Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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353 Calmer Waters (Jayden)

The kitten fiasco really threw off my mood. I know I overreacted, and Bobby's reaction hit me harder than I expected. I was too harsh before checking in with how he's feeling.

Between moving the kids to Brussels, this mansion, push backs with the Nexus Global team, the staff everywhere here-I need to settle it all down.

It's been a huge change for all of us, but I guess I didn't realize how much it would affect the kids. Especially Bobby. I don't want to undo all of Anne's good work with him. It's been months of reprogramming with her.

I can't expect that all his trauma is over with now. I know better than anyone, it's a constant effort to not let the demons back in every day. I need to stand with Bobby each day and demonstrate how it's done, not just tell him.

It's not like she let him have his own way all the time either, but I think this is one of those times where we choose our battles carefully.

As I sit in the main sitting room, the responsibility settles heavily on my shoulders. Bobby is my son, the same as Henry is my son and I need to set an example for them both, but also show them it's okay to make mistakes too. We're humans not robots.

I glance around at the grand room, now devoid of its more fragile items. The staff worked quickly to pack away all the delicate things, and the house already feels a little less suffocating.

Still, it doesn't feel like home. I think Winona is right. It never will. Gus building a family home he never got 'to use has me confused and second-guessing the kind of man he was. Maybe he really would have been a great father if he had the chance. But, no, he still chose Europe. He could've stayed in the USA.

Winona comes in, her face etched with concern. She paces, glancing out the window at the darkened garden before turning back to me.

"Jayden, I'm really worried about Bobby," she says softly, sitting down beside me. "This move... it's hitting him harder than I thought it would." "Yes, but it's good he's expressed his feelings now."

they have each other. But Bobby... I didn't get it before; he feels he's

hand through my hair. "Makes sense when you

friends, the new school back home... he'd really just settled in. And now with the kitten, he feels

place, this life-it's so different from what we had in the States. It will take us all time

to a new house. He's lost everything familiar to him. He needs something to hold onto, something that makes him feel grounded."

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thinking about what she's saying. She's right. Bobby has been through more than most kids his

animal or something. It'd give him something to care for,

good for him. But there will be definite rules. He has to look for an owner and not complain if he finds

maybe we should take a trip out

"What about Nexus Global?"

news there, but I'll be having

"That's

hand. "Bobby can spend time with Viktor's younger brothers, see their, workload. They've got a whole setup with animals-goats, chickens, everything. He could get some hands-on experience and make some friends." Winona's eyes light up at the idea. "That sounds perfect, and it might help them feel

the thought. "We'll

been

of her head, feeling a sense of calm wash over

pulls back slightly, her eyes searching mine. "But Jayden, there's something

shifting into something more

before speaking. "When Gus called before I left, he said something that's been bothering me. He told

doctor wanting another month of tests and Dr. Green saying he'd be fine and it was ultimately up to