Marrying The Protector: My Second Chance

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aceful; it was heavy, a suffocating we

the hospital discharge papers

like a miracle and

he closet where my things used to be. He didn't notice the empty

closing the door with a soft clic

I should have just left. But I needed to hea

was muffled but clear. "She's... she's acti

ence that stre

fragile right now. If the press finds out I finalized the divorce

nst the cold wood of the d

sn't a wife. I was a PR shield. I wa

her enough money. She'll leave quietly when I tell her to. It won't affe

all, covering my mouth to stifle th

's what he said at the altar

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t was so physical I thought I was having a heart a

s. Th

in the mirror. Pale

rd was barely a whis

ne. My fingers did

This is Elena Medina. I nee

ate. I gave her the earliest o

ely dialed a lawyer Ha

age. "Or rather... I want to sue for the division of assets, since I w

ands. I wanted everything I was owed.

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deleted the contact name

answered, m

ng out again. Singapore this

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"I have ever

want to... give you something. A structured

was preparing

said. "We can talk

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e scalding water until my skin turned red. I wanted to scrub his voi

d looked at my phone. A notification popped

ding Joey on his lap. The caption read: D

. He wasn't even tryin

le over me. It was better t

y stomach o

r. "I can't let you come into this world just to be a p