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."

tilted for a

No.

No, that wasn't possible.

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 to

stomach lurched. "Vivien... what

the bars,

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.

turned

my sides, rage

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voice like gravel.

parted, her

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 small, breathy laugh. "It

stalked me. Manipulated her way into my

kept Laura in a

every muscle coiling like a live wire. I forced myself to

smiled like this was some kind of victory.

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

She did.

let her see every ounce of

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

Vivien's smile faltered.

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

said, my 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!"

doors, my heart pounding so hard it felt

needed to

to get to

My Boyfriends Getting

Boyfriend's Getting Married, and

agree

Ella downed half a bottle of vodka, the kind

down.

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

"Do

to you have any

time

She glanced at her

call

"Okay."

"Huh?"

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

Sonya

get

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

it off later. But 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 marry her. "Crazy guy," she'd

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

about it for the

the trending news.

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

her recent birthday party. He

and the

Seraphina West's Impending Wedding to Julian

Julian's girlfriend, what was she? What were those eight years they'd spent together? She'd been a

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because he'd once said, 'I want a life with

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

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