Ex-Wife Moving Wife Giving Birth? Congratulations, You’re Single Now novel Chapter 6

Chapter 6

The next morning, Charles came back. He stood in the bedroom doorway, his face pale and tight with anger.

“Elena, you need to calm down.”

I was changing the baby’s diaper and didn’t even look up.

“I am calm.”

“What did you mean by all that? Telling me not to come home?”

“Exactly what I said.”

He walked over and grabbed my wrist, his grip tight and desperate.

‘Do you even realize what you’re saying?!”

‘Let go.”

‘We need to talk about this-”

‘I said let go.”

I looked up at him, my voice steady and cold. He froze for a second, then released my wrist, his hand dropping to his side.

‘Elena, you’ve changed.”

‘Have I?”

‘You weren’t like this before.”

‘What was I like before?”

‘Before… before, you were understanding. You supported me-”

‘Supported you spending money on your ex–wife? Understood you ignoring me while I was recovering from surgery?”

‘I can explain all of that-”

‘I don’t need your explanations.” I placed the baby gently in the crib and slowly stood up, meeting his eyes. “Charles, I want to alk about dividing our assets.”

His face went white, all the color draining out of it in an instant.

‘What… what are you saying?”

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“Divorce.”

“Absolutely not!”

“You don’t have to agree. The court will decide.”

He stared at me, his eyes wide with disbelief, like he couldn’t quite process what he was hearing.

“All of this… just because I helped Vivian?“–

“Helped?” I let out a short, bitter laugh. “Charles, is that really how you see it?”

‘I-”

‘How much money did you transfer to her? How many times did you go to her place?” I spoke slowly, enunciating every word. ‘I have records of everything.”

His face changed completely, the color draining away and then flushing red with panic.

At that moment, Mary burst into the room, her voice sharp and accusatory.

‘What the hell is going on in here?!”

She glanced at me, then at Charles, and finally let her gaze settle on me, her expression hardening.

‘Elena, what are you causing trouble about now?”

didn’t respond.

You just got out of the hospital and you’re already starting drama. Are you trying to destroy this family? Is that what you

vant?”

Mom-” Charles tried to intervene, but she cut him off immediately.

Don’t you dare defend her!” Mary snapped at him, then turned back to me, her voice rising. “Let me tell you something, Elena. If you even think about getting a divorce, you’re not taking that baby with you!”

looked at her, and for the first time in days, I smiled. A real, genuine smile.

The baby?”

Yes, the baby! He’s a Miller! He belongs to this family!”

In the state of California, custody during the nursing period goes to the mother. Did you not know that?”

Mary froze, her mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.

‘You don’t scare me with your legal talk!”

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“It’s not a threat. It’s the law.” I picked up my phone, holding it up for her to see. “Do you want me to call my lawyer right

now?”

Mary’s face turned bright red, her hands clenching into fists at her sides.

“You-”

“Mom, get out.” Charles grabbed her arm, his voice firm. “I need to talk to Elena alone.”

“I’m not leaving! I want to see what kind of mess she’s going to make!”

“Get out!”

Charles raised his voice, something he rarely did with his mother. Mary looked stunned, her eyes widening in shock. She shot me one last venomous glare before turning on her heel and storming out of the room. A moment later, I heard the sound of something shattering in the living room.

Charles closed the door and turned back to me, his expression pleading now, all the anger drained out of him.

“Elena, please. Don’t do this.”

“I’m not doing anything.”

‘I’ll pay back the money, I swear-”

‘Pay it back? With what?”

‘I’ll make things clear with Vivian-”

‘It’s too late.”

‘What?”

pulled out my phone and opened the folder I’d been building. The one labeled “Divorce Evidence.”

‘See for yourself.”

He took the phone from my hand, his face growing paler and paler as he scrolled through the contents. Bank transfers. Uber ride history. And then-

His hand trembled.

It was a photo. Him and Vivian, smiling at a restaurant table. The timestamp read: February 14th. Valentine’s Day.

That day, he’d told me he was working late.

“This… who sent you this?”

“Does it matter?”

“This is from Vivian’s Instagram–did you follow her?!”

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‘No.” I let out a soft, humorless laugh. “But her account isn’t private. I looked three days ago.”

He stood there, frozen, staring at the screen like it was evidence of a crime he didn’t remember committing.

Charles, do you have anything else you want to say?”

He lowered his head, silent for a long time. I waited. One minute. Two minutes. Three minutes.

inally, he spoke, his voice barely above a whisper.

Elena… I’m sorry.”

Okay.”

I’ll change-”

You don’t need to.”

Can’t you just give me one more chance?!”

looked at him, my voice steady and clear.

You had chances. So many chances. Every time I brought up Vivian, you told me I was being paranoid. Every time I said I vasn’t feeling well, you said I was being dramatic. Every time I needed you, you weren’t there.”

I-”

Charles, it’s not that I won’t give you another chance. It’s that you’ve already used them all up.”

He stood there, his face a mix of emotions. Anger. Frustration. A hint of regret. But mostly, confusion.

le didn’t understand. He really didn’t understand.

le didn’t understand why helping his ex–wife move could lead to divorce. He didn’t understand why transferring money a few imes made his wife leave him. He didn’t understand how something so small could turn into something so big.

But I understood. I understood perfectly.

t wasn’t one thing. It was a thousand small things, piling up over time. Every disappointment. Every moment of feeling nvisible. Every time my feelings were dismissed. Every time I was told I was overreacting.

I was three years of carrying everything alone, day after day, night after night.

‘Elena-”

‘My lawyer will contact you.”

I said it calmly, then picked up the baby and walked toward the door.

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“Where are you going?!”

“To my parents‘ house.”

“You can’t leave!”

He moved to block my path, but I stepped around him smoothly.

“Charles, you can’t stop me.”

“The baby-”

The baby is coming with me.”

‘That’s my son!”

I stopped, turned back to look at him, my voice quiet but firm.

‘Yes. He’s your son.”

paused, letting the words hang in the air.

‘But in the past fifteen days, how many times have you even held him?”

He froze, his mouth opening but no words coming out.

didn’t say anything else. I just walked out the door, the baby in my arms.

Mary was waiting in the living room, blocking my way.

If you walk out that door, don’t you dare come back!”

ignored her and kept walking.

Elena! Are you deaf?!”

opened the front door. Sophia’s car was already parked outside, engine running.

he opened the passenger door for me and took the baby from my arms while I climbed in.

glanced back and saw Charles running out of the building, shouting something I couldn’t hear.

Sophia started the car and pulled away from the curb. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Then another.

‘You okay?”

‘I’m fine.”

I opened my eyes and watched the buildings blur past the window.

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