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

calling me like we’re close friends who need to speak

my best, so I don’t get why you’ve

you did exactly what you were paid for, then why is Amber still normal?

her mad?”

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

the stupid bitch decided she no longer needed friends and cut me

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every day and leaving messages to seem like she cared about Amber’s well–being, but no matter what she did, Amber never responded,

were actually stupid enough to get her to distrust you despite knowing that she needed to

her annoyance evident in her

Marlene was getting on her nerves, but she hated the fact that

harassed like this.

her mind and started cutting everyone

of Amber’s sanity, especially after her marriage to Kayden, but she couldn’t bring

Marlene countered, “Amber wouldn’t just cut you off without

said something to make her

scoffed at Marlene’s skepticism.

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

and show her that I can be trusted, just so she just

She thinks the entire world is after her, and

anymore.”

lurking beneath her seemingly innocent facade. “So, what now? What are you planning to do?” Marlene asked.

sigh, her annoyance morphing into resignation. “I’m not going

my part by fulfilling my end of the

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