In Love, Never Say Never

I patted her hand and whispered, “It’s okay!”

On the other end of the call, John was taken aback momentarily. “I’ll send someone to pick her up. Don’t worry.”

I tried to keep my anger at bay, even though I felt that he had really gone overboard. “For goodness’ sake, John, this is your pregnant wife! What’s wrong with you?”

What on earth was going on in his head that made him leave his wife along the road while he sent another unknown woman home?

“Scarlett, I have no intentions of marrying her. She’s just a reproductive tool to me. You don’t have to treat her as you would a sister-in-law. Once I’ve met the woman I want to marry, I’ll introduce you to her. Besides, don’t worry, our chauffeur and maid will take good care of Hannah. I know how I should treat her too. Right now, I just want you to rest well and don’t overthink things.”

John may not have been speaking loudly, but Hannah was seated close enough to me that she could hear every word he said.

The call ended right after that, and I was left speechless.

I looked up at Hannah, whose face had drained of all color. She was clearly hurting on the inside, but she still put on a smile and reassured me that she was alright.

I could see tears welling up in her eyes as she averted my gaze and looked out the car window. Was she trying to hide her pain from me?

as she reminded

her back to John’s villa. As soon as we reached, a maid came out to greet us and bowled

our goodbyes, Ashton and I drove off. He realized how quiet and teary-eyed I was and got

back in my seat and turned to

steering wheel as he tried to recall.

I didn’t offer a reply, he added, “What about

that day, and the baby was six weeks old. I didn’t expect you to be waiting to pick me up. When I got in the car, I kept wondering if you’d change your mind about the divorce if you had known I was pregnant. Then again, I was so conflicted about it. If I used the baby as a means to trap you in our marriage, that would have been highly

making eye contact with him, I lowered my gaze to my nails. They seemed

saw how you pampered and cared for her. I was determined to get that divorce and keep the baby, and so I faked an abortion. But little

gentle stop by the road. After that, Ashton tilted my chin up to

so stunned by the gesture that I didn’t know how

good care of you wholeheartedly. I didn’t want to invest too much emotion in it, for fear of it

breath that landed on my face

the past now. I was only thinking about how similar Hannah and I are, standing by someone who doesn’t love us.