Behind My Ex-husband Cold Eyes

n, Three

ay of her childhood home, the past loomed

t belonged there. The rosebushes her mother once tended with pride now drooped under their own weight. Time had paused

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in sleep. She was five now, curious and bright, and full of questions Tian

tian

an she had once loved. The man she had once feared.

her coat as if trying to tug her back to where she came from. But she couldn't run this time. Not with her mother in

opened before s

sed, the worry on his face doing not

tly, referring to their mothe

d. "What kin

let her in. The silence between the

in town," he

er like a blow

ws you'

elt like a distant thunderclap, one she had managed to ignore for three years. But now i

e to herself, barely able to keep it

voiding it. "He showed up this morning. Said he's been trying to find you. I don't know how he knew

ffocating. The thought of seeing him again, after everything they'd been throug

lingered in the air, memories of her mother's soothing touch. But the warmth of the house didn'

him? she wondered. Tiana had never told her about her father. The hurt was too fresh,

erself than to Eli. She turned away, feeling the weight

r. "He's here for more

back to him. Mo

meeting his gaze.

king abo

knees felt weak. Ivy? He couldn't be seriou

wasn't supposed to have. "I don't know. But he's demanding to see her. Says

er what little she knew. Sebastian had never once reached out. Never once seemed to care

id, his frustration clear. "But it's not just about that. It's about something d

any of it. She had built a life without him, free from his control, his silent judg

too sharp to heal, with promises broken beyond repair. She had left not just because of the affair, but becau

left her lips before she even

sympathetic now. "It's already happening, Tiana. And if

orld that had kept her running all this time. Could she face him aga

for the inevitable. "Where is he?" she

re for over an hour. I don't know how he foun

es of her life, carefully put back together, now felt like a fragile

ast Eli and into the heart of the house. The air felt thick, and eve

ast

een thre

she'd slammed the door behind her, telling herse

e man standing in her living room sti