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Squirm in Control
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2026-07-02 07:41:40
GarnetHello everyone, thank you so much for the support! ❤️ I hope you are enjoying the story. I'll try as much as possible to update more frequently. Xoxo, Garnet. ❤️
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The Divorce That Ruined Him Another Leak ? The Heck is going on?
SerenaThe afternoon brought a heavy, dark rainstorm that completely blurred the high windows of my hotel. The water ran down the glass pane in thick, relentless sheets, cutting off the rest of the neighborhood and making the street outside look completely distant. I had flown straight back home after leaving Damien's high-rise office, unable to stand being in the same zip code as him for another single minute. Every mile of the journey back had been a blur of pure panic and exhaustion. My chest still ached from the confrontation in his suite, a tight, physical pressure right over my ribs that simply refused to let up no matter how deeply I tried to breathe.Upstairs, Eli was safely asleep in his white wooden crib, completely unaware of the storm outside or the chaos building around our lives. Fray's security team had already checked the perimeter of the property twice since my plane landed, and two men wearing heavy dark raincoats sat silently in a plain sedan at the very end of
The Divorce That Ruined Him Serena Confronts Damien
SerenaThe commercial flight from my city had taken just under two hours, but the entire trip felt long and exhausting. I sat in the back of the hired car as my hands gripped tightly together in my lap as the driver moved through the heavy downtown morning traffic. I had left Eli back home under the care of the nanny and Fray and three separate layers of private security. I had instructed them to stay inside, lock every entrance, and keep him completely out of sight. Every natural instinct I had as a mother screamed at me to stay back there with my baby, to hide in the house and keep the world away. But the digital image I received earlier, had changed everything. Seeing those red crosshairs superimposed right over his chest as he walked up the steps of his daycare meant this was no longer just a cold legal battle over money or custody. It was a direct threat to my son's physical safety, and I knew exactly whose hands had set this fire.The main headquarters of Damien's Group ca
The Divorce That Ruined Him Rose Watches Too Closely
Rose I sat at the small writing desk in my dressing room, the heavy curtains pulled just enough to block the glare of the morning sun. I preferred the dim, controlled quiet of this room. It was the only space in the entire house where I didn't have to maintain the perfect, effortless smile I wore for the board members, the lawyers, and the press. Here, behind closed doors, I could let the mask slip, if only for a few minutes. On the screen of my tablet, the morning media reports were updating in real-time, the digital text scrolling past with a steady, clinical rhythm. The article about the daycare logs had landed exactly where I intended. It wasn’t a front-page scandal, which would only invite real investigative journalists to start digging for concrete facts and knocking on doors we preferred to keep locked. Instead, it sat quietly in the lifestyle and corporate governance sidebars... the exact pages where family court judges, high-end lawyers, and conservative board members
The Divorce That Ruined Him The Man Who Isn't in Any Album
Damien The morning light was just starting to hit the office windows, but I had already been awake for hours. I sat at my desk, surrounded by the piles of paperwork Rose had left for me the night before. I checked every single page, tracked every account number, and verified every name. On paper, everything was clean. Legally, there wasn't a single mistake to find, and any auditor would pass it without a second glance. Still, I couldn't get Nadia’s voice out of my head. She had stood in my study last night and told me that Rose always had a perfect answer ready exactly when things started to go wrong. I wanted to believe Rose. I needed to believe her because the alternative meant the foundation of my entire life was built on a lie. But looking at the neat columns of numbers on my desk, the perfection felt forced. It felt like a shield designed to keep me from digging any deeper. A sharp rattle at the door broke the heavy silence of the room. I looked up as the lock turned wi
The Divorce That Ruined Him Second Leak
Serena The kitchen was the only room where the morning sun hit the floorboards directly, creating a small, bright square of warmth on the rug where Eli was playing. I liked the quiet of these mornings. After years of noise of corporate strategizing, and the constant, low frequency hum of defensive planning, the simple sound of my son babbling as he pushed a wooden toy car across the floor was a luxury I never took for granted. I leaned against the counter, my hands wrapped around a mug of black coffee, watching him. He had his father's brow, that deep, serious line that appeared even now when he was intensely focused on his toys, but the rest of him was entirely mine. He lacked the heavy, brooding stillness that seemed to inherit the rooms the Hale men walked into. The chime of my phone on the granite counter wasn't loud, but it had a distinct pattern. Three short vibrations in rapid succession. I checked and all were from Fray. He rarely text that early in the morning un
The Divorce That Ruined Him Nadia Confronts Him
Nadia The click of the study door closing behind Rose had a distinct, theatrical finality to it. I waited exactly three minutes at the end of the long, arched corridor of the west wing, letting the faint scent of her heavy, designer perfume dissipate before I made my move. I didn’t want to cross paths with her tonight. I knew her face when she was winning. The soft sigh made to project the exhaustion of a saint bearing the world’s burdens. It nauseated me. It had nauseated me for a decade. When I pushed the double doors of the study open, I didn’t knock. Damien didn't even look to see who it was. He was still standing by the massive floor to ceiling glass, his forehead nearly touching the pane, staring out into the dark skyline of the city as if the blinking red lights on the distant skyscrapers held some sort of mathematical equation he couldn't solve. On the desk were the papers she had left behind stacked with meticulous precision. I didn't need to read them to know
The Divorce That Ruined Him Victor's Last Good Days
Serena Victor had been a little off. The Victor I had known this short period was the giddy type. He had good days and bad days, and the good days were so good that they made the bad days harder to absorb. And I'm sure this is one of the odd ones. On the good day, he was sharp and demanding and
The Divorce That Ruined Him The Ghost in the File
Damien The flat was very quiet when I woke up. Rose wasn't around. I had called the lawyer and left a message. He wouldn't call back until eight, and I had nothing to do with the hours between. I poured a drink and did not touch it. I took my time to search for an old document. And when I
The Divorce That Ruined Him Victor left
Serena After the unknown number called again that night, I left it unanswered and cleared the room to rest with my baby. Victor started coming in most mornings after that. He said it felt like he already had a grandson to replace the son he'd lost. He never said it sentimentally. He said it the
The Divorce That Ruined Him The Price of Being Chosen
Serena Victor had insisted on going home. His apartment was large, quiet one and looked like he'd mostly stopped using. Someone had come to air the place out, left flowers on the sideboard, and he'd looked at them when I walked in and said nothing. Which told me everything. I got here a bit
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