All Chapters of Wives at War: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

Austin stared at my flat tummy with a surprised look, but he quickly furrowed his brows. “I know you’re good friends with Bella, Autumn. But you shouldn’t play along and perform a C-section on her. You're not fit to be a doctor if you’re recommending unnecessary surgery. Where is the baby? I—”A call from Kirsty interrupted Austin. According to her, there was still another puppy in the dog’s belly, waiting to be delivered. Austin was worried sick. “You’ve taken things too far, Bella. We’ll talk about this after I help Kirsty’s dog with the delivery.”He left in a hurry. Furious, Autumn tried to stop him for an answer.Then came her husband, Aaron, stepping in her way. “You're free to ruin your own life, Autumn, but why did you have to pit Bella against Austin? What do you gain from this? We’ve been together for five years, and I’m not sure how much more of this I can take. Do yourself a favor and stop the madness. I’ll pretend you never mentioned divorce, but there won’t be

When Austin lifted his head again, his face was filled with panic, despair, and pain.“H-How did this happen? I’m sorry, Bella. I thought you were lying out of jealousy and had a C-section ahead of time. I didn’t know our son was dead. I—”His little sorry act only rubbed me the wrong way.If he cared at all about me or our child, he wouldn’t have left us to tend to a pregnant dog.In a hurry to host my son’s funeral service, I had no time to waste. I brushed past him to get away.Autumn had been by my side the whole time. We were stepping into the car.Aaron caught up to us, his face flushed. “I’m sorry, Autumn. I was wrong before. I—”“You’re an idiot!”Without looking at him, Autumn slammed the car door shut.We took a ride to the cemetery. Kirsty and the shaken brothers arrived soon after.I furrowed my brows at their presence.However, today was my son’s burial, and the last thing I wanted was for his final moments to be disrupted.I held my tongue.Kirsty walked up

Here I thought that since I had reached rock bottom, nothing could break me anymore.However, Austin’s horrible response sucked the air right out of me.I slammed the door shut, and Austin withdrew his arms while gasping in pain.The door closed with a loud bang.He believed he could erase the past and start over, but not on my watch.Autumn and I sat on the sofa, neither of us in the right state of mind.I asked, “It took you three years to be with Aaron. Are you happy to give up on him now?”“His indifference has put out any feelings I had for him. What about you? You’ve been with Austin for more than a decade. Heck, you were high school sweethearts. He’s talking about making amends. Are you going to give him another chance?”I shook my head. “I waited over a decade for him to change. It never came, and I don’t want to wait anymore.”It was awful to always be the second choice.I was frail, to begin with. All the fuss wore me out completely.Autumn tucked me into bed. Sinc

“I don’t see a point in saving our marriage now. Get in.”While Austin did get into the car, he refused to drive.He looked at me tearfully. “No one is perfect. I made a mistake because I didn’t see Kirsty for who she was. We’ve been together for eleven years. Shouldn’t that count as something? I deserve a shot to make things right. I never meant to hurt you!”“If you didn’t mean to hurt me, why did I have to go through years of gaslighting, suffer massive bleeding from early labor, and lose my child?”Instead of crying, I kept my composure the whole time.However, Austin put his hands over his face, tears spilling between the cracks of his fingers.I was annoyed. “You can cry once our divorce is finalized. Don’t waste my time.”When Austin took time off to go on vacation with Kirsty, I cried bitter tears after a fight with him, and he told me, “I’m on a night shift later. Can you not waste my time? I could be resting by now.”Given Austin’s lack of opposition, the divorce proc