MY EX-HUSBAND REGRET

ter

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room. My stepmom is yelling at

shame to us?" she scr

et. I'm naked underneath. I

nd her mom. She's smiling

k last night. Then she took me

he dr

It was Lucy's boyfriend, Mike Light

hy would L

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e hard. My face h

smear mud on our family's name

w it happened," I say

want her to tell the truth

g. "I didn't

loser. I'm scared

looks so angry. "You shameless slut, you see

a disg

you she always had eyes for my m

. I've only met Mike three times

ed daughter of the great Jenkins was caught in a one-night

. How did thi

It hurts so much. She pu

you are marrying into the Lightwood fam

own. I fall har

in front of me. I hate

idn't you?" I sa

of another help to me," she says. She tou

done?" I ask. "You ruined my

ut of it dear sister, I'm sure you'

is isn't a game, Lucy. What the he

"I doubt you

have more of him when you get marr

e. I have so

y do this t

aught in t

er felt

sen

I'm excited and nervous. I have a li

hen he learns our big news. I

Mike Lightwood, the big bo

oor. I hear Mike

Mike is at his desk, working

ing,"

told you to stop calling me that a

here," I say,

he asks. He doesn't

the test result behind my bac

arms around his neck. I kiss

can't do th

p. "What'

ets up. He wal

going on between us

stand. "What

is b

rts beating

had a place in my heart. You know she was my first lov

what I'm hearing

with you, your heart still longed for

" he

ay. Mike still loves Lucy, even tho

him I'm pregnant. No

en. Not now. Not when

," I say. I don't know what

e laughs. It's n

e permanent. Remember, we were in a contract marriage for two years. Y

tricked you, Mike. I never did... There's

w how much trouble you

d. "What do

riage happened because you drugged me and set up that scandal

t result in my hand. "That's not true, I-

hould have known better than to trust someon

p. I never drugged you. I didn't set up any scanda

cy's name in your lies,"

have to believe me,

decision. You're fired, Clara. I don't want to see you again.

?" I can't

apers and firing let

-wh

I can't let him go. I

him tight. "Think about it. You're be

ys. He pushes me away hard. I fall t

s leg. I can't let him

I start to say, but Mike pulls his

I feel broken. I put

ike. For the sake of ou

tay there, crying. My who

look at the desk. There they are. The di

ds are shaking so much

Just like Mike was. It says I hav

n here so many times. I thought I

feel so heavy. I open it a

age. The end of my job. The end

g at me. They can see I've be

on as the doors close, I sta

r. I have to pull myself together. I

right. It feels wrong. How can the world lo

know where I'm going. I j

. It's Lucy. O

t. "What d

sounds so happy. "I heard the goo

e. I want to scream. Bu

k to me," Lucy says. "You were j

e is shaking. "Why di

d. Because it was fun. Becau

ing to you," I say

Lucy says. "T

ing my phone. People walk by. The

re I'm going. I just know I can't go ho

sit on a bench. I put

I say. "I don't know what we're going to

walk by. They're all living their normal l

I know I have to move. I

stiff from sitting so lo

o myself. "One

I'm going. But I know I have to keep

st a new beginning. A hard

"We'll be okay," I whisper

romise to myself. I won't let Mike or

at. I have to be. Fo

f my new life. It's not the one

make the best of