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.

me, Marlene? I already did everything

you keep calling me like we’re close friends who need to speak to each other every day?

I’ve done my best, so I

exactly what you were paid for, then

her mad?” Marlene questioned.

what I did. Up until a few weeks ago, I

decided she no longer needed

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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 since she had gotten

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

evident in

was getting on her nerves, but

like this.

filled with exasperation. “She just suddenly lost her mind and started cutting everyone off, claiming

after her marriage to Kayden, but she couldn’t bring herself to

something out?” Marlene countered, “Amber wouldn’t just cut you off

or said something to

scoffed

be there for her like I was supposed to,” she retorted. “I’ve

her that I can be trusted, just

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

anymore.”

some hidden agenda lurking beneath her seemingly innocent facade. “So, what now? What are you planning

sigh, her annoyance morphing into resignation.

done my part by fulfilling my end of the bargain. I

Amber’s antidepressants with a different medication, one that will slowly mess with her