All Chapters of No More Love after Separation: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

The small talk in the VIP lounge had just ended. Louis Sterling, the sponsor of this trip, glanced at Vivienne Holt. She was my husband’s best friend. Louis frowned and asked, “Mr. Darnell, I went out of my way to book a private island for this trip. I invited you and your wife to celebrate the deal and enjoy your honeymoon while you were at it.“Mrs. Darnell has been up all night working with us on this deal for the past two weeks, so how come she’s not on today’s flight? Who’s this?”Unfazed, Braxton explained with a poised smile, “Adeline did work hard on this deal. But she was hospitalized a couple of days ago. The doctor said she needed to rest. A long flight and the humid island air aren’t good for her.“Vivienne is an old friend of mine. She’s been going through a rough time lately, so I figured I’d bring her along to clear her head.“You’re happy with the project. So who I bring to your resort really shouldn’t have any bearing on our future partnership.”Louis was stil

Chapter 2

I kept my eyes fixed on the terminal in the distance. I did not even look Vivienne’s way.Seeing that I would not acknowledge her, she bit her lip. Her voice got a little louder as she started sobbing.“Are you mad at me, Adeline?”Braxton could hear her from where he stood. He strode over as he frowned at me. “Adeline, Vivienne already apologized. Why are you still giving her the cold shoulder?“You’re my wife. You should be the bigger person here. Letting a friend have a few days to heal after a breakup is a decent thing to do. Don’t be so petty. I’ll give you the wedding when I get back, I promise.”Him defending another woman seemed quite ridiculous to me.For the past seven years, no matter how difficult the opponent, he had always stood by my side.We had been a team and had kept nothing from each other. We had been a loving couple.But at this moment, for Vivienne’s sake, he had decided that I was “petty.”Since he had made his choice, there was no point in arguin

Chapter 3

Looking at this, old memories hit me like a jolt.Golf used to be my whole world. Back then, Braxton was still a naive, broke kid. Whenever I came to play a round, he would sit quietly under the umbrella and wait for me.At that time, I did not want to make him wait for me. So, I refused whenever he wanted to do so.But he was persistent. He showed up for almost every single round I played.Then, one time, I got caught in a sudden storm at the hillside course. The golf cart flipped on a muddy slope. I was pinned under the wrecked cart. Braxton pulled the cart off me with his bare hands.When he pulled me out, I saw that the metal had gashed his hand. He was bleeding badly.After that incident, we got together. With him, I finally wanted a normal life. I finally had a reason to make money.Even though my family had more money than I could ever spend, I chose to go out and build something of my own.Back then, I stood right there in this practice room, holding his hand an

Chapter 4

I hung up, grabbed my coat, and headed straight to the office. Braxton saw this and ran after me.Once I got to the office, I found out what was going on. The client from the ten-million-dollar deal I had closed earlier had come in to talk about follow-up work.After Vivienne got back from vacation, she wanted to impress everyone at the company, so she secretly used Braxton’s computer to answer the client’s email. She ended up getting the core pricing wrong.The client was furious. They demanded we fix it right away.When I heard the news, a surge of anger hit me, and my temples throbbed.Thanks to my familiarity with the project, I immediately started assigning tasks. I hopped on a video call with the client and communicated with him. Only after I got them to calm down and resolved the first crisis did I finally get a second to breathe.I walked over to the office bullpen and looked at Vivienne, who was sitting at her desk. I questioned her coldly, “Who told you to go

Chapter 5

Braxton had never expected to hear those words from me. His gaze was filled with confusion and anger.“Adeline, you’re divorcing me and kicking me out over a honeymoon and a room?“I built this company with you. I put my blood, sweat, and tears into it, too. Who do you think you are to make that call?”I said nothing. I just found it laughable.Everything this company was built on, from the seed money to the core technology to the original connections, had come from me alone.He was nothing more than the guy I felt sorry for after the company got on track. So I let him be the chairman and let him call the shots.I even transferred thirty percent of my shares to him.When I looked back, I realized how naive I had been.The tension was thick enough to cut with a knife.Vivienne slipped right back into her poor-little-me routine. She tugged at Braxton’s sleeve and said, “Brax, don’t be mad. Adeline is just upset right now.“Maybe I should just go. I don’t want to come between

