All Chapters of Dear Ex-wife; You'll Regret It : Chapter 91
- Chapter 100
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Chapter Ninety one
The sky over the city was a bruised purple, heavy with the scent of ozone and the impending threat of a downpour that refused to break.Inside the cramped confines of a glass-paneled phone booth, Darren felt the walls closing in like the jaws of a predator.The air was thick and stale, smelling of old cigarettes and copper, but he couldn't bring himself to step out into the open street.His hand was white-knuckled around the receiver, his thumb pressing so hard into the plastic that it began to go numb.On the other end of the line, the silence was more deafening than the noise of the traffic rushing past the intersection.It was a silence filled with arrogance—the kind of silence that only comes from someone who knows they hold all the cards and the table."Are you even listening to me?" Darren hissed, his voice trembling with a mixture of fear and unbridled rage."We had a deal. A contract. I’ve already transferred the initial payment. You were supposed to handle the internal logist
Chapter Ninety Two
A full week had passed since Kaelen left Mirella under Arianna’s care.At first, Arianna hadn’t thought much of it.She understood pressure.She understood exhaustion.She understood a parent stretched thin by fear and responsibility.But as the days stacked one after another, something became impossible to ignore.Kaelen had changed.He still came by.He still checked on Mirella with the same fierce focus as always.He still made sure every medication was on schedule, every instruction followed to the letter.When it came to his daughter, nothing slipped.But outside of that?It was as if the rest of the world had ceased to exist.He no longer asked Arianna how her day had been.No longer exchanged the brief smiles they once shared.Conversations were reduced to necessities—pick-up times, medical updates, schedules.Efficient. Cold. Distant.He sent money. Plenty of it.More than enough to cover Mirella’s care, food, transportation—anything Arianna could possibly need.But he almost
Chapter Ninety Three
Novax was unusually tense that morning.From the moment employees stepped into the building, they could feel it—an unspoken pressure humming through the air.Supervisors moved faster than usual, their heels clicking sharply against the polished floors as they rushed from one department to another.Meetings were shorter, stripped of all small talk and focused entirely on immediate, cold targets.Instructions were clipped and precise, leaving no room for error or follow-up questions from the confused staff.Even the elevators seemed to take longer, as if the very machinery of the building itself was bracing for a collision.No one had been told much about what was actually happening.The only information that trickled down was that a special guest was arriving.It was also made clear that anyone who performed exceptionally well today could expect significant bonuses in their next paycheck.That promise alone was enough to keep everyone on edge, pushing them to work with a desperate kind
Chapter Ninety Four
The office was way too quiet after the door clicked shut behind Jonah.Kaelen kept his eyes fixed on the spot where his assistant had been standing, his jaw set so tight it actually hurt.Jonah had that pathetic, kicked-puppy look on his face the whole time, like he wanted to help but knew he was just stepping on landmines.Kaelen didn't have the energy for sympathy. He had a company to save, a daughter who was fading away, and a legal team that seemed to be more interested in billable hours than results.He finally shifted his gaze to Arianna.She was just standing there, watching him with those calm, analytical eyes that usually made him feel grounded but right now just made him feel exposed."I really don't have time for this, Arianna," he said, his voice flat and tired."Whatever it is, save it. I have a dozen fires to put out and I’m pretty sure the match is still in Riley’s hand. I can’t attend to you right now. Just... please."Arianna didn't move. She didn't even flinch at the
Chapter Ninety five
Kaelen didn’t speak immediately.He stood by the window, hands resting against the glass, watching the city below hum with a life that felt distant to him.The flickering lights of the evening traffic looked like a slow-moving river of gold and red, an endless cycle of people rushing home to lives he no longer understood.Arianna waited patiently behind him, not pressing, not interrupting.For once, the silence didn’t feel suffocating.It felt like permission, a quiet space where the air wasn’t thick with expectation or the sharp edges of an impending argument.Slowly, Kaelen turned.“I didn’t always live like this,” he said quietly. “Angry. Guarded.”Arianna nodded, settling into the chair across from him. “I know.”He let out a breath that sounded heavier than it should have, a weary sound that seemed to carry the weight of several lifetimes.“When I met Riley, she was… kind. Genuinely kind. Not loud, not dramatic. She listened. She laughed easily. She made everything feel lighter.”
