April Fools “Surprise” Husband Divorcing Me For His “Pure” Girl novel Chapter 26

spter 5

apter 5

y fifteen of lockdown.

in started blowing up his mom’s phone.

I mine. Hers.

ry night after dinner. Diana would snatch up her cell, lock herself in the bedroom.

opped giving a shit what they talked about.

ready knew.

been doing my homework.

ms out Ryan owned a commercial property I barely remembered. We bought it right after the wedding. $300K down-1 fronted $200K of it.

ed had his name only.

an goes through faster with one name. I’ll add you after.”

ree years. Never added me.

alled the county records.

1. Two months ago.

yer: Jade Holdings LLC.

course.

rket value? $1.8 million.

at she paid? $960K.

gave his mistress a million-dollar property for half price.

is the $455K he’d already bled from our account.

an Carter walked away with $1.4 million.

of $4,207 and a mortgage I couldn’t afford.

at afternoon, an email landed.

Fattachment.

VORCE AGREEMENT staroped across the top in bold.

ead every word,

ife keeps the apartment- and the $4,200 monthly payment.

usband assumes no joint debt- including the credit cards he opened in my name without asking.

Il assets remain separate – meaning he keeps everything he stole.

o children to consider the only true sentence in the whole damn document.

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Chapter 3

Bottom line: Wife will sign and return within seven (7) days.

Seven days.

He was in Auckland with Jade, probably fucking on a balcony overlooking the harbor, and he gave me a week to roll over and die.

I set my phone down.

Diana was right behind me.

You see it?”

Flat. Cold.

Yeah.”

‘Good. Sign it.”

turned around.

she was propped against the doorframe, arms crossed like she’d been waiting for this moment.

Emma, let me be real with you. Ryan’s done. His heart’s not here. You dragging this out just makes you look desperate.”

Diana.” My voice came out calm. Too calm. “You know he drained our joint account and sent it all to Jade, right?”

Her eyes twitched. Barely.

That was business. An investment.”

And the property on Anderson Street? The one he sold to Jade’s shell company for half what it’s worth?”

Ryan’s assets. Ryan’s choice.”

I put down $200K on that property.”

Diana’s chin went up.

‘Before Ryan, you were nobody. A broke grad student eating ramen. He gave you three years of comfort. So don’t act like $200K makes you a victim.”

I stared at her.

This woman whose pills I counted every morning.

Whose blood pressure I monitored at 2 AM.

Whose meals i cooked to her exact specifications because God forbid she eat something with too much sodium.

And she just said I was nobody.

Something snapped.

I grabbed my phone. Closed the PDF. Scrolled to my contacts.

Hit dial.

“Harrison? It’s Emma Carter. I need a divorce attorney. A good one.”

Diana’s face drained.

What the fuck are you doing?”

hapter 5

He wants a divorce?” I smiled. It felt wrong on my face. “He can have one.”

paused.

Just not the one he wrote.”

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