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.

was there," she continued, her voice eerily calm now. "Of course, you didn't see me, but I was always in the background. Listening to you talk to her while I knew she wasn't really there. She wasn't coming back

"Vivien... what

took a step closer to the bars, a twisted smile on her

wasn't strong enough." She exhaled shakily, her eyes darting around 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 twice...I think." She nodded frantically. "Only that one dose almost stopped her breathing,

turned ice

curled into fists at my sides, rage boiling under

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I swallowed hard, my voice like

her face

thinking about moving to Texas. Sol did the research, found the right school, got the job-" She

me. Manipulated her way into my life. Into my

Laura in

forced myself to stay still, to not grab the bars and shake them

smiled like this was some kind of victory. "She never should have

forward, my voice shaking with barely contained fury.

She did.

let her see every ounce of

said, my voice deadly quiet, "hear me now-I will make

Vivien's smile faltered.

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

love Laura," I said, my voice razor-sharp. "And nothing you do -nothing

Then I turned.

And I walked away.

cracked behind me, raw and

"Josh!"

I didn't stop.

"Josh, please!"

I kept walking.

"We belong together!"

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

needed to

to get

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agree to

Sonya Ella downed half a bottle of vodka, the kind that burned

down.

Then, she heard a gravelly voice laced

"Do

to you have any

what time

checked. She glanced at

call

"Okay."

"Huh?"

leaving for a business trip overseas tomorrow. I'll be back in about a month. We'll

Sonya

get

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 benefits, and even

that night, he called. He said he didn't have time for dating, and even less for

refuse. He just

for the past two

opened her phone and checked the trending news. It was still a

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

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

wildly; fans and the public alike sent their

Impending Wedding to Julian Jennings.

What were those eight years they'd spent together?

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he'd once said, 'I want a life with my wife like most

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 only slept for a couple of

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