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The divorce papers hit the glass desktop with a sharp, heavy thud. At that exact moment, I was halfway through marking up the late-stage proposals for Bianca Bennett's company's Westside Project.The visual feed floating across my field of vision suddenly exploded with new commentary.[Cue the desperate clinging! There’s no chance he gives up his ticket to the easy life.][Living like royalty for all these years, only to be tossed onto the curb? Yeah, right.][Get the popcorn ready. He’s about to start sobbing, begging the teen female lead not to dump him.]I flipped straight to the final signature page.[The spouse hereby voluntarily waives all claims to marital property.]I slid the paper right back across the desk."I’m not signing this."My wife, Bianca Bennett, shot me a dark look.I met her gaze dead-on. "You don't have the authority to end a marriage on behalf of twenty-eight-year-old Bianca."The stream stalled for a solid beat.[Wait, what? He’s not begging?][Hol

Stepping out of the Bennett Corporation building, the cold wind whipped straight down my collar.My phone buzzed in my pocket."Mr. Morgan, the external cardiac monitor you ordered has arrived," the courier said over the line.I froze for a second.Bianca had pulled every string she had to secure that medical device before the soul swap happened. It was still in its trial phase, meant specifically for my grandmother, whose heart condition had been deteriorating.I rushed over to the nursing home and handed the equipment over to her attending doctor.Seeing me walk in alone, Grandma glanced toward the doorway twice."Where's Bianca?" she asked, "I haven't seen her in two weeks. Did you two get into a fight?""No, Grandma," I said, tucking her blanket in around the edges, "She's just been swamped with work lately. She'll come visit you in a few days."Grandma sighed softly. "At my age, who knows how many 'few days' I have left?"She began rambling about Bianca again, her voice

When the call finally connected, Bianca surprisingly didn't lose her temper. She answered every single question from the doctor with genuine care.Hanging up, she said, "They’ll land tomorrow night at eight."The tight knot in my chest finally loosened."Thank you."She looked a bit unnatural, rubbing her nose awkwardly."If you really want to thank me, sign the divorce papers and let Connor and I be together."I looked at her. "I'll say it again. When the real Bianca comes back, if she wants a divorce, I'll sign."As I walked toward the door, I heard Connor lower his voice."Why didn't you set terms just now? He’s desperate. If you forced him to sign first, he would've done it.""A life is on the line! You expect me to blackmail him with that?" Bianca’s tone turned ice-cold instantly. "Do you really think I’m that heartless?""I didn't mean it like that. I was just worried you’d get taken advantage of.""Even so, you don't kick someone when they’re down."I didn't turn bac

I froze for a moment."Later, I got into a massive fight with her, telling her that if you didn't want kids, we weren't having kids, and asking what a watch had to do with having a baby anyway."Bianca paused briefly."It's good that she finally came around."The floating text feed froze completely. After a long beat, a single line slowly drifted past.[Wait... She's not stripping it off his wrist?]Bianca released my hand."Mom gave this to you. Keep it on."I stared down at the watch, a wave of profound exhaustion washing over me."Bianca, I want to be alone with Grandma for a little while."She caught my meaning immediately."Okay.""Go find out what really happened.""Okay."She still didn't ask a single redundant question. She simply set my phone down right by my hand, bending over to gently pull my slipped jacket back up over my shoulders before she left.This time, I didn't flinch away.However, I didn't reach out to grab her hand like I used to, either.Bianca

Yet the very next day, Bianca invited me out again."The third time, I was the one who wanted to see him," Bianca continued, "The fourth time too. And every single time after that."She locked eyes with Connor."Don't flatter yourself into thinking someone else's six years revolved around your face."The glowing livestream commentary floating in front of me froze, dead in its tracks.[Wait... So who were we even rooting for this whole time?][Hold on, who was actually the rebound here?]I didn't feel any surge of victory. I just felt bone-weary."Bianca."Her head snapped toward me instantly."Stop causing a scene in the hospital."She paused, taking a breath. "Okay."Connor opened his mouth to say something, but eighteen-year-old Bianca yanked her arm out of his grasp before he could get a word out."I told you yesterday, you don't get to use people's lives to blackmail him," she said.For the first time, that wild, reckless spark in the teenage girl's eyes was completel