Chapter 25%
Jordan looked at me with worry in his eyes, filled with a kind of tender concern that I didn’t quite know how to respond to.”
Uncomfortable, I avoided his gaze. I couldn’t understand why someone I barely knew from college would care so much.
But I also couldn’t reject his help–not now. When you’re staring death in the face, your pride becomes the least important thing. I had people who needed me–my baby, my parents. I couldn’t just give up.”
Amazingly, within days, the top oncologist had returned to Valmoria. Under his treatment, my condition improved–even the date for my surgery was set.
The moment my mom heard I still had a shot at life, she broke down in tears, hugging me tightly as she cried.
I couldn’t hold it in either–relief surged through me like a tidal wave.”
I was going to live. I could still be here for my parents, for my baby.”
For the next month, I focused on preparing for surgery.”
Free from Beckett, I had escaped the epicenter of my pain. Surrounded by my family’s love, I started getting stronger every day.” Once I got through this surgery, I’d finally be free of the shadow of death.”
Ithought everything between Beckett and me was over. We were divorced and he had a baby with Delaney. I didn’t think we’d ever meet again.
But the day before my surgery, I saw him standing at the gate of the estate.}
After more than a month apart, Beckett looked worn out. His eyes were red, he’d lost weight, but when he saw me, his eyes lit up instantly.” He stared at me like he couldn’t get enough.
I didn’t understand. I had left the country. I had left the country, signed the divorce papers. I had cleared the path for him and Delaney. He should’ve been happy. But why now he look like he’d fallen apart?!
But I didn’t care. I walked past him without a word.”
To Beckett, seeing me again felt like waking from a nightmare into a dream. He had spent weeks searching, draining half of Shaw Group’s cash reserves just to track me down.
The second our eyes met, he wanted to run to me, to hold me, to say everything he hadn’t said. Ever since I left, he hadn’t slept a single night in peace.
He looked at me, hopeful, emotional, expecting… something.
But all I gave him was a blank stare before stepping around him.”
Beckett’s heart dropped.”
In all the years we were married, I had never treated him like this.
Even at our worst, during our loudest fights, I’d only ever gone silent–I never looked at him like he meant absolutely nothing.
But that’s what my eyes said now. That he didn’t matter.
And that realization broke him.
Desperate, he stepped forward, trying to pull me into his arms.}
To me, he looked completely unhinged. I quickly and subtly dodged his embrace and hurried inside.
But he chased after me, his
“Evelyn, it’s me. I finally force trembling, almost begging.”
you. Why did you leave the country? Why did you… divorce me?”
