# Chapter 36: A Fragile Scheme on the Rooftop
Hello everyone, it’s me again! How are you all doing? Thank you for coming back to walk with me through this emotional rollercoaster of a story. Today, I want to take you deep into Chapter 36 of *The Untouchable Ex Wife*—a chapter filled with tension, hurtful accusations, and a woman’s calculated fragility that cuts through the night air like a blade. So grab a cup of coffee and settle in, because things are about to get intensely personal.
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Just as Renee was about to speak, the rooftop’s cool night air was pierced by a soft, trembling voice—a voice designed to sound fragile yet somehow sharp enough to slice through any moment.
“Stefan, here you are. I’ve been looking for you for such a long time. I even thought something terrible had happened to you.”
Renee turned and froze. There stood Seraphina, wrapped in a thin hospital gown, her face pale and delicate, an IV tube still snaking into her arm. She was standing at the entrance of the rooftop like a ghost—a beautiful, fragile ghost who knew exactly the effect she was having.
Stefan’s brows knitted deeply the moment he saw her. Worry flooded his face, pushing every trace of the serious conversation he was having with Renee out of his mind. He rushed over to support her, his voice laced with both concern and frustration.
“Seraphina, why did you come up here? You just recovered a little. Why are you being so wilful?”
But Seraphina only coughed twice, her body swaying delicately as she leaned into his arms. She looked up at him with those watery, innocent eyes and whispered coquettishly, “No, I’m not. If you’re gone, it doesn’t matter anymore whether my body is healthy or not.”
She nestled closer, letting her voice crack just slightly. “I had a nightmare just now—that you were being snatched away by someone else. I woke up in a panic, and when I looked around, you weren’t there. I acted on instinct and ran all the way to the rooftop to find you. The walk made my injury worse, Stefan. It hurts so much.”
Her hand pressed against her chest, playing her part perfectly.
And Stefan? His heart melted completely. He hugged her closely, his entire expression shifting into one of pure guilt and pity. “Stop having wild thoughts. It was only a dream. I’ll always be by your side.”
And here is something you must understand: Seraphina had always stuck by Stefan through the darkest times of his life. When he was at his lowest and everyone had abandoned him, she never once looked at him with disgust. Not only that, but his enemies had hurt her—because of him. Because of Stefan. That guilt was a chain he could never break. Every time she frowned, he felt he would gladly burn down the entire world just to keep her safe. She was more than a fiancée; she was his responsibility, his debt, his burden—wrapped in a beautiful, fragile smile.
“If it’s all just a wild thought,” Seraphina murmured, her voice trembling as she pointed one delicate finger at Renee, “then why are you here, in this rooftop café, late at night, with her? In such an ambiguous atmosphere? Of course I have wild thoughts.”
The accusation hung in the air like smoke. Stefan glanced at Renee briefly, then tried to brush it away with a light explanation. “I just have some doubts. I wanted to ask her about them.”
“You can ask me if you have any doubts. I can answer them for you. You don’t need to have a secret midnight meeting with her without telling me.”
Seraphina’s insecurity was a monster she fed relentlessly. Her tone dripped with sarcasm and coldness as her gaze locked onto Renee. With the arrogance of someone who believed she had already won the only prize that mattered, she questioned Renee from head to toe.
“Miss Everheart, aren’t you supposed to be traveling the world? Why would you come here, of all places, at this hour? Did you do it on purpose just to bump into us?”
Renee sat there, her heart squeezing painfully in her chest. She felt like a homewrecker caught red-handed—even though she had done nothing wrong. Her fingers curled together beneath the table, mirroring the chaos twisting inside her mind.
D*mn it. I have a clear conscience. Why do I feel ashamed? What a coward I am.
She forced herself to look up. “No. I didn’t.”
“Humph. No?” Seraphina’s voice became even more aggressive, her fragility suddenly hardening into a weapon. “Miss Everheart, you have television. You have a phone. You can go online, can’t you? Don’t you know that I am about to marry Stefan? If this is just a coincidence, then you must be lying. You came here purposely for a tryst with a married man. Miss Everheart, I don’t know what your motives are—but I don’t trust you.”
That was the last straw. Renee’s patience snapped.
She took a deep breath, pushed herself to stand, and faced Seraphina with a sharpness that surprised even herself. “Seraphina, that’s enough. If I had any ulterior motives toward him, he would have been mine a long time ago. You wouldn’t even have the chance to be strutting around here right now.”
The silence that followed was deafening.
Seraphina’s face twisted. “You… How arrogant you are! You openly seduce my fiancé, and now you have the audacity to forbid me from confronting you? You must have waited for this day for a long, long time, haven’t you?”
And then, just like that, the tears came. Not wild, angry tears—no. These were the pitiful, delicate tears of a wounded woman. She turned to Stefan with a sob, her voice breaking as she tried to make her point.
“Did you see that? This is her true self! She has been planning all along to snatch you away from me. If you care about me at all, you wouldn’t have met her alone. Unless… you’ve already decided to give me up. You despise me, don’t you? You think I’m filthy, that my body is weak, that I’m no longer worthy to be your wife. Isn’t that true?”
Stefan’s face contorted with distress. His mind became a tangled mess of guilt and obligation. “No, that’s not true. Calm down. Please, stop crying.”
He tried to soothe her, but her emotions were a whirlwind he could barely contain. Watching her fall apart in front of him made him feel a profound self-reproach. Perhaps he truly had been careless. If he was about to marry Seraphina, why had he allowed himself to be alone with another woman, in an intimate rooftop setting, so late at night?
The weight of his own foolishness pressed down on him.
Finally, he softened completely. “Okay, I promise you. I won’t meet her alone again.”
Those words landed like a hammer on Renee’s heart. She didn’t say anything—she couldn’t. She simply stood there, watching the man she once loved comfort a woman who had turned every wound into a leash, every vulnerability into a chain.
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## Reader's Impressions & Star Rating
What a heartbreaking, frustrating, and masterfully layered chapter! Renee is once again caught in a trap not of her own making, silenced by guilt that she doesn’t deserve. Seraphina proves herself to be an expert manipulator, playing the fragile victim while striking ruthlessly at Renee’s dignity. And Stefan—oh, Stefan—he is so blinded by obligation that he cannot see the truth standing right in front of him. This chapter stirs up so much emotion: anger, pity, frustration, and a deep ache for Renee. It leaves you breathless and desperate to see her finally rise above all of this.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4.8 / 5 Stars
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## Next Chapter Prediction
With Stefan having promised never to meet Renee alone again, what will happen next? Will Renee finally let go of her past and stop defending herself in a battle she never chose to fight? Or will Seraphina feel even more threatened and escalate her devious tactics—perhaps setting a trap to destroy Renee’s reputation once and for all? One thing is certain: Stefan’s “promise” might be exactly what pushes Renee to prove how little he truly matters to her anymore. A storm is coming—and this time, it might not be Seraphina who controls the wind.
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