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Divorced in Love CHAPTER 40- DILEMMA
AUTHOR'S POV WHEN SYDNEY GOT home, to her satisfaction, neither Avery nor Gavin was home. She had forgotten Avery had a job. She quickly did the laundry, excluding Gavin's because Avery had sent it to the dry cleaners. Sydney wondered if Avery even knew how to use a washing machine. She did the house chores and decided to make dinner for Ethan and Emily early since she was going out tonight. Theresa's favorite food was beef casserole, so, she decided to make some for her. Sydney never got the chance to talk to Theresa after what happened the last time. She asked Alfred if Theresa still came to the Country Club, and he said he hadn't seen her for quite some time.Although Sydney still didn't have much affection towards Theresa, she was concerned about her. She stopped by the antique store and bought a dolphin figurine. Then, she drove to pick up Ethan and Emily. Sofia was right, Emily had become a bookworm. She was reading a book when Sydney picked her up from
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 41- ATTRACTIVE
AUTHORS POV SYDNEY TIED HER HAIR into a ponytail and left some strands to fall by the sides. She plugged in her coiling iron and coiled the strands falling by the sides. She applied light makeup and put a considerable distance between herself and the mirror so she could take in her appearance. A flicker of sadness engulfed her heart seeing herself. She looked young and happy in the blue dress. Did she have any right to be happy? Wasn't she meant to be grieving over her broken marriage instead of dressing like a carefree college girl?Did she deserve to look beautiful?Her heart began to pace and she clutched her chest. No matter how much she denied it, Gabriel did make her happy and he made her forget she was supposed to be crying 24/7 over Gavin. She hated the way he made her feel. She was scared of letting go of Gavin so easily. They had spent more than a decade together, so she should grieve for more than a year!Sydney closed her eyes and shook off the thoughts. " I deser
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 42- CONTROL
AUTHORS POV" My husband and I used to play hockey as kids. He was so terrible at it." Sydney cupped her mouth and giggled outrageously.Barely half an hour after the station waiter had served the drinks, Sydney and Sofia were already high. Sofia was more composed than Sydney who had been ranting a lot.Sofia snorted and raised a finger opposingly. " My ex-boyfriend loved sports and I hated it because I sucked at it."She faced Gil, who was staring at her attentively, " Every time we were together he would, he would bring up boring football. At times he didn't want to have s*x because he didn't want to miss a football match."Sydney drawled with sad eyes. " That's so mean."" Tell me about it, he was a sports-loving douchebag a**hat." She chuckled fakely and continued. " I was a bigger a**hat for loving him. I mean what girl keeps on loving a guy that keeps on cheating on her with football? If football was a person, he'd prefer to f**k it."Sofia's face dropped, and she reached out to
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 43- TERRITORIAL
**AUTHORS POV**"In the car. Now. Please." Sydney drawled in a low, punishing tone that made Gabriel's throat bereft of moisture.*It's your chance, Gabriel. Give her what she's asking for. You know you want to. Gabriel, do it.*Gabriel's hands folded into fists as multiple sweet, tormenting thoughts ravaged his mind.*Show her how much you burn for her. If she decides to run away tomorrow... Capture her and lock her up just like you did to your wife.*Gabriel jerked out of her hold suddenly. He leaned into the driver's seat and panted softly.No, no, the past wouldn't repeat itself. She was too much for him to risk losing.Sydney looked ahead, refusing to look at him. Afraid too. Was there something wrong with her that threw men off? He looked like he was going to catch some deadly virus if he didn't move away from her.Gabriel looked at her; his dark eyes softened. He knew what was going on in her head. She was too transparent; it made him nauseous."I know what you are thinking, Sy
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 44- KARMA
