Chapter 27M
Maybe Beckett wasn’t lying about everything. Maybe the baby really wasn’t his.
But saying he never slept with Delaney? That was total bullshit. N
I pulled out the photos Delaney had sent me, one by one and shoved them into Beckett’s hands. I watched the color drain from his face as the truth sank in.
“Still want to lie to me?” I said. “Just go, Beckett. You should know by now–I have cancer. I’m going into surgery tomorrow, I don’t have the time or energy to deal with you.“N
I waved my hand, as if swatting a fly, hoping he’d finally take the hint and leave.
But instead, he dropped to his knees.N
He grabbed my leg and clung to it like a lifeline.N
“Evelyn, please don’t do this to me! You love me–you always have. You can’t leave me.“}
“We have a baby together. Do you want our baby to grow up without a father? I haven’t even seen our baby since the day they were born.”
Tears streamed down his face again, but they meant nothing to me. All I could see was how fake it all was.
“Now you care about our child?” I scoffed. “When you pulled every doctor away just because Delaney had a minor injury, did you think about Our baby? When I was crying your name, begging you to take me to the hospital, did you care then?”
“And
now suddenly you do? Well, the baby is mine. He’ll take my family last name and become the heir of Carrington. He will have nothing to do with you.“N
I turned to leave, without an ounce of regret.M
But Beckett still didn’t get it. Through his tears, he reached for me again, trying to catch my hand, refusing to believe I no longer loved him.N
“Evelyn, I know I messed up. But Delaney tricked me. I didn’t know the truth until recently. Just give me one more chance–I’ll make it up to you. I swear! will.“N
I was exhausted.N
Even now, he still wouldn’t own up to what he did. Still blaming everything on Delaney, as if that would make me forget the hell he put me through.
Maybe just maybe–if he’d said all this before I went into labor, I would’ve swallowed the pain and stayed.
But now? After everything? No.
The love I had for him died the moment my ba
! shoved him back, hard.
was born. Nothing he said could bring it back.
“Enough. I don’t want to hear your excuses. To me, you’re the one who caused all of this. I can’t forgive you. If I hadn’t been lucky, the baby and I would’ve died in that hospital!“}]
I took a shaky breath, my voice cold and final as I added, “You each other again.”
to stay away from us. You bring nothing but pain. Let’s never see
Beckett’s head snapped up, pain flooding his eyes. The look on his face was so raw it almost didn’t seem real.§
“I can’t lose you, Evelyn,” he whispered. “I know I was wrong–please, forgive me. I’ll spend my whole life making it up to you and the baby, I swear.”
“You promised you’d love me forever,” he choked. “Why can’t you just giv
me one more chance?” His voice was becoming more desperate, more unhinged. His emotions spiraled out of control. Suddenly, he lunged at me, trying to pull me into his arms.
I couldn’t dodge in time–he almost caught me.
But in the next second, a hand reached out from beside me and yanked Beckett away with force.
