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Secrets and Second Chances

Chapter 2 House Arrest

Word Count: 1090    |    Released on: 16/05/2025

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n I was almost out of the house. A shiver ran down my spi

no other person but Ethan. His voice was

nd before I could speak, he raised his f

, and I glanced up at Susan, who had her arms fol

y without any trouble but now I

n seconds, she was already beside him, holding

nificant my life had chang

hout even waiting for confirmation, Ethan's hand sliced

se years. I never knew I was married to a demon." Then he looked me over from head to to

ld hardly breathe; the pain and betraya

ed to say in a small voice hoping

e said, holding my jaw in between his

. I know you have plans of going out there telling all

oing to do much, but his fingers deepened

ike nothing happened. You will be on

baby." Susan chippe

icking the luggage and pushing me away. My purse

purse. And then he snatched the paper from my hand, his eyes going th

egnancy result, and Susan snatched it from his h

stupid tricks of yours?" He

fear crawling down m

my sentence as he cut m

elled at the top of her voice. She squeezed the pre

that I knew that my l

ive birth to that child, which I know isn't mine." He said with so much

way, leaving me outside. The sky

tive, always hiding from the bitter, icy remarks about me and

sband's mistress and

house was during my antenatal and

h kept the hope in me. I had turned to a maid and had

the caller ID almost made me disappear in frig

stern warning that n

w?" I said to myself in a small

tside the gates". My eyes began to spin in my head as the phone shook in my hand.

e time, glancing down at my protruding stomach and then ou

ck of my life, there exchanging hot words with each

that my sister raised

leave now." Susan yelled, pushing Aunt Maggie's luggage to

e don't do thi

in your womb should stay away from this. You

gie laughed then turne

nything. "I'm getting married to Ethan s

raised her hand against Susan's cheeks; just imme

said, running to stand in between them,

rough me. The last thing I heard was the cr

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1 Chapter 1 The Day Hope Died2 Chapter 2 House Arrest3 Chapter 3 Leaving For Good4 Chapter 4 Stitched From Scratch5 Chapter 5 Back6 Chapter 6 The Award And Him7 Chapter 7 The Masked Truth8 Chapter 8 The Face of Denial9 Chapter 9 Unspoken Tensions and Unseen Dangers10 Chapter 10 The Silent Intruder11 Chapter 11 Haunted By The Past12 Chapter 12 Free Ethan13 Chapter 13 Hard time Convincing Ethan14 Chapter 14 Susan's Dilemma15 Chapter 15 Penetrating Maria's Walls16 Chapter 16 Maria's Den of Utmost Confusion17 Chapter 17 Susan's Breakthrough18 Chapter 18 Expectation Met With Disappointment19 Chapter 19 Where's Ethan Woods 20 Chapter 20 A Visit From The Dead21 Chapter 21 Actions and Consequences22 Chapter 22 Clustered Emotions23 Chapter 23 Picking Up The Broken Pieces24 Chapter 24 The Crisis Before The Chaos25 Chapter 25 My Husband Is Mine To Keep26 Chapter 26 Susan's Fortress of Solitude; the woods' mansion.27 Chapter 27 The Spoiler28 Chapter 28 Trapped In The Closet29 Chapter 29 Hard time convincing Mr. Woods.30 Chapter 30 Surviving Angela's Intrusion31 Chapter 31 Bringing A Sword To A Gun ight.32 Chapter 32 Angela's Undisputed Influence33 Chapter 33 Tackling Angela's Brilliance34 Chapter 34 Digging the it for Angela35 Chapter 35 Plot to break existing protocols.36 Chapter 36 Revisiting the past.37 Chapter 37 Unleashing The Dragon38 Chapter 38 Burying The Hatchet39 Chapter 39 The Secret Spy40 Chapter 40 Blowing Angela's Cover41 Chapter 41 Flipping Through The Pages Of Angela's Black Book42 Chapter 42 Letting More Cats Out Of The Bag43 Chapter 43 The Angel You Don't Know44 Chapter 44 Boomerang45 Chapter 45 Angela; The Kingpin46 Chapter 46 Reaching A Common Ground47 Chapter 47 The Act Of Cowardice48 Chapter 48 Wife From Hell49 Chapter 49 Kelly's Fall50 Chapter 50 The Devil's Advocate For Cruel51 Chapter 51 She Stoops To Conquer