Gold Digger vs Gold Saver My Man's Double Life novel Chapter 42

Chapter 3

No choice. Had to take her for coffee.

Setting there, I counted in my head.

372 day’s since we’d last seen each other. Could’ve set a record. Oh well.

“You’re divorcing Finn?”

“Top”

“Are you out of your mind?” Mom went straight for it.

Then kept going

“You got no brain?”

“What, you think you’re too good for this? Every guy cheats. That’s just how it is. But only YOU turn it into some big thing. Divorce over nothing? You’re not embarrassed? I am.

“Guy cheat ’cause you can’t keep them.”

“I keep telling you-what’s the point of being smart if you can’t read a room? No tact, no sense, stubborn as hell.”

“Everyone says I favor Macy. Well, if you were half as considerate, half as-”

“You’d still pick her,” I cut her off.

Mom choked. Then screamed, “Stella, you trying to fight me?”

Nope.

Just tired. Wanted to sleep.

I was pregnant. My embryo needed to grow.

I stood up to leave.

Mom grabbed me like I’d hit a nerve. Eyes vicious. Hand raised-like so many times when I was a kid.

That second, I felt fear.

I could’ve dodged. Could’ve blocked. Could’ve fought back.

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But my nerves shut down. Couldn’t move.

Just stood there.

Frozen. Like a doll. Barely breathing.

But just then-

“Mom!”

Bright, happy voice.

Mom froze. Whipped around, delighted.

At the door was a cute girl, slightly out of breath, perfect smile.

“Macy?”

“When’d you get back? Why didn’t you tell me?”

Macy jogged over and squeezed between me and her mom, poping her arm through Mom’s.

“Wanted to surprise you!”

“Mom, missed you so much.”

Mom’s face lit up. Smile lines deepening.

I stepped back quietly.

Gave them space for their moment.

Until I backed into a wall. A warm one.

“Macy, how’d you get here? Who picked you up?”

“Finn did!”

They both turned toward me-well, toward Finn behind me.

He pressed his hand against my back. Asked quietly, “You okay?”

I took a breath.

“When exactly did you hook back up with your ex?”

Finn’s eyes darkened. “She’s still my sister-in-law.”

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“Oh, so when’d you reconnect with your sister-in-law?”

He didn’t like that. I could tell by his jaw.

Someone else didn’t like it either.

Macy pouted. Clearly annoyed. Wedged herself between me and her brother-in-law.

Tinn, what are you guys talking about? I called you and you totally ignored me.”

She clung to his arm like she clung to Mom’s. Totally natural

Mom’s eyes darted between them. Suspicious.

“Macy, are you two…?”

Macy’s face went red before she spoke. She stamped her foot

“Mom, stop!”

“Finn and I, we’re just… we’re just…”

“Ugh, not talking about this! So annoying!”

Playing coy. Classic Macy.

Mom’s face lit up. Smile growing.

“Good, good, good!”

“Today’s a good day. Finn, stay with Macy. Let’s all go home for dinner.”

Everyone was busy, but Finn still looked at me once.

In the end, he let Macy pull him away.

My sister didn’t look at me once. Not when she arrived. Not when she left.

Since Macy was back, suddenly everything got easier.

That evening Mom texted.

[If you’re set on divorcing, fine.J

[But YOU want out, so you leave with nothing. Don’t be greedy. Our family can’t handle that embarrassment.]

At ten, Finn came to the office,

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