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CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
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Lacey doesn’t say anything. In a situation such as the one she found herself in, what was the right way to react? Was there even one? For one’s husband to be away from his wife without any personal news, only to find out he’s planning to divorce you…What was the reaction here? With her phone still to her ear, Lacey started to count down the seconds as they passed. Maybe if she didn’t say anything, Thomas would reveal that it was all a joke, and he was on his way home. Maybe. “Lacey? Lacey?! Did you hear me? I filed for divorce last week, but it was delayed because the papers weren’t ready. Be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.”Up until then, Lacey had listened quietly. Her silly wish for it to all be a joke didn’t look like it was going to come true. “Why?” Resignation filled Lacey. Even though she wanted to scream at Thomas and order him to come home that moment, all that left Lacey’s lips was that one word question. “Why are you doing this, Thomas?”Out of the
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What a sick joke. Now was the time for Thomas to jump out from behind the curtains, yelling ‘surprise!’ Lacey’s laughter had subsided. Not because she felt calm, but because she knew if she continued, she would end up crying. And Lacey only cried when she was sad. At that moment she was devastated, but she wasn’t sad. She couldn’t be sad. Manipulate… crazy… safety… left… divorce. Thomas’ words from the press conference were stuck in Lacey’s head in fragments. “Thomas got a divorce because I’m a cheater and a manipulator.” Lacey repeated those words over and over, thinking that if she did that, they would actually become real. Or maybe she was a cheater and just didn’t realize it. A manipulator too. Or else, why would Thomas say she was those things?Where Lacey was on the floor, she put her head to the ground. There was nothing to do. If she called her friends, they would only try to comfort her. Maybe some of them were laughing at her situation. Scrolling through social media was o
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“Call us if you need anything.”After one last group hug, Lacey’s friends got up and left. Sangah lingered by the door for a few seconds, even after Adi and Maddy were gone. “None of this is your fault.”Those parting words did nothing to soothe Lacey’s heartache, but she forced on a smile for her friend’s sake. With all of them gone, Lacey pulled herself up from the ground and went into hers and Thomas’ room. Well, it was just her room now. It was already 3 in the afternoon, but Lacey hadn’t had her bath yet. From when Thomas called her, up until this point, about five hours had gone by. Moving on autopilot, Lacey didn’t put in a lot of effort as she took a quick bath, nor did she pay any mind to the clothes she wore. The thought of carrying on as if her life hadn’t just been disrupted made her want to puke. It was at 3:48 that the doorbell rang. Lacey knew the specific time because she had been scrolling through her gallery, looking at pictures of her and Thomas. The sound made h
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“Are you willing to fight?”It wasn’t the first time since meeting the woman that Lacey was left stunned, but this topped all those other moments. Jamie’s words made her heart beat faster. As part of it was from trepidation, but another part of it was the excitement that things could actually turn around. Jamie was right. If she let it go again this time, what was the assurance of a next time not happening? Would she have to spend the rest of her life looking back to make sure Thomas wasn’t catching up with her, ready to ruin her life one more time? In these past two years, he’d never been far from her though even after he was out of her life. Oh, is Thomas going to decide today to lie about me again? She had never fully stopped worrying about that. So, after a few moments of contemplation, Lacey came to a decision. Wearing a determined expression, she said, “I am going to fight. Thomas broke me once and almost ruined my life. I don’t want to let him do that again. But…” That was w
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“Calm down, Adi. I can’t hear you,” Lacey said into the phone. She’d been having a chill time with Jonathan after he drove her and her mother home. They had been talking about random things, and somehow, it wasn’t weird that Jonathan was in her mother’s house. But then her phone rang, and it was Adi saying a lot of words she didn’t understand. “Lace, I asked where you were? Are you at JT Entertainment?”This time, she clearly heard him. With furrowed brows, Lacey responded, “No. Why? Do you need me to do something for you?”“No. No.” Adi’s voice sounded frantic. “It’s not that. It’s just…” As he hesitated, Lacey raised her gaze to see what Jonathan was up to on the other side of the room. Surprisingly, she found a grave expression on his face as he stared right at her. When he saw her looking his way, his features seemed to crumple in apology. Before Lacey could get confused about what was going on, she heard Adi’s voice through the phone. “What did Thomas do to you at the company?
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It was a good thing Jonathan composed himself enough to ask Jamie if Lacey had been hurt. So when she told him it wasn’t Lacey who was rushed to the hospital, he didn’t hold back his breath of relief. Not that he was relieved about Lacey’s mother being hospitalized or anything. “Thank you, Jamie. I’ll be there as soon as I can.” As Jonathan hung up and put his phone away, his eyes fell on Riley who was still staring at him with that irritated expression, except now, her sneer was more pronounced. Jamie said she was leaving the hospital meaning Lacey would be by herself. For that reason, Jonathan wanted to get there as soon as he could. There was no time to find out what brought about Riley’s irritation with him. “Something came up, Riley. I have to leave now. I’ll talk to you later.”Jonathan was worried. “Will she want to see me? Am I overstepping by going there when she didn’t ask for me?” Those were the type of questions that filled his mind as he drove to the hospital. When La