AUTHOR'S POVSofia's chest heaved as she watched Gil discard the c**dom into the trash can. She flushed scarlet remembering the wonderful hour in bed with him. She had never had a one-night stand before. She never expected it to be so exhilarating and especially not with the man of her dreams.Although he didn't look as ripped or affluent as her colleagues described him to be, she was drawn to him. Even more than she expected.Gil turned to her with a charming smirk, his hair tousled as he climbed on the bed and lay next to her. He'd had s!x with many women and never stayed an extra minute more but something about Sofia piqued his interest.He was bewildered how a shy little woman like her would be so dominant on the bed. He had always been the one to be on top but with her, it was different. He tried but she kept fighting for dominance. And boy, she got it and it drove him wild.Sofia smiled wearily at him. Her eyes scrutinized over his taut body. Her gaze drifted to the tattoo o
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 45- CUPID
AUTHOR’S POVSYDNEY PASSED GABRIEL THE ketchup and watched him smear it on his burger. She stuck up her nose in disgust, making him chuckle.It had been five days since the club incident, and she hadn't had a word with him since then, except today, when she stopped by the country club. They'd played Tennis together till they got exhausted and hungry and had to grab lunch at the diner.“ I think this would be my new Wednesday and Saturday morning and afternoon routine," Sydney mumbled on her BLT.Anything was better than staying alone with Avery on Saturdays. Gavin was barely at home to Sydney's dismay. He'd stopped trying to get on her nerves and whenever they saw each other, he would pass her by without uttering a word.Sydney wondered why. Was it because Ethan and Emily stopped speaking to him? Sydney adjusted restlessly on the chair, whatever was happening to him was none of her business. He didn't deserve a space in her thoughts.Her eyes moved to Gabriel whose gaze was fixed on
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 46- PERFECT
AUTHOR'S POVSMOKE ERUPTED FROM THE EXHAUST of the motorbike as Gabriel skidded to a stop in front of his quaint home. Sydney coughed as she got down from the bike. “ I think your bike is mad at me." Sydney laughed and coughed.“ Nah, It's been long since I took it for maintenance.” Gabriel choked out as they walked into the house.Sydney's eyes scrutinized the house as they walked in. She didn't pay much attention to the little details the last time she came. Her eyes were too clouded with tears for her to, and it was sundown. The living room seemed less like where a poacher inhabited. The obsolete designs give Sydney a sense of inner warmth. She could live here, far from civilization, and wouldn't even care.It was so tiring being a cynosure.Sydney looked at the portraits of mountains, plateaus, highlands, and lowlands as Gabriel excused himself. The portraits drove her thoughts to her mother. Sydney had called Ashley all day since she left Arizona. Their conversations lasted m
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 47- DREAM
AUTHOR'S POVSYDNEY STARED AT HER SWOLLEN STOMACH in the six-foot-long mirror. A bright smile was plastered on her face as her thumb caressed her bare stomach." You'll look just like your daddy, won't you? Gavin said it's unfair Ethan took my looks, but he has faith you'll look just like him." Sydney chuckled, her nose pink with joy. The door began to open slightly, and Gavin shut his head into the room. He looked around inquisitively and when his eyes met his wife's brown ones, he grinned and entered the room." Thought you'd be asleep, I didn't want to wake you up." He wrapped his hand around her waist from behind and kissed her cheek. She looked at his reflection. " How's work? I heard Mr. Alejandro visited today." She turned to him with a concerned look. " Mr. Alejandro is a stern man, he'd made many rich men's business crumble, Gavin, whatever happened it's not your fault—"Gavin cut her off with a sharp kiss. He pulled away and laughed when she reddened. " Worry doesn't lo
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Divorced in Love CHAPTER 85- NIGHTMARE
