Please Give Me Another Chance Mrs Hamilton

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Nadine hadn’t learned until later that Adam had emotionally blackmailed Brad into giving up on his relationship with Jean.

The only reason Brad had shown up at the beach that fateful night five years ago was because he saw no point in living if he could not have Jean.

It was bad enough that he had a heart problem, but to have his beloved sent away by Adam ruined him completely. With neither hope nor ambition to keep him going, his life seemed bleak.

He had been lost in his thoughts when he saw Nadine leap off the cliff and into the ocean.

Nadine’s slender silhouette bore a striking resemblance to Jean’s. At that moment, it wasn’t some strange woman Brad saw falling into the ocean, but Jean.

He jumped in after her without a second thought. From that moment on, he treated Nadine as at replacement for Jean.

Jean’s name was like a curse that shackled Nadine to this loveless marriage.

Nadine couldn’t escape Jean even in her nightmares, for the latter smiled sweetly at her as she purred, ” You’ll always be nothing more than my replacement, Nadine. Now and forever!”

A sharp pain stabbed through Nadine. She bolted upright screaming, drenched in cold sweat.

She reached to turn on the lamp on her nightstand and realized the space next to her was empty.

She brushed her fingers over the sheets where Brad would normally lay. They were icy, with no lingering

trace of warmth that indicated he might have slept here at some point.

Brad had to be sleeping with Jean tonight. Nadine doubted he was coming home.

Nadine was only human, after all. Since the day Brad took her and Sean in, she immersed herself in

playing the role of his dutiful wife and homemaker.

Jean’s return was like a hard slap in Nadine’s face.

Nadine stared out at the rain that fell from the night sky and finally saw through the mask she had put on for the last five years: she was not Brad’s wife.

She was nothing more than a damsel in distress who had been given the chance to play princess for a while, but the magic had long worn off, and it was time for her to snap back to reality.

No matter how much she loved Brad, it was time for her to let him go.

But that was easier said than done. Nadine hadn’t even told him how much she loved him yet.

The heartache that ripped through her cleared her addled mind. Now that she was completely awake, she grabbed her phone and gave Brad a call.

few rings on the other end before her call was rejected, followed by a text that

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on her screen.

astute is

one time he did so was to send her

him while he was in

minutes had gone by since Nadine first got the message, and she was still

up: she was

mind was made up: she was going

wanted.

the torrential rain to drop

shrugged off his coat to drape it over Jean’s shoulders.

her to

out of the

were soaked with rainwater.

sight of this, Jean feigned heartache and said, “Brad, you’re drenched. Come in before you catch

-cold.”

turn down her offer. Pulling his umbrella shut and handing it to

to one of the

you back here, Ms. Sawyer! This house. has stood empty all these

left, but he was kind enough to let me keep my

Hamilton, Ms. Sawyer. Please don’t be upset with him.

that wretched Nadine if

the furnishings within the house

been five years ago

familiar surroundings, tears pricked

sorry I gave up on us five years ago. I should

stayed with you. I’m

rose on her tiptoes to stretch

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were at the same height,

and had an alluring, faint rosy scent. When she blinked, she looked so harmless and ethereal that she reminded

with each flutter of

should have been the greatest moment of his life, one that he

his, he realized he wasn’t as excited about the

imagined he would be.

nothing more than a physical

to push Jean away when she stepped out of

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