Too Late, Ex-Husband: Watch Me Shine

Chapter 6

Word Count: 725 | Released on: 22/04/2026

ng smile. She turned toward the standard employee elevat

utton, the sharp clatter of

s. She held a thick, fifteen-page document in her

business, but her eyes dancing with malice. "

provide a thirty-day written notice of resignation, the c

You forced me to sign that resignatio

ompliance policy doesn't care about your fe

, due to your breach of protocol, your accumulated year-end bonuses and

gs. That bonus was her only hope f

n onto the lid of the nearby trash can. Sh

on, stamped with Fount's electronic signature.

ella hissed, her voice shaking with rag

lawyer, then. Let me know if you can find a single

arsh whisper. "This is just Mr. Fitzgerald

This wasn't HR protocol. This was a targeted, systema

lently, but her mind sudde

thick stack of papers and ripped them straight dow

er voice dropping an octave. "I'm going to ask

She reached for the radio on her

her shoulder. She bolted toward the heavy red fire

shut behind her, cutt

rete stairwell. She looked up

ffice was on the 42nd floor

and began to climb, taking the stairs two at a time. The rubber soles of her shoes slapped against the freezing concrete. By the twentieth fli

e face, Buddy's bleeding paws, and Fount's cold sneer flashed be

er chest heaving violently, Idella pushed

s absorbed the sound of her footsteps. The executive assistants'

allway toward the massive mahogany do

d to push the door

A sliver of a gap remained, let

a vo

gentle with he

oice, thick with a

mid-air. Her heart plum

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“Idella's mother was dying in the ICU, needing a two-million-dollar deposit within forty-eight hours for a lifesaving surgery. Desperate, she begged her billionaire husband, Fount, for an advance on her own trust fund. Instead, he tossed her a hundred-thousand-dollar check for "funeral expenses," fired her from his company, and seized her life's research. He froze all her bank accounts, leaving her unable to even pay the vet bills after their five-year-old surrogate son nearly drowned her dog. When she tried to stop the boy, Fount threatened to have her dying mother thrown onto the street unless she bowed her head and apologized to the child. Stripped of her dignity and money, Idella dragged herself to Fount's private office, only to overhear a conversation through the cracked door. Inside, Fount was intimately holding his adopted sister, Angelita. "But Austin is our flesh and blood, Fount. He can't keep calling that barren loser 'Mom' in public." Idella's universe shattered. She was nothing but a pathetic shield to cover up their incestuous affair, and her severe infertility diagnosis had been a complete lie orchestrated by Fount's doctor. Three years of a sham marriage crushed her soul, but the absolute despair quickly morphed into a freezing knot of hatred. Just as she hit rock bottom, her phone buzzed with a call from Fount's biggest corporate rival, offering her a five-million-dollar signing bonus. Idella took off her diamond wedding ring, ready to burn the Fitzgerald empire to the ground.”