Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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83. Saving Winona

85 Saving Winona (Jayden)

I glance into the window of the hospital room and see Ashlyn, laying there. Her face is devoid of emotion, her expression blank. There are no tears, no redness around her eyes, nothing to indicate the trauma of losing a baby.

Surely no one would go so far as to frame someone else, even to the extent of losing their own child? Perhaps, Ashlyn's capacity for manipulation really knows no bounds.

My biggest question is, how much of this has my mother been involved in?

I know Ashlyn intimately, and she's always been dramatic, always excessively theatrical when it comes to dealing with personal matters, particularly concerning Winona and me.

My only option now is honesty, this marriage must end, regardless of the circumstances.

Baby or no baby, continuing this marriage is impossible. In hindsight, I should never have rushed into this union.

I thought we could somehow make it work, but the ongoing saga with Winona has affected Ashlyn more than I had realized, and it's clear now she requires professional help.

I enter the room, approaching her bed with a heavy heart. "Ashlyn." I start, my voice laced with a resignation that feels both freeing and deeply sad.

She suddenly sits up, her movements quick, and throws her arms around me. "Jayden, oh God, Jayden. I'm so sorry. The baby is gone," she sobs into my shoulder. ternally I feel

be," I reply gently, trying to comfort her while

clings to me tightly. I pry her arms from around my neck and

I told you Winona wanted to

here in Santa Monica? How did you know where we'd

again. "I wanted to see

know we'd be at Palisades Park?"

just taking a look around, and there

that", I counter, my skepticism growing Her story doesn't add

my neck, not just my arm!" She gestures to her bruises and the cast encasing her arm. But sympathy is the last

have the money for the best prosecutor in the country, and they will prove what she's done. Until then, we can be together.

85 Saving Winona

is as simple as pressing a restart

as if nothing happened, is too much to bear. Her grip on my wrist tightens painfully, and for the first time, genuine emotion flashes in her eyes-panic." No! Jayden, you

too well-the one who

anymore," I declare firmly, trying to loosen her grip from my arm. "I need

will. "If you leave me, I swear, Jayden, I'll kill myself!" she cries out, the intensity of her statement

beeping furiously as her agitation spikes. In a frantic move, she rips out the cannula drip from her arm, blood spurting from the freshly opened vein, painting a stark contrast against the pale

distress. I step back, distancing myself from the bed as medical personnel burst into the room. Her eyes are large and wild now and she screams. "We need to calm her down," a nurse states urgently, assessing the situation with a professional eye. She signals to someone outside the door, and soon another staff member enters with a syringe. "She threatened to harm herself earlier," the nurse explains as

frantically looking around, perhaps