Chapter 6

I walked out of the company and got into my car. I did not rush to leave. I sat there for a long while.Once I regained my composure, I picked up my phone and called my father, Rafferty Edler.“Well, look who finally decided to call.” My father’s voice carried a hint of a scoff and some teasing.“What’s the matter? Are you finally willing to give your old man a call?”I skipped the small talk and got straight to it. “Dad, I’ve wrapped everything up on my end. Tomorrow’s handover should go fine, right?”He let out a sigh. His voice carried the weary tone of a man who had given up on scolding me.“The mergers and acquisitions team, as well as the legal team, are ready to go. They’ll be there at 9 a.m. tomorrow sharp. I’ll be there with them myself.“So what happened? You were dead set on going out there and doing it all on your own for that man. You said that you would rather live on scraps than take a dime from this family.“You finally hit a wall and figured out which way hom

Chapter 7

Vivienne came in with a cup of hot coffee. She set it down on his desk attentively.“Brax, have some coffee. Adeline is just being dramatic. She’ll cool off and come back. You’ll see.”Braxton took the coffee and sipped it.He glanced at her. A foggy feeling crept over him.She was pretty, knew all the right things to say, and knew how to play her cards right.When he was with her, he felt like he was back in his early twenties. She doted on him, chased after him, and treated him like he was something special.Adeline had not given him that feeling in a long time.He knew it was wrong. But he was hooked. He could not help himself.He was just about to set the coffee cup down when the office door was forcefully opened.The loud bang made both of them look up with a start.My father walked in. Behind him were four lawyers and several bodyguards with stone-cold expressions.Braxton froze. He had only met my father once, years ago. The imposing middle-aged man in front of him

Chapter 8

My father sneered, “My daughter says you’re the last person she ever wants to see.”Braxton was shocked and hurt when he heard this.He shoved the chair aside. All he could think about at that moment was finding me. When he left in a hurry, Vivienne grabbed him as if he were her last lifeline.“Brax, you can’t leave! What am I supposed to do if you go?”His eyes were red with fury as he roared, “Get off me! Don’t touch me!”He violently shook her off and shoved her to the floor.My father coldly gave an order from behind, “Mr. Darnell, don’t go anywhere. We still need your signature on the company handover and the paperwork giving up all your assets.”However, Braxton had already bolted out of the office and into the elevator.In the basement parking lot, he walked toward his car, feeling nothing but emptiness.Vivienne refused to give up. She chased after him and clung desperately to his car door handle.“Brax, Adeline’s done with you! I’m all you’ve got left!” she said ur

Chapter 9

(3rd POV)Braxton shivered as he held his phone and stood under the streetlight. He walked the streets like a man who had lost his soul.Too exhausted to continue walking, he sat down on a bench by the roadside.His mind replayed the day he and Adeline were in the courthouse. She was standing in front of the mirror in a white dress when he walked in and stood behind her. He stared at her for a long while.She asked, “Are you done staring?”He replied, “I’ll never be done. I could stare at you for the rest of my life.”The rest of his life, huh? How ridiculous. He ruined the relationship so early on that he wasted all the time and love they were ever meant to have.A massive wave of regret overwhelmed him.He sat on the bench, chain-smoking one cigarette after another in silence. He did not stop until the pack was empty. Then, he leaned back against the bench and closed his eyes in defeat. He fell into a restless sleep.The next morning, he was woken up by the sound o

Chapter 10

Three months had passed.Braxton had lost the company and me. Vivienne had dumped him, too.He still had a little secret stash of money. It was probably enough to last him about six months.But he had already fallen apart. Alcohol became his only way to numb the days. His face was covered in stubble. He had dropped over ten pounds. His eye sockets had sunk deep into his face. He could not bring himself to look in the mirror.One weekend, he found himself walking out of his rented apartment like a zombie.He took a two-hour bus ride to that top-tier golf club on the outskirts of the city.It was the place where we had first met and fallen in love. It was where he used to sit under the umbrella and wait for me by the green.There seemed to be an official tournament today. The spectator area was packed. The applause on the course was deafening.He walked to the corner seat of the bleachers.When he looked up and glanced at the tee box, he froze.There stood a woman in profes

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