GABRIEL SPENT THE NEXT two hours staring at the sky. He was freezing. It was the first time he'd felt so cold. His mind kept on reeling on every unpleasant thing he'd done. Things he had been told. Things he'd seen. Things that could have happened differently if he'd controlled his emotions; if he'd listened to the warnings.Ethan reminded him greatly about his childhood. What his mother's infidelity had caused him. There was no one to help him and pull him out of his misery. There was no one willing to sit and understand what was wrong with him and he was unwilling to believe anything was wrong with him.Gabriel walked into the house. He passed by Sydney's room and saw she was asleep. He went to Ethan's room and pushed the door open quietly. Ethan was moving on the bed. His eyes were tightly shut. A wince was planted across his face as he kept on turning. He seemed to be having a nightmare." Don't shoot him, don't shoot him please." Ethan cried.Gabriel went to him quickly, he sat
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 84- FAVOR
" Charlotte, you should have spent Christmas with your boyfriend; he must be feeling down without you with him."Gabriel returned to the dining room just in time to hear his father change the topic from politics. Alfred had visited Gabriel as soon as his spies delivered news that Sydney and her kid had left Gabriel's place. He insisted Gabriel followed him home for Christmas. Gabriel was adamant at first but when he remembered his father was a lonely man with no one except him and Charlotte, he had to agree.Charlotte blushed and slipped out her hand under Alfred's to brush a strand of hair off her face." It's my obligation to spend the holidays with my husband." Alfred smirked and took a bite out of his chicken breast. " Did that apply to all your ex-husbands also?"Gabriel slid into the chair next to his father. Gabriel wasn't a bit surprised by his father's indifference towards Charlotte's infidelity. They were more of friends than husband and wife. Alfred lost his attraction t
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 83- DEPRESSION
GAVIN'S LEGS WERE MADE of ten pounds of steel. He was motionless. Deaf. All he could hear was the faint echo of Ethan's name on Alejandro's scarred lips.Sydney's eyes were like the moon as she ran behind Gavin, nearly knocking him off. " Ethan, are you okay? Jesus Christ what if it touched you." Sydney's arms were around Ethan's body, shaking. He was still screaming. He couldn't stop screaming.The bullet managed to pass through the space between the outline of his cheek and shoulder, making its way into the glass wall.By the time Gavin regained his ability to move, Christopher had poured out of the house, his eyes wide in matching shock. Mathilda was hiding behind a wall in case there'd be another gunshot.Christopher looked between the wall and Gavin. " Holy shit, how did this happen?"" Someone please call the police and an ambulance. He isn't moving." Sydney screamed.Gavin was stumbling as he walked to Ethan. He pulled Sydney gently away from him and grabbed Ethan's raised sho
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 82- CHRISTMAS
THE SCENT OF ROAST CHICKEN consumed the whole of Gavin's smart house. Gavin had hired a few excellent chefs to cook up something for the feast since he knew barely anything about cooking and Avery refused to get out of her room.She'd been behaving uncanny for some weeks, his conscience pricked him to ask her what was wrong. When he did, it didn't end well. Gavin nearly had a knife in his heart. She kept on screaming it was his fault she was in this position and chased him around the house with a knife.He promised himself to stay at least ten feet away from her.He'd expected her to be locked up in her room during the feast but she was the first at the table.Sydney came in five minutes to the stipulated time. She mustered all the strength in her not to lose her composure. The house looked exactly how she'd left it but it felt a whole lot different. It was like a shallow pit sucking her into memories. Memories she so desperately wants to forget.Sydney looked at the couch. She reme
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 81— CONFESS
SYDNEY WATCHED THE waves form and crash. Her heart was colder than the snow falling, tighter than the pressure from the oxygenless point of the sea. Her heart wanted to split and burst.She had just wanted to look at the sea with a smile on her face and no care in the world before Gavin called.She wondered why she answered his call so quickly. There was something wrong somewhere, she felt it. It was like he was going to be wiped out of existence if she didn't take his call.She had a dream the previous night. Gavin was sitting on a wooden bench in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by mists. A phone was held to his ear. He was shaking. Saying something about Ethan. Then the phone dropped and so did his body. The mist turned red.Sydney was breathing a little too hard when she asked him how their kids were. He noticed it." You are breathing uneasily, what's wrong?" He sounded so genuine it made her stomach churn.She wanted to tell him. " Nothing." But she couldn't.Gavin sighed, " Th
