April Fools “Surprise” Husband Divorcing Me For His “Pure” Girl novel Chapter 11

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1 yanked my suitcase back.

Phoebe’s face twisted. She was pissed.

Her chest heaved. Then she forced out a laugh.

“Fine.”

She dug into her bag, pulled out that certificate, and waved it between her fingers.

“You care this much about this stupid thing?”

“Then I’ll just rip it up. Happy now? Consider it my apology.”

She actually did it.

Riiiiip.

The certificate split down the middle.

Phoebe tossed both halves on the ground. Stomped on them.

“There! No more marriage!”

Her voice was loud. Like she was the victim here.

“Can’t take a joke? Whatever. So boring!”

Holden’s face darkened. “Phoebe, what the hell are you doing?”

She shrugged. “Helping you out.”

“Certificate’s gone. She should chill now, right?”

She turned to me. “There. You satisfied?”

Then she shot me a glare-eyes all red-and stormed off.

I stared at the torn paper on the ground.

After a beat, I looked up at Holden. “That’s her idea of an apology?”

His eyes followed her retreating figure. He rubbed his forehead, frustrated.

“She’s just hotheaded. She was trying to make you feel better.”

Feel better?

I almost laughed.

“She ripped up the certificate. Now before you two can divorce, you’ll have to get a replacement first.”

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I dropped the smile. “Holden, she’s not trying to make me feel better. She’s twisting the knife.”

His hand tightened against his temple. “…She didn’t think that far.”

“Right. She doesn’t have to.”

I nodded. “Because you’re the one stuck dealing with it.”

I grabbed my suitcase and turned away.

The cab driver loaded it into the trunk.

Holden rushed over and blocked the door before I could close it.

He leaned down. “Emma, go home. Cool off. Think about whether you’re overreacting.”

“But tomorrow, all the guests, the press-they’ll be there. You know what’s expected of you.”

“The Harrington and Caldwell families’ reputation isn’t yours to trash.”

I slowly lifted my eyes to his.

The families’ reputation.

Six years.

Every time Phoebe crossed a line under the guise of “just friends,” I’d thought about leaving.

He’d either brush it off-“We’ve known each other since diapers, don’t read into it”-or pull this card: the families come first.

He knew I couldn’t leave. Emotionally. Financially.

So he never bothered putting distance between himself and Phoebe.

Did I think they’d slept together? No.

But what did I see?

Phoebe climbing on his back for piggyback rides.

Drinking from his glass.

Calling him at midnight to vent.

Even unlocking his phone whenever she felt like it.

And me? His fiancée? The one their families approved of?

I had to go along with Phoebe’s whole “men should focus on their careers first” spiel. Help him secure his position. Wait for him to “be ready

So I waited.

Waited while he built his empire. Made the under 30 billionaire list.

Waited until he finally decided he could give me a “real” marriage.

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Spent halt a year planning this wedding.

And what did I get?

A marriage certificate. Between him and Phoebe. Signed as a joke at a bar.

Before, it was little things.

Now? Even his legal marital status was something she could “playfully” insert herself into.

The Harrington and Caldwell families’ reputation…” I echoed softly. Then shook my head. “You hold it up yourself.”

I slammed the door shut. “I’m not going to the wedding. As for the bride-”

“Marry whoever you want.”

The cab pulled away.

The driver glanced back. “Where to, miss?”

“Airport.”

My phone buzzed nonstop in my hand.

Holden. My mom. His mom. Mutual friends.

I declined every call. Powered it off.

First time I’d ever been this “irresponsible.”

It felt… freeing.

But just as I thought I was finally escaping-

That freedom shattered the second I reached the airport entrance.

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