Married To My Ex-Husband’s Rival by Jobet GraySon

Chapter Fifty Four

Third Person POV.

“Didn’t I tell you not to show up in my office, Marlene?” Alison questioned, the irritation in her

tóne evident as she watched Marlene walk into her space like she owned the place.

“And didn’t I respond that you can’t tell me what to do?” Marlene scoffed in response before taking a

seat opposite Alison.

The only reason she had come all the way here was because she wasn’t satisfied with how Alison had

been ignoring her calls in the last few days. She wanted to come and remind Alison who her boss was

since her dear friend seemed to be getting out of line.

Alison rolled her eyes tiredly, deciding that she would just find out why Marlene was here instead of

getting into an argument with her.

“What is it

I want from me, Marlene? I’m pretty sure you not here to see me as a therapist, and

if you are, I’d appreciate it if you learned to make appointments first before showing up out of the

blue,” she said.

Marlene scoffed.

“You’re unbelievable, Alison. Are you really trying to pretend like you don’t know why I’m here? Haver

t you been ignoring my calls for days because you’re afraid that I’d call you out on your

incompetence?” she hissed.

“What more do you want from me, Marlene? I already did

you keep calling me like we’re close friends who need

my best, so I don’t get why you’ve refused

what you were paid for, then why is Amber

mad?”

until a few weeks ago, I was more than certain that she was still taking those drugs frequently,

she no longer needed friends and

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going as far as calling her every day and leaving messages to seem like she cared about Amber’s well–being, but no matter what she did, Amber never responded, and she no longer had direct access to her

get her to distrust you despite knowing that she needed to keep trusting

let out a frustrated sigh, her annoyance evident in her voice as

on her nerves, but she

like this.

break Amber’s trust,” she insisted, her eyes filled with exasperation. “She just suddenly lost her mind and started cutting everyone off, claiming she couldn’t trust anyone.

been witness to the unraveling of Amber’s sanity, especially after her marriage to Kayden, but she

out?” Marlene countered,

something or said something to make her

frustration deepened, and she furiously scoffed at Marlene’s

I was supposed to,” she retorted. “I’ve tried everything I possibly

I can be trusted, just so she just stops being doubtful. But she refuses

anyone. She thinks the entire world is after her, and

anymore.”

her expression hardening. She wasn’t convinced by Alison’s words, sensing some hidden agenda lurking beneath her seemingly innocent facade. “So, what now? What

let out a sigh, her annoyance morphing into resignation. “I’m not going to do

voice tinged with defeat. “I’ve done my part by fulfilling my

with a different medication, one that will