All Chapters of She Preferred Her Ex… Until I Was Gone: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

I tossed the clothes aside.My girlfriend, Lucinda Fowler, sat there watching me walk to the door."What, did I say something wrong?" she asked."There's another concert tonight, right?" I gripped the door handle. "Isn't that why you're being so passive-aggressive with me? Go or don't go, I don't care."Never having seen me talk back, she laughed in sheer fury. "You really think I won't?""Suit yourself.""Warren Calhoun!" she snapped, trying to stop me. "What's that supposed to mean? Which part of what I said isn't true? You won't be happy until you've actually pushed me to go, is that it?""I said, suit yourself."I closed the door behind me. I had barely taken two steps down the hall before the sound of shattering glass echoed from inside the room.…I sat in a cafe, stirring my coffee, as I looked up the number for my supervisor, Eve Hoffman.I'd been living frugally to save up for a marital home. In fact, the most expensive drink I'd ever had was from a convenience stor

Chapter 2

"Owen!" Lucinda hurriedly steadied Owen, then frowned at me. "Warren, I'm the one who brought Owen here. If you're going to get angry, take it out on me."Clenching my fists, I ignored them and dumped all the junk onto the floor. A document fluttered down and landed at Owen's feet.He picked it up and glanced at it, his eyes instantly turning red. He then dropped the paper and turned to leave."Owen!" Lucinda grabbed his hand."Let go! You two are already engaged!" Owen shouted, pulling his hand away.I looked down. It was the engagement agreement between me and Lucinda.Lucinda held tightly onto Owen's hand. Although he looked heartbroken, he hadn't actually taken a single step out.Unable to hold him back, Lucinda frowned at me. "Warren, apologize to Owen right now.""Why should I?" I asked, stunned."If you hadn't made this engagement agreement in the first place, would Owen be this heartbroken now? You pretended to be cleaning up, but you actually did it on purpose so he'd

Chapter 3

Lucinda had given me this card as a way of giving back after she'd made it big. It was just that most of the money in it had gone toward our daily expenses.Freezing it was her way of forcing me to come back.I was extremely glad that I'd taken Ms. Hoffman's offer early on, because the new bank account held the bonus she had given me for my promotion and raise.I would no longer have to depend on Lucinda to get by.The next day, while I was at the cafe finishing up the paperwork, I saw Owen and Lucinda.I got up to leave, but Owen came over to say hello.I just didn't get it. I'd made it plenty obvious that I was fed up, so why would he keep pestering me?Amid the pushing and shoving, the documents fell to the floor.Owen looked at the top page in surprise. "Overseas transfer letter? Warren, you're going to the overseas branch?"I snatched the documents back.Lucinda looked at me in astonishment. "You're leaving?"Owen furrowed his brow. "Warren, did you find out that I also

Chapter 4

"Lucinda, I—"I tried to call after her, but Lucinda had already helped Owen into the passenger seat.My cries were lost in the cloud of dust.I didn't remember blacking out, or how a passerby found me and called the police.Thanks to timely treatment, I pulled through.I called the police immediately, then asked around and found out which hospital room Owen was in. The license plate at the scene was indeed Owen's, and the police launched an investigation right away.However, Owen had been scared out of his wits."I'm sorry, Warren. I don't know what came over me. I was sick at the time.""Does being sick give you the right to treat a human life like it's nothing?" I brought my hand down on the table. "Do you know I almost died?""Shut up!" Lucinda pushed me away. "He has depression. Don't make things hard for him.""Depression?" I echoed with a frown.Lucinda flung a psychiatric evaluation report in front of me."Owen was in the middle of an episode at the time. Do you hav

