• Chapter 3

  • Ethan lifted the bride’s veil, only to see the face of a paid stand–in, looking innocent.

  • The crowd was in an uproar.

  • The emcee tried to calm everyone, saying it was just a wedding prank.

  • Olivia, witnessing the scene, rushed to the stage and said to Ethan.

  • “Ethan, since Emily ran away, why don’t I take her place…”

  • “No!!!” Ethan roared.

  • He pushed Olivia away, and she stumbled to the ground.

  • Ethan rushed out of the wedding venue and immediately called his assistant.

  • “I told you to keep an eye on Emily. Where is she? Why wasn’t I informed of her movements?”

  • “Mrs. Ford has been following her usual routine–going to the hospital, home, and your bachelor party. Nothing unusual.”

  • Ethan’s heart sank.

  • “Emily, are you having another depressive episode?”

  • “I can understand being sick, but this is too much!!”

  • He loosened his collar, frustrated, and returned to the mansion to confront me.

  • But all he found was a black velvet box on the living room table, next to a divorce agreement–we were already legally married.

  • Ethan’s unease grew.

  • He picked up the divorce agreement and threw it in the trash without reading it.

  • He searched the house but found no trace of me.

  • ARE

  • Chapter 3

  • “Emily, stop this! The guests are waiting.”

  • “If you’re feeling better, come out and let’s finish the wedding!!”

  • Silence. No response.

  • the living

  • had once said I had a gift for

  • feeling a sense of dread, as if he was about to face something he didn’t want

  • the black velvet

  • in

  • Ethan’s head, and his mind

  • His ears rang.

  • was… Emily’s

  • suddenly remembered that one day, I had sounded somewhat happy,

  • tell him.

  • brought

  • Olivia at Ford Manor.

  • didn’t dare to think further.

  • I overhear his

  • trembled as he held the embryo: “No,

  • she thinks.”

  • then, his assistant texted: “Mr. Ford, Emily is on the next flight to

  • thinking, Ethan jumped into his Rolls–Royce and sped to

  • assistant: “Send me all the surveillance footage of

  • Chupter 3

  • past few

  • assistant, terrified, complied.

  • entered the terminal, the latest flight

  • slumped, his heart aching

  • been deeply

  • to smile again under his

  • to go to

  • plane, he anxiously reviewed the surveillance footage.

  • saw me frequently visiting the OB–GYN. The timeline

  • had refused

  • have just had the

  • Ethan’s eyes reddened.

  • that during those seventy–two hours of captivity, I had been brutally violated.

  • willing to carry his child proved my love for

  • to conceive was like winning

  • to abort

  • showing me returning to the bachelor party…

  • have seen him with Olivia on the bar

  • hadn’t been careful enough!!

  • landed in the UK, but finding someone who was deliberately hiding was like

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