Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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148 For Better or Worse?

(Winona)

My heart stops, the words hitting me like a physical blow. "You think I'm crazy?"

"I never said that," he retorts. "I meant your reactions are not rational right now."

"Oh, because you would know all about rationality, wouldn't you? Having lived with your mother and Ashlyn, you wouldn't know normal If it hit you in the head." Jayden's eyes blaze with fury. "Oh, so now you're the expert on normal, are you? I think I'm a pretty good judge of when someone needs professional help these days." "That's rich coming from the guy who believed every lie Ashlyn told him," I say, my voice dripping with sarcasm. "You were so quick to divorce me and marry her."

I should stop but now I'm on a roll. "How do I know you won't be as cruel to me again? I took the best part of two years trying to show you what we had. You never once gave me the benefit of the doubt. You were too busy thinking with your dick and bonking Ashlyn's brains out."

Jayden's jaw tightens. "I was confused and manipulated. Can't you understand that?"

"The whole world has to understand you Jayden. But you don't give a rat's ass about understanding anything when there isn't something in it for you."

I stand up, pacing the room. "What I understand is that you made me feel worthless. You humiliated me, Jayden. You shattered my heart into a million pieces, and now you get angry with me because I can't forget it."

stepping into my path. "And what about you? You're so

I shout, tears streaming down my face.

his breath hot

has to be!" I yell again, my voice cracking. "You took everything from me! My trust, my love, my dignity. And now you're standing here, acting like I should just

shoulders, his grip tight. "What do you want from me? What will

know, Jayden. Maybe if you stopped trying to control everything. Maybe if you actually listened to me for

that's gone wrong in your life. And I'm sorry for what you had to grow up

back. "But your mother and Ashlyn made my

in his eyes. But then it's gone, replaced by a cold, hard mask. "Fine. If that's how you

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"Whatever."

never meant to be." He rakes his hand through his hair. "Maybe you were right all along." Suddenly I feel like the ground has been ripped out from under me. "You don't mean that." Aren't we supposed to be able to get through anything together. For better or for worse, that's how marriage is. We

he asks, his eyes boring into mine. "Right now, I think we're just too broken

each other. That's all I wanted you to do, understand that I need more time

air."