My Husband's Other Woman, My Stolen Life

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re on the small hospital TV, a de

week later, looking pale

effects from a small apartment I'd leased, a

o the suitcases, t

," he said, relief

Chloe was a wreck, abso

I wanted to make things u

are, first-edition collection of classi

ficial gesture to smooth

aid, my voice carefully

er-bound volumes, the irony

eting my polite accep

the orchestrated

anhattan, called

ne grabbed me! Th

onvincing to my ears, but Ethan

resources, his security team, hi

lement meeting with Reed Innovate's lawyer

l from his assistant about a "dire family emergency

"stray" cyclist, moving with unnatural preci

rply, a flare of pai

a cursory apology, van

told myself, though a sliv

evening, th

d "single-handedly negotia

hideout (a conspicuously luxurious downtown loft), Ethan, his arm

aguely towards the building,

. He thought he had

ze finding a spec

ise Chloe Vahn. She has b

oman I would die for, the woma

less performance of

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V, my ankle throbbing, a

s usi

supposed love, as

was th

clared to throw the real threat – whoe

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aking me