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Rebecca could hardly believe her eyes.
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The moment Alistair had been divorced, he looked... relieved. Almost weightless, as if a burden had been lifted.
He didn't seem the least bit nostalgic about their marriage.
Rebecca bristled. She'd let him stay by her side for six years, and she believed he should've been grateful for it. Honored, even.
Seeing him act so indifferent, so unbothered, sparked an unexpected irritation deep within her. However, she couldn't quite put her finger on why it bothered her so much.
It was over now. The years of tug-of-war with Richard, the man she truly loved, had finally come to an end. The placeholder, Alistair, the man she used to provoke Richard, had played his part and was now out of the picture. He was even sensible enough to leave without a fuss, and she should've been over the moon, awaiting Richard's proposal, ready to start their blissful life together.
Last night had been perfect. Richard and Daniel got along like father and son, and Richard had been unusually gentle with her. This should've been her happy ending, but something felt... off.
Now, with her, Richard, and Daniel, finally poised to live as a
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happy family, everything was falling into place, just as she'd scripted it. Yet a nagging restlessness gnawed at her.
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When Alistair turned to leave without a word, that restlessness. boiled over.
"Hey, Alistair!" Rebecca snapped, yanking off her sunglasses and fixing him with a cold stare.
She'd once been the dream girl of countless guys, stunningly beautiful, with a figure that turned heads and a meticulous. skincare routine that kept her looking like a college student. No one would've guessed she was the mother of a five- year-old.
Alistair glanced back, his face blank, not a flicker of emotion in his eyes.
This man didn't feel like the Alistair she once knew.
The old Alistair was always at her beck and call, eager to please, bending over backward for her. But now, he looked at her with a cool detachment that unsettled her.
"Something up?" His voice was flat, almost bored.
Rebecca wanted to lash out, to use him as her punching bag like she always had. But when her eyes met his calm, steady gaze, the words caught in her throat.
He was different. Not the pushover she'd known.
She scrambled for an excuse to vent her anger, her eyes flicking
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to his cheap clothes. With a scornful huff, she sneered, “Alistair, you were with me for years, and your taste is still this awful? Let me make one thing clear. Don't you dare tell anyone you were my husband. I have a reputation to protect."
The insult, sharp as it was, didn't even graze him.
Six years of her sharp tongue had made him immune. Her insults were nothing
new.
almost amused smile, then
stared, momentarily dazed, as he
her mind. It was cold, devoid of warmth, yet
memory, Alistair had
moment that she realized how
his figure vanished from view did it hit her
wandered the streets aimlessly, his mind turning over what
and where it might show
long as the system was reliable, the opportunity
with nothing else on his plate, he
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to rent a place. Something small, even a bit run-down, would do just fine. After all, he was on
back to his
his father
his stepmother, got along so well with Alistair's father that they seemed like a real family. To outsiders, they were the picture of father and son. Alistair, who took after his mother and looked
one out.
to being alone and had no desire to disrupt his
in the afternoon, his opportunity still hadn't
He wasn't discouraged, though.
forty-eight
on time today? He's throwing a fit,
teacher, caught
The
frustration.
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at four-thirty. It was now an hour
drop-offs and pick-ups, and he knew Rebecca probably forgot him or assumed someone else
to him instead
keeping his tone even. "I'm divorced from Daniel's
the phone, loud and
come. She hadn't even registered what he'd
his voice, firm but calm. "Ms. Payne, I'm divorced from Daniel's mother. She has custody. Daniel's no longer my responsibility.
her."
coincidentally, near
and waiting for his opportunity, he'd wandered
the area.
picked
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want to do that. Daniel wasn't his son, and if Rebecca didn't
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divorced parents before
the split. After all, the blood ties
strong.
other teachers had always admired Daniel's father. He was one of the most hands-on, patient, and responsible dads in the whole school. She used to joke with her coworkers that if she ever got married, she'd want a husband
the verge of tears, she pleaded,
cried. And
Rebecca, but her phone
more, but
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