• 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.

  • sat in the living

  • a gift for him

  • a sense of dread, as if he was about

  • he opened the

  • tiny embryo was preserved in a glass jar,

  • to Ethan’s head, and his mind went

  • His ears rang.

  • was… Emily’s baby…

  • I had sounded somewhat happy, saying I had good news

  • tell him.

  • I never brought it up again, and he didn’t

  • had met Olivia at

  • dare to

  • his conversation

  • held the embryo: “No, Emily must have misunderstood. I’m

  • she thinks.”

  • texted: “Mr. Ford, Emily is on the next

  • jumped into his Rolls–Royce and sped to the

  • assistant: “Send me all the surveillance

  • Chupter 3

  • few days!!”

  • terrified,

  • flight to the UK

  • heart aching sharply:

  • been deeply hurt to run away fire this.

  • when she was starting to smile again

  • need to go

  • plane, he anxiously reviewed the surveillance footage.

  • frequently visiting the OB–GYN. The timeline

  • that day, I had

  • have just had the abortion!

  • Ethan’s eyes reddened.

  • hours of captivity, I had been brutally

  • I was willing to carry his child proved my love

  • able to conceive was like winning the

  • must I hate him to

  • showing me returning

  • him with

  • been careful

  • UK, but finding someone who was deliberately hiding was

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