STUCK WITH MY BEST-FREIND'S DAD (Revenge On My Cheating Ex-Husband)

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ghtly over my chest as I watched him. My heart was pou

ounding felt heavy. Cold. Like every be

s my forever. The same man who was now zipping

hus

to-be ex

scene unfold like it was a movie, like someone else's life was falling ap

e suitcase, each motion calm and calculated. There wasn't a

een us felt

h the effort it took to keep myself together. I barely recognized the sound. It was

y stepsister. The woman who had once shared birthday cakes and Christmas dinn

reason my marr

irt after another, placing them inside the suitcase with perfect precisio

" he said finally. His voice was cold

tly made bed. I hadn't even noticed it there before. The word

collar of a shirt before tucking it in. "Nora i

ed the ground from beneath me. My knees wobbled, and I

Not the woman he vow

, but I refused to cry in front of him

tepsister?" I whispered.

he finally l

n his eyes chill

th

ilt. Not even ang

blinking slowl

aving in, my lungs refusing to wor

d teeth. "I gave you my heart. My body.

stopped being a wife a

The moment ev

"You think I stopped being a wife

words didn't mean anything to him. Li

e an edge. Just a flat, cruel truth. "We've tried for three years. N

rr

ed in my ears

e frame, every memory we ever built. But I stood froz

Do you think I wanted to be poked and prodded, to take hormone shots

g. No remorse

n," he said flatly. "This

as if putting distance bet

e trembling but full of truth. "I hope

second. It was the only sig

hurt me the most," I said. "You didn't just en

ed. "I needed someone. Nora was there. She listens. She ca

hen my h

m. My palm stung from the impact, but I did

t even move. Just stared at

" I choke

swift motion and lifted it off the bed

like that

door closed behind him, and the si

hing me. I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to hold

im-his cologne, his afters

eart cried louder than any sob could. I stared into space, my min

found the wedding ph

o in love. His smile was wide, his eyes full of warmth. I re

w it was

at picture unt

inking, I threw