Ex Wife's Collapse After Divorce novel Chapter 106

Chapter 106

Vivian’s entire body trembled.

The silence after Chloe’s words was suffocating. Every muscle in Vivian’s face twitched, cycling through humiliation, disbelief, and finally-pure, blinding rage.

She lunged forward, hand raised, afmed straight at Chloe’s face.

“You bitch-”

Ethan moved faster.

His arm came up between them like a wall, catching Vivian’s wrist mid-swing. He didn’t squeeze. He didn’t need to. The grip alone stopped her dead.

“Let go of me!” Vivian snarled, thrashing against his hold.

Ethan’s voice was low and dangerous. “If you act out one more time in my house, I will throw you out myself. Right now.”

Vivian’s eyes went wide. She stared at him like she’d been slapped.

“You’re defending her?” Her voice cracked. “You’d throw me out–for an outsider?”

Ethan released her wrist. Let it drop.

“You’re the outsider now, Vivian.”

The words hit her like a physical blow. She stumbled back half a step, her hand pressing against her chest. Her lips párted, but nothing came out.

Ethan never used to talk to her like this.

Three years. Three years she’d had him under her roof, and he’d never once spoken to her with that voice. That cold, dead, finished voice.

Her throat tightened. Her eyes stung.

Before she could respond, Chloe stepped back from the doorway with an easy smile, completely unbothered.

“Looks like I picked a bad time to visit,” Chloe said lightly. She tucked a strand of dark hair behind her ear and nodded at Ethan. “I won’t impose. I’ll come see you another day when things are calmer.”

Ethan turned to her, and his expression shifted immediately-softer, warmer. “Alright. Another time.”

Chloe tilted her head slightly. “Can I get your number? So I don’t show up unannounced again.”

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