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The bitter setup
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2026-07-07 21:13:08
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The Wife They Tried To Bury Resumption
Nova's point of view Everything inside me went numb the moment Reed asked that question. My fingers tightened around the mug so hard my knuckles turned white. Images I had buried years ago clawed their way back to the surface, promises whispered with tears in my eyes. I blinked, by the time I looked at Reed again, the smile had already found its way back onto my face."So..." I tilted my head. "Is that why you came all the way here? To interrogate me about my love life?"He didn't smile, his eyes stayed fixed on mine. "I was just asking.""And I don't feel like answering." I stood up and clapped my hands once. "We've wasted enough time." Pointing toward the laptop, I forced a brighter tone into my voice. "Let's work, I'd rather argue with numbers than relationships."He looked like he wanted to ask another question, but I didn't give him the chance. For the next few hours, we worked, neither of us mentioned marriage again, neither of us crossed whatever invisible line had suddenly ap
The Wife They Tried To Bury A real battle
Nova's point of view His eyebrow lifted. "Stranger? Is that my new nickname?"I turned and walked back inside. "That's what we call friends who abandon their friends whenever life gets difficult."A quiet chuckle escaped him."So...You think I abandoned you?""Didn't you?" I didn't even look at him."Fourteen days."He blinked as I counted the hours, minutes and seconds. He laughed, not loudly, just enough to annoy me and I spun around. "I'm not saying I counted because I was waiting…I was just bored."He nodded with exaggerated seriousness."Of course and it's completely understandable."I glared and he finally apologized. "The chocolates are an apology.""They're accepted,” I said grabbing the box immediately.."Especially these."He watched me with amusement. "How did you know.I love these?""My sister loves them, so I took a guess."I rolled my eyes.."Lucky guess.".After a while, I showed him everything I'd completed. He went through every page carefully, when he finally looked up
The Wife They Tried To Bury A second chance
Nova's point of viewCriminal….The word echoed inside my skull. How did one stupid flash drive make me a criminal?I couldn't even remember standing, I couldn't remember walking out. The next thing I knew...I was sitting inside my car, next I was opening the front door.Elsa looked up from the couch. "Nova?"The moment I saw her… my legs gave way amdbI hit the floor. The tears I had been choking back all morning burst free. I cried so hard my chest hurt.Elsa rushed over and pulled me into her arms. "Nova!" She helped me onto the couch. "What happened?"I couldn't breathe. "They..." I wiped my face."They think I'm a spy."Her eyes widened. "What?"I told her everything, when I finished, Elsa sat frozen. "You've never been impulsive," she whispered.."I'm the reckless one.".She grabbed my hands. "What happened?"I buried my face in my palms. "I don't know."The words came out between sobs. "I just... I wanted to prove people were lying., I wanted to stop being the woman who stayed qu
The Wife They Tried To Bury The bitter setup
Nova's point of view The screen refreshed. Project after project, archived proposals, old Donavon's campaigns filled the screen, nothing else. Mr. Charles folded his hands behind his back. "Gentlemen...Before preparing any strategy, I study our competitors..These are nothing more than archived public projects."The room slowly filled with murmurs, I couldn't hear them anymore as I stared at the screen.Mr. Charles smiled politely and folded his hands behind his back.."I believe this answers Miss Nova's concerns." His voice was calm. As you can all see, Donavon’s Enterprise isn't the only competitor whose previous projects I keep for reference."He clicked another folder and a different company's name appeared, then another. The folders kept opening one after another, every click landed like another hammer against my chest.My fingers slowly curled into fists beneath the table. Why didn't I open it? Why didn't I just click the folder?.One stupid click would have saved me from all this
The Wife They Tried To Bury Board meeting
Nova's point of view "Are you okay?" Elsa's voice barely settled before my head snapped toward her."Why did you call Reed?" The words came out sharper than I'd intended. The shock that flashed across her face pinched something inside me, but I didn't have the strength to soften it.Elsa blinked twice."I... I'm sorry." She looked down at her hands before lifting her eyes back to mine."When you called from the station, I panicked."Her fingers twisted together.."I didn't know what had happened." She swallowed.."I didn't know who else to call except Reed.” She paused. "Did... did something happen?"I looked away, the answer caught behind my teeth and all I could do was shake my head."You shouldn't have called him."She frowned. "I... maybe I should've called Damon instead?"I didn't answer, because that wasn't it. I wasn't angry because Reed had come. It was the look he'd given me, God… that look… It wasn't anger or disappointment, it was something worse; like he couldn't understa
The Wife They Tried To Bury Board Meeting
Reed's point of view "Don't say a fucking word." The words came out harder than I intended. Nova froze, her lips parted. I saw the protest already forming there, then her shoulders slowly fell and she swallowed whatever she had wanted to say.I turned on my heel and walked toward the car without looking back. A few seconds later, I heard her footsteps trailing quietly behind me, for some reason, that made me even angrier.The drive was painfully silent. Twice she shifted beside me, inhaled like she wanted to speak.My grip tightened around the steering wheel until my knuckles turned white.I parked outside her apartment, neither of us moved immediately. I got out first and she quietly followed. Elsa opened the door before we reached it. The relief on the older woman's face was almost painful to watch. "Thank God..." She rushed toward Nova before stopping herself. "Nova," I called in a low voice and she looked up."Don't overthink anything, just have some rest .""...Okay." She nod
The Wife They Tried To Bury Wouldn't just let go
Nova's point of view I stood completely still beneath the dim light outside the restaurant, my pulse refusing to settle no matter how hard I tried to calm myself.I slowly turned, the man stood in front of me staring like he had just found something he buried years ago and never expected to see ag
The Wife They Tried To Bury A closed door
Nova's point of view For a second, the only sound I heard was the heavy beating of our hearts. Then, Kael’s voice exploded. “What?!” Before I could even steady myself, his hand grabbed my hair, hard enough to hurt. He yanked me forward, my body stumbling as I tried to keep up, my heart already ra
The Wife They Tried To Bury The sting of betrayal
Nova's point of view “You really should be ashamed of yourself, Nova.” Margaret’s voice sliced through the air before I could even react to the pain on my cheek.“Sleeping outside your husband’s house and coming back looking like…” she paused, her lips curling in disgust, “this….a filthy trash!”T
The Wife They Tried To Bury Breaking the rules
Nova's point of view The door of his sitting room barely clicked shut before his mouth crashed down on mine, kissing, biting and nibbling on my lips. He kissed like he’d invented it. And I followed his lead like I had no choice in the matter. He dragged his mouth away from mine, swore as he turne
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