All Chapters of RISING EX WIFE : Love Me Again Mrs Graves: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Chapter 21EVA POINT OF VIEW I couldn't remember the last time Max really talked to me. Like, actually talked not just those cold little orders he'd throw my way. These days, he mostly pretended I wasn't even there. Every morning, I'd wake up hoping today would be different, that maybe he'd finally look at me the way he used to. But nope. Just more silence.Tonight was his grandfather's party, and Max had made it crystal clear what he wanted from me to fake it. Put on a big smile and act like we were this amazing, perfect couple that everyone thought we were. Pretty messed up, right? That's basically my whole life now just pretending. Pretending to be this happy wife when inside I'm falling apart. Pretending I'm tough when really, I just want to cry. Pretending this marriage isn't slowly killing me inside.I sneaked a look at Max while he was getting ready. There he was, messing with his tie in the mirror, doing that thing where he looks everywhere except at me. I had so many things

Chapter 23EVA'S POINT OF VIEW Sara's laugh made me weak, it cut through my heart like a dagger, She walked around me like a shark, her mean-girl friends right behind her, all of them looking at me like I was their next meal."Just look at her," Sara said with that mean smile of hers. "Mrs. Maximilian Graves what a joke!"One of her friends laughed. "More like the wife nobody wants. Everyone knows Max can't stand her. How long before he kicks her out?"Their words hit me like punches. I made my hands into fists, trying to stop shaking, but I couldn't. I could barely breathe."For real, Eva," Sara said, trying to sound sweet but really being super mean, "you should be ashamed to show up here. Everyone knows Max only married you because his grandfather made him. Without that, you'd be nothing."Her friends kept giggling like mean little kids.I tried to say something anything but the words got stuck. What was the point? They wouldn't listen anyway."You want to talk?" one of Sara's fri

Chapter 25EMILY (SARA'S MOTHER) POINT OF VIEW I just left Sara's room, and my heart feels like it's breaking into a million pieces. These big fancy mansion walls they're so cold and empty, just like Williams' heart. I can still hear my baby girl crying in there. Each sob feels like someone's stabbing me in the chest. I tried to shut the door real quiet, but in this silent hallway, it seemed so loud.My poor Sara cried herself to sleep tonight. Her face was all wet with tears, her eyes all puffy and red. And why? All because of that awful Eva. Just thinking about her makes my blood boil. How dare she? How dare anyone make my beautiful, smart Sara feel so small?Standing here in this dark hallway, all these old memories come rushing back. They hit me like a tidal wave, and I can't stop them. Maybe I don't want to stop them. Sometimes the past is what keeps you going, you know?I remember when I was younger, back when I still had stars in my eyes and big dreams in my heart. I'd just fi

Chapter 27 EVA'S POINT OF VIEWI can't stop shaking as I kneel next to Max's grandfather. He's just lying there on that fancy rug he loved so much, and nothing feels real anymore. Everything around me is all blurry, and my heart is beating so loud in my ears it's like a drum. The house is so quiet it's scary, which makes all the crazy thoughts in my head seem even louder. How did this happen? How did my life turn into this nightmare?"Grandpa?" My voice comes out all wobbly and small as I lean in closer to him. My hand is just floating there above his chest, like it's afraid to touch him. I keep blinking, trying to make my brain understand what I'm seeing. He was always so full of life, you know? His eyes used to have this special sparkle whenever he was being strict but kind at the same time. But now? Those same eyes are just... empty. They're staring up at nothing, and I can barely see them through all my tears.I finally make myself press my hand against his chest, desperately try

# Chapter 29Max's Point of ViewYou know that feeling when your whole world falls apart? Not the slow kind of falling apart, like when a relationship dies bit by bit, but the sudden kind that hits you like a truck? That's what happened to me that day.I couldn't stop staring at Eva on the floor. She was crying so hard her whole body was shaking. Her makeup was running down her face in black streaks, and her hands... God, her hands were still covered in his blood. My grandfather's blood.As I stared at Eva, collapsed on the floor, her body wracked with sobs, my mind replayed the events that had led me here. My fists clenched, and I struggled to hold back the whirlwind of emotions that threatened to consume me.. I was sitting at my desk at work, going through some boring paperwork, when my phone buzzed. Unknown number. Usually, I ignore those calls, but something made me pick up this time. Maybe it was fate, maybe it was just bad luck."Mr. Grave?" A woman's voice, all shaky and scare