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I Paid the Man Who Crippled My Husband
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On the day of our wedding, Henry Zander, my fiance, gets his legs broken in a car crash in his attempt of playing the knight in shining armor who intends to rescue the damsel in distress. So, I terminate our wedding on the spot. Both families surround me, trying to convince me to prioritize the bigger picture. My future mother-in-law cries her heart out as she takes my hand. "Winona, Henry got crippled because of his acts of heroism! He's the real hero here! If you head over to the hospital and take good care of him from now on, we'll still be a family!" My mom hugs me as well, her voice lowered. "You're still pregnant with the Zanders' heir, Winona. Do you have the heart to deliver your baby to this world without a father in their life? Hurry up and apologize to the Zanders so that this incident can be water under the bridge!" My dad acts more impulsively by slapping me on the spot and calling me an insensitive bastard who humiliates the family. Regardless, I walk over to the emcee calmly and pick up the microphone. "I'll give the 880-thousand-dollar wedding gifts meant for Henry and me to the driver involved in this car accident."
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I Paid the Man Who Crippled My Husband Chapter 8
I left that suffocating city behind.I sold the house I had owned before the marriage and refused the money my parents tried to give me out of guilt.I wanted a clean break from everything that had come before.With the savings I had built up over the years, I headed south and eventually settled in a small and cozy coastal town.I used part of the money to buy a house not far from the ocean, with a yard that was just the right size.Life gradually settled into a simple routine.I was no longer the Winona who poured everything she had into work and love. Instead, I started learning how to live for myself.I signed up for surfing lessons. Although I was knocked down over and over again in the beginning, I eventually learned how to stay on the board and ride the waves.The saltwater washed over me, and with it, it felt like the old wounds I had carried for so long were finally being worn away.I adopted an orange cat from a shelter and named him Mustard. That little one always ha
I Paid the Man Who Crippled My Husband Chapter 7
The entire incident had been livestreamed from beginning to end. By then, public opinion online had completely spiraled."Oh my God!""What did I just hear? Surrogacy? He was setting her up to get pregnant and then taking the baby?""This is insane. I've never heard anything this twisted in my life. How could a person be capable of doing something like that?""I take back everything I said. Winona, I'm sorry. I owe you an apology.""Now I get why she said what she did at the wedding. If I were in her shoes, I would've lost it way worse.""Ending that pregnancy was absolutely the right call. Carrying that monster's child to term would've been the real tragedy."The same people who had been flooding my social media with insults earlier were now frantically deleting their comments.My inbox, which had been filled with messages telling me to die, was suddenly overwhelmed with nothing but apologies.At the same time, Henry's profile, along with the mayor's official account that had
I Paid the Man Who Crippled My Husband Chapter 6
"Ms. Burke, I found what you were asking for," the investigator said."Read it," I said.The entire room went quiet as everyone listened with bated breath."Henry signed an agreement with a foreign healthcare consulting firm three and a half months ago. It was… a surrogacy contract."The moment the word "surrogacy" was uttered, gasps rippled through the crowd.If the earlier revelations of cheating and attempted murder had already shaken them, this crossed a line no one was prepared for.Henry's body stiffened, and the last bit of color drained from his face."The contract required Henry to provide a suitable candidate. Female, between 25 and 28 years old, at least 5 feet 4 inches tall, and a graduate of a top-tier university…"Henry's face turned a shade paler with every condition the private investigator revealed."The contract specified that the pregnancy must occur naturally, without the candidate's knowledge. Once the pregnancy was confirmed, the client would pay an advan
I Paid the Man Who Crippled My Husband Chapter 5
No one answered. The cameras moved frantically between Henry, Yvonne, and me."That's not true. That's not what it looks like!" Yvonne was the first to react, shaking her head as tears streamed down her face. "It's not like that. H-Henry and I are just friends!""Friends?" I let out a humorless laugh and lifted my phone again, pressing play.On the day of the wedding, Henry and Yvonne were in my car, lost in their own world. The sound of their tryst echoed throughout the room.When the audio ended, Helen's face had gone completely pale.Henry was shaking all over, his finger raised toward me, but no words came out."Everyone, this is the man you've been calling a hero," I said."No, that's not it!" Henry yelled. "I admit I made a mistake by getting involved with Yvonne. I betrayed Winona, but that has nothing to do with me saving someone!"Whispers began to ripple through the crowd."Look, he's a man. Mistakes happen, but the fact that he saved someone is real, isn't it?""
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