NO LONGER YOURS, EX HUSBAND Novel – “Miss, are you absolutely sure you want to cancel your ID, passport, everything?” Anthony Harris had spent six years proving that I was his everything. His love consumed him, and for a time, I believed I was his entire world. He cherished me in ways I thought would last forever. But forever did not last long.
Four years into our marriage, Anthony betrayed me. He cheated, and the cruelest part was that everyone around us knew, everyone except me. That was the moment I decided to erase every last trace of who I was. The clerk’s words carried weight, but I did not flinch. I slid the form across the counter with steady hands. “That’s the point,” I said softly. “I need to disappear so I can start over.” Later, I learned from my friends that after I deregistered my identity and left, Anthony frantically looked for me.
Since my request to erase my identity required velShort Download NO LONGER YOURS, EX HUSBAND No Longer Yours, Ex Husband Chapter 1 “Miss, are you absolutely sure you want to cancel your ID, passport, everything?” Anthony Harris had spent six years proving that I was his everything. His love consumed him, and for a time, I believed I was his entire world. He cherished me in ways I thought would last forever.
But forever did not last long. Four years into our marriage, Anthony betrayed me. He cheated, and the cruelest part was that everyone around us knew, everyone except me. That was the moment I decided to erase every last trace of who I was. The clerk’s words carried weight, but I did not flinch. I slid the form across the counter with steady hands. “That’s the point,” I said softly. “I need to disappear so I can start over.” Later, I learned from my friends that after I deregistered my identity and left, Anthony frantically looked for me.
Since my request to erase my identity required a week to process, I returned home with a sigh. But as I reached the front door, I noticed Anthony was already home. He walked over with that dazzling smile and pressed a kiss to my forehead before hugging me tightly. The scent of his body odor hit me first, it was warm, familiar, almost comforting like always. But then another fragrance lingered, faint and floral, sharp like a thorn, definitely not mine.
Something inside me cracked, and my heart felt as if it sank a little lower. “Where have you been? Why are you home after me?” His question, casual on the surface, made tears well up in my eyes unexpectedly. Four years of marriage and I had never given him a reason to ask that, since I had always been the obedient wife, staying home, ensuring his world was steady and perfect.
A far cry from the girl I once was, one who loved spending time outside to escape the suffocating pain of my broken home. The reason why marriage and divorce were two things I had always wanted to avoid. But Anthony never seemed to understand that. He did not realize why I made him wait for two long years before I finally accepted him. It was not because I did not care for him, but because I was terrified of giving someone my heart only to have it broken.
And yet, after I spent four years loving him, trusting him, and building a life together, he cheated on me so easily, so carelessly. As if the years I gave him meant nothing. I also suddenly started to be aware that Anthony had been coming home late, claiming to be swamped with work. The classic excuse of a husband with a mistress. And Julie Osborn, his secretary, was more than just his mistress. That afternoon, I had wanted to surprise him. I spent hours preparing his favorite dish, imagining the warm smile he would give me. Instead, I was the one surprised, by the sight of them locked in a passionate kiss when the lift I wanted to take opened its door. He had her pressed against the elevator wall, his back to the door.
They did not even stop their activity, even when I stepped into the elevator or the other employees, as if they had done that a hundred times before. I could see Julie glanced at me, a triumphant gleam in her eyes, as though daring me to react. Some employees who started to notice me too, shifted their expressions from calm to surprise.