All Chapters of Reborn After Betrayal: My Ex-husband Rival's Spoils Me : Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

"My head... my head hurts!" I gasped, clutching at the white sheets. The photo on the phone, Daniel's fake smile, Lisa's hand on his arm, Ethan calling her Mommy - everything was spinning.Alexander King was instantly beside me. He didn't touch me without permission."Breathe, Sarah. Just breathe. Don't force it.""Don't tell me what to do!" I snapped, but it wasn't at him. It was at the fog in my brain. I was desperate. I was clawing at a wall of darkness, trying to pull memories out. Who was I? Was I really Ethan's mother? Was I really a wife that could be so easily discarded?I pressed my palms hard against my temples. "I need to remember... I need to...""Sarah, stop!" He finally grabbed my wrists gently but firmly, pulling my hands away from my head. His hands were warm, steady. Mine were shaking. "You will hurt yourself. The doctor said the memories will come back slowly. You can't force them."I looked up at him, tears blurring my vision. "You don't understand. My husband... my

The guest house was not a guest house.It was a glass villa behind the main mansion in the Hamptons, surrounded by pine trees, with a fireplace that was already lit when we arrived. It smelled like wood and sea salt and him.Alexander carried me inside and placed me gently on the large cream-colored sofa. He knelt to take off the hospital slippers someone had given me. His hands were careful."You should rest. I'll get you clothes," he said, his voice still a little hoarse from the car ride. He had barely spoken the whole way, his knuckles white on his armrest whenever he looked at me."Alexander, wait."He stopped at the doorway.I sat up, the blanket falling from my shoulders. I was still in the thin hospital gown, my hair a mess, no makeup, bruises fading on my arm from the IV. I had never felt less beautiful and never felt more powerful."Don't you want to see the look on Daniel's face when he realizes he's been betrayed?" I asked.He turned slowly.I continued, my heart pounding

Daniel locked my door that night.I heard the click. I heard his footsteps go downstairs. I heard Lisa whispering, "Is she asleep?" and Daniel whispering back, "Let her sleep. She's sick."Sick. That was what he called me. now. Sick. Confused. Broken.He had no idea that the sick, confused wife he had just locked in was sitting in the dark, smiling, holding a second phone in her hand.I waited until the house went quiet. Until I heard Ethan's little snores from the next room. Until I heard Lisa's high heels click away to the guest room she had stolen from me.Then I typed one word._Safe._Alexander replied in three seconds._I was waiting for your word. Are you okay? Did he hurt you?__No,_ I typed. _He just locked me in. He thinks I'm still his.__You are not his,_ Alexander wrote back. _You never were. Not really. A man who locks his wife in a room does not own her. He is just afraid of losing her._I stared at those words in the dark. Afraid of losing her. Daniel was afraid. That

Daniel started to follow me.I knew because Alexander told me first."He hired a private investigator," Alexander said on the phone. His voice was low, calm, like he was telling me the weather. "A cheap one. A man named Mark. He has been outside your house since 6 a.m."I was in the kitchen, making Ethan's lunchbox, pretending to be the perfect mother. Lisa was watching me from the doorway, her arms crossed, her eyes sharp."Are you scared?" I asked Alexander, my voice barely a whisper.Alexander laughed — a deep, dangerous laugh. "Sarah, I am Alexander King. I have been followed by better men than Mark. The question is... are you scared?"I looked at Lisa. She was smiling. She thought Daniel following me meant he still loved me. She thought he was protecting me.She had no idea Daniel was following me because he thought I was cheating."No," I said. "I'm not scared. Let him follow me. Let him waste his money. He will find nothing."And that became our new game.The next morning, I di