Chapter6
I opened the door anyway.
The moment it swung wide, a wave of alcohol hit me in the face.
My stomach lurched.
I swallowed hard, pressing a hand to my chest to keep from throwing up right there.
William Ashford stepped inside, looking panicked, edging in like a guilty schoolboy.
“Eve…”
I didn’t look at him. I turned and walked deeper inte
He trailed behind me, silent, hesitant.
the apartment.
After a long pause, he finally spoke.
“Eve… you saw the livestream, didn’t you?”
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I didn’t react.
Sophie Lancaster cut in, voice sharp as a blade.
“William, you couldn’t even bother to hide it, could you? Livestreaming with your mistress for the whole world to see. Did you really think none of my friends wouldn’t know how to use the Internet?”
William’s face flushed pale with embarrassment.
To my surprise, he actually started explaining.
“…Normally, at that hour, Eve’s already asleep.”
A short laugh slipped from my lips.
“You really do take me for an idiot, don’t you?”
“So you think I only found out about you two because of that livestream?”
His pupils constricted.
He froze like someone had cut the strings.
I pulled out my phone, showing him the screenshot of his order history,
and the chat logs from his secret account with Isabella Fairchild.
All of it saved. All of it forwarded to my own phone.
“You didn’t see this coming, did you? All it took was one fake bag to expose you. If you cheat, you leave a trail. It was just a matter of
when I found it.”
He knew he was caught. The shock in his eyes gave way to shame.
“Eve… let me explain,”
“Go ahead,” I said evenly, settling in as though I were about to hear a good joke,
He licked his lips. “Isabella and I… yes, something happened. But only once. And for the rest of the time, we were just talking.”
1 almost laughed in his face.
How could be say something so rotten with such confidence?
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“Only once? Are you expecting me to feel sorry for you? That you had to endure being questioned and humiliated over just one time?”
He shook his head desperately. “That’s not what I mean, ”
“So, how’d you two meet?”
His eyes darted away.
“…Thomas Blake was getting married. They were shooting their wedding photos, but he forgot his laptop. I brought it over for him.”
Thomas, our mutual friend.
He’d been at that drinking party tonight.
“Isabella was his photographer. She hadn’t eaten all day, passed out from low blood sugar. I took her to the hospital.
Couldn’t reach her family, so I stayed with her.
“When she woke up, she wanted to thank me. Bought me coffee. The Velvet Bean Café, you know the one.
I listened, numb.
“And then you started sleeping together?”
His expression soured. “You don’t have to put it like that. At first, we were just friends.”
“I like books, movies, music… but you’re not into any of that. Every time tempo Pop
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we went to the movies, it was just some Blockbuster Popcorn Flick. You don’t even read one book a year. The only music you know is from TikTok clips…
“I wanted someone I could talk to. Isabella gets it, movies, literature, symphonies… it was a meeting of souls. I couldn’t help myself.
“So you talked yourselves right into bed.”
He flinched, gaze dropping.
“You know,” I said, “if you felt we had nothing in common, you could’ve told me. We weren’t married yet. We could’ve broken up.”
He shook his head hard.
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“Eve, I never wanted to break up with you! You’re the only woman I’ve ever wanted to marry. After all we’ve been through, how could I just throw it away?”
I actually laughed then.
“So, you don’t want to leave me, but you want a ‘soulmate‘ on the side. A wife at home,
it all?”
“…I’m a man. I just made the same mistake all men make.”
He sighed, as if expecting me to understand.
“Eve, give me another chance. I swear it’ll never happen again. I know I messed up,
He stepped forward, reaching for me like he used to, trying to pull me into his arms.
The familiar scent on him hit me, and I remembered Isabella’s voice in that livestream,
their first time together, in my home.
Revulsion surged up my throat.
I shoved him back with everything I had.
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“Stop it. Let’s just go home. We’re already engaged. Whether we get married now isn’t just about us, but it’s also about both our families.”
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There it was, using our parents as leverage.
I’d been calm.
But hearing that lit the fuse again.
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I swung my hand.
Smack.
He froze, eyes wide in disbelief.
Before he could speak, I hit him again.
Then I lost control.
In all our years together, I’d neve
hand on him.
For twenty straight minutes, I slapped, shoved, and scratched, my nails leaving thin red lines across his skin.
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This was the first, and the last, time.
He didn’t fight back. Just took it, head bowed.
When my arms were too heavy to lift, I collapsed onto the couch, chest heaving.
Sophierushed over, wrapping an arm around me
“Eve, don’t waste your breath on trash like him. He’s
I forced myself to breathe, to calm down.
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Eventually, my heartbeat slowed.
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William sat there, disheveled, his neck covered in scratches, head still lowered.
“There’s nothing left to say,” I told him. “I’m not marrying you. The wedding’s off. Tell your parents yourself.”
Panic flashed across his face. He stumbled to his feet, grabbing my arm
“Don’t, don’t do this. Give me another chance, ”
I yanked free.
“Get out.”
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