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Chapter 15

작가: Mimi Wood
Eleanor stood outside Anson's apartment building. The cigarette in her hand had burned down to the filter, singeing her fingertips.

She had just gotten off the phone with her mother.

"Rory has lost his mind," Marian had said with a sigh. "That heiress got bored of him and threw him out. Now he's in the hospital shouting, 'I'm Eleanor Vandermeer's husband,' all day long. What a mess.

"He did hurt Anson, I know that. But doing that to him, Eleanor..." Marian paused.

"Forget it. You'll have to
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  • Helping Out My Wife’s Boyfriends   Chapter 18

    When the plane landed in Saltmere, Anson was holding Eleanor’s urn, his fingers stiff with cold.Imogen and Clementine walked on either side of him, and none of them said a word.The arrivals gate was packed with reporters, and camera flashes went off in a frenzy.Someone shouted, "Mr. Lyndhurst, over here!"Someone else shouted, "Is Ms. Vandermeer really dead?"A few even pushed to the front, trying to reach for the urn.Clementine blocked the cameras, her face livid. "Get lost!"Imogen made a phone call, and security rushed in to clear a path.Anson kept his head down and held the urn even tighter.Marian was waiting for him at the harbor. She had stood there waiting for three days.When she saw Anson get out of the car, she stumbled toward him, took his hand, and burst into tears."Anson, did she say anything before she left?"Anson looked at her. She had so much of Eleanor in her face."She said she had a lot of regrets in this life, but she hoped we'd meet again in an

  • Helping Out My Wife’s Boyfriends   Chapter 17

    Late one night in Brightwater, Eleanor sat in her apartment, her computer screen glowing in front of her.The email went through. It was her 367th.Anson had never replied to any of them, but she still wrote to him every day. She told him what she had eaten, who she had seen, that it had rained in Brightwater, and that the maple leaves outside her apartment building had turned red.Her phone suddenly rang.Imogen's voice came through, low and urgent. "The medical station is surrounded, and communications have been down for three days. The last signal came from the mountains near the border. There are at least two hundred armed militants."Eleanor shot to her feet."Send me the coordinates.""I'm already in touch with a private security team," Imogen said. "Clementine is pulling together her own people. We leave in three hours."Eleanor hung up, booked a flight, and packed. She moved so fast that she barely registered what she was doing.Three hours later, three helicopters too

  • Helping Out My Wife’s Boyfriends   Chapter 16

    On the day his yearlong fellowship ended, Anson received his certificate of completion and made a decision.Clementine came running over. "Doc, let's celebrate tonight! I already reserved a spot at a great restaurant!"Anson shook his head. "I'm leaving tomorrow."Clementine froze. "Leaving? For where?""I'm joining a medical aid mission in a conflict zone." He tucked the certificate into his bag.Clementine practically jumped. "Doc, are you out of your mind? That's a war zone! Bullets and bombs don't care who you are. What are you going there for?"Anson said nothing.Imogen walked up from behind, clearly having heard the whole exchange. She frowned deeply. "It's too dangerous. I'm against it.""I don't need your permission." Anson looked at her. "This is my choice."Imogen took a deep breath and kept her emotions in check. "The medical conditions there are terrible, and fighting could break out at any moment. Do you know the death rate for aid doctors?""I do.""And you're

  • Helping Out My Wife’s Boyfriends   Chapter 15

    Eleanor stood outside Anson's apartment building. The cigarette in her hand had burned down to the filter, singeing her fingertips.She had just gotten off the phone with her mother."Rory has lost his mind," Marian had said with a sigh. "That heiress got bored of him and threw him out. Now he's in the hospital shouting, 'I'm Eleanor Vandermeer's husband,' all day long. What a mess."He did hurt Anson, I know that. But doing that to him, Eleanor..." Marian paused. "Forget it. You'll have to live with what you've done."Then the line went dead.Eleanor crushed the cigarette and lit another.Rory had lost his mind.She thought of him standing in front of her in that white suit, his face so much like Anson's when he sweet-talked her, and the call she had missed on the night of the hurricane.Anson had been in that crumbling building, feverish and bleeding, calling her for help.Rory had answered behind her back, then seduced her even more eagerly and led her into saying all tho

  • Helping Out My Wife’s Boyfriends   Chapter 14

    Eleanor really did not leave.Early the next morning, when Anson opened the door, she was standing there with breakfast in her hand."Eggs Benedict and hash browns, just like from that diner you used to love," she said. "I had my kitchen practice it for three months."Anson glanced at her, took the breakfast, and dropped it in the trash right in front of her."Don't bring any more."Eleanor nodded and said nothing.That afternoon, when he got off work, she was waiting outside, ten steps away. When he got into a car, she got into hers. When he arrived at his apartment building, so did she.Clementine was crouched by his apartment door. When she saw this, she sprang to her feet. "Old lady, are you some kind of stalker?"Eleanor ignored her, pulled a bag of groceries from her trunk, and headed straight upstairs.When Anson opened his door, she followed him in, set the groceries down in the kitchen, and started washing vegetables and cutting meat."What are you doing?""Making d

  • Helping Out My Wife’s Boyfriends   Chapter 13

    When Anson opened his apartment door and saw Eleanor standing there, his first instinct was to shut it.She threw out a hand to stop it, and the door hit her palm with a dull thud."Anson, I've been looking for you for three months."Her eyes were red, dark circles shadowed them, and her coat was hopelessly wrinkled. The proud, untouchable Eleanor he once knew was gone, and the woman standing at his door was a complete mess.Anson looked at her, his tone flat. "What are you looking for me for? Didn't you get the divorce decree?""I regret it.""That's your problem." He stepped back, ready to close the door.She stayed in the doorway and refused to leave.Early the next morning, Anson opened his door to find breakfast waiting outside. There was hot coffee, a sandwich, and a note.[I was wrong.]He picked it all up and threw it in the trash.On the third day, it was a hearty home-cooked breakfast instead, with eggs, bacon, and buttered toast that was still warm.He threw that

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