Divorced Love (Stauren) {Book 1}

Chapter 2

A/N: The picture attached (hopefully) is Isabella Yeun!

We used to be so happy.

We used to do everything together.

Every morning, I would wake up to the smell of fresh eggs and bacon cooked by my husband.

Every afternoon, Steven came home from work and would kiss my lips over and over again at the door until we both began laughing.

And every night, Steven would hold me in his strong arms, whispering loving words softly into my ears until I fell asleep.

Then, it all disappeared in what felt like a second.

Now every morning I wake up to the sound of a beeping alarm clock, telling me that it's time to go to work.

Now every afternoon I work as a waitress in a diner that barely gets business.

Now every night I have to share a bed with Bella because I can barely afford to pay for a small house in a bad part of town.

Now I'm broken.

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I stared down at the four white pills in my hand, glancing at the clock hanging on the kitchen wall. I was leaned over the kitchen counter with my head resting on my free hand.

4:30 pm.

"Shit," I muttered when I realized I had lost track of the time.

Pausing for a moment, I tossed the pills in my mouth and washed them down with a mouthful of water. I ran my shaky fingers through my as a loud sigh escaped my lips.

"No," I told myself. "Keep it together."

Suddenly, I heard the front door open, making me whip around.

"Mommy!" Isabella's voice called out.

Relief flooded through me when I realized it was just Bella, and I wiped my eyes quickly before going out into the living room.

"Bella, what have I told you about walking home from the bus stop by yourself?" I knelt down in front of my daughter. "We don't live in a very safe part of town, so you have to wait for me to come to the bus stop and get you, okay?"

"Mrs. Thomas walked me home," Bella mumbled. "Cause you were late again, and she didn't want to leave me there alone."

Once again, I sighed and brought Bella into my arms. "I'm sorry, baby."

"Why can't we live in a safe place, mommy?" I helped Bella take her pink and purple backpack off, and she went to sit on the couch with me. "Daddy does, so why can't we?"

"Daddy makes a lot more money than I do," I explained while wrapping my arms around her. She reached onto the small coffee table and grabbed the remote to turn on the TV. "Daddy is a CEO of an architectural company, and I'm a waitress."

"I think a waitress is much cooler." Bella looked up at me with one of her contagious smiles.

"I love you, Bella." I placed a single kiss on her forehead and smiled back.

°•°Steven's POV°•°

"Yeah," I said into the phone as I spin around in my desk chair at work. "I'm working on that plan right now, sir." The man on the phone began speaking again as my office door opened.

I signaled assistant to wait for a moment, and he gave me a nod.

"Okay sir, I'll see you tomorrow then." I hung up the phone and faced my assistant. "Whatcha got for me, Jimmy?"

"I just got off the phone with the company we are working with," Jimmy said. "They said they need the layout prints by Saturday, and they said you need to attend their meeting Sunday afternoon."

My head dropped into my hands, my elbows resting on the desk. "Jimmy, I can't do that," I said, trying to be as nice as I could, for my assistant was one of nicest people and didn't deserve to be yelled at. "The weekend is the only time I get to have my daughter. Can we find another time for this meeting?"

"I'll certainly try," Jimmy said before exiting my office.

Once he had left, I found myself staring at the phone on my desk. Everything in me wanted to pick up the phone and call Lauren, but on the inside I knew she would never take the time to pick up the phone.

It had been almost six months since the divorce, and Lauren still barely spoke a word to me. I always made an attempt to talk to her when she dropped Bella off at my house, but I was always pushed away.

Before I knew it, my hand had grasped onto my cell phone, and I was typing in Lauren's number.

The phone began to ring over and over again, and to my disappointment, Lauren sent me to her voicemail.

I realized that I had made a mistake divorcing Lauren the first week we were apart, but she never gave me the chance to even begin to tell her.

A/N
Yep this chapter sucked.....but you all seemed to really like this story, so I thought I should update it! :)

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