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Forty-seven minutes after our divorce became official, I was celebrating with the woman I'd cheated on my wife with when 43 people suddenly started messaging me about my ex. I thought Claire had finally exposed my affair, but when I read my mother's message, my champagne glass slipped from my fingers. **My ex-wife had done something none of us saw coming.** / Chapter 2 / 10

Chapter 2 - The Settlement Trap

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Grant Mercer kicked his wife hard enough to make the room go silent.

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My sister-in-law deliberately poured red wine all over my parents at dinner, and her entire family burst into laughter. My mother trembled with humiliation while my father silently wiped his face. I turned to my husband and whispered, “You have five minutes to fix this. Otherwise, I'll see you in divorce court.” He smirked. “You're bluffing.” I smiled, pulled out my phone, and made one call. Five minutes later, nobody was laughing…

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