TOP UP

Reading History

Sign out

Get the APP

Thin Line Between Love And Hate: Ex-Husband's Regrets

Chapter 4 In the Shadows

Word Count: 1108 | Released on: 20/08/2025

believed control

, he had in

views, no digital footprint outside of aliases and shell corporations. Even David Cross h

tly well not t

the chaos brewing inside his own

ne thing he h

er ignore no matter

ouldn't

block from her apartment. Rain fell in streaks across the

was

the tiny apartment like a sh

ow than she had t

too protecting som

r ch

d've wal

tness of her lips, the way she had looked at him like he was

his power, his p

is touch and th

oach her. Not di

orked aroun

he worked, funding granted through a "mystery donor." The shop su

hout warning. Told her she could wor

r knew t

ay as she stepped out, a small smile tuggi

something i

t want g

moment of peace and yet he

e headline carefully crafted, leaked to the right gossip co

was beginnin

ted With Mystery Woman while

y tensed when she left her apartment th

hurtin

eing her in

fists c

d to burn but

made ano

r landlord. Rent had been mysterio

fight it. To

got no

sil

im but if she was carrying hi

n his

rawn into Al

e seen "accident

at a small cafe two

o bodyguards. Just an aver

recognized

lifted from her

nd for a moment, the

oving at its

ked, her l

e whispered

't believe

lf-smile. "Yea

he wanted to run

that f

ept it

to see you ag

he muttered, huggi

n, fingers cur

he asked,

ere was

"I'm

push it, J

ou look.

but still beautiful in a wa

to reach

ad, he st

yourself," h

walke

e, Zane watched her

wrong but he co

ght. Sat by the window. Picked

ch, hand resting on her stom

ark, his reflection

't a game

n't just

was real and he didn't k

ile...

hrew a phone at the wall,

don't care what it cos

ed. Why is this

nked it to the woman at your office p

find o

"There's... a rumor... Z.

face w

d the nam

at lingers in the shadows with a presence tha

was target

already

she wouldn

left a

one of his men, untracea

Just to

sure. N

waited for a reply

t formed at the back of his head,

a single message buzzed on t

ner. Tha

unched agai

himself one

to no one, "Tha

to tell her ever

Get under her skin. Ma

e when the truth f

as Zane B

using her.

eason David's wor

ther love hi

ow which would d

Chapter End

Claim Your Bonus at the APP

Open

Thin Line Between Love And Hate: Ex-Husband's Regrets

Princess Wrightt Billionaires

“"What a surprise," Sofia cooed, eyes icy as they flicked from Alina's hair to her dress. "Didn't expect to see you here or dressed like... that." Alina's breath hitched, but she kept her voice calm. "It's a public event, Sofia." Sofia sniffed. "Some of us just expected better standards." "It's funny, really. You keep showing up where you're not wanted. You weren't even good enough as a wife, and now you are trying to seduce someone else into cleaning up your mess?" Alina stepped forward. "Don't you dare talk to me like that." "Oh? Is it not true? You're just a parasite who clings to powerful men, hoping one of them finally chooses you..." "At least l was legally married to him" she spat back, her contemptuous words cutting through the air like a knife. Sofia advanced towards Alina, pushing her hard on the chest. Barely standing firm as she clung onto a nearby chair. Sofia was going for another push. In defense she pushed Sofia, Sofia staggered far backward that she had pushed her. Sofia fell on the glossy floor clutching her belly. "Ah! My baby, why would you want to hurt my baby" while letting out hot pretentious tears. "She pushed me!" "I didn't!" Alina exclaimed in shock, it...it...it was in defense. David stepped forward, eyes blazing. "What the hell is wrong with you, Alina?!" "Do you want me so bad that you're willing to hurt my unborn child?" While raising his hand to slap Alina, Alina, not knowing what to expect closed her eyes and before David's hand could come any closer. Zane's hand caught his wrist mid-air. "Don't you dare lay your filthy hands on my woman," he growled. Silence fell. Zane's eyes were ice. David looked stunned. And Alina her eyes widened, her heart hammering. "You touch her," Zane said in a voice laced with steel, "and I'll make sure you never touch anything again." The tension cracked in the air. David who clearly wasn't really to back down, scoffed "your woman? I've been in her before you". "She was mine first". *** Alina was so in love with her husband even though deep down, she knew it was one-sided. She believed he would one day grow to love her. Her husband has always been obsessed with his childhood crush. He finally made it known when he handed her the divorce papers. That night changed a lot of things in her life, one of which was pregnancy from a total stranger. You'll not be prepared for what's coming next!!! See for yourself...”