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ide me had alread

roke. Not the kind that leaves you shatte

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smi

worthless. Used up. Don't even dream

cut through the

rry her,

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my heart

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saying?" Mother barked

rry her? A woman your brothe

ng in front of me. His eyes were calm, unreada

ly, "sign the divorce pap

rambled. My

game? A t

s younger brother... wasn't something I

nd destroying every single person who looked down

mall step back, but he didn't move. His eyes were steady-too steady. "

looked

throat burning. "I won't just be your brother's ex-wife. I'm

g more tears. I hated that I still cared w

voice came out soft, but fi

lin

e deserves you. Not Ethan. Not this family. If they don't want you..." He moved e

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n years, I didn't know w

standing in front of me with a pro

don't

ly knows wh

because I thought he saw me. Because for once, someone

ame. When the doctors said the problem was mine, I bore the shame in silence. I swallowed every b

ough all of

her school. Got her a job. I stood by her when our parents called her a

tupid

perfume still lingered on Ethan's clothes. And yet this boy... no, this ma

you. As

ou think you're doing?!"

ink. His eyes

u waiting for?" he aske

my bag And Pu

orce papers wi

urned

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ire lit

e ex-wife of the first Newton son

y, his hand grabbed my arm tight,

ed behind me, his voice shaking with something between anger and disbelief. Frust

the stairs. I didn't flinch. I di

rching my brow.

e I'd betrayed him.

u can bring in another woman. Call her your wife. Divorce me lik

clenched

ill think you have a say in my life after what you did. That you think

nched. "This family will never accept you ag

d-short,

ou rui

second. Guilt? Maybe. But

d stood tall, my voice

And now I'm marrying Liam. So whatever you think

climbed the stairs, each s

ia calling his name. He

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