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Chapter 10

ผู้เขียน: Jojo
Meanwhile, Fiona had spent days at the hospital taking care of Xavier around the clock, barely sleeping, until an urgent military matter finally forced her to leave.

By the time she finished dealing with the backlog of work, it was already the next day.

Her aide asked, "Major General, should we head back to the hospital or go home?"

Fiona rubbed her temples and was about to answer when the aide hesitated.

"Major General... maybe you should go home."

He paused.

"That night, Mr. Kingston took all the punishment meant for his friends. All eighty strikes. I don't know how he's doing now."

Fiona went rigid.

Her pupils contracted sharply.

"What did you just say? He took the punishment for them?"

Her expression changed completely.

"That idiot!"

A sudden wave of panic and heartache seized her.

She thought of Joe, who had always been so sensitive to pain. The slightest scrape was enough to make him complain endlessly.

And he'd taken eighty strikes?

Her chest tightened so violently that she could barely breathe.

The feeling was a hundred times worse than anything she'd felt when Xavier jumped from the building or fell into the freezing lake.

She didn't understand what was happening to her.

She only knew that she needed to see Joe.

Now.

"Take me home. Right now!"

The car sped toward the house.

The moment they arrived, Fiona practically threw open the door, desperate to get inside and see the man who had been consuming her thoughts.

But before she could even reach the front door, she noticed a crowd gathered outside.

They were military colleagues and friends she knew well, all talking excitedly among themselves.

There were Air Force pilots, senior officers, even a few rising young diplomats. They were all among Hemsouth City's most accomplished young professionals.

"Major General Spencer! Perfect timing!"

One of the officers spotted her and hurried over, grinning.

"Is what the newspaper says true?"

Another immediately chimed in.

"Major General, if you and Joe Kingston are really over, does that mean our sisters and daughters finally have a fair shot at him?"

"Fiona, come on. Joe Kingston is ridiculously handsome, rich, and completely unapologetic about who he is. Half the women in Hemsouth City are crazy about him. My sister's had a thing for him forever. She's been begging me to introduce them, but I kept brushing her off because he was your husband. Now I finally don't have to!"

"Exactly! You have to introduce us. Our sisters and daughters have been waiting for their chance!"

Everyone talked over one another, their admiration for Joe obvious.

Fiona listened to them.

Then she looked at their excited faces.

A surge of anger unlike anything she'd ever experienced shot through her, nearly snapping the last thread of her self-control.

"Introduce him? Let them pursue him?"

Her voice was terrifyingly cold.

"Do you even hear yourselves?"

Her expression hardened.

"Joe Kingston is my husband!"

The sudden fury in her voice stunned everyone into silence.

They exchanged confused looks.

Finally, one of her closer friends stared at her in surprise and slowly held out the newspaper in his hand.

"Fiona... you really don't know?"

He pointed at the front page.

"It's this morning's headline. Your divorce has already been announced."

Fiona snatched the newspaper from him.

Her eyes locked onto the bold headline splashed across the front page.

'KINGSTON-SPENCER MARRIAGE ENDS: MAJOR GENERAL FIONA SPENCER AND JOE KINGSTON OFFICIALLY DIVORCED'

Fiona's mind went completely blank.

Her ears rang.

Divorced?

She and Joe were divorced?

Since when?

Why hadn't she known?

Before she could even process what was happening, the Kingston family's elderly butler approached her.

He held out a sealed box, his expression complicated.

"Major General Spencer, Mr. Kingston Sr. asked me to give you this."

He paused.

"It's the medication Mr. Blake needs."

Fiona's head snapped up.

"The medication?"

She stared at him in disbelief.

"Why would he suddenly agree to give it to me?"

The old butler sighed.

"Because Mr. Joe Kingston made a deal with his father."

"He asked his father to give you the medication. In exchange, he voluntarily gave up every claim he had to the Kingston family fortune."

The butler's voice grew heavy.

"And he agreed to leave Hemsouth City and never set foot here again for the rest of his life."

