When America's Sweetheart Chose Her Agent Over Her Husband novel Chapter 9

But I underestimated Ashley; she was never a simple woman.

The former queen of Hollywood had gone all out, hiring a huge online army to expose our marriage on the internet, trying to pressure me into remarrying through public opinion.

I cursed the media a thousand times in my mind, but as witnesses to our marriage, there was nothing wrong with them exposing it.

What I didn't get was how Ashley managed to ditch her young lover and spend all her energy trying to get forgiveness from me, a "middle-aged guy."

Ashley stood at the door, looking exhausted, as if everything she'd gone through recently had stripped away the glamour of the once-glamorous movie star.

In front of me, she was no longer the untouchable actress.

She was the girl I once knew—the sweet, youthful Ashley who worked three jobs to help pay for my tuition.

"Dylan, I know everything is my fault."

"Please, give me another chance."

"I shouldn't have focused so much on my career and ignored everything you've done for me all these years."

"If apologies worked, there'd be no need for the police," I said, shaking my head with a faint smile.

"Ashley, you think I divorced you just because of that one thing, but the truth is, the love between us was gone long before that."

"You're just now realizing it because you haven't gotten used to it yet."

"And as for me, I've already gotten used to being treated this way after all these years of indifference from you."

"So, Ashley, you're not asking for my forgiveness."

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