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He Thought I Couldn't Understand That Call
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On our sixth wedding anniversary, my cheeks burn as I dodge my husband, Ethan Grant, leaning in for a hungry kiss. I push him toward the nightstand for a rubber. What he doesn't know is that I've tucked a surprise in there, a positive pregnancy test. I can already see it, the way his whole face will light up the second he finds it. But the moment his hand goes for the drawer, his phone goes off. His best friend, Henry Miller, comes on the line in Danish. "Mr. Grant, how was last night? That new love couch our company rolled out is treating you okay?" Ethan lets out a low laugh and answers in Danish, "The massage feature's great. Saves me from having to rub Sandy's back myself." He still has me pulled tight against him, but his eyes look straight through me, like he's seeing someone else. "This stays between us. If my wife ever finds out I slept with her sister, I'm done." It feels like someone just put a knife through my chest. What they don't know is that I minored in Danish in college, so I catch every single word. I force myself to stay calm, but the arms I have looped around Ethan's neck won't stop shaking. At that moment, I stop hesitating and decide I'll take the offer from that international research project. Three days from now, I'll be gone from Ethan's world for good.
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He Thought I Couldn't Understand That Call Chapter 8
Seated at the head of the table, the research director introduced Ethan as the philanthropist.Only then did I find out he had poured nearly half his fortune into our pharmaceutical research, all just to get his foot in the door of this classified project.I forced myself to calm down, wiping any trace of emotion from my face as I stared at the big screen."Mr. Grant has made the largest donation our research project has ever received! His funding will help us fast-track breakthroughs in cancer drug development. You're all invited to a celebration dinner tonight."The room broke into applause, my coworkers buzzing with excitement over the sudden flood of funding.That night, I had no choice but to attend the dinner.I showed up in a plain white shirt and jeans, my hair pulled back in a low ponytail. Next to the women in evening gowns, I couldn't have looked more underdressed.Ethan stood in the middle of the room in a black tailored suit. He was thinner, with dark circles carved
He Thought I Couldn't Understand That Call Chapter 7
It had never crossed Sandy's mind that Ethan could be this cold. Her voice climbed, her pleas turning frantic, but he didn't even look at her.Once he was done with her, he poured everything he had into finding me. He leaned on his contacts in the police department, even fired up his overseas intel network, and still came up empty.Even his federal contacts said I didn't exist in any system, like I'd dropped off the face of the earth.Ethan slammed his fist on the table, and the glass shattered. "No way! How does a living person just disappear?"All at once, he remembered what I'd asked him on our sixth anniversary. Back then, he'd sworn that if he ever betrayed me, he'd never be able to find me again.Now that promise circled back and hit him like a punch to the gut.Ethan suddenly thought of the gift box I left behind, the one I told him to open later. My disappearance had hit him so hard that he was only remembering it now.A small flicker of hope lit in his chest.Maybe the
He Thought I Couldn't Understand That Call Chapter 6
I only found out later that those messages were what finally made everything click for Ethan.He realized then that it was Sandy's taunting that had driven me away, and fury surged up from somewhere deep in his chest.My only regret was not being there to see what happened that night with my own eyes.I was left with bits and pieces of what people told me, and from them I pieced together what happened in that bloody purge.Word was, Ethan drove like a madman that night, heading straight to Sandy's secret apartment. When she opened the door, her eyes lit up, convinced she'd finally gotten rid of me for good."Ethan, are you here to take me home? I'll pack right now. I knew you couldn't leave our baby and me."She'd barely finished talking when Ethan slapped her hard across the face. He seized her by the collar, his expression going so dark it looked like he'd just clawed his way out of hell."Sandy, what the hell were you thinking, poking at Aria with those texts?"Sandy clutche
He Thought I Couldn't Understand That Call Chapter 5
A heartbeat later, my phone started buzzing.Ethan's name flashed across the screen. I watched it ring, then held the power button until the screen went black for good.I'd already signed the strictest confidentiality agreement. I was supposed to cut every last tie to my old life.The car rolled past one familiar street after another. Ethan and I had kissed here and held each other in these corners, but now none of it had anything to do with me.I popped out the SIM card, snapped it in half, and tossed the phone out of the window without a second thought.…"Damn it!"Ethan ignored Sandy calling after him and took off after me without hesitation. But the car was already gone, swallowed by traffic, leaving nothing behind but a trail of exhaust.Sandy caught him by the sleeve, her face tight with worry. "Ethan, what's going on?""It's nothing. Let's go."He took a deep breath, trying to hold it together, but the fear in his chest was getting harder to control.He couldn't unde
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