All Chapters of The Ex-Wife's Secret: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

"Victoria, I need to talk to you. It's important."The words echoed in my mind even after the phone call ended, leaving an unsettling chill in the pit of my stomach. I stared at my phone screen, the name "Elias Westbrook" flashing back at me in bold letters. It had been years since I last heard from him since everything crumbled. Since the day I was accused of embezzling millions from his company, my life as I knew it came to a brutal halt.I turned the phone over, trying to ignore the inevitable pull in my chest. The pain of betrayal still lingered in the corners of my heart. He had shattered everything—my trust, my world, my future."Why now?" I muttered under my breath, gripping the edge of my desk as I pushed the phone further away from me. A sharp knock on the door broke my thoughts, and I quickly rose to open it.It was Greg, my assistant. He was holding a crisp, white envelope. "This just arrived for you," he said, his voice neutral, but his eyes lingered on me a little too lon

"Victoria," Elias's voice cracks as he speaks my name. "I—I don’t know how to begin this."I don’t know how to respond, either. Standing here, in the middle of a room so familiar, yet so distant, the weight of years spent apart hangs between us. His eyes are filled with regret, and yet, there’s something more—a determination that I've never seen before. It should be comforting, but it's not. It just stirs the anger I’ve kept buried for so long."You want to explain yourself now?" I ask, the bitterness in my voice unmistakable. "After everything, you think a letter, a phone call, and a few words can fix this?"He flinches. "I never meant for it to end this way. I thought—I believed you betrayed me. And that’s something I have to live with.""And how exactly did you live with it?" I snap. "Did you sleep at night? Was it easy for you to throw me out like I was nothing, accuse me of stealing from you, and then just—move on?"Elias’s face hardens, and I see the sharp edge of his jawline as

"How could I have been so blind?" I muttered to myself, sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at the letter from Elias that had thrown my world into disarray once again.My thoughts were a jumbled mess, like pieces of a puzzle that I couldn’t quite piece together. The revelation of my pregnancy had already turned my life upside down, but now, it was more than that. Now, I had to grapple with the fact that I might have been wrong about everything—about Elias, about the betrayal, about everything.I hadn’t expected to feel anything when the letter arrived. After all, what could he say now? How could he make up for all the years of lies, the pain, the humiliation? But there was something in his words that had unsettled me. She was framed. That was all he’d said about me. Yet, in those two words, I could feel the weight of something larger, something I hadn’t been able to see before.What if Elias was telling the truth? What if he’d been deceived too?The thought was terrifying. It mean

"How is she doing this?" Elias muttered under his breath, his fingers flying over the keyboard, eyes fixed on the screen. I stood over his shoulder, the weight of the situation pressing down on me. The evidence I’d hoped for was slipping through our fingers. "I don’t know," I answered quietly, watching the screen as Elias sifted through files, trying to find something that could confirm everything Selene had done. "But she’s been covering her tracks well. Someone’s deleting everything. All the digital traces of the money transfers—gone."Elias clenched his jaw. "She's pulling the strings. I don't know how she’s managing it, but I know it's her. No one else could be this smart." His voice was hard, a bitter edge of anger I hadn't heard in years. The Elias I had once loved—my strong, dependable partner—was starting to emerge again, but with that, came all the frustration, the hurt, the memories of betrayal. I swallowed, trying to keep my emotions in check. "We’re running out of time.

"You can't confront her, Elias," I said firmly, standing between him and the door. "Selene isn't just your sister—she's a snake with venom that could ruin us both." Elias's jaw tensed, his dark eyes blazing with determination. "I don't have a choice, Victoria. If I let this go, she wins. And I refuse to let her destroy us again." "She's already destroyed enough," I snapped. "If you go to her now, she'll sense your desperation. She'll use it against you, just like she did before." His voice lowered, edged with pain. "And what do you suggest? Sit back while she holds our lives hostage? She's not just after the company anymore—she's after you and our child." The mention of our baby made my chest tighten. I fought to keep my voice steady. "We need a plan, not a reckless showdown. Selene is dangerous because she never fights fair." He took a step closer, his voice softening. "Victoria, I can't let her win. Not this time." I wanted to argue, but the raw emotion in his eyes stopp