Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband

406 Chill Time

(Winona)

"Guys, look, don't say things you don't mean..." Lance is up and trying to stop us arguing.

"Jayden is the one acting like a mad man."

Jayden's face hardens again. "Don't turn this on me. You betrayed me, Winona. Of all the men in the world, you had to go with the two that would hurt me the most."

"It wasn't about you, Jayden. This whole fucking world does not revolve around you."

"Your world sure as hell doesn't. If it wasn't for the photos I got, I'd never have known. You three would be laughing at me behind my back forever."

"I was going to tell you. Just not yet."

"Sure. Like I believe that. Well, now I know. Anything else you care to share with me while we're at it?"This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.

I glare at him. My head is thumping, and I feel dizzy. I need to get calm, I need to think of the baby. My baby.

I hold my head in my hands.

"Maybe you need another hall pass week while Lance is here? Is Phillip on the next flight?"

My breath catches, and I feel the sting of hot tears spilling down my cheeks as I look at him again. "You gave me that week. We agreed it would never come between us. And now you're using it against me. You're a hypocrite, Jayden. A cruel, self-righteous hypocrite." "I didn't know then who it was going to be when I agreed."

"Neither did I. But it doesn't matter who, you can't just go moving the goalposts because now the details don't suit you."

"You know I hate that asshole, Phillip."

"It was my week, Jayden, MY week. You had Ashlyn, you had other women. I was just supposed to accept that. But you can't take your own advice."

"I was a fool to think it would all be okay."

Security holds him back still, but it's not him physically I'm worried about.

The emotional damage is done.

Everything we've built, everything we've fought for, has crumbled into dust. He said Judy was right about me. How could he ever say that to me?

"I guess we really are fools," I say quietly, my voice breaking. "Because I thought we were strong enough to survive anything. But I was so wrong."

He looks at me, anguish flickering in his eyes, but neither of us moves. The silence between us is deafening, and I have no idea how we'll ever come back from this.

406 Chill Time

I can't even tell him I'm pregnant now. It's all ruined. I doubt he'd care anyway right now. "Just leave again, Jayden. Go back to London before the kids see you. I don't want you here right now. Not after this." "I'll come with, Jayden. We can talk." Lance steps up a bit closer, still looking like a bleeding, bruised

mess.

Jayden turns on him, his face still full of rage. "You stay the fuck away from me. I'm sure Winona will take care of you."

"For fick's sake, Jayden, don't take this to a place we never get back from."

"You did that the second you chose to take advantage of Winona. You always wanted her. I should've known it was only a matter of time."

"Maybe it was stupid of me, but that's between you and I. Don't let it ruin your family."

"Don't give me advice. You don't get that right anymore. Keep out of my face, Lance. Consider our friendship over."

Jayden shrugs off the security guys and gets back into the car and he's racing back up the road.

I'm not sure I should have let him go in that state but my eyes are blurry and I'm burning up. I need to get checked out. I can't talk sense to Jayden right now. I don't even want to try.

He can't give me enough grace to put his jealousy and ego aside, so I'm not giving him any either. He can be Viktor's problem, or whoever's. Not mine.

Why should I always have to be the understanding one? Why should I always have to calm his super-

tantrums?

Let him go back to Judy and hear what he wants to hear. How none of this is his fault. How he was pushed to everything. How he doesn't belong with me. Maybe she is right after all. Maybe I'm the one who should finally listen. I go to step up the step but I stumble a little.

"Winona, are you okay? You hit your head. You're pregnant..."

"I feel a little dizzy. I'll go rest up a bit. Are you hungry? No point it going to waste."

"I'm not sure I can chew right now. Man he was like a thrashing machine. Should I call Lisa?"

I settled on the sofa. "No. Let the kids have their night. No point ruining it for them now."

"I think you need to get checked over. Just in case,"

"I'll call Klara. She'll know someone I can trust."

"How do you think he got photos of... us? I mean, what the hell were they, that was one wild night..." "Judy is behind that, I'm sure of that. But let him go back to her, they deserve each other." know

"Don't be too hard on him, you how jealous he is. It can't have been easy to see. Wouldn't be for anyone."

"I get

that Lance, but he didn't need to

say Judy was right about me. That was not called for. I can't

accept him saying that"

"Just give it some chill time before you make any rast

"Oh, he'll get chill time, don't worry. A d