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The Seventh Time the Don Turned Our Wedding Into a Mock Divorce, I Left Him Chapter 10
Six months later, I formally took control of the Hale family's ports and art trade.My body recovered slowly under the care of my doctors.The first negotiation I led did not go smoothly.Several partners assumed that an heir who had spent years away could be cornered. Minutes before the signing, they raised their price.Adrian sat beside me and said nothing.I placed a competing shipping agreement on the table and removed every bit of leverage they thought they had.Only then did he lower his eyes with a faint smile."Why didn't you help me?" I asked on the drive home."Because you didn't need help."He paused."If they had tried to hurt you outside the negotiation, that would have been different."It was a kind of restraint Damon had never understood.Adrian stayed near me, but he never pressed me to set a wedding date.He remembered my medication and asked the staff to deliver it on time.When meetings ran late, he waited outside and asked whether I wanted dinner.If I said no, he s
The Seventh Time the Don Turned Our Wedding Into a Mock Divorce, I Left Him Chapter 9
The engagement announcement shattered what little restraint Selene had left.She escaped her guards and stormed into a Hale charity gala."Evelyn!"She pushed through the crowd and pointed at me."You don't love Adrian. You accepted the alliance to punish Damon."Guests turned to watch.Selene's tears arrived right on cue."You even used a child who was never born to frame me. You were the one who pushed me that night."I did not argue.I glanced toward the security camera above the hall.Selene followed my gaze, and her expression shifted.Then she grabbed my wrist and threw herself toward the stairs.The same trick again.This time, I was ready.I stepped back before she could pull me off balance.Her hand closed on empty air, and she fell alone.Adrian steadied me without reaching for her."Pull the footage."Within moments, the recording appeared on the ballroom screen.Everyone watched Selene seize my wrist and deliberately throw herself backward.She lay on the steps, white-faced
The Seventh Time the Don Turned Our Wedding Into a Mock Divorce, I Left Him Chapter 8
The Hale family held a formal reception to present me as its heir.I stood beside my father in a black evening gown, accepting greetings from every family in attendance.Adrian remained half a step behind me.When someone asked about the alliance, he did not answer for me."That is Evelyn's decision."The answer alone told everyone in the room exactly how much he respected me.Halfway through the evening, the entrance fell silent.Damon stood beyond the doors.He had no invitation, but he wore the black suit meant for our wedding.In only a few days, he had lost weight. His eyes were bloodshot, and the composure he wore like armor was beginning to crack.His steps faltered when he saw me."Evelyn."The Hale guards blocked his path.I raised one hand."Let him through."Hope flashed across his face.Then I spoke again."Mr. Voss."The color drained from his face."Don't call me that. Come back to New York with me. I know what Selene did. She will never have North Port or another vote in
The Seventh Time the Don Turned Our Wedding Into a Mock Divorce, I Left Him Chapter 7
My father's car was waiting beside the runway when the plane landed.The moment he saw me, his eyes turned red."Evelyn."I barely made it to him before he pulled me into his arms."You're home. No one will hurt you again."For years, I had told Damon that my parents lived far away.I had left the Hale family before I met him, but he was the reason I stayed away for seven years.My father had argued, threatened, and begged me to come home. In the end, he had still kept the road open for me.A man in a dark coat waited on the steps of the estate.He did not come closer when I got out. He merely inclined his head."Welcome home, Evelyn."I stopped.Years had passed, but his voice sounded almost exactly as I remembered it."Adrian?"He smiled faintly."You remember me. That is more of a welcome than I expected."Adrian Laurent had grown up on the neighboring estate. He was now the sole heir to the Laurent family.When I left at sixteen, he had not tried to stop me. At the airport, he had
The Seventh Time the Don Turned Our Wedding Into a Mock Divorce, I Left Him Chapter 6
Night had fallen by the time Damon returned to the estate.The staff had not touched the master bedroom. Torn photographs still covered the floor.He bent and picked one up.It had been taken shortly after he became Don. In it, I was leaning against his shoulder, smiling without the slightest reservation.I had written a sentence on the back.[I finally made it here with you.]His hand went still.For years, Damon had believed I was the one who could not live without him.Only now did he understand who had been carrying whom.The ledgers I had organized remained in his study. North Port contacts, casino accounts, weaknesses within the old families. Everything was indexed and cross-referenced.I had taken nothing that belonged to the Voss family.Even North Port, the route I had spent three years securing, had been handed back intact."Miss Evelyn revoked all of her access before she left," his assistant said. "She left herself no way back in."Damon closed his eyes.The words hurt more
The Seventh Time the Don Turned Our Wedding Into a Mock Divorce, I Left Him Chapter 5
My name was printed at the top of the report.Beneath it were the words: Early Pregnancy Loss.The date was two days ago.Damon's fingers closed around the page, crushing it in his fist.He stared at the words until they seemed to lose all meaning."A miscarriage?"His voice barely came out.His assistant stood in the doorway, too afraid to answer.Damon smoothed the report out again and forced himself to read every line.Blunt-force trauma to the abdomen.Heavy bleeding upon arrival.Patient requested that her partner not be informed.Each sentence dragged him back to the foot of the stairs.My face had been white with pain. He had taken one step toward me, then turned away the moment Selene called his name.Had blood already been soaking through my dress?He had not seen it.Or perhaps he had never really looked.Damon pulled out his phone and called the hospital.After confirming his identity, the doctor went quiet for several seconds."By the time Miss Evelyn arrived, there was not
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