EX HUSBAND: I'M GOING TO RUIN YOU

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never enoug

the sender was anonymous, but I knew

de it to the kitchen sink. It felt like I would throw up

eatened to fall from my eyes; m

gth I had left and steadied myself before

to take shaky breath. The tears I had been fighting won, and they f

to my phone, cold and waiting for

ruel message on the phone and

to a chair while I stared at the papers lik

ed, maybe he wou

lmost no assets,

inced me to sign everything over to him,

d a familiar voice-Ethan's voice

never call

e in my chest. Ethan, he was finally home. A smile spread

weren't coming home." I said softly, while I reached

you're worried about me, dummy." He snatched the

rying to hide my hurt. This wasn't how it was su

pond, a feminine fi

an turned towards the door; h

me that much. It was just five minutes," she giggled, as he w

n, but this time, it wasn't the physical kind. It was the si

," Ethan said, his voi

to keep the tears at bay

an-his mistress-finally

nced my way befor

ut her. my dummy ex-wife, or soon-to-be e

let's

ft me standing there, broken and utterly

e shook and tears blurred my vision. I

he's doing, I can do b

u're just a stay-at-home wife with no

me wife because he wanted that. He told me not

, I turned

and, and we can fix this. We can work t

ly; his hand grabbed my jaw with a menacing gr

mouth, don't yo

o speak nonsense. I forbid you from saying a word to my

body shook uncontrollably. He let go of me, shovi

han?" I cried, my voice barely

er lips brushed against

ires," she

mocking. "Oh, I mean, his love for y

ook at you. No sense of fashion, no appeal. Yo

made me look beautiful. It was the church kind, the kind I wore for

t felt lik

ed go Ethan, my voice trem

tting me off. He turned to Tara; hi

I don't want you

gether; my hands held my heart as hi

Ethan stopped abruptly an

s my best when it came

love me, you'll si