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Chapter 6

Author: Reneemoon
That day was nothing more than a pebble tossed into Evan Cole's world.

At first, he pushed me out of his mind with a kind of righteous anger.

He told himself I was ungrateful and difficult, that at the most critical moment of his career, instead of helping, I'd caused nothing but trouble and even hurt the one person who actually supported him.

A little suffering would do me good.

Then he threw himself into building the "perfect duo" image with Sophia.

Their "friendship" was catnip for the media.
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    Evan showed up at the apartment building where Ryan and I lived.It had only been a few weeks, but he looked worse than ever. The red in his eyes had deepened, and there was a desperation about him, something cornered and unhinged.When he saw Ryan and me come out together, his pupils contracted."Married? Lillian, you'd go this far just to get back at me?" His voice cracked. He lunged to grab my wrist. "You married a man you barely know? Have you lost your mind?"Ryan stepped forward, placing himself between us.He wasn't built like Evan, not as broad, not as imposing, but he stood straight as a pine, and the quiet authority in his stance stopped Evan cold."Mr. Cole, that's enough. Lillian is my wife now. Her decisions about her own marriage are hers to make.""Wife?" The word seemed to physically burn him. He stared past Ryan at me. "A few months? That's all it took for you to fall for someone else? Lillian, eight years. What did those eight years even mean to you?"Ryan didn't let

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    I looked up at him.Strangely, my heart was perfectly still. Even the old needle-prick of pain I used to feel whenever I saw him was gone."I'm not throwing a tantrum, Evan." My voice was quiet. "We're over. We were over three months ago, the moment you stole the surgery money and hung up on me.""That was a misunderstanding." His voice shot up, a vein pulsing at his temple. "I wasn't thinking straight. Sophia was crying so hard, I thought you were— I tried to find you after. I tried to explain. You wouldn't pick up.""Explain?" I repeated the word, almost amused. "To explain how you let her stain our sheets? How you gave her the bracelet you'd made for me, and watched her smash it?""Or to explain how, when I was begging you to save my foot, you hung up on me the second she started crying?"With every question, another shade of color drained from his face."That's not ... none of that is what you think." He floundered, eyes darting. "Sophia and I, it was all for publicity. Work. The s

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    Evan stood there, asking me where I was going.After he'd hung up on me for another woman's tears. After he'd drained the account. After I'd faced a disability diagnosis alone.He wanted to know where I was going.A wave of absurdity hit me so hard I almost laughed.For a split second, I wanted to say the cruelest thing I could think of.Evan Cole, because of that shove, this leg, the one I donated bone from to save your career, was ruined. Permanently. I would never walk normally again. Happy now?But just as those words were about to leave my mouth, a sweet, breathy voice cut in."Evan? What are you doing over here? I've been looking everywhere."Sophia glided toward us, a small, elegant bandage on her cheek. She hooked her arm through Evan's like it was the most natural thing in the world, then turned her gaze on me."Oh my God, is that you?" She covered her mouth, eyes darting between me and the wheelchair. "What happened? You're in a wheelchair? Evan was just so worked up trying t

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