What she never expected was how Ace would treat her once Everly was gone.}
Ace raced all the way to the hospital, his breath ragged as he burst into the room. “Everly, I’m sorry. There was an emergency at the company, I had no choice but to handle it first…”
As he spoke, his eyes locked on the cleaning lady inside.
Everly was nowhere to be found.
“Auntie, where’s the patient who was staying here?“The cleaning lady paused, sweeping, and answered, her voice striking Ace like thunder. “Patient? Do you mean that young lady was bitten by the dog? She was discharged last night. The nurses tried to stop her, but she wouldn’t listen…”
Ace froze on the spot, disbelief crashing over him like a wave. Everly had slipped out of the hospital without a single word.
He had worried endlessly about how difficult it would be for her to go alone while pregnant, which was why he had promised to be by her side for the check–up.
His fists clenched tight, teeth grinding with frustration. In his mind, Everly had always been the perfect wife, always thoughtful, bringing him hangover soup, straightening his tie every morning.
Faye had been right all along: you simply can’t spoil women too much.”
The cleaning lady suddenly stepped forward, holding out a document. “Young man, is this your wife’s? I found it on the bedside while tidying up.“2
Still burning with anger, Ace glanced down, and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably when he saw the bold words on the cover. Abortion Surgery.Z
And the name written beneath it was Everly Dane.}
Their baby was gone.
The date of the procedure was the very same day he had left Everly stranded on the highway just so he could chase after Faye’s first night. Ace’s breath caught painfully, his voice tight with disbelief. “No… that can’t be. She wouldn’t have had a miscarriage…”
Back then, Faye’s family had gone bankrupt, and she had deliberately provoked him, even putting herself up for auction to prove how much she meant to him.
When the news came, reason fled his mind. In a blind fury, he had abandoned Everly on that lonely road.
He still remembered her tear–streaked face, begging him not to leave. And what had he said?
“Keep making things up. You’re perfectly fine; how could anything be wrong?”
“Don’t be so pathetic.“Z
Those harsh words now sliced through him like knives, stabbing his heart again and again.
Ace sank deeper into guilt, struggling to draw a breath u
