My Ex Series by R.M. Monroe

LilaMy ex lives in my guest room.He showed up with nothing but a duffel bag and that same smirk that ruined my life five years ago.I should’ve slammed the door.Instead, I let the man who ghosted me while I was pregnant sleep ten feet from our daughter—without telling him the truth.Now he’s folding laundry, fixing faucets, and teaching my kid guitar like he belongs here. Like he didn’t vanish the second things got real.I don’t trust him.I don’t want him... moreLilaMy ex lives in my guest room.He showed up with nothing but a duffel bag and that same smirk that ruined my life five years ago.I should’ve slammed the door.Instead, I let the man who ghosted me while I was pregnant sleep ten feet from our daughter—without telling him the truth.Now he’s folding laundry, fixing faucets, and teaching my kid guitar like he belongs here. Like he didn’t vanish the second things got real.I don’t trust him.I don’t want him.And I definitely don’t still dream about his mouth on my skin.But every day he’s under my roof, I remember exactly why I let him ruin me the first time…And I’m terrified I’ll let him do it again.RafeI left her.No excuses. No lies. I was a coward—and I walked out before I knew she was carrying my kid.Now I’m crashing in her guest room, pretending I don’t still want the taste of her on my tongue and the sound of her in my sheets.She hates me. I get it.But the little girl down the hall? She’s got my eyes. My attitude. My heart. And I’m not walking away this time.Lila wants to pretend I’m temporary.Just a house guest.Just a regret.But I didn’t come back for closure. I came back for everything I lost.And I’m not leaving until I get it. less

Sienna LakeI came back to Easttown barefoot, pregnant, and one eviction away from sleeping in a stairwell.I didn’t expect the job to come with fluorescent lights, a bulletproof register, and him—Jax Moreno.My ex. My mistake. My maybe-baby daddy.He offered me a night shift and a place to crash.I gave him every reason to regret it... moreSienna LakeI came back to Easttown barefoot, pregnant, and one eviction away from sleeping in a stairwell.I didn’t expect the job to come with fluorescent lights, a bulletproof register, and him—Jax Moreno.My ex. My mistake. My maybe-baby daddy.He offered me a night shift and a place to crash.I gave him every reason to regret it.Now we’re playing house in a gas station that smells like motor oil and broken trust—With his two kids calling me “almost,” my unborn baby kicking like it’s trying to escape the tension,And Child Protective Services banging on the door like we don’t already live in a war zone.I should’ve kept walking.But the lies are stacking. The baby’s coming.And I’m starting to think the real danger isn’t the past we buried.It’s what happens if we try to dig our way out.Jax MorenoI burned our life down five years ago.Now she’s back—eight months pregnant and looking at me like I’m still the devil she’d die for.Sienna The girl who used to steal my breath and my car keys.The woman now sleeping in my house. Raising my kids like she belongs to all of us.I never stopped wanting her.But I’ve got enemies in polo shirts, a fiancée I forgot to dump, and a side hustle selling drugs to rich suburban dads who’d call the cops if they knew my name.CPS wants to tear us apart.Her ex wants the baby.And if this DNA test comes back wrong, I’m about to lose the only family I’ve ever had.They say love can’t save you.But I’m ready to go to war trying. less