Chapter 135 Escalation
Leighton didn't sleep.
She lay in bed staring at the ceiling, replaying the conversation with Noah. The way he'd looked at her through the screen. The coldness in his eyes.
Sophie Chen. Young, beautiful, working late at the house. At their house. With her husband.
By four in the morning, she coul...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Rock Bottom
2. Chapter 2 The Ice King
3. Chapter 3 Midnight Collision
4. Chapter 4 Morning After
5. Chapter 5 House Rules
6. Chapter 6 The Shirt Incident
7. Chapter 7 Job Hunting Blues
8. Chapter 8 The Offer
9. Chapter 9 Pool at Night
10. Chapter 10 Proximity
11. Chapter 11 The Almost
12. Chapter 12 Avoidance
13. Chapter 13 Jealousy Awakens
14. Chapter 14 The Confrontation
15. Chapter 15 First Kiss.
16. Chapter 16 First Time
17. Chapter 17 Morning Regret
18. Chapter 18 Cold War
19. Chapter 19 The Ex
20. Chapter 20 Fake It
21. Chapter 21 Giving In
22. Chapter 22 Secret Arrangement
23. Chapter 23 Complications
24. Chapter 24 Ultimatum
25. Chapter 25 One Week
26. Chapter 26 His Office
27. Chapter 27 Tender Moments
28. Chapter 28 Departure Day
29. Chapter 29 Gone
30. Chapter 30 LHis Spiral
31. Chapter 31 The Call
32. Chapter 32 Morning After
33. Chapter 33 Therapy Session
34. Chapter 34 Girls' Night
35. Chapter 35 The Letter
36. Chapter 36 Daniel
37. Chapter 37 Chloe's Matchmaking
38. Chapter 38 Noah's Relapse
39. Chapter 39 Vanessa's Play
40. Chapter 40 Coffee Dates
41. Chapter 41 The Photos
42. Chapter 42 Too Late
43. Chapter 43 Trapped
44. Chapter 44 The Engagement Party
45. Chapter 45 There was A Caught. :)
46. Chapter 46 Chloe Knows
47. Chapter 47 Sibling Talk
48. Chapter 48 Therapy Breakthrough
49. Chapter 49 The Letter
50. Chapter 50 Words On Paper
51. Chapter 51 Coffee?
52. Chapter 52 First Real Date
53. Chapter 53 Meeting the Therapist
54. Chapter 54 Officially Introducing Leighton
55. Chapter 55 The Sleepover
56. Chapter 56 Work Crisis
57. Chapter 57 First Fight
58. Chapter 58 Vanessa's Return
59. Chapter 59 Bachelor/Bachelorette Planning
60. Chapter 60 Long Distance Test
61. Chapter 61 The "I Love You"
62. Chapter 62 Coming Home
63. Chapter 63 Meeting Noah's Mom
64. Chapter 64 Leighton's Father
65. Chapter 65 Moving In Discussion
66. Chapter 66 The Move
67. Chapter 67 Vanessa's Final Play
68. Chapter 68 Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties
69. Chapter 69 Months In
70. Chapter 70 Dress Shopping
71. Chapter 71 Chapter 71: The Ring
72. Chapter 72 Family Dinner Gone Wrong
73. Chapter 73 Venue Walkthrough
74. Chapter 74 Rehearsal Dinner Drama
75. Chapter 75 Wedding Eve
76. Chapter 76 Wedding Day
77. Chapter 77 Reception - Part 1
78. Chapter 78 The Proposal
79. Chapter 79 The Morning After
80. Chapter 80 The Pressure Begins
81. Chapter 81 Marcus's Idea
82. Chapter 82 Planning the Elopement
83. Chapter 83 Chapter 83: The Elopement - Part 1 (The Ceremony)
84. Chapter 84 The Elopement - Part 2 (Reception)
85. Chapter 85 Honeymoon Surprise
86. Chapter 86 Back to Reality
87. Chapter 87 First Married Fight
88. Chapter 88 Hosting Their First Dinner Party
89. Chapter 89 The Anonymous Tip**
90. Chapter 90 The Investigation
