The Ex's Ruthless Revenge

exhaust fumes, and justified my next move.

ice came through the line

said. "I' ve though

f confusion in his voice. I hadn

f. "To help. I' m taking the Apex deal t

his voice when he spoke. "I' m listening. I as

autonomy. And I want the title to reflect tha

tation. The swiftness of his agreement almo

ardening, "this is going to be a fight. Caleb

ve edge to his tone. "I' ll handle Cale

I said quickly, perhaps too quickly. "T

t. When he spoke again, his v

y, Br

nt, but it felt

," I said, my voic

offer letter within the hour," he said,

deep breath. One problem s

ress. The apartment I shared with Caleb.

ties. Just ten years of a shared life

han any piece of paper. The tiny, fragile l

t for me anymor

led with ghosts of a future that would never happen. I

lothes, books, my laptop. I left beh

He' d made it last year, a place to put mementos of our journey. Ticket stu

artbroken part, wanted to

the cold, calculating

with my thumbnail

f our memories was his second phone. Th

it up with a constant stream of n

up, my han

stal. Dozens of them. Hund

see you tonight. Wear

ng in the meeting today. When are

the deal. I promise. Th

I' m not sharing you or tha

ab of betrayal. They had been planning this for

me. It was a physical sickness of the soul. I stumbled to the bathr

, tear-streaked face in the mirror.

with a steady hand, began forwarding every single mes

d, undenia