Susan’s POV
"What did I just do?" I whispered to myself, my nails dug into my palms until they bled. The pain in my hands was nothing compared to the hurt in my chest. Watching Evander leave with her so easily made realize sothing. No matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried, I would never be important to him.
I stood there, shaking in anger as I tried to keep my feelings in check. My heart hurt, but I couldn’t let it show. Not now when he had taken Claire with him sowhere.
As I tried to leave, a few people entered the apartnt with a stretcher, and before I could react, they gently but firmly tried to force onto it.
"Miss, Mr. Kensington said we must take care of you and make sure no wound goes untreated," one of the ambulance workers said, looking at with concern.
"What?" I blinked in surprise by what I heard. "Did he really say that?" I asked, narrowing my brows in disbelief.
"Well... it was his assistant who told us," the worker started to explain, but I quickly pushed them away, trying to leave, still feeling a mix of anger and frustration. How could he even say such words for !
They calmly held down and apologized softly. "We’re really sorry! We can’t lose our job. Please, just let us do our work."
I didn’t know how to feel. Part of wanted to resist, but the other part felt so much pain that I had foolishly inflicted onto my body. With no choice left, I let them take out of the apartnt on the stretcher.
They took to the ambulance, and before I knew it, we were on the road, heading to the hospital. I stared out the window as everything that had happened before started running in my mind.
Claire’s POV
I was completely shocked by the sudden turn of events. I never expected that my illness would hit at such a mont, leaving feeling helpless. I didn’t want to show any vulnerability in front of Evander, but here I was, unable to hide it.
Evander kept dragging , his grip firm as we moved in and out of the elevator. I struggled to break free, fighting with everything I had. "Leave ! You rascal! Let go of ! I don’t want to go anywhere with you!" I shouted, but my words felt so weak, like they had no power.
I had only co here to check on Susan. That was all. But sohow, everything had gone out of control. Now, I was trapped with Evander— the person I had been desperately trying to hate. But how could I? I had loved him since I was too young to even understand the aning of love.
How could I just hate him now? Even after everything he had done to , I couldn’t bring myself to completely let go. So what was so different today? What made it so hard to break free from this love that had always made feel so weak?
"I let you go once, Claire," Evander said in a steady and firm tone. We had reached the rooftop now, and I could feel his gaze on , intense and unwavering. "I thought you didn’t care about . But since you loved ... I have decided I won’t let you go again."
His words hit harder than I expected. There was no anger in his tone, only a quiet resolve. As much as I hated it, a part of couldn’t help but listen. I couldn’t help but feel sothing stir inside again. However, I wasn’t going to let him do whatever he wished. No matter how much my heart was beating like a fool for him.
"How dare you!" I finally yanked my hand away from him, or maybe he let go— either way, I was free, but my anger burned too strongly. "Who the hell do you think you are, deciding things for ? I haven’t given you the right to do that!"
Evander’s gaze never wavered and was locked at as he raised an eyebrow in amusent. "Rember, we are still married," he said in a mocking tone yet he seed sohow calm.
"Hah!" I scoffed as I looked up at the sky, trying to hide my tears. "Or did you forget that you prepared the divorce papers for us? You cheated on , and then you initiated the divorce!" I snapped as I couldn’t hold back.
"What! Divorce? What do you an? What are you talking about!?" Evander asked in a confused tone as he looked into my eyes, trying to find answers.
For real? Is he fooling ? I saw those docunts with my own eyes when I went to put the letter in his study!
The anger in my chest made it hard to breathe, and his words made even angrier, I wanted to lash out, to slap him so badly for his arrogance. His actions had torn apart, and now, standing here, it felt like all he could do was stand there all smug and detached about what I had been through. It made sick.
I held myself back from slapping him, but I couldn’t stop myself from pushing him away, my hands slamd into his chest. "You treated like a rag doll!" I spat, my voice shaky with anger. "Your family made a fool out of ; they made work like a servant; even the maids laughed at and bullied .
"While your mistress always showed my place from ti to ti. Do you really think these reasons were enough for to ask for divorce? But I still held on to a sliver of hope— hope that you would co back ho... to and explain everything..."
Evander’s expression tightened as he stepped closer, grabbing my arms gently, but I felt no warmth in his touch, only betrayal after reminiscing about the past. I push him away as I once again slamd on his body, pushing him back as I continued.
"Explain that to that Claire... I didn’t do anything wrong. I was just eting her for work. You are the only woman in my life!" I said in a trembling tone as my whole body was shivering in anger. I didn’t know how I was holding myself back from collapse. "But you never ca back ho. You didn’t even talk to properly, let alone explain anything about what was really happening."
"How could you doubt , Claire! Were you not the one who never wanted ? Weren’t you the one who always hated being near you and wanted to stay away for you? Then how could you bla for everything and what divorce paper you are talking about?" Evander glared at as he held onto my hand, which was about to slam him back again.
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PS: The divorce paper is the reference to Chapter 1, where Claire found a file that fell on the floor when she went to leave the letter for Evander!
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