The Unwanted Wife's Return (Ex-Husband Wants Me Back) novel Chapter 353

Finding Her 

MARL’S POV: 

I sat in my office, staring at the growing stack of case files on my desk without really seeing them. 

The afternoon light slanted through the blinds, casting stripes across the polished wood. Outside, the city hummed with the usual sounds of traffic and construction and people going about their ordinary lives. Inside, everything was still and silent. The way I liked it. 

People’s perception of me was exactly what I had expected. 

Slightly wealthy. Highly capable. Picky about cases, the kind of lawyer who only took work that interested him. Difficult to work with. Constantly surrounded by wealthy acquaintances who tolerated me because I was useful. 

Some of the jealous ones whispered behind my back. They said my high win rate came from flattering rich clients or using underhanded tactics. They said I had never won a case on merit alone. They said I was a fraud wearing a fancy suit. 

Even some so-called friends believed it. 

I had heard the whispers for years. They slid through cracks in conversations, reaching my ears when people thought I wasn’t listening. I had learned to ignore them, the way you learn to ignore the hum of a refrigerator or the drip of a leaky faucet. They were background noise. Nothing more. 

But there were times, like now, sitting alone in my office, surrounded by silence, when the noise got louder. 

They handed me cases as if they were doing me a favor. As if my time was worthless, my skills mediocre, my reputation undeserved. Every time I caught that subtle implication in their voices, I felt like laughing. 

Especially when it came from Alistair. 

Alistair had once brought me a lot of amusement. He was easy to read, easy to predict, the kind of man who wore his emotions on his sleeve and didn’t realize how transparent he was. We had been friends for years, bound by the shared history of college and the unspoken understanding that we were both climbing the same ladder. 

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