91. Chapter 91 Jennifer Drake
92. Chapter 92 The Demand
93. Chapter 93 Leighton Fights Back
94. Chapter 94 Chloe Finds Out
95. Chapter 95 The Crack
96. Chapter 96 What Jennifer Really Wants
97. Chapter 97 David's Discovery
98. Chapter 98 The Confrontation
99. Chapter 99 Noah Finds Out What Leighton Did
100. Chapter 100 The Turning Point
101. Chapter 101 The Fallout
102. Chapter 102 Cleared
103. Chapter 103 Chloe & Marcus
104. Chapter 104 Three Months Later
105. Chapter 105 The Appointment
106. Chapter 106 The Pitch
107. Chapter 107 Telling Chloe
108. Chapter 108 Complications
109. Chapter 109 The Breaking Point
110. Chapter 110 Maya's Moment
111. Chapter 111 The Birth
112. Chapter 112 Five Years Later
113. Chapter 113 Ten Years Later
114. Chapter 114 The Pitch
115. Chapter 115 The Assumption
116. Chapter 116 Chloe's Warning
117. Chapter 117 The Counteroffer
118. Chapter 118 The Old Wound Chapter
119. Chapter 119 Paris Research Trip
120. Chapter 120 Chapter 120
121. Chapter 121 The Ultimatum
122. Chapter 122 The Compromise
123. Chapter 123 Preparation Tension
124. Chapter 124 The Confrontation
125. Chapter 125 Chloe's Intervention
126. Chapter 126 Last Night Together
127. Chapter 127 The Airport Goodbye
128. Chapter 128 Arrival and Reality
129. Chapter 129 First Week Blur
130. Chapter 130 The First Cancellation
131. Chapter 131 The Photo
132. Chapter 132 The Accusation
133. Chapter 133 Radio Silence
134. Chapter 134 The Assistant
135. Chapter 135 Escalation
136. Chapter 136 Chapter 136: Work Distraction
137. Chapter 137 The Almost
138. Chapter 138 Halloween Video Call
139. Chapter 139 Thanksgiving Offer
140. Chapter 140 The Dinner
141. Chapter 141 December Crisis
142. Chapter 142 The Christmas Fight
143. Chapter 143 Blocked
144. Chapter 144 The Comfort
145. Chapter 145 The Big Presentation
146. Chapter 146 The Article
147. Chapter 147 Noah's Call
148. Chapter 148 The Second Photo
149. Chapter 149 Professional
150. Chapter 150 Alexander's Confession
151. Chapter 151 The Setup
152. Chapter 152 Christmas Eve Confrontation
153. Chapter 153 The Divorce Papers
154. Chapter 154 Christmas Morning
155. Chapter 155 New Year's Alone
156. Chapter 156 Fired
157. Chapter 157 Return Home
158. Chapter 158 Empty House
159. Chapter 159 The Papers
160. Chapter 160 Lawyer Meeting
161. Chapter 161 No One
162. Chapter 162 The Offer
163. Chapter 163 Emergency Custody Hearing
164. Chapter 164 Supervised Visits
165. Chapter 165 The Evaluation
166. Chapter 166 Hayes Design Collapes
167. Chapter 167 Social Media Nightmare
168. Chapter 168 Hitting Rock Bottom Once Again
169. Chapter 169 Chloe's Truth
170. Chapter 170 Taking Responsibility
171. Chapter 171 Investigation
172. Chapter 172 The Proof
173. Chapter 173 Custody Report
174. Chapter 174 Business Comeback
175. Chapter 175 The Letter
176. Chapter 176 Silence
177. Chapter 177 The Meeting
178. Chapter 178 Family Therapy
179. Chapter 179 First Family Dinner
180. Chapter 180 Week Two
181. Chapter 181 The Boys' Plan
182. Chapter 182 The Real Conversation
183. Chapter 183 Trust Building
184. Chapter 184 Slow Progress
185. Chapter 185 The School Play
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