Married To My Ex-Husband’s Rival by Jobet GraySon

Chapter Nine

Amber's POV

On getting home, the first thing | did after getting rid of my clothes and taking a quick shower was get my laptop

and prepare to write down a list of rules that Richard and | had to live by if we were going to live as a married

couple.

The first rule | believe he had to follow was the no-touching rule. Although he didn’t seem like someone who was

going to ever attempt to touchinappropriately, | still needed to include that as one of the rules, because the

last thing | wanted was to have any sort of relationship with a man.

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Love and relationships were out of the books for me, and I've just concluded that after getting my

revenge on Kayden and Marlene, I'll be done with Richard and men forever.

A few other rules that cto mind included Richard and I living our lives separately, without one

person interfering in the other's life, except, of course, if it would ruin the basics of our false

marriage.

| also didn’t want him to ever act like he had any right overor act as my husband when we were

alone. We shouldn't even share the sroom, much less the sbed, and last but not least, he

should never fall in love with me.

| knew the last rule was weird because it was obvious that he only sawas a tool, but just to be

sure, | decided to include it on the list, just to let him know that | had no interest in ever having a relationship

that exceeded business with him.

| was about to send the few rules that | had managed to put down to him when | suddenly stopped

myself and closed my laptop.

| decided that sending it now wasn’t the right timing, and | also wanted to give myself more tjust in case

sother things would end up coming to mind.

| tiredly went back to my room, picked up my phone, and decided to lazily scroll around until | got tired enough

and eventually fell asleep.

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Not so much to my surprise, the first thing | saw as soon as | opened up my favorite blog was several articles

that kept writing about Kayden and Marlene’s honeymoon trip, including how Kayden was

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Suddenly, | started to reminisce about my honeymoon trip with Kayden and how that bastard did the bare

minimum. Of course, back then, it didn’t really matter tosince, initially, our marriage had been quite rushed

and things between us had been quite stiff until | foolishly fell in love with him.

Tears stung my eyes, but | shook my head and forced it back. | would no longer cry for them because had cried

enough and they no longer deserved my tears.

| dropped my phone and closed my eyes, determined to do everything | could to force myself to sleep, but just

when | was about to drift into Lala Land, my phone rang out, and | groaned in frustration.

Could it be Richard wanting to check up on me?

| opened my eyes and reluctantly picked up my phone to check on the caller, only to find out it was Alison. |

rolled my eyes and dropped the phone again.

I had no reason to pick up her call anymore. To me, she was no different from those other idiots who were happy

to seeruined.

The fact that she was trying to stopfrom taking revenge on Kayden and Marlene madefeel like needed

to distance myself from her. It felt as if she was in support of them, just like everyone

else.

| turned my back away from the phone so the ringing would stop bothering my sleep, but she kept on

calling again and again, not givingthe chance to shut my eyes in peace. | cussed silently as | picked up my

phone again.

I hesitated for a while, but eventually, | picked it up. “What?” | asked coldly.

“Miss Amber. How have you been?” Alison's gentle voice asked over the phone, and | scoffed.

“Did you call to check if I'm still dead or alive? If so, then I'm happy to tell you that I'm alive

and I'm not dying anytsoon, so you can relax,” | said to her, wanting the conversation to end as

quickly as possible.

She was silent for a while before she sighed loudly. “I don’t know why you think I'm calling to check

if you're dead when you know that’s the last thing | want. | called to ask you when you'd be coming

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back. You need to continue your session, Amber. You and | know you're not doing okay mentally, and just don’t

want something bad to happen to you,” she said, and | rolled my eyes.

| couldn’t believe that she had calledto tellto cback to therapy like | was scrazy woman. |

mean, | had only gone for therapy in the first place because | was hurt, but the fact that

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she was making it seem like | was crazy annoyed the hell out of me.

| stared at my phone screen for a while, trying to hold back my anger so | wouldn't end up cursing her out, but

again, | realized there was no way I could keep calm. | knew that the more I listened to her try to convince me

that therapy was the best thing for me, the more annoyed | would get.

And because | did not want to have to insult her, | did the best thing I could have done in the situation, which

was to hang up.

After hanging up, | suddenly started to feel frustrated all over again, because it really felt like

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if | had not met Richard, | would have never gotten a chance to get back at Kayden and Marlene.

Every person | knew didn’t seem to understand my anger and my pain, and it annoyedso much tha they all

seemed to be on their side despite the fact that they were in the wrong.

| took a look around me, taking in the fact that not only was | bitter and pained, but | was also extremely lonely. |

had no one to talk to since | cut off my family, and it was after my divorce from Kayden that | realized that most

of the friends | thought | had were never really my friends.

After thinking to myself for a while, | decided that sleep was not an option at the moment.

Sitting at hlike this would only makeeven more depressed, so | put on a short knicker and a large

hoodie, covering my messy hair with the hood. I picked up my phone from the bed and left my room to take a

little stroll outside, just to clear my mind.

| listened to music as | walked down the street with a tired look on my face.

I had a lot of thoughts in mind, but my biggest worry turned out to be my soon-to-be wedding with Richard and

how society was going to react to us.

| didn’t think | was prepared for how huge of a change my life would go through once | married

Richard, and it scaredto think of the possibilities.

| was still deep in thought when a car suddenly parked beside me, but | paid no attention to it since

I didn’t think aRUAR

Amber!” | heard my nand immediately halted. | didn’t need to turn around to know who had called. me,

because that voice belonged to the very person that | wanted to strangle the most.

| froze, and my eyes turned red as | tried to make sense of what was happening. It suddenly felt like

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| was losing my breath, and it annoyedso much that | was still so weak and easily triggered by him.

“mber?” he called again, and | let out a deep breath. | wish that | could ignore him, but knowing

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that wasn’t even an option, | decided that | would face him as best as | could.

| turned around and immediately threw him a displeased glare. “What is it, Kayden?” | asked, and he frowned.

He looked atfrom head to toe and shook his head, almost like he was pitying me. “You're faring worse than |

thought, Amber,” he muttered, and my eyes twitched with fury.