Goodbye, Mr. Ex-Husband, I Won't Come Back novel Chapter 1

Tessa

“Ma’am, I have put Master Lucas to bed.” A maid’s voice forced me to tear my gaze from the window.

“Thanks, you can take your leave now. It’s quite late.” I said with a forced smile and my eyes again darted on the main gate.

The house was silent and cold.

I anxiously peeked out of the window but I could only see darkness accompanied by occasional lightings, it was raining cats and dogs since the evening.

My heart was sinking with negative thoughts. My husband wasn’t home yet.

It had been my life. I chose it willingly because I couldn’t disagree when my uncle told me to marry the man whom I loved secretly for years.

The honking of familiar car put an end to my thoughts again and I found relief washing over my restless mind when Logan’s car entered the premises. I rushed outside the house to welcome my husband like always.

It was around ten in the night, still he managed to look handsome. My heart always leaped whenever I looked at him.

“You should come home early in such weather, Logan.” I said with a radiant smile as I approached him but when our eyes met, my heart sank.

His face was blank, no smile, no soft gestures. He was always an introvert but no matter how exhausting his days was, he reciprocated a smile.

“Tessa, come inside. We need to talk. It’s very important.” He said, his tone laced in impatience.

I didn’t feel good about it yet I nodded my head and masked my worries. He never behaved like this. I assumed it was work pressure.

He directly headed towards his study room. I followed his footsteps and once we were inside his office, the air fell quiet.

“Lucas was asking for you until he slept. You know our son when he-”

“Raelynn is back.”

Rest of my words died in my throat when I heard his words.

I was frozen, my mind went numb to process anything he just uttered. My eyes stared at his face blankly.

It must be a nightmare. Yes, a bad dream because never in my wildest dream I’d want to believe it.

Raelynn, my cousin and his ex-lover met a fatal accident a few days after she gave birth to Lucas, her car drowned in the river. Logan searched her like a crazy man but they didn’t find a trace and she was assumed dead but I always found it fishy. Her death brought me the chance to be in Logan and Lucas’ lives.

“What did you just say?” I asked, still not recovered from the shock.

“You heard me right, Tessa. Raelynn is back. She is alive. I always knew that she couldn’t die and see, my faith has won. My Raelynn is here.” A smile broke on his lips, his eyes sparkled.

Whereas my world crashed. If it was happening in real then it was the end of my fairytale. I had been living in a romantic oblivion. Everything was so perfect. Logan didn’t love me but he was treating me well in our marriage and I was contended because he was loyal in our marriage, it just his heart belonged to someone else.

My vision got blurred and my lips quivered.

“Your family called me in the morning. I also didn’t believe them for a moment but when I heard her voice and when I met her in person, it was real, my Raelynn was in front of my eyes, in flesh.”

I tried my best not to break down in front of the man who was clearly over the moon.

After all, Raelynn was his one and only love whom I couldn’t replace.

The woman who was his true love, the woman who swooned Logan Wilferd and I must step away to give her place back.

“She’s coming over here to meet Lucas. She wanted to come with me but I stopped her since it was risky to drive in this weather and I don’t want anything happen to her again. I have lost her once.” His voice sounded so vulnerable and full of fear.

My role was preinstalled. Logan Wilferd married me because his son needed a mother figure and I fit the role which I accepted merrily. I loved the boy and also his father, though I never dared to confess it to him.

Deadly silence dawned in the room. I wasn’t ready to hear his answer because my fragile heart wasn’t ready for heartbreak.

“You know since the start of our marriage that we married for the sake of Lucas. I really appreciate your dedication and selfless love for my son but now his biological mother is back, I think there’s no reason for us to continue this marriage. I want to marry the woman I love.” He said without a pinch of hesitation.

It was easy for him to discard me. His words were like sharp thorns piercing my soul.

“So, I was just a caretaker for him? You want to end everything just like that? Logan, for God’s sake think rationally.” I finally lost my patience.

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