Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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225 Saturday Reflections (Winona)

Saturday morning greets me with a quiet kind of heaviness. I'm back in the penthouse trying to be awake enough to spend some time with Abby after another long night at the hospital.

Jayden is still with tiny Henry, and he'll be home for lunch and a nap later. Ashlyn's time on life support is almost up, and it's like a shadow that hangs over every minute of the day. In limbo, almost. But life goes on, as it always does.

Lisa is here and she's in the same dress as last night. She called and asked if I could pick her and Cass up from doing the walk of shame. I was about to leave the hospital anyway.

She's sitting in the living room with a cup of coffee, looking every bit like the best friend I need right now.

"How's Henry?"

"Oh, Lisa, he's so incredibly small, I can't even believe babies can survive like that."

"I guess the will to survive is a basic instinct. I hope he makes it."

"So do I. I think it will kill us both if he doesn't. But there are just so many things that can go wrong. I

almost have to expect the worst."

"Have faith. Each day is a bonus."

"That is true, anyway, how are you? All night clubbing has been a while."

"I was happy to stick with Cass and make sure she got back here safely."

"Thanks for that."

says as soon as I sit down. "I've been dying to hear about this new

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my eyes and smile.

coffee. "Hey, I'm just saying. But seriously, what's the

hair. "Not much, honestly. Jayden was about to go into a board meeting when they showed up. He handed half his shares over to them and the rest to Judy and he walked away." "Wow.

at the club last night. The sisters seemed nice. Gabriel is very put together. But Jayden.

very put together. A little too well, I think." Lisa leans in as she speaks. "I

Maybe taking her

club and

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don't know. I had her back. She mostly drank pop in

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that 'too perfect vibe going on. He's polite, well-spoken, and seems to know

just paranoid. I think we need to give them a chance. I mean it's not like we have

Mia and Cass hit it off almost immediately, which is great on the surface, but I can't shake the feeling that Mia's a little too wild for Cass."

Mia is older by four years. I asked her age.

"I see."

acting like she was eighteen,

"And the others?"

Eva and Ana, seemed uncomfortable at the club. They didn't say much and left not long after Jayden and you

"Really? Did Gabriel stay?"

they were disappointed that the sisters left but they weren't getting anywhere with them anyway." "Lance would be upset if his

have a bruised ego with

goodbye to Ashlyn... Then I'd like her to have a

snake. No one liked or trusted her. You're being too nice, Winona. Just let Jayden handle it if he feels obligated. He's the only one who ever loved her anyway." Her words