BOOK TWO | When she appeared on the doorstep of wealthy single father Maddox Maxwell's New York home, Cardi Almánzar's life changed forever.
Now Cardi with her no-nonsense honesty, sharp sense of humour, and 'Bronx logic' has become the mother of fi...
"I want to make you happy. I mean it, I'll move down here, and we can start over," Maddox said as he held Cardi's hand to keep her from closing the front door in his face.
"There is no starting over. You can still come and see our children, but that's as far as we go now, Maddox, so let me go," Cardi said as she tried pulling her hand away from Maddox.
Maddox frowned.
"Is that really what you want?" Maddox asked her.
"No, but I don't like the man you were doing these last few months; I want the Maddox who would choke a bitch out for looking at me the wrong way back. I want my husband who loves me," Cardi explained to him.
"I'm still that man, Cardi, and I'm sorry that I did not defend you like I was supposed to. I love you with all of my heart; you know that Cardi," Maddox said.
"Not having my back, that's not love. It's betrayal, and it's the worst kind," Cardi said.
Maddox sighed.
"I know," He said.
"How would you feel if I had done that?" She asked.
Maddox didn't answer her question so Cardi continued talking.
"When you and Zhan were beefing, you made me return that car, and I did it. Even though I did not want to; when you almost got jumped at that club, I was there ten toes down behind you and smashed a bottle on that man's head, arguing with men twice my size behind your ass; Hell, even now, I still have your back as everyone wants to pick sides in our situation, but I'm telling them to stay neutral as you're not a bad guy, and we aren't even together. I'm always going to respect you and be loyal to you, but I feel you will never have the same respect and loyalty for me, that's why I'm divorcing you," Cardi said.
Maddox now understood how much damage the Paris situation did to his relationship with Cardi, and he knew he fucked up, and it was going to take a lot of time for them to be in a good place again.
Maddox let go of Cardi's hand.
"I'm not singing the divorce papers," Maddox said.
"I do not need you to sign them for me to divorce you," Cardi said.
"We're married, and I'm going to fix this," Maddox said.
"Good luck with that," Cardi said as she closed the front door in his face.
Maddox wanted to bang on the door, but he did not want the neighbors calling the police on him, so he left.
Cardi stood by the door, waiting for Maddox to bang on the door, but he did not. Cardi sighed turned off the lights, and went upstairs to bed.
==THE===WIFE==
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