Chapter 5

When I saw Ms. Hoffman, she had already finished all the paperwork."Ms Hoffman!" I looked at her in disbelief."What are you still standing there for? The plane is about to take off!"We sprinted to the parking lot together."Ms. Hoffman, how did you know I was in the detention center?" I asked."I kept asking around when I couldn't reach you. When I found out something had happened to you, I knew Lucinda wouldn't come to bail you out.""Sorry for causing you trouble," I said guiltily.She grinned at me. "Talented people like you don't need to apologize."We got in the car, and she floored it all the way to the airport.A mix of emotions washed over me. The person Lucinda saw as fit only to wait on others was, in someone else's eyes, a rare gem.Before boarding, Lucinda sent me a message."Owen has forgiven you. I'll come bail you out soon. Ever since you left, the house has been a mess and so have I. No more of this nonsense, alright? Be good now."I turned off my phone a

Chapter 6

Owen stood there with his coffee, dressed head to toe in designer labels. At the sight of him carrying himself like he was above everyone else, I let out a bitter laugh.Not only was he a senior engineer at my company, but Lucinda also had connections and resources here the entire time.Back when she was on the rise, I once begged her to speak to someone at the company and get me moved to a role with the same salary, but without the endless unpaid overtime.But she just shot back impatiently, "You think I know everyone? Why do you come to me for everything? And favors aren't free, you know. If I get them to help you, I'll have to return the favor later. Why don't you use your brain for once?"I never brought it up again. But it turned out the reason she couldn't do it was simply that I was the one asking."I told you, you can't go in there!" Owen yanked me back as I walked toward the door. "You knew Lucinda was here today to discuss a deal, so you came to get her attention, didn't

Chapter 7

"Mr. Calhoun?"A crowd quickly formed.The moment Owen saw how many people there were, he acted as if I'd hurt him."I caught him trying to sneak in and cause trouble by impersonating a VIP. I was just about to stop him when he attacked me.""Warren?" A familiar voice rang out.I turned and saw Lucinda staring at us in shock. Beside her were the headquarters executives who had come with her to discuss the deal."What's the matter? You couldn't make it out there and decided to come back?" Lucinda asked with a relieved smile.The executives beside her clearly didn't recognize me either, for they all laughed."Sir, I've never seen you before. I've met the usual VIPs, and you're definitely not one of them.""You gentlemen can look up Michael's full name. I'm sure with your level of access, this shouldn't be a problem."The executives exchanged glances. Before long, they had indeed found my name."Warren Calhoun?" Lucinda laughed. "There sure are a lot of people in the world with

Chapter 8

"Warren, if you kneel and apologize to Owen right here, we'll let the whole thing slide," Lucinda said.Owen began to panic. "But—""Hush now," Lucinda cut him off.It was just two simple words, yet they carried an intimidating weight.Owen gritted his teeth."No," I replied, my voice coming through clear as day.I held up my phone, showing 911 on the screen."Let's see who owes who an apology when the police get here."In a flash, Owen grabbed the phone and cut off the call to the police."Warren, can you try to be reasonable? You're the one who attacked me first!"Lucinda grabbed Owen as he tried to lunge forward."You were in the wrong to begin with. All you have to do is apologize. Is that so hard? You think I don't know why you came back? If you apologize like you're told, there's still a chance for us."Even now, she still thought I came back because I regretted leaving her?I was already dizzy from blood loss. Staggering a few steps, I steadied myself on the table.

Chapter 9

I held my forehead and said through gritted teeth, "I want all these people to receive the punishment they deserve.""Certainly." Ms. Estrada nodded repeatedly. "I was informed of the situation on my way here and have already called the police."Right on cue, sirens wailed outside.Owen suddenly clutched his head and stammered, "I-I don't know anything. I'm sorry. I have depression."Someone among the employees said, "I've never seen a depressed person this violent."It drew more people to chime in."Exactly. Depression comes from people who can't bring themselves to hurt anyone else, so they turn it all inward until they break. But Owen? He's out there making sure the whole world knows how great he is and how powerful his connections are. You think someone like that gets depressed?""I've seen Owen's psychiatric evaluation report. The doctor who signed off on it is a close friend of Lucinda's.""Holy crap! That explains everything.""No, you're all lying!" Owen screamed.Whe

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