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.

didn't see me, but I was always in

lurched. "Vivien... what

a step closer to the bars, a twisted smile on

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 twice...I think." She nodded frantically. "Only that one dose almost

turned ice

hands curled into fists at my sides, rage boiling under my

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voice like

lips parted, her face slack

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

stalked me. Manipulated her way

kept Laura in a

myself to stay still, to not grab the bars and

was some kind of victory. "She never should

stepped forward, my voice shaking with barely contained fury. "Vivien-look at

She did.

I let her see every ounce of rage

deadly quiet, "hear me now-I will make sure you never see the light

Vivien's smile faltered.

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

"And nothing you do -nothing you say-will

Then I turned.

And I walked away.

voice cracked behind me, raw

"Josh!"

I didn't stop.

"Josh, please!"

I kept walking.

"We belong together!"

so hard it

to

needed to

1 My

Married, and

I agree to

the call, Sonya Ella downed half a bottle of vodka, the

down.

the other end. Then, she heard a gravelly voice laced

"Do

to you have any

what time it

at

call you

"Okay."

"Huh?"

trip overseas tomorrow. I'll be back in

Sonya

get

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

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

refuse. He just said she could

it for the past two weeks. Yet, tonight,

phone and checked the trending news. It was still

after 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.

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

swung wildly; fans and

Impending Wedding to Julian Jennings. Sonya found the whole

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

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'I want a life with my wife like most ordinary

collecting herself, she packed her stuff. The mansion was Julian's; she needed to leave. She had an early shift, so she only slept for a couple of

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