Chapter 122: This Time, I'm the One Asking You Out
Luci's POV
After sending that message, I laid my phone face-down on the bed.
A while later, I flipped it back over.
No reply. It was late—he was probably asleep, or maybe he just hadn't seen it yet. I cycled through excuses on his behalf until it struck me how many times I'd been the one leav...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter Ten
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20
21. Chapter 21
22. Chapter 22
23. Chapter 23
24. Chapter 24
25. Chapter 25
26. Chapter Twenty-Six
27. Chapter 27
28. Chapter 28
29. Chapter 29
30. Chapter 30
31. Chapter 31
32. Chapter 32
33. Chapter 33
34. Chapter 34
35. Chapter 35
36. Chapter 36
37. Chapter 37
38. Chapter 38
39. Chapter 39
40. Chapter 40
41. Chapter 41
42. Chapter 42
43. Chapter 43
44. Chapter 44
45. Chapter 45
46. Chapter 46
47. Chapter 47
48. Chapter 48
49. Chapter 49
50. Chapter 50
51. Chapter 51
52. Chapter 52
53. Chapter 53
54. Chapter 54
55. Chapter 55
56. Chapter 56
57. Chapter 57
58. Chapter 58
59. Chapter 59
60. Chapter 60
61. Chapter 61
62. Chapter 62
63. Chapter 63
64. Chapter 64
65. Chapter 65
66. Chapter 66
67. Chapter 67
68. Chapter 68
69. Chapter 69
70. Chapter 70
71. Chapter 71 | You've Decided for Me Again
72. Chapter 72 ：She Really Did Have Other Options
73. Chapter 73 : She Said She'd Be Back Before Bedtime
74. Chapter 74 : A Letter Written for Her
75. Chapter 75 | That Letter Wasn't Tuition Money
76. Chapter 76：Give Me What You Know
77. Chapter 77：That's Not Her Answer
78. Chapter 78 | That's Not How You Ask
79. Chapter 79 | She Only Agreed to Let Her Know She Was Safe
80. Chapter 80：Mom, It's Me
81. Chapter 81：Going Back with You
82. Chapter 82 | This Time, I'll Tell You Myself
83. Chapter 83：He Didn't Open That Door
84. Chapter 84：No Address Tonight
85. Chapter 85：He Already Knows. The Child Doesn't.
86. Chapter 86：This Time I Can Touch You
87. Chapter 87：Step Away from the Door
88. Chapter 88 ：She Asked If I Was Doing All Right
89. Chapter 89： She Didn't Want to Live Inside Someone Else's Arrangements Again
90. Chapter 90 ： "Daddy" Isn't a Magic Word
91. Chapter 91 ： So Today You're Willing to Believe Me
92. Chapter 92：Don't Finish Her Sentences for Her
93. Chapter 93：I'm Not Here to Clean Up His Mess
94. Chapter 94 | He Finally Said the Hardest Words
95. Chapter 95：You Can't Take the Hit for Me Every Time
96. Chapter 96 ： Using My Letters to Make Her Bow
97. Chapter 97： This Time, I Want to See You
98. Chapter 98 ：Don't Put the Child Between Us
99. Chapter 99：She Didn't Cancel Dinner for Him
100. Chapter 100 ： I See It, but I Haven't Said Yes
101. Chapter 101: Did Your Mother Already Agree on Your Behalf?
102. Chapter 102: If You Speak for Me, What Would You Call Yourself?
103. Chapter 103: He Sent That Page First
104. Chapter 104: Can I Say No?
105. Chapter 105: Did Your Pre-Negotiated Terms Include Me?
106. Chapter 106: You Can't Hand Yourself Over to Him Again
107. Chapter 107: I'm Done Waiting for You to Choose
108. Chapter 108: Put the Letters Down First, Then We Sit
109. Chapter 109: I Won't Sit Down Until You Take That Back
110. Chapter 110: That Part Was True — But What About Everything After?
111. Chapter 111: Even Though You Helped Me Today, I Still Have to Go
112. Chapter 112: This Time, Who Stays for Whom
113. Chapter 113: Which Two Hours Are You Talking About
114. Chapter 114: I Can't Wait for Everyone to Be Ready
115. Chapter 115: She Sent It to My Work Email
116. Chapter 116: If You Want the Job, Just Say I Did Nothing Wrong
117. Chapter 117: I'll Bring Him, But I Can't Stay Tonight
118. Chapter 118: That Spot Really Did Go to Someone Else
119. Chapter 119: You Say You Checked — Then Show Me That Step
120. Chapter 120: A Correction Is One Thing—What's Lost Won't Come Back
121. Chapter 121: Today I Can Look After My Child, but I Can't Pretend Everything's Fine with You
122. Chapter 122: This Time, I'm the One Asking You Out
123. Chapter 123: I Want to See You Again—and the Divorce Moves Forward
124. Chapter 124: This Time It's My Turn to Make Time for You
125. Chapter 125: She'd Already Changed It Once Before Forwarding It to Hazel
126. Chapter 126: That File Has Your Signature Too
127. Chapter 127: I Loved You, but I Can't Rewrite That Page
128. Chapter 128: She Trades Real Debts for a Blank Ledger
129. Chapter 129: On This Matter, I Will Also Tell the Truth
130. Chapter 130: You Don't Owe Me an Ending
131. Chapter 131: The Money Really Was Transferred, and the Lies Really Were Told
132. Chapter 132: She Once Saved a Life, and Tried to Take Another
133. Chapter 133: This Time, I Opened the Door Myself
134. Chapter 134: The Runaway Letter Finally Had Its Author
135. Chapter 135: I Can't Only Accept the Truth That Suits Me
136. Chapter 136: This Time, No One Can Settle Anyone Else's Account
137. Chapter 137: When He Arrived, No One Was There to Applaud
138. Chapter 138: No Strings Attached to the Key
139. Chapter 139: This Time, I Stop Where I Stop
140. Chapter 140: The Day the Divorce Came Through, He Didn't Let Me Down
141. Chapter 141: No Document Can Answer That for Me
142. Chapter 142: I Came Back Because I Want to Be with You
143. Chapter 143: Their Outcomes No Longer Written into My Life
144. Chapter 144: This Time, They Called My Name
145. Chapter 145: Will You Marry Me One More Time
146. Chapter 146: This Time, We Write the List
147. Chapter 147: The Candles No Longer Need to Wait for Anyone
148. Chapter 148: This Time, I Walk to You
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