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Chapter 8

Author: Steel Magnolia
Adrian climbed over the police tape, scrambling across it on his hands and knees before clumsily scooping Evelyn into his arms.

Her body still held a trace of warmth.

Evelyn lay limp against his chest, like a pile of ashes that could scatter at any moment. Blood mingled with soot, staining his pristine white shirt.

He drew her closer, his fingers trembling.

“I didn’t mean for this to happen. I still owe you an apology, Evelyn. I still owe you an apology…”

A rescue worker tried to reason wit
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  • His Eighteen-Year-Old Self    Chapter 18

    The chat window was still open to the last message Adrian had sent Evelyn.“Evelyn, where are you?”A system notification popped up:“You’re not friends with this user yet…”He snatched up his suit jacket and rushed out.He drove so fast that his hands trembled on the steering wheel.Only one thought filled his mind.“I couldn’t lose her.”But security had already been stationed outside the church.Like a madman making a fool of himself, Adrian was stopped at the security cordon. All he could do was stand outside and listen as the solemn wedding processional music drifted faintly from within.A sudden, crushing pain seized his chest.Clutching it, he collapsed heavily to the ground.Before losing consciousness, his gaze swept through the crowd and settled on the church’s arched entrance.There, he thought he saw a figure in a pristine white wedding dress, smiling as she walked out.Then Adrian’s consciousness faded completely into darkness.By the time he was rushed into

  • His Eighteen-Year-Old Self    Chapter 17

    Adrian pushed open his car door, but his legs felt as heavy as lead.He had always carried himself effortlessly in any situation. Now, even walking up to Evelyn felt impossibly difficult.When he was only a few steps away, he stopped, unable to bring himself any closer.His hands clenched and unclenched at his sides before he finally spoke.“I… I just wanted to see you, Evelyn. Vanessa’s baby has been aborted, too…”His voice nearly broke as he said it.He thought of the child he and Evelyn had lost.How had she been after the abortion? How far had things progressed between her and Lucas? Would she ever forgive him?There were too many questions he wanted to ask. His throat bobbed repeatedly before he managed to force a few dry words out.“You’re doing well…“Just as you wished.”Evelyn cut him off, her voice calm.“I’m doing very well. And I’ll be getting married soon.”It felt as though someone had punched Adrian square in the face. He stood rooted to the spot.The man

  • His Eighteen-Year-Old Self    Chapter 16

    The blade slipped into Adrian’s skin with barely any resistance, as easily as tearing through a sheet of paper.Beads of blood seeped out, forming a vivid red line against his pale neck.Yet Adrian was smiling.As though the blood were nothing more than an amusing decoration.Vanessa stood frozen in shock, too stunned even to cry.Only Lucas managed to recover enough to move. He was just about to step forward and shield Evelyn when—Thud!Adrian swung his fist backward, landing a brutal punch at the corner of Lucas’s mouth.The tenderness in Adrian’s eyes vanished the instant he turned toward him.“My wife and I are discussing family matters. Who the hell do you think you are?”But when he turned back to Evelyn, his dark, heavy voice softened again, becoming impossibly gentle.He spoke as though they were discussing nothing more serious than their plans, rather than his own death.“After I die, everything will belong to you. The house at Silver Bay that you liked so much wa

  • His Eighteen-Year-Old Self    Chapter 15

    The warmth of Evelyn’s slap seemed to linger on Adrian’s cheek.He wasn’t angry. Instead, an almost pathological sense of satisfaction surfaced in his eyes.“Evelyn, you finally touched me.”Evelyn’s breath caught for a moment.A chilling sense of absurdity crept through her.Just then, a disheveled woman stumbled out of the shadows.Her hair was tangled, and she had grown so thin that she was almost unrecognizable.The moment she saw Evelyn, she dropped to her knees with a thud, her voice breaking into a desperate wail.“Evelyn, you really are alive… Please, talk to Adrian for me! He had me locked up in a care facility to avenge you. I accepted that, but please beg him to spare my baby!”Evelyn stared at her for a moment before recognizing Vanessa Sinclair beneath her swollen face.When had Vanessa followed them here?The woman before her was a far cry from the spoiled, arrogant mistress who had once taunted Evelyn in the hospital, demanding that she get on all fours and ba

  • His Eighteen-Year-Old Self    Chapter 14

    “You have the wrong person.”Evelyn raised her hand to close the door, but a strong hand wedged itself into the gap.Adrian looked down at her, his eyes burning with the overwhelming joy of finding what he had lost and the feverish intensity of seeing his beloved again.“The wrong person? Evelyn, you’re my wife.“You could change your name a hundred times, and I’d still recognize you.”He raised his hand, his cold fingertips slowly tracing her features, gliding over her brows and eyes, then down the bridge of her nose before stopping at her red lips.Just as he was about to move closer, the two children inside suddenly burst into tears.Evelyn frowned and shoved him away with all her strength before slamming the door shut with a bang.Thunder crashed outside.Her shoulders instinctively flinched, so slightly that even she didn’t notice.Adrian, however, caught the telltale reaction immediately.He let out a low chuckle, then leaned forward until his rain-soaked forehead rest

  • His Eighteen-Year-Old Self    Chapter 13

    When Adrian Whitmore woke up in the hospital, his personal assistant, Logan Pierce, was standing beside his bed.“The board is considering replacing you because of your current condition,” Logan reported cautiously.Adrian barely reacted. His gaze remained fixed on the ceiling, as though nothing in the world could reach him anymore.Not long after, the director of the care facility called. Vanessa had attempted suicide several times.Adrian hung up without a word and blocked the number.He no longer cared what happened to her.All he could think about was Evelyn Hart.He opened their chat history and scrolled through their old messages, lingering over every ordinary exchange. Then he returned to the surveillance footage from their mansion, watching recordings of Evelyn going about her daily life.There she was, arguing with their deceased puppy as though it could understand her. In another clip, she was sunbathing in the yard. In yet another, she stood on her tiptoes to kiss hi

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