More Than A Favor

Chapter 12

Logan‘ eyes flickered with surprise as he turned to look at me. Soon, a flash of anger appeared in his deep gaze.

“Elaine, there’s a time and place for your stubbornness. Selene is-”

“I’m your fiancée,” I interrupted, cutting him off. Just saying those words made me feel utterly humiliated,

When I used to watch scenes like this on TV, I’d always think the female lead was too weak, that no man was worth such effort. But now that it was happening to me, I finally understood how it felt.

Selene is pregnant. I can’t let anything happen to her!” Logan insisted, taking a step back.

A few steps later, he turned completely and ran out the door.

In the end, between Selene and me, he didn’t choose me.

Sitting there, I watched him catch up to Selene outside. They struggled briefly until she clung to his clothes and collapsed into his arms.

I lowered my head. I couldn’t bear to look any longer.

Whether or not there was anything between them, his choice today gave me all the answers I needed about my wavering heart.

In the end, I barely ate a bite of that expensive meal, yet I still paid the three–thousand–dollar bill.

I didn’t go back to Mercer Estate. Instead, I went to Nora’s place.

“Have you really decided to break up?” Nora, my gynecologist friend, asked as she massaged my acupoints, relieving the torment of my menstrual

pain.

While she could heal my body, she couldn’t mend my heart.

“Yes,” I replied, sprawled on her bed, my face turned at an angle where she couldn’t see my reddened eyes.

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to end things with him than you think,” Nora said after a pause. “Don’t forget–you’re still Logan‘

I’d already made up my

about the Mercer family? They’ve raised you for years. You can’t just sever ties with them because

hard. She was right–I owed the Mercer family for taking

separate matter. I’ll explain it to Tessa. I can still be her

said with determination.

added, “Whatever

turned off my phone and, for the first time in days, managed

I woke up, Nora had already prepared

said, glancing at

drank two cups. I even

so we went downstairs together. But as soon as we stepped outside, we saw Logan leaning against his car, a bouquet of white roses in

to apologize,” Nora whispered, nudging me lightly

can experience heavy bleeding if they’re too upset during their periods. Do you understand what I’m saying,

that

next moment, Logan approached me.

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he said, holding

I reminded him,

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last night, I wasn’t going to take it back

expression stiffened slightly. “Given what happened last night, I was afraid something might happen to her. You know Liam was his parents‘ only child. Now, Selene’s baby is their only hope. If anything were to happen-”

his unfinished

anything related to her will always be your

seconds before replying, “Things will be different once the baby is born.”

I turned,

get sick or have an accident. As long as you keep using this child as an excuse, you and Selene will always be entangled. And I will always be the

didn’t respond immediately. My words hung heavily in the

my stance clear. “Logan, if we get married, I don’t want my husband constantly taking care

give me some time. I’ll sort this out,” Logan said,

his internal conflict.

is there to sort out? She’s someone else’s wife.