Chapter Ninety Six
It was close to midnight when Kaelen finally pulled into the underground parking of his apartment building.The day had drained him, leaving a hollow ache in his chest that no amount of rest seemed able to touch.Meetings had bled into more meetings, each one a tedious battle of wills over spreadsheets and legal jargon.Calls had interrupted the few moments of peace he tried to grab, voices on the other end demanding answers he wasn't always ready to give.Calculations for the upcoming fiscal quarter sat like lead in his stomach, the numbers refusing to align with the reality of his current situation.Decisions stacked on decisions, creating a precarious tower of responsibilities that felt like it might topple at any moment.His body ached with exhaustion, a physical manifestation of the stress that had been tightening its grip on him for months.But his mind refused to slow down, spinning like a rusted gear that couldn't find its stop.Even as he shut off the engine and stepped out o
Chapter 97
Kaelen let out a short, humorless scoff that echoed sharply against the cold marble of his kitchen counters.“That’s your idea of good news?” he asked, turning to Miranda with a look that was a volatile mixture of half disbelief and half genuine irritation.“You break into my house at midnight, bypassing a security system I paid a fortune for, just to tell me that Riley fired one crooked lawyer?”Miranda leaned against the doorframe with a practiced ease, her posture entirely unfazed by his mounting frustration.“When you put it like that, it sounds underwhelming, almost trivial in the grand scheme of your current disaster,” she admitted, her voice smooth and steady.“But yes. One less asshole actively working against you is a victory, however small it might seem to you right now.”Kaelen shook his head slowly, his eyes tracking the shadows she cast against the hallway.“You’re unbelievable, Miranda.”She shrugged, a casual movement that suggested she had heard far worse critiques of
Chapter 98
It was a cool, overcast weekend evening when Arianna finally stepped out of the yellow cab at the dimly lit entrance of Mini Street.The driver pulled away almost immediately, his taillights disappearing into the darkness and leaving her standing there entirely alone with her handbag slung tightly over her shoulder.A heavy sense of uncertainty began to settle deep in her chest as she realized how isolated the corner felt.She glanced around with a furrowed brow, taking in the narrow, jagged road that branched off into several smaller, winding paths, each one twisting deeper into another layer of the urban labyrinth.The streetlights were unevenly spaced and poorly maintained, some flickering with a rhythmic, dying buzz, while others barely managed to illuminate the cracked, oil-stained pavement beneath them.“This can’t be right…” she muttered to herself, her voice sounding small against the sudden silence of the neighborhood.She pulled out her phone, the screen glowing brightly in
Chapter 99
The laughter came first, a jagged and ugly sound that seemed to slice through the very air of the alleyway.It was loud, sharp, and profoundly cruel, echoing through the narrow corridor of crumbling brick like it belonged there, a natural inhabitant of such a dark and desolate place.Arianna flinched violently behind the corner where she was hiding, her back pressed so hard against the cold, damp wall that she could feel the grit of the stone through her clothes.Her heart was slamming against her ribs with such a frantic, rhythmic force that she was certain the sound of it would give her away to the predators only a few yards away.The man’s desperate pleas for mercy and his mention of a future life had not softened their hearts in the slightest.Instead, his vulnerability seemed to only amuse the gang, fueling their sadistic delight in the power they held over him.“Did you hear that, boys?” one of them sneered, his voice dripping with a mock-sympathy that was more terrifying than a
Chapter Hundred
The sun was dipping low behind the skyline, bleeding a bruised purple across the horizon by the time Arianna finally managed to untangle herself from the chaotic scene at the docks. The salt air was still clinging to her clothes, a bitter reminder of the damp, dark place she’d just escaped. It had all spiraled so fast. When the ambulance arrived and the paramedics realized the body in the warehouse wasn't a prank or a false alarm, the atmosphere had shifted from tense to clinical. They hadn’t been joking, and neither was she.The police had flooded the zone within minutes, their sirens a jarring contrast to the heavy silence of the industrial district. Arianna had been forced to stay for the preliminary questioning, her heart hammering against her ribs as she watched the investigators snap photos of the man on the floor—the man who shouldn't have been there, but was.Now, she was finally stepping out of the back of a black sedan, the heavy door closing with a thud that echoed in th