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Five Years a Fool, A Lifetime Apart

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

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Caleb Rutledge forgave his cheating wife once and spent five years as a fool for it. At her mother's birthday dinner he learns she has hidden a son with her lover the whole time.

Tropes & themes: dramatic · contemporary · male lead · revenge · romance · public-scandal · secret baby · in-law conflict · betrayal · divorce & regret · modern city · steamy

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Birthday Gift (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Hold the Curtain (free)
  3. Chapter 3: Refused (free)
  4. Chapter 4: The Bank (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: Client Dinner (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: No More Couch (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: Forty at the Table (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: False Alarm (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: My Sister's Daddy (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: Two Million (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: Margo's Door (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: The Shower (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: Father of Record (free with an account)
  14. Chapter 14: The Lake House (free with an account)
  15. Chapter 15: The Lobby (free with an account)
  16. Chapter 16: Not a Dunning (free with an account)
  17. Chapter 17: The Board (free with an account)
  18. Chapter 18: The Codicil (free with an account)
  19. Chapter 19: Shelter Hallway (free with an account)
  20. Chapter 20: What Jasper Was Told (free with an account)
  21. Chapter 21: The Foyer (free with an account)
  22. Chapter 22: Keys (free with an account)
  23. Chapter 23: The Ask (free with an account)
  24. Chapter 24: Curtain Open (free with an account)

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