I Lost to My Husband's Ex Twelve Times—Then Found Out His Coin Had No Heads novel · Chapter 19 of 24

Chapter 19: The Night After

The judge let the silence run until Neil sat down again.

Then she voided the guarantee.

She did it in two sentences, and she referred the page, the recording and the Lakeshore Room's cash machine to the district attorney before Danica's father's lawyer had finished standing.

Danica walked out first, with her chin up.

Her father followed, and he did not look at me.

I stayed where I was, in the box, with my hand still on the book.

Paula put a hand on my shoulder.

"That's billed at a discount," she said. "Go outside."

Bram was waiting on the courthouse steps in the rain, with no umbrella, holding mine.

"You swore the March date in front of everyone," I said.

"Yes."

"It's the thing that mattered."

"Hazel."

"I was angry at you for hiding it." I looked at the umbrella. "And then you stood up in front of the whole room and said it."

"I'll tell you everything I see from now on."

"And I'll tell you when something is mine to decide."

"Deal."

"Best of three," I said.

He almost smiled.

"Come home," he said, and then he stopped. "Come up. I mean. Come upstairs."

Bram lived in the flat over the kitchen.

I had slept on a cot below it for weeks and never once climbed the iron stairs.

← Chapter 18 · All chapters · Chapter 20 →

Want to keep talking to characters like these? Chat with AI romance characters: AI Boyfriend · AI Girlfriend · Dark Romance · Fantasy Romance · BL (Boys’ Love) · Billionaire Boyfriend · Mafia Boyfriend · Possessive Boyfriend · Hockey Boyfriend · Older Boyfriend · K-Drama Boyfriend · Anime Boyfriend · Vampire Boyfriend · Werewolf Boyfriend · Demon Boyfriend · Fae Romance · GL (Girls’ Love) · Anime Girlfriend · Goth & Alt Girlfriend · Gamer Girlfriend · Tsundere Girlfriend · Fantasy Girlfriend