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Too Late, Ex-Husband: You Can't Afford Me

Chapter 3 

Word Count: 1179    |    Released on: 30/06/2026

and Carlee's terror formed a puzzle he couldn't piece together, but every possi

he talking about?

ok her head frantically, her eyes wide with a desperate, unconvi

It was low and mocking, full of a lazy co

ook his head with mock sadness. "And here I thought we had something special. Cancún, remember? That little hotel by the beach? You said I was the best you'd ever had." He wi

ckly, mottled crimson. "Shut up! Shut

know she was pregnant, right? My kid. About eight months ago. She didn't tell you that part? Took a little

He had thrown away his loyal wife for a woman who was carrying another man's child. But as he looked at Carlee's furious, panicking face, a chilling realization hit him. He couldn't leave her. His entire future, his prestigious

but desperate to please. "Shut up, you filthy blackmailer!" Jaycob yelled at Leo, playing the devoted fiancé despite the green hat firmly placed on his h

w that is a well-trained dog! You hear that, Genevieve? He is

Genevieve, her face a mask of venomous hatred. "You!" she screamed, pointing a trembling finger. "You did t

. "I merely invited a guest to our divorce proceedings," she said, her tone mild. "I thought

fties, with sharp eyes and a severe gray suit, rushed i

ly to Carlee's side. "Miss Roman, be quiet," she commanded in a low, steely voice. The

The stage was set. It wa

terly pathetic, clinging to Carlee like

er voice crisp and cle

ten thousand dollars. Living expenses, at two thousand a

r you've been driving for the last six years, wh

rent-free, for five years. That's a conservative e

, Jaycob's face grew paler, u

t compensation? For what? Being a wife? You weren't a wife, Genevieve

ree with Carlee. "She's right! I never

of marriage, and not a single night in the same bed. Yo

ng, Jaycob's father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. His dying wis

he room was u

tion and his father's medical bills. I held his father's hand when he took his last breath. I pa

n. I gave up my own doctoral program. I buried his father. And I did it

p, and typed quickly. She turned the screen toward him

ance of it become the front-page story of every gossip blog in the country by morning." Her eyes flickered to Carl

. He looked at Carlee's tear-streaked, terrified fa

ng certainty, that Genevieve was not going to let h

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Too Late, Ex-Husband: You Can't Afford Me
Too Late, Ex-Husband: You Can't Afford Me
“For thirteen years, I gave up my own dreams to pay for my husband Jaycob's Yale Law School tuition, his father's funeral, and all our living expenses. But the moment he became a successful lawyer, he pushed a divorce agreement across the table, tossing me aside for Carlee Roman, a billionaire heiress. Carlee tapped her blood-red nails on the table, mocking me as a pathetic, penniless housewife. "He is an associate at a top firm now, and you are just a nobody," she sneered, flaunting her massive diamonds. Jaycob wouldn't even meet my eyes, ready to erase my thirteen years of sacrifice for a pitiful settlement that wouldn't even buy a decent apartment. They expected me to break down. They thought I would cry and beg for the man I loved, quietly accepting my fate after paving his path to success with my own blood and sweat. Instead, I tore the divorce papers in half. I didn't shed a single tear. I calmly handed him a meticulously calculated $1.25 million invoice for my thirteen-year "investment," exposed the man Carlee was secretly cheating on him with, and forced the arrogant heiress to pawn her jewelry to pay my debt. And just as I walked away with the cash to destroy her company, my phone rang-it was the Chief of Staff for a legendary political dynasty, telling me they had finally found their missing daughter.”