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

No.

No, that wasn't possible.

now. "Of course, you didn't see me, but I was always in the background.

"Vivien... what the fuck

the bars,

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 twice...I think." She nodded frantically. "Only that one dose almost stopped her breathing, so I didn't do it again," Her voice softened, almost dreamy. "But after that... she just stayed

blood turned ice

into fists at my sides, rage boiling

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my voice like gravel.

lips parted, her face

she whispered, ignoring my question. "I heard you tell your sister you were thinking about moving to Texas. Sol did the research, found the right school, got the job-" She let out a

her way into my

had kept Laura in

myself

some kind of victory. "She never should have woken

shaking with barely

She did.

I let her see every ounce

out you hurt my wife," I said, my voice deadly quiet, "hear me now-I will make sure you never see the

Vivien's smile faltered.

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You were nothing but a distraction-a lie I told myself

voice razor-sharp. "And nothing you

Then I turned.

And I walked away.

behind

"Josh!"

I didn't stop.

"Josh, please!"

I kept walking.

"We belong together!"

pounding so hard it felt like it might

needed to

needed to get

My

My Boyfriend's Getting Married, and

agree to

Sonya Ella downed half a bottle

down.

end. Then, she heard a gravelly voice laced with undisguised irritation. Clearly, he was

"Do

to you have any

what time it

hadn't checked. She glanced at her phone. It was

I'll call

"Okay."

"Huh?"

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

Sonya

get

her aunt Millie Williams, back in her small hometown, called to set her up on a blind date. Millie described the guy as the grandson of Mrs. Alice Sullivan, their neighbor. Apparently, he was a straight-A student, graduated from a top university in Chicago, landed a high-paying job with great

that night, he called. He said he didn't have time for dating, and even less for a relationship. If she agreed, he wanted to skip all that and

her a chance to refuse. He just said she could think about it and then hung

was, she hadn't thought about it for the past two weeks. Yet, tonight,

checked the trending news. It was

was rumored to be pregnant, and the father was a married, Oscar-winning actor. Shortly after Seraphina was branded a "home-wrecker," the heir to the Jennings family, Julian Jennings, stepped forward, proclaiming himself Seraphina's

video of him proposing to Seraphina at her recent birthday party. He went down

wildly; fans and the public

remained: Seraphina West's Impending Wedding to

were those eight years they'd spent together? She'd been a fool, and she was finally cutting

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'I want a life with my wife like most ordinary couples-mutual support, respect, and growing

After collecting herself, she packed her stuff. The mansion was Julian's; she needed to leave. She had an early shift, so

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