• 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

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

  • the black velvet box.

  • in a glass jar, curled up…

  • to Ethan’s head, and his

  • His ears rang.

  • Emily’s baby…

  • one day, I had sounded somewhat

  • tell him.

  • brought it up again, and

  • had met Olivia at Ford

  • dare to think

  • his conversation with

  • he held the embryo: “No, Emily must have

  • she thinks.”

  • is on the

  • jumped into his Rolls–Royce and sped to the airport.

  • his assistant: “Send me all

  • Chupter 3

  • past few days!!”

  • assistant, terrified, complied.

  • latest flight to the UK

  • his heart

  • have been deeply hurt to run

  • was starting to smile again under his

  • “No, I need to go to the

  • he anxiously

  • frequently visiting the OB–GYN. The timeline ended with

  • day, I had refused his

  • face–I must have just had the

  • Ethan’s eyes reddened.

  • of captivity, I had been brutally

  • fact that I was willing to carry his child proved my

  • able to conceive was like winning

  • I hate him to

  • footage continued, showing me returning

  • him with Olivia on the

  • been careful

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

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