The Husbands Novel Novels & Stories

“I have to go. “ I declare “I will see you later. “ I head to the office where the new partner is waiting for me. Dominic goes to his father. We finish a few hours later, and we have dinner with the business partners. I make sure I sit as far away as possible from Dominic and it almost looks like we don’t even talk to each other. When the dinner ends, my driver takes me to the manor. I go into the house. Most of the servants have already gone to sleep so I am met only by the butler. “Good evening, Madam, “ he greets, “How was the trip? “ “Good, thank you. Is my husband here by any chance? “ “Certainly, “ He tips his head politely, “Would you like me to announce you are here, or ...” “Oh, no

Mr Zhao saw her agree with him but she spaced out for a split second that he caught, thinking for a moment he asked, “But why would you ask this miss?” Zhi Rou absent-mindedly answered, “It’s the decision my husband and I chose to live with.” Mr Zhao stopped in his steps stunned. She already referred to him as her husband so naturally and for newlyweds that was married in this way, there should at least be some hesitation and another thing was that she became distant so suddenly.

Adeline said, pointing. “Which one?” they asked again. “Are you blind? I’m pointing right there,” Adeline snapped. They followed her finger. “Which one?” Belva insisted. “The man in the gray suit,” Adeline said flatly. The group stared—and quickly realized there was only one man in a gray suit. “You mean… Jason?” Belva asked hesitantly. “Yes,” Adeline said. “Jason is my husband.” ***

She remembers little stuff on what her husband likes just to avoid any conflict. Some ended their marriage because of too much love. Their partners loved another woman and that made her cousins crazy knowing their husbands infidelity. Even though they knew that men were allowed to have 1 or 2 lovers. She learned that women who are in love were crazy to no extent. So she never entertained any emotions like having a crush or liking anyone. She reached her debut without having any romantic emotions. For she settled to put her interest in books.

Violet was now back at home with her mother. She came home with her new husband, Marvin, who her mom found out to be Jamaican. Mrs. O'Hare was a bit upset because she wanted to be a part of her daughter's wedding, but she came to the realization that if Violet is happy, then that's enough for her to be happy as well. And on the brighter side, with Violet being married to another showed she was over all her shenanigans and obsession with Aiden. Maybe now she could focus on building a relationship with Katherine and her niece and nephew.

At a point that Claire never realized would come in her life, for a moment, it crossed her head about the happiness in her past, longing, and fate playing tricks on her. With a heavy heart, she comes to the conclusion that she has always denied for the past month that she… has fallen in love with a man who has her past. She fell in love with a man who tricked her—played and betrayed her with painful lies. She fell in love with this man… with a man who was on his knees in despair after all the destruction that had come to their lives. She fell in love with this man... her husband and all the secrets he had.

With that, I turned around and dialed the number for the police. “Officer, I want to report a crime! My husband transferred my premarital assets without my consent to his mistress!” “I suspect they are plotting something!”

It's one thing to realize it, it's another thing to hear your husband admit that he never touched you because of another woman. Three years. One thousand and ninety-five days of me wondering what was wrong with me. Was I too gaunt? Not pretty enough? Was my touch too needy? I had spent thousands on lingerie, hours in the gym, and countless nights crying myself to sleep, thinking I was failing as a woman. But look at that. It was all for her. Why then? Why marry me if he loved someone else? Why torture me for Christ sake?! There's a sudden crash in the living room, followed by Riley laughing.

CHARLOTTE Spit it out. *Deep breath* "I have two husbands. Michael is the one with his name on the marriage certificate. James is the other." The single open eye blinks. "That's... novel. How does that work then? Having two men competing for your attention?" My mother swipes a hand through her hair. "I thought I knew all there was to know in that area, but it seems you've broken new ground." "They don't compete. They're very different. Good friends, but different."

But his mind was somewhere else. One night, after the girls were asleep, I found him in the nursery. He was sitting in the rocking chair, staring at the crib. I sat on the floor next to him. I asked what he was thinking about. He said Grace. I waited. He said there was something he had not told me. Something about the marriage. I asked what marriage. He said he had married Grace. Years ago. In Vegas. Drunk. Stupid. They had annulled it a week later.