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Love That Came Too Late Is Empty
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While my husband, Gerald Brown, was abroad negotiating a business deal, he was drugged and spent the night with a female secretary from a rival company. The drug’s side effects scrambled his memory so badly that he forgot who I was. He kicked me out of the master bedroom and let the secretary smash my grandmother’s heirloom. I told myself he was sick and stayed silently by his side. But when I suggested taking him for a medical checkup, he hit me for the first time. “Who do you think you are? Only Ailey is allowed to touch me. If she gets jealous, you’ll regret it.” When the secretary framed me, he pushed me down the stairs, and I suffered a miscarriage. Late one night, when my heart condition flared up, I went to his study for medicine but overheard him talking to his friend outside the door. “Faking amnesia to bring Ailey home is one thing, but why replace your wife’s heart medication? Now, she’ll never return to the hospital for surgery.” Gerald just chuckled. “If I don’t keep her weak, she’ll go to the hospital and check the hospital records and find out I was never drugged. Ailey’s been timid since childhood and even went undercover for me in a rival company. I can’t betray her.”
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Love That Came Too Late Is Empty Chapter 10
Gerald wandered the streets like a lost soul, circling aimlessly until he finally stopped before my gravestone. He stood there for a long time without saying a word.Every death anniversary after, he would kneel at my grave for a full day, as if attempting to atone for his sins.In the years that followed, he traveled across mountains and rivers with my ashes, using what little money he had left.He had once promised to take me traveling around the world when we had time. It was to make up for our missed honeymoon.But later, he spent most of his days with Aileen. He had long forgotten that old promise of ours.It seemed like his memories had returned as he tirelessly journeyed through different cities and countries.He spent ten full years fulfilling his promise. However, death had already taken away my chance to share the journey with him.On the day he completed his world tour, he returned to my grave with a bouquet of red roses. Red roses were my favorite when I was alive.
Love That Came Too Late Is Empty Chapter 9
At twenty years old, Aileen returned to the country without hesitation after Gerald said, “Ailey, the company is going bankrupt. I don’t know what to do.” She infiltrated their rival company as a spy and stayed there for five years.Instead of receiving news that Gerald would bring her out of the company, she received an invitation to his wedding.No matter how many times she confronted him, he only ever replied, “Grandpa adores Hailey. I had no choice.”Yet during countless sleepless nights, when he deluded himself into using Hailey as a substitute, his feelings started to become real.Aileen recognized the tenderness in his eyes when he looked at me. She knew that look all too well.But everything had changed.As she watched him wallow in grief over me, Aileen screamed hysterically, “Gerald, how could you do this to me?”He only murmured, “Elly, I was wrong. I failed you.” His calmness made her seem like the mad one.... Gerald arranged an extravagant funeral for me. Th
Love That Came Too Late Is Empty Chapter 8
I let out a cold laugh, finally finding my voice after struggling to speak.“Gerald, tell me, all these years when you called me ‘Elly’, were you really saying ‘Ailey’?”Gerald wept uncontrollably as he pressed his forehead against my hand. He cried so much that his tears drenched my fingers.“I’m calling you! Only you, Hailey! Please, don’t go!”With all my remaining strength, I pulled my hand away. I was bitterly amused that at least I had not been a complete fool all this time.I closed my eyes and exhaled slowly. “Gerald, you owe me. I promised I’d make you repay it. Just wait for the ‘gift’ I’ve prepared for you.”My strength drained away with my final word.Gerald still refused to give up on me. He desperately demanded that the ambulance rush me to the hospital for further resuscitation.Only after seeing the hospital director’s head shake did his body finally give way and collapse.My body was sent for cremation while Gerald sat in the hallway. His eyes were vacant.Ai
Love That Came Too Late Is Empty Chapter 7
It did not matter anymore. I had only half a month left to live. Once Aileen brought back the confidential documents from the rival company and the contract was signed, he could easily comfort her then.After all, I was still his legal wife and the daughter-in-law of the Brown family. The maids would not dare to truly mistreat me.At first, the maids hesitated to assign me heavy work. They just handed me a rag for window-cleaning as a perfunctory task.That changed when Aileen arrived with her maids. They dumped the trash from her room onto me and splashed dirty toilet water across the floor.The other maids grew visibly uneasy. One of Aileen’s lackeys, who was flaunting her borrowed power, sneered, “What’re you staring at? This is an order from Mr. Brown. He said our young mistress demands spotlessness; not a single speck of dirt is allowed. So, get cleaning, Mrs. Brown.”Aileen forced Penny to watch me be humiliated. Penny yelled, “Clean? Please! Your precious mistress doesn’t m
Love That Came Too Late Is Empty Chapter 5
Aileen’s voice echoed through the hallway. She said, “Gerrie, stop blaming Hailey because of me. This is all my fault.”Uncharacteristically, Gerald ignored her. His piercing gaze remained fixed on me. “Hailey, explain yourself. How could you have had a miscarriage? Weren’t you infertile?”I met h
Love That Came Too Late Is Empty Chapter 4
During the first year of our marriage, he was already begging me desperately for a child.At the time, my career was flourishing. Yet he deliberately undermined it. He forced me to quit and become a housewife so I could focus on getting pregnant.But after three years of trying, we still had not c
Love That Came Too Late Is Empty Chapter 3
When I finally met Gerald, he ignored all the gossip and even turned against his own family to give me a home.I gave him everything.I gave him my time, my youth, and my love.Years ago, when he faced bankruptcy, I was the one who accompanied him day and night to networking events. I drank until
Love That Came Too Late Is Empty Chapter 2
Gerald’s expression darkened instantly. His earlier concern twisted into contempt.“What’s all the screaming about? People would think someone had died.“What heart condition? You’re just clinging to my money!”Aileen rushed over. “Gerrie! How can you say that?“Hailey, what’s wrong? Is your hea
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