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.

sighed. “What more do you want from me, Marlene? I

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

I don’t get why you’ve refused

your best, you idiot? If you’re so sure that you did exactly what you were paid

her mad?”

and that’s exactly what I did. Up until a few weeks ago, I was more than certain that she was still taking

she no longer needed friends and

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had tried all she could to get back into Amber’s life, even 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 to distrust you despite knowing that she needed to keep trusting you so she never finds out that you’ve been messing with her

evident in

Marlene was getting on her nerves,

harassed like

with exasperation. “She just suddenly lost her mind and started cutting everyone off, claiming she couldn’t trust anyone. It’s not my fault the girl is crazy.”

had been witness to the unraveling of Amber’s sanity, especially after her marriage

Marlene countered, “Amber wouldn’t

to make her want to cut

and she furiously scoffed at Marlene’s

to,” she retorted. “I’ve tried

be trusted, just

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

anymore.”

She wasn’t convinced by Alison’s words, sensing some hidden agenda lurking beneath her seemingly innocent facade. “So, what now? What are you planning to do?” Marlene asked.

her annoyance morphing into resignation. “I’m not going to do anything.”

defeat. “I’ve done my part by fulfilling my end

with a different medication, one that will slowly mess