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Goodbye To A Toxic Love

Chapter 1 

Word Count: 863    |    Released on: 09/07/2025

m comin

nly sound the faint static of a long-di

ling for

calm, steady, and exactly what I needed to hear. "I'

nks,

washing over me. Seven years. A seven-year marri

d always felt more like a modern art gallery than a place to live. It was

e, walked in. She looked perfect, as always, he

voice smooth. "The dinner with the Henderso

She was always working, always closing a deal, always networking. I h

ago. "A healthy marriage requires independence." I had agreed. I had given her a separate study, respected her late

" I asked, m

ltering for a fraction o

t held up my phone and

go. It showed Olivia, laughing, leaning intimately against her much younger pe

asn't the

flink, shaped like a tiny, intricate blueprint scroll. It was one of a kind. I knew be

as currently on my o

e saw the photo. The polished smile vanishe

oice. She tossed her briefcase onto a sterile white ar

r than the photo itself. There was no apolog

th a rage I couldn't control. "You' re sleeping w

she sighed, waving a hand dismis

ift for our

. "Look, we have a good arrangement. A partnership. It' s mutually beneficial. You get the social standing of being marri

ng. A partnership. Mutually be

just supposed

counter, and gave me a look that was

final. "I have needs, Ethan. Liam fulfills them. If you' re unhappy, you' re free to find someon

't just admitting to an affair. She was giving me permission to have one, as if that w

chest. The woman I had loved, the woman I had built a life with, was a stranger. Or

aid, my voice barely a

't need to hear her response. I already knew what it would be: a si

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“My seven-year marriage to Olivia Hayes, a powerful CEO, seemed perfect from the outside. But then, a single photo on social media shattered everything: my wife, laughing intimately with her much younger personal assistant, Liam Thorne, proudly wearing the platinum cufflink I designed for our fifth anniversary. When I confronted her, Olivia felt no shame, dismissively claiming it was "just a cufflink" and proposing an "open arrangement" where I could find someone else. The humiliation deepened when I went to Hayes Enterprises, the company I helped build, only to be ambushed by Liam. He taunted me, flaunting his new status and claiming my office, before having me assaulted by security while Olivia watched, choosing to protect her lover' s image over mine. My world crumbled as the video of the assault went viral, and Olivia, facing public backlash, demanded I sign over my company shares to Liam as an "apology" for my "unhinged behavior." The sheer audacity and betrayal left me hollow, but I refused to be manipulated. I tore up the share transfer agreement, signed the divorce papers, and walked away from everything, planning to start anew in New York. But Olivia, ever the master manipulator, convinced me to stay for a "truce," only to publicize her affair with Liam at a family gala, where he cruelly tricked me into stepping into hot coffee. The final straw came when Olivia fussed over Liam's fake injury, then dismissed my actual second-degree burn with a casual "Go home and put some toothpaste on it." I drove straight to LAX, bought a one-way ticket to New York, and left everything behind-my marriage, my company, and the toxic remnants of a life that was never truly mine. Little did I know, this agonizing end was just the beginning of reclaiming my true self and finding a love I never thought possible.”
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