Tangled Hearts: In Love With My Ex Husband's Boss

Tangled Hearts: In Love With My Ex Husband's Boss

Jessica Smith

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Avery's world shattered with a double blow: the loss of her baby and her husband's scandalous affair. Looking for a way to forget, she met Caspian Sterling at a club, and their connection was instant and intense. Their immediate attraction offers a glimmer of hope in her despair, until Avery uncovers a shocking truth: Caspian's arrival in her life is no accident. He was about to change her family's life forever, and he had a secret link to her husband – a link built on revenge. Now, Avery's stuck in a dangerous game of love and payback. Will she choose the man she's falling for, even if it means turning against her family? And can their new love survive the explosive secrets about to come out?

Tangled Hearts: In Love With My Ex Husband's Boss Chapter 1 Shattered

The hospital smell wouldn't leave me. It was like it was stuck to my skin, a cold, sharp reminder of the room where everything fell apart. The doctor's words, "I'm so sorry, Ms. Woods," kept playing in my head, over and over. I stumbled through the door of my apartment, my eyes blurry, my hands shaking. I was holding that ultrasound picture like it was the only thing keeping me together, but it just felt like ash now.

I wanted to come home to quiet, to Hector. I wanted his arms, his smell, something familiar. But the apartment was too quiet, a weird, heavy quiet. I was thinking maybe he was still in the office finalizing the papers we needed for an important meeting the next day. Then I heard a sound, a low moan, coming from the bedroom.

Something made me walk towards it. I don't know why. The door was open a crack, and light was spilling out. What I saw made my stomach drop. Hector, my Hector, was in bed with Jasmine. They were... together.

I choked back a sob. Hector's head shot up, his eyes wide with shock. Jasmine tried to cover herself, her face all guilt and something else, something I couldn't place.

"Avery..." Hector said, his voice rough, "Come on, baby. It's not what it looks like."

The ultrasound picture fell from my hand, floating to the floor. The future I thought I had, the baby, the family, it was all gone. And right in front of me, I saw another kind of betrayal. My heart felt like it was being ripped apart, again. It was too much. It was like my whole world just broke, twice, in the same day.

The hallway spun, the walls blurring into a gray, featureless tunnel as I fled. I didn't think, didn't plan. I wanted to get away from them, as far as possible. So I just ran, my feet pounding against the cold tile, my breath hitching in ragged sobs. My phone was clutched in my hand, a lifeline to the only person who might understand, the only person I trusted. Desmond.

His house, a small, brick townhouse a few blocks away, loomed into view. I stumbled up the worn steps, my fingers trembling as I punched the doorbell. The sound, sharp and insistent, echoed in the quiet street. I leaned against the doorframe, my body shaking, my tears a torrent.

The door swung open, revealing Desmond's familiar face, his brow furrowed with concern. "Avery? What-"

He didn't finish the sentence. I launched myself into his arms, my sobs erupting with renewed force. I clung onto him like my life depended on him. He held me right as well, his strong arms a comforting anchor in the storm raging inside me. I continued clinging to him, my tears soaking his shirt, my body convulsing with grief and betrayal.

"It's Hector," I gasped, my voice thick with tears. "And Jasmine... they... they were..."

The words wouldn't come. I couldn't articulate the horror, the sheer, gut-wrenching betrayal. I just sobbed, my body wracked with pain.

Desmond led me inside, his hand gently guiding me to the worn couch in his living room. He sat beside me, his presence a silent comfort. He didn't rush me, didn't demand explanations. He simply waited, his hand resting on my back, his touch grounding me in the chaos.

When my sobs finally subsided, leaving me hollow and exhausted, I told him. I told him about the hospital, about the empty ultrasound, about the doctor's pitying gaze. I told him about coming home, about the sounds from the bedroom, about the image that was seared into my brain.

My voice was a raw whisper, each word a shard of glass scraping against my throat. Desmond listened, his expression a mixture of shock, anger, and deep, unwavering sympathy. He didn't interrupt, didn't offer platitudes. He just listened, his presence a silent testament to his unwavering loyalty.

When I finished, a heavy silence settled over the room. The air crackled with unspoken rage, with the shared understanding of the magnitude of the betrayal.

"I can't believe that he did all that," Desmond's voice was low and dangerous. "To you? After... after everything you both have been through? I thought he vowed to love only you for the rest of your life at the altar?"

I nodded, my eyes brimming with fresh tears. "And Jasmine... my cousin. She is practically my sister! Why would she do such a thing to me?"

Desmond's jaw tightened. "They'll pay for this, Avery. They will."

His words, though spoken with a fierce intensity, offered little comfort. The pain was too deep, the betrayal too profound. I felt like I was drowning, like the world had turned against me, leaving me adrift in a sea of grief and anger.

I paused, staring at the worn rug, my mind blank. Desmond's anger was a low hum in the room, a promise of something I couldn't quite grasp. A strange, almost detached thought drifted through the fog of my pain. What now? What will I do now? How will I face Hector the next day?

Desmond shifted beside me, his hand tightening on my shoulder. "Avery," he said, his voice low and serious, "You need to divorce that son of a bastard. Don't let this slide. I won't let you forgive him."

He was right. I shouldn't. But the thought of starting my life all over again without him practically haunts me.

"Where... where would I go? I have no one else except him and you" I whispered, my voice barely audible.

Desmond's eyes met mine, and in their depths, I saw a flicker of something I couldn't decipher. It wasn't pity, or even just anger. It was something else, something that made a cold knot tighten in my stomach.

"I don't know yet," he said, his voice grave. "But we'll figure it out. I promise. We'll figure out everything."

His words were meant to be reassuring, but they hung in the air, heavy with unspoken questions. Everything? I thought. What did that mean? What dangerous path is he about to take? What did "everything" entail? The room was silent, but the questions and the events of the day roared in my head, and I knew, with a chilling certainty, that this was only the beginning. My life has taken a wrong dark turn.

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“Avery's world shattered with a double blow: the loss of her baby and her husband's scandalous affair. Looking for a way to forget, she met Caspian Sterling at a club, and their connection was instant and intense. Their immediate attraction offers a glimmer of hope in her despair, until Avery uncovers a shocking truth: Caspian's arrival in her life is no accident. He was about to change her family's life forever, and he had a secret link to her husband – a link built on revenge. Now, Avery's stuck in a dangerous game of love and payback. Will she choose the man she's falling for, even if it means turning against her family? And can their new love survive the explosive secrets about to come out?”
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Chapter 1 Shattered

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Chapter 2 Neon and Numbness

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Chapter 3 Tears and Tire Screams

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Chapter 4 Wicked Interruption

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Chapter 5 The Weight of Gray Eyes

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Chapter 6 Whispers of Attraction

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Chapter 7 New Boss, Old Hurt

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Chapter 8 The Unexpected

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Chapter 9 Just Between Us (Sort of)

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Chapter 10 My Rules Now

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Chapter 11 The Unwanted Invitation

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