Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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405 It's All Ruined (Winona)

I'm in the kitchen, ladling the creamy chicken casserole into a dish of rice. It smells amazing. Jayden always loved this recipe. It feels like forever since we've had dinner with just the two of us.

Soft, calming music flows through my headphones, and a gentle, soothing voice reminds me to breathe. Inhale peace, exhale stress. My heartbeat follows the rhythm, easing into a steady calm. Everything is as it should be. Dinner is ready, and Jayden will be landed, I think. It's only a fifteen-minute drive from the city. We'll finally have our time to reconnect, to talk, to share news that I've been holding onto with cautious hope.

Lisa called and I talked to the kids who were having so much fun. I told them they could have a later night

as long as their chores and study got done tomorrow.

They all had a stuffed animal each and sticky faces from cotton candy. I'm not sure they'll sleep at all from the sugar rush. But it's fine this once. I'm so excited about telling Jayden my news, I doubt he or I will sleep all night anyway. focus on the words and the music and let relaxation seep through me. This stuff really works.

A loud, angry shout pierces through my tranquil bubble. What the hell is going on outside? I yank the headphones out, heart racing as the calm I've been working so hard to maintain evaporates instantly.

The shouting gets louder. It sounds like... no, it can't be. My hands shake as I rush out of the kitchen, my pulse thundering in my ears.

I know that voice.

front porch, I see a scene I

Jayden's fists are a blur, pummeling Lance, who's trying to defend himself. Lance's lip is split, his

a raw, broken roar. "You were with my wife! You were

Lance's cheekbone again, a

to sputter a defense, his hands attempting to guard his

throw myself forward, trying to

wrestling him off Lance. I push between

are wild, raw, an ocean of hurt and betrayal. But he shoves me off, I stumble backward, tripping on the step and crashing onto the ground, pain

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get my teet forcing myself to sit up. Everything spins, but I

but they manage to hold him back, his breath having

fury and hurt. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

jaw clenches. "You didn't tell me. You never told me who you were with during ball pose w You let me believe it didn't matter,

He knows. Oh God, he knows.

You promised me it would never

that was before I knew who!" His voice is