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  • Clear Skies Without You   Chapter 30

    The phone rang for a long time before someone finally answered."Hello?"Joe's voice was calm, with the same slightly lazy quality Fiona remembered so well.Her throat closed instantly.A thousand things she'd wanted to say crowded into her chest, but in the end, only a few hoarse, broken words came out."Joe, it's me."Her voice was almost a sob."I saw the article. You look happy."She swallowed hard."I'm glad you're doing well."A pause."I just wanted to hear your voice."Silence filled the line.It lasted so long that Fiona thought he was going to hang up on her again.Then she heard Joe sigh softly.When he spoke, his voice was calm.There was no anger in it.No hatred.Only the distant peace of someone who had truly moved on."Fiona, it's all in the past now."Fiona's breath caught."I forgive you."Her fingers tightened around the phone."Not for you. For myself. I needed to let go so I could really move on with my life."His voice remained gentle but d

  • Clear Skies Without You   Chapter 29

    Fiona returned to the house that had now completely lost its master and locked herself inside the dark bedroom.She drew every curtain, shutting out all light and sound from the outside world.Empty liquor bottles littered the floor.The air reeked of alcohol and despair.Fiona sat on the floor with her back against the bed, clutching an old candid photo of Joe from his younger days in Hemsouth City.The picture had already begun to yellow with age.Beside her sat a small recorder.It played the same short clip over and over, a recording that had accidentally captured Joe humming to himself one day when he'd been in a particularly good mood at home.His voice was clear and slightly lazy.Now, every note cut into her like a blade.Sometimes Fiona would let out a quiet, almost deranged laugh.Other times, she'd bury her face in her knees and let out muffled sobs like a wounded animal.When the aides brought her food, she angrily swept everything onto the floor.She stared in

  • Clear Skies Without You   Chapter 28

    Fiona rushed back to the house as soon as she'd finished dealing with an urgent military matter.All the way home, she clung to one impossible hope.Maybe the baby would soften Joe eventually.Maybe this new bond between them meant their relationship wasn't completely beyond saving.But when she pushed open the front door, she was greeted by a deathly silence.The house was empty.Even emptier than the last time he'd left.Every one of Joe's personal belongings was gone again.On the coffee table sat only a velvet jewelry case and a folded piece of paper.Fiona's heart dropped.A terrible sense of dread seized her at the same moment a sharp pain twisted through her abdomen.With trembling hands, she picked up the paper.It was a record showing that abortion medication had been collected from by a private clinic.The date was yesterday.Under the recipient's name were two words:Joe Kingston.Joe had secretly slipped abortion medication into something she'd consumed.He

  • Clear Skies Without You   Chapter 27

    After the initial shock wore off, something Fiona didn't dare hope for began to flicker deep inside her.A tiny spark of hope.A baby.Her and Joe's baby.It was a new bond between them. One that could never truly be erased.Maybe with this baby, Joe wouldn't be so determined to leave her.Maybe there was still the smallest chance she could win him back.Fiona cautiously looked toward him.But the moment she met Joe's eyes, that fragile hope shattered.His gaze was cold, filled with disgust and absolute resolve."Get an abortion."Joe's voice was flat and icy."I won't let you have this baby."Fiona felt as though an invisible hand had closed around her heart.She could barely breathe.She rushed over and crouched in front of him, reaching for his hand."Joe, please! Don't!"Her voice trembled with a desperation he'd never heard from her before."This is our baby! I was wrong. Everything was my fault. Hate me. Punish me however you want. But the baby didn't do anythin

  • Clear Skies Without You   Chapter 26

    Fiona looked into his eyes.There was no hesitation in them. No lingering attachment. Only absolute determination to leave her.Something inside her finally snapped.Panic and despair overwhelmed her.She grabbed Joe by the wrist.Ignoring his struggles and furious protests, she dragged him up to the rooftop.The setting sun had painted the sky a haunting shade of bloodred.Fiona pulled Joe toward the edge of the roof. Beyond the thin railing was a drop of several stories.She clutched his arm tightly, her eyes bloodshot.Her voice trembled with unbearable pain and madness, half threat and half genuine despair."Joe, if you really leave... if you actually walk away from me..."She pointed over the edge, her eyes wild."I'll jump!"If me dying will make you hate me less, if it'll make you feel even a little better, I'll do it right now!"Her voice shook."You think I won't?"Fiona had Joe trapped against the railing, his body dangerously close to the edge as the wind whi

  • Clear Skies Without You   Chapter 25

    Fiona's expression darkened instantly.Her eyes turned frighteningly cold.She barely spared Xavier a glance before barking an order at the aides behind her."Get him out of here. And from now on, he doesn't set foot on this property without my permission."The aides immediately stepped forward.They politely but firmly took the scissors from Xavier and moved to escort him out.Xavier's eyes widened in disbelief."Fiona! How can you treat me like this? Have you forgotten what we used to...""Xavier."Fiona cut him off.There wasn't a trace of warmth in her voice.Her icy gaze settled on him."For the sake of what we once had, I promised to make sure you had access to treatment until you recovered. That's the last kindness you'll ever get from me."She paused, and her voice turned even colder."But if you ever come here and bother Joe again, if you cross that line one more time, don't expect me to honor even that."Her eyes hardened."After that, you're on your own."Th

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