After the Divorce: Crushed on My Lawyer Ex-wife

#50 “Don’t Run Away From Me.”

Evelyn’s testimony had left her visibly shaken, her normally radiant demeanor overshadowed by the trauma she had endured. Sophia decided to offer a small escape from the darkness of the day.

“Do you want to go home and watch some really dumb movie?” Sophia suggested, hoping to bring a glimmer of cheer to Evelyn’s eyes. Evelyn managed a faint smile through her tears. “Always,” she replied. “But don’t you have work, Sophie?”

Sophia shook her head, her determination unwavering. “There has been work before, and there will be work long after I retire. Right now, I want to spend some time with my best friend.”

Evelyn hugged Sophia tightly. “Thank you, sweetie. “It’s going to be nice, we’re going to make face masks, we’re going to laugh at the movie, we’re going to make buttered and salted popcorn,” Sophia emphasized, eager to steer the conversation toward happier topics.

“Sounds lovely, like we’re teenagers again,” Evelyn laughed genuinely for the first time in a long time.

“That’s right, we’ll have fun like before and it’ll be good to get away from work, schemes, corporate assholes, and… men for a while,” Sophia muttered, a hint of frustration tainting her voice.

Evelyn didn’t miss a beat and decided to ask Sophia a question that had been on her mind for a while. “Have you talked to your ex?” she asked.

Sophia sighed, her shoulders drooping. “More times than I’d like,” she muttered. Evelyn was about to ask her something else related to the matter, but Sophia interrupted gently but firmly. “Can this day be about us and not mentioning exes?”

outside. She frowned and instinctively considered avoiding him. She wondered why he was still lingering

annoyance washed over her, and she contemplated ignoring him altogether. However, before she could carry out her plan,

talk,” he implored, hurrying to catch up with her. Evelyn, sensing the gravity of the situation, gave her

in the car,” Evelyn told Sophia before walking away. Turning her furious gaze

to him, her gaze unwavering and stern. Alexander took a deep breath before speaking, “Sophia, I need to

pent-up rage. “Just making

explain, ” Sophia,

a loud, stinging slap across

anger is palpable as she retorts, “And how else could you expect

you, but I have a duty to fulfill. I’ve explained to you several times that Emily’s family

eyes narrow, her gaze unwavering. “What about Evelyn? She’s in the car, trembling like a kitten. They’ve ruined her life, Alexander, and I won’t let them get away

you that you have a scandal of

“And what about it?”

initiated all of this, but there are other players behind

piqued as she asks, “Who else is

of this chaos. It’s a

is taken aback, “What is their motive in all of

“The journalist who was aiding Emily was working for Enlighten Press all along. And though that journalist has been apprehended, the higher-ups in the company have not been implicated. Instead, they used the false scandal of your alleged involvement in bribery to manipulate the situation, resulting in a significant increase in their stock price. Someone is pulling the strings behind this. I

brow, “I appreciate your information, but I can handle this on