• 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.

  • in the living

  • had a gift for him on our

  • if he was about to

  • the

  • tiny embryo was preserved in a

  • head, and his mind went

  • His ears rang.

  • Emily’s baby…

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

  • tell him.

  • Ford Manor, I never brought it up

  • at

  • didn’t dare to think further.

  • his conversation with Olivia?

  • “No, Emily must have misunderstood. I’m

  • she thinks.”

  • is on the next flight

  • thinking, Ethan jumped into his Rolls–Royce

  • assistant: “Send me all the surveillance footage of Emily’s

  • Chupter 3

  • few

  • assistant, terrified,

  • terminal, the latest flight to the UK roared overhead,

  • his heart aching sharply:

  • deeply hurt to

  • when she was starting to

  • pulled himself together: “No, I need to go to the UK. Get me on the next flight.”

  • plane, he anxiously reviewed the surveillance footage.

  • the OB–GYN. The timeline ended with my last visit.

  • that day, I had refused

  • face–I must have just

  • Ethan’s eyes reddened.

  • during those seventy–two hours of captivity, I had been

  • to carry his child proved my love for

  • was like winning

  • much must I hate him to abort the child without

  • footage continued, showing me returning

  • must have seen him with Olivia on

  • hadn’t been

  • the UK, but finding someone who

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