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 80- CABINET
" Why don't you sing a Christmas song for us, ehn friend?"Gabriel clutched the knife he used to cut into his turkey a little bit tighter. Gil had been getting on his nerves since he served Dinner and sat a couple distance away from him. " Oh, I forgot, you mix auto with tenor and soprano with bass." Gil chuckled on the glass of water placed in his mouth. " We don't want your bad voice ruining Christmas Eve."Sofia intervened quickly. She grabbed Gil's face in her palm and made him look at her " Why are you being such an a**hole? Stop it. "Gil didn't look at her. His eyes were fixated on Gabriel's angry ones. They looked like they were ready to jump on each other. No one spoke again. There was a foul aura around the dinette. It was like everyone had beef with each other except Gil and Sofia. Sydney made sure to avoid eye contact with Gabriel who wouldn't stop passing glances at her.She felt like a pile of rubbish after what she'd done. She didn't want her and Gabriel's friendshi
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 79- DEALS
" It's sweet of Gabriel to cook up the meals. " Sofia remarked as she lay on a chaise lounge watching Gabriel cook. She moaned at the aroma of the turkey. It was freezing on the yacht, but Sofia and Sydney couldn't care less. They didn't want to miss the serene views of birds flying across the waters, waves crashing, and whatnot. Sydney hadn't felt any sense of relaxation since Gabriel professed his affection for her. She wanted to believe it was some sort of joke or dream. He must have been feeling lonely and needed a shoulder to lean on, and Sydney was there for him. Maybe that's why he confused their friendship for love. The heart is a tool the devil uses to ruin people's life. Ruin friendships. Ruin good relationships. She reckoned. The only source of relaxation she found was when she stepped into Blake's yacht. It was a good thing she'd accepted his offer. Ethan and Emily would love it here. She would have loved to bring them, but Gavin called and said he wanted them
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 78- ROSES
AUTHOR'S POV " Your check is on the dining room table, pick it up when you are done. And don't you dare go into my wife's room; I don't want you looking through her closet." Sherwin Peters said disdainfully to Gil before picking up a coat and leaving. Gil sent two middle fingers to his back and growled, " Open your eyes, a**hole; your wife is cheating on you with a seventy-two-year-old horse rider." Gil sighed when he realized he was talking to himself. He raked his fingers through his hair and looked at the broken fence through the kitchen window. " I need to get myself a real job. Joseph would also have if he existed in the 21st century." He laughed at himself. He was a worthless piece of shit. He thought. He couldn't even hold one woman he'd like— lust for. " Don't think of her, Gil, she must be having an orgasm for that b**tard she was holding hands with. What man even paints his fingernails? He must have a really small— shut up Gil, that's enough." He groaned an
Divorced in Love CHAPTER 77- TOUCH
WHEN SYDNEY'S RETURNED, the house was silent. Gabriel's bike wasn't parked outside, so she wasn't sure he had returned yet. She hoped he was fine. Sydney was tired. Exhausted. Despite how much she didn't want Gavin to know where she lived, he still found out. There was no cab in sight, Sydney's legs were boneless from the roller coaster ride and Gavin offered her a ride she couldn't resist. Gavin was impressed with Gabriel's home. It fitted a psychotic hoi pol-loi like him. Despite being tired, Sydney read Ethan and Emily to sleep. When they fell asleep, she kissed their forehead and released a shudder. Hugging herself, she walked out of the room. It was like the temperature dropped every second. Sydney heard sounds coming from the television. With the hopes of seeing Gabriel in the living room, she went there but saw no one. The living room smelt like a turkey sandwich and tea. " Strange." She mouthed and turned off the television. Maybe he'd watched a movie and gone to bed.
