The CEO’s Ex-Wife Is A Famous Doctor

Chapter 40: Evan’s Confession

“Are you and Nicole married?” The question made Evan lean back. He sucked in a breath, realizing how the time had finally come.

He looked her in the eye and outright said, “No, I did not marry her, and I never intended to marry her.”

“Then what’s that ring on your finger?” She asked.

For a fleeting moment, Evan saw a flicker of hope. The fact that Shantelle was observant enough to notice the ring could mean she still cared. Very quickly, he took off his ring. He also fished inside his shirt, revealing a necklace and a similar ring dangling on the chain.

He gave the rings to Shantelle and confessed, “I had been wearing our rings the entire time. I never took mine off.”

Evan was certain she saw the ring’s engraving, but Shantelle did not show any emotion. She gawked at the rings for seconds before pushing them back to him. Soon, she asked, “Why are you wearing that ring? We are already divorced.”

He took back the rings. Weakly, Evan admitted, “Because, Shanty, I-I regretted the divorce -”

“What about Nicole?” She asked again.

“About Nicole.” Evan shook his head in regret. He did not know where to start. He figured he should clarify things from where it all began. “When I brought her to Rose Hills, I thought of her as a potential girlfriend, but we got married after she was forced out of the city, things changed.”

Evan leaned forward. He rested his elbows against the table’s surface and added, “I felt more responsible for her misfortunes. I felt sorry for her, Shanty, and I thought of her as a friend. There was nothing more. than that, but! I know I was wrong for making you feel less important in my life.”

“What do you mean, Mister Thompson?” Shantelle asked. “I was never important to your life. Don’t you remember how you wanted me out of your life?”

Evan felt as though a hand squeezed his heart. Those words did leave his lips, and he suffered for it, and had been for years since Shantelle fled Rose Hills.

regard to her, saying, ”

marital home to fill

you were avoiding me well, unknown to me, you had already left the city back then, but I honestly thought you were still in Rose Hills. I want to clarify that the way I missed you had nothing to do with Nicole.

Shantelle’s hand. She tried to pull back, but he held on tightly, saying, “I realized that I loved

now.”

“I bought tickets for us to go to Paris on your birthday. I wanted to spend time with you and have a fresh start, regardless of where I started,” he added. “But then, I

out, Mister Thompson, you perfectly said

said, and I regretted all those. You have no idea how much I regretted it,” Evan said. “I realized too late how much you mean to me. You had already walked

the later days, I begged

went on, narrating his every effort, including how he slept overnight in the cemetery when Karise’s mother died. “Shanty, I did everything possible, but Karise never told me where you

tomato salad and chicken salad. Enjoy your appetizer. Your main dish

table, Shantelle had been in deep thought all along. He searched

many years when she had not mentioned Evan’s name? Didn’t it occur to Keith to

say something,”

it to protect me. That was

“But Shanty –

As she requested, she did everything to hide her emotions, all of it.. The

salad like she did not hear Evan tell her he loved her. After swallowing her first bite, she asked, “Tell me about Nicole.

He described, “I learned that Nicole was not

Shaw into taking her to their villa. Afterward, he dropped the bomb, saying, “I had her investigated, and I found out she was Melody Campbell all

stopped eating altogether and dropped her fork on the plate.

being pushed down the pavement and a bus stopping just a meter away from her. Shantelle would have died thanks to Melody Campbell. Now, she learned that the same woman was Nicole Lively all along, and everything was all a ploy, the moment she appeared in Evan’s

as she said, “I need to go