When His Ex Walked Back In

When His Ex Walked Back In

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For three years, I was Ava Chen, an architect indispensable to Marcus Thorne by day, and his secret, devoted lover by night, clinging to a desperate hope he'd finally see me. Then, his glamorous ex-fiancée, Isabelle Duval, reappeared. Marcus's public adoration for her was a public discard of me, shattering every fragile hope. The office became her stage for my degradation. Isabelle, bathed in Marcus's favoring eye, physically and emotionally abused me-from demanding dog water to feigning accidental spills of scalding coffee. Each time, Marcus, the man I loved, sided with her, his eyes cold, devoid of concern for my pain. The ultimate betrayal came at a company party. Isabelle publicly ripped my dress, falsely branding me a thief. Marcus, watching all, then told me, his voice flat and final: "Ava, perhaps it's best you go home. You're just not important enough to make a fuss over." Not important enough? After years of silent devotion and secret partnership, was that truly all I amounted to in his eyes? Broken, humiliated, and stripped of dignity, I packed my life. The next day, I resigned. I didn't just quit Thorne & Sterling; I walked away from New York, from Marcus Thorne, and from the broken woman I'd become. But the question remains: Can I truly heal from such a wound and finally find my own irreducible worth?

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For three years, I was Ava Chen, an architect indispensable to Marcus Thorne by day, and his secret, devoted lover by night, clinging to a desperate hope he'd finally see me.

Then, his glamorous ex-fiancée, Isabelle Duval, reappeared.

Marcus's public adoration for her was a public discard of me, shattering every fragile hope.

The office became her stage for my degradation.

Isabelle, bathed in Marcus's favoring eye, physically and emotionally abused me-from demanding dog water to feigning accidental spills of scalding coffee.

Each time, Marcus, the man I loved, sided with her, his eyes cold, devoid of concern for my pain.

The ultimate betrayal came at a company party.

Isabelle publicly ripped my dress, falsely branding me a thief.

Marcus, watching all, then told me, his voice flat and final: "Ava, perhaps it's best you go home. You're just not important enough to make a fuss over."

Not important enough?

After years of silent devotion and secret partnership, was that truly all I amounted to in his eyes?

Broken, humiliated, and stripped of dignity, I packed my life.

The next day, I resigned.

I didn't just quit Thorne & Sterling; I walked away from New York, from Marcus Thorne, and from the broken woman I'd become.

But the question remains: Can I truly heal from such a wound and finally find my own irreducible worth?

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