Once My Wife

Chapter 2 The Unspoken Question

Word Count: 530 | Released on: 17/07/2025

e hall from Jason's, and she stayed busy with the redesign project. Work became her escape. Every blueprint,

ting, sometimes working late into the night. He studied her work with sharp eyes, asking questions that cu

s searching for something. His expression would quickly shift back to cold and unreadable. But for a second,

measurements and space planning. Never anything personal. She never smil

he architect. Not Isabella Reed, th

never stay q

e complicated designs. Bella was focused, leaning over

ld's

full of happine

small, exc

heart

loring book and a bunch of crayons in her tiny hands. A security guard stood beh

owly, confused by

nded on the

stoppe

lue eyes, her curly hair, the way she stood so confide

ged. Confusion turned into someth

. Then back at Bella.

nd rough. "Who... w

shook slightly. She tried to keep calm,

e's my daugh

't. Her secret was out. And the look in

f remembering, at the curve of her body from five years a

made se

t his sides. His eyes were filled with

in the roo

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“She was once his wife. Now she's his biggest secret and maybe his only chance at redemption. Five years ago, Bella Quinn walked away from a toxic marriage and a powerful man, broken but resolute. She found solace in Boston, raising their daughter alone, shielding her from the world and the painful truths of the past. But when fate, in the guise of an anonymous commission, throws her back into Jason Reed's orbit, the carefully constructed walls around her heart begin to crumble. Buried secrets erupt, and the unfinished love that once burned so brightly smolders hotter than ever. Jason, a cold and formidable CEO, unknowingly haunted by the love he lost, now wants answers, a closure he never received. Bella, fierce and independent, desperately wants to protect her secret and finally lay the past to rest. But the past has teeth, a venomous history of lies and betrayals and someone far more dangerous is out to destroy them both. As their lives irrevocably intertwine again, amidst corporate scandals, hidden agendas, and shocking revelations, can a love scarred by deceit survive the truth that will change everything they thought they knew?”