Three Years Too Late for Sorry，Just in Time for My Freedom novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16

After Nicholas and 1 finalized the divorce, I didn’t rush out of New York.

I stuck around for about six months, took my time selling the house, and then finally bought a plane ticket home.

During those months, Nicholas and Evangeline got married. They set a date just one month after our divorce papers were signed.

Their wedding was way bigger than ours ever was. But I get it-both the Ashford and Cross families were thrilled about this match.

I kept all the designer clothes, handbags, and jewelry from my marriage. Three years with him had taught me an important lesson: being good to anyone else doesn’t matter as much as being good to yourself. And being prettier than anyone else? It doesn’t compare to making yourself feel beautiful.

I didn’t need to prove anything to anyone anymore. I just wanted to be happy.

Right before I left, I heard Evangeline was pregnant.

That hit me for a while.

I remembered one of the conditions Margaret Ashford gave me before she’d “allow” Nicholas to marry me: no babies for three years.

“You’re not the daughter-in-law I wanted.” she’d said. “And I won’t love any grandchild you give me either.”

I didn’t want my future kids growing up with grandparents who resented them. And honestly, I wasn’t even sure where Nicholas and I were headed anyway.

Back then, I was so stupidly in love. Even though Nicholas kept swearing we’d be together forever, I just agreed to whatever his mom wanted without really thinking about it.

When I got back to Chicago, I bought a house near my parents. They were worried about me being heartbroken, so they took me traveling for most of the year.

Funny thing is, my parents had never been supportive of my relationship with Nicholas from the beginning.

“You two come from completely different worlds.” they’d warned me. “You’re going to deal with so much more bullshit than normal couples do.”

And they were right. All the ways I’d compromised myself to keep that marriage together-Nicholas never saw any of it.

He had no idea what I went through.

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