Marry My Ex's Sworn Enemy

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JOSH

The call came just as I was leaving practice.

"Mr. Saunders?"

"Yeah, this is him." I balanced my duffel on my shoulder, pushing open the car door.

"This is Officer Ruiz with the Austin PD. We have a woman in custody, Vivien, who listed you as her emergency contact."

I stopped mid-motion, gripping the door frame. "What?"

"She was picked up outside a coffee shop after causing a scene. Barista called it in-said she was aggressively confronting a blonde woman, screaming at her." The officer

hesitated. "She's requesting that you come down to the station.'

I clenched my jaw so tight I thought my teeth might crack.

"What does she want from me?"

"She's insisting that you validate her story. That she's not crazy."

I scrubbed a hand down my face. "Jesus Christ."

The drive to the station was a blur of anger and disbelief. I knew Vivien was struggling, but this? It was unhinged. I had a bad feeling in my gut, one that only grew worse when they led me down a hallway toward the holding cells. 0.00%

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"She's in here," the officer said, stopping in front of the cell.

Vivien was pacing. Back and forth, her arms folded tightly over her stomach. Her usually perfect raven hair was a mess, her makeup smudged like she had been crying for hours.

When I stepped inside, she froze. Her red-rimmed eyes snapped to mine, her face crumpling into desperate relief.

"Josh!" She lunged forward, stopping just short of the bars. "Tell them. Tell them I'm not crazy. That we love each other! That we're supposed to be a family!" Her voice cracked, her hands gripping the cold metal. I exhaled sharply, fighting the heat rising in my chest. "Vivien, what the hell is this?"

Her fingers curled tighter, her whole body shaking. "I worked so hard for us. Don't you see that?" Her voice grew frantic. "You just have to tell them, Josh! Tell them it's not made up! That I didn't make this up!" A thick silence stretched between us.

"What do you mean, you worked hard?" My voice was low, sharp.

Vivien started pacing again, her breaths erratic.

The officer beside me shifted uncomfortably, just as confused

as I was.

Then Vivien stopped.

She lifted her head, her dark eyes glistening with something unhinged.

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"Don't you recognize me?" she whispered.

A chill slid down my spine.

"What?"

"I was there." A breathy laugh escaped her lips. "I was the nurse."

world tilted for

No.

No, that wasn't possible.

see me, but I was always in the background. Listening to you talk to her

lurched. "Vivien... what the fuck are you

to the bars, a twisted

like she was lost in a memory. "Sure, sure... I gave her a little sedation at the beginning. Just to make sure she didn't wake up. But that was only once to

blood turned

into fists at my sides, rage boiling under my

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I swallowed hard, my voice like

parted, her face slack

question. "I heard you tell your sister you were thinking about moving to Texas. Sol

Manipulated her way into

Laura in

a live wire. I forced myself to stay still, to

some kind of victory. "She

with barely

She did.

let her see every ounce of rage

find out you hurt my wife," I said, my voice deadly quiet, "hear me

Vivien's smile faltered.

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I said, stepping even closer. "I will never love you. You were nothing but a distraction-a lie I

my voice razor-sharp. "And nothing you

Then I turned.

And I walked away.

voice cracked behind me,

"Josh!"

I didn't stop.

"Josh, please!"

I kept walking.

"We belong together!"

the doors, my heart pounding so hard it felt like it might break my

needed to

needed to get

My Boyfriends Getting

Boyfriend's Getting Married, and It's

agree to marry

Ella downed half a bottle

down.

silence at the other end. Then, she heard a gravelly voice laced with undisguised irritation. Clearly, he was roused

"Do

to you have any

time it

at

call you

"Okay."

"Huh?"

a business trip overseas tomorrow. I'll be back in about a

up, Sonya

get

the guy as the grandson of Mrs. Alice Sullivan, their neighbor. Apparently, he

have time for dating, and even

refuse. He just said she could think about it and

was, she hadn't thought about it for

phone and checked the trending

Seraphina was branded a "home-wrecker," the heir to the Jennings family, Julian Jennings, stepped forward, proclaiming himself Seraphina's boyfriend and the father of her child. He announced

to Seraphina at her recent birthday

and the public alike sent

topic remained: Seraphina West's Impending Wedding to Julian Jennings. Sonya found the whole

eight years they'd

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Henry Sullivan because he'd once said, 'I want a life

life she wanted, a life Julian wouldn't give her. After collecting herself, she packed her stuff. The mansion was Julian's; she needed to leave. She had an early shift, so she

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