After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 13

Elaine had a point.If all he needed was a wife who can solve problems, anyone would do. Yet for some inexplicable reason, he couldn't stand the thought of

letting her go.

He wanted her by his side-for whole life, maybe longer. He'd never once imagined what life would be like without Elaine.

Time was going, but he remained parked outside her house. As dawn broke, his phone suddenly blared to life. He jolted upright, fumbling for it, only to feel a stab of disappointment when Vivian's name flashed on the screen.

He tossed the phone aside and slumped back against the seat.

Closing his eyes, he found his mind filled with nothing but images of Elaine.

Teenage Elaine secretly following him across campus, thinking he hadn't noticed.

Bride Elaine walking down the aisle on her father's arm, her eyes full of love as she approached him.

when he brought home yet another replacement

in his chest refused to go away, making

wheels rolling across pavement caught his attention. He looked up to see

panic

voice still carried its usual edge,

even realized it himself, but he was

at his sudden appearance, then glanced at the flashy Rolls-Royce parked nearby. The cigar butts littering the ground

her, she

she didn't answer, his anxiety spiked. His grip on her wrist

one by one, then rubbed

about her her voice, her movements, her eyes-was different now. The love and concern that had once filled her gaze whenever she looked at him were

he didn't recognize. Someone who no longer loved

back. "You have no right to ask me that

never agreed to the divorce. It's