One of them was my wife, and the other was my best friend, the man I'd known since childhood.Years ago, Finley Graham had been conned into a disastrous marriage. His wife constantly belittled him and had even become physically abusive.After I helped him get divorced, I was worried his wife would keep hounding him, so I took him in and let him stay with me for a while.I never imagined that his temporary stay would eventually lead him into my wife's bed. And he left her carrying his child....The silence stretched on until the night grew deep and heavy.Finally, Lexi Berry frowned and pressed me for an answer."Well? Have you made up your mind?"I ignored the question and asked the one that had been eating away at me. "Lately, you've been coming home later and later, practically every night. Were you with him?""Yes," she admitted. "He was sick.""Postponing the wedding, changing the venu

We sat across from each other in silence, the tension between us so thick that I could barely breathe.Lexi stared at me, her expression unreadable."We agreed on everything last night, so why are you making a scene now?" she finally said. "I told you. If you can't take this, just divorce me.""I'm not divorcing you!" I yelled, still trembling from the cold, but my eyes burned with stubborn determination. "As long as I stay in this marriage, you and Finley are shameless cheaters, despised by everyone."Lexi's patience ran out, her voice dropping an octave. "You don't want to force my hand. I can cut off your entire financing network if I want to, and you know it."I naturally knew what she was capable of.The woman in front of me was no longer the powerless girl my dad had once rescued. Over the years, she had built herself into the undisputed corporate queen of Noruaspire.Almost every major company in the city had dealings with her in one way or another, and she had enough inf

The sharp pain in my palms kept a sliver of my consciousness intact.Through the haze, I could just make out a figure standing nearby—a woman with a single eye visible beneath the shadows. It was Natalie Ford, the last surviving member of the Ford family and Lexi's most bitter enemy.Decades ago, the Ford family eliminated the Berry family.Afterward, they hired thugs to brutally torture and beat young Lexi. Elmer chanced upon the scene and saved her life.20 years later, Lexi rose to power and exacted her revenge, systematically destroying the Ford family until almost no one remained....By the time Lexi arrived, Natalie had already hoisted Finley and me high into the air, leaving us hanging side by side from separate ropes.She stood beneath us with a knife in her hand and gave Lexi a choice. Only one of us would walk away.Lexi stared up at us as the wind whipped our bodies back and forth. Her teeth clenched so tightly as though she wanted to tear apart Natalie with her bar

The car window rolled slowly upward, cutting off Lexi's view as the black Porsche Cayenne pulled away from the curb.She stood there and watched until the car disappeared, only then realizing that an unfamiliar emptiness had settled over her chest.On the first day after the divorce, she buried herself in work from morning until well past dark, moving from one meeting to the next until exhaustion finally forced her to lean back in her chair and rub her aching temples."Why hasn't dinner been delivered yet?"For years, her stomach had been sensitive, and I had taken care of her diet with almost obsessive attention.Every day, I planned her meals, prepared them carefully, brought them to her office, and refused to leave until I'd watched her eat.Without me around, she had worked straight through the day without a proper meal or even enough water to drink.For the first time in years, the familiar ache in her stomach returned.She called her assistant. "Where is Edward?"The ass

"So, this was your twisted scheme all along." Lexi glared at him. "Disgusting!""I just wanted a solid backer and a comfortable life. What's so wrong with that?" Finley shot back, abandoning all pretenses. "I'm still better than you. One little temptation was all it took for you to lose control, betray your husband, and sleep with his best friend."Lexi's hands clenched into fists, the veins standing out across the backs of them. But her reaction only fueled his arrogance."You're a cheating slut, and now you're standing here pretending to be some heartbroken wife?" he scoffed, stepping closer. "Give me a break. You betrayed Edward, lied straight to his face, slept with me behind his back, and even pushed him into divorcing you."Every time there was a choice, you chose me and hurt his feelings. You did all of that yourself. I never forced you. Knowing Edward's pride, he is never coming back to you.""Shut up!" Lexi growled through gritted teeth.She raised one hand, and her secu