To Save, or Not to Save

I spat out a mouthful of blood and winced as I turned my head toward the passenger seat. Upon seeing Keaton Rourke wedged between the airbag and the seat, I ground out, "You disabled the airbag, didn't you?"He looked at me like he wanted me dead. He ignored my question, raised an eyebrow, and smirked. "Hate to break it to you, but even with you bleeding out, Teresa will still come to me first."I hunched over in pain, clutching my stomach with both hands. My vision was blurring, and I could barely keep my eyes open, but I still had to defend Teresa Bellamy. "She is my wife. There is no way she would save you before me."Keaton snickered. Just then, Teresa's frantic shout came from outside. "Where are you, Keaton?"As I struggled to look up, I saw her move past the driver's seat and open the passenger door. With a worried look, she grabbed his hand, her eyes brimming with tears. "Hang in there. I'll get you to the hospital."He was totally fine, but she still went out of her way t

I hustled day and night all these years just to show Teresa she made the right choice. I worked around the clock and pushed through social events to give her the life she asked for, but she had already betrayed me from the start.I leaned my head back and sighed, tears rolling down my cheeks. For once in my life, I deserved to live for myself.I got my lawyer to prepare the divorce papers and gave him the resignation letter I had written. He then delivered them both to her.After taking care of everything, I quietly checked myself out of the hospital, blocked Teresa's number, and booked a flight to the beach.I was a big fan of the sea. Back in college, I used to dream of working somewhere by the sea, getting a dog with someone I loved, and taking sunset walks on the beach.However, Teresa never liked the sea. Later, after Keaton joined the company, I found out she was terrified of anything to do with the water because she had nearly drowned as a kid. That was why she left Norbury

Keaton took my phone and stared at Teresa with a grim expression. "Lucien spent his whole life chasing after you. Since his dying wish was to have you by his side, then be the good wife you never were and stay with him."He slammed the door shut with a loud bang, and she was so shaken that she almost fell over.She glared at me in disgust. "I'm carrying Keaton's child. I don't have any feelings for you. How do you think he would feel about you asking me that?"Without responding to Teresa, I spread the paper across the table, taped it in place, and began writing down the measurements based on the client's request.My silence drove her up the wall. She started yelling right next to me, "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you? You know how close Keaton and I are, and now you're trying to drive a wedge between us! I don't have feelings for you. No matter what you do, I'm not coming back to you."I kept my head down, carefully sketching each line. "Keaton knows I'm doing this on pur

I heard Teresa yell, "What do you mean late-stage stomach cancer? It's a liver and gallbladder rupture. What kind of hospital can't even tell the difference?"I opened my eyes in a daze. She was sobbing like crazy, yelling at the doctors with her injured face. I tried to move my fingers, and the sharp beeping from the monitor made my ears ring.She called out, "He woke up. Please take another look at him. He never had stomach issues. How could he possibly have stomach cancer?"She clutched my hand and kneeled by the bed, mumbling nonstop, "How could you have stomach cancer? Your stomach has always been fine."I fixed my cold gaze on Teresa and swallowed the words on the tip of my tongue. For someone who didn't care, my pain only looked like a performance.I tried to pull my hand free, but she held on tight. "I'm not letting go, Lucien. I'm holding on to you forever."My tone was sharp as I looked her in the eye. "I've made up my mind about the divorce, Teresa. Stop making it hard

At the police station, Teresa looked at me in disbelief. "Did you call the police over something so trivial, Lucien? Can't we just talk things out between us instead of making a scene here? I'm your wife."She walked up to me with a cold glare, reaching out to grab my hand. "Let's go home. Stop bothering the police officers."With a grim expression, I pulled my hand away from her. "I'm done talking to you. Take it up with my lawyer."She looked me dead in the eye with menace. "What lawyer? I'm pregnant with your child. Keep this up and I'll get really mad."She was desperate to prevent me from contacting the police, probably because the share transfer agreement had already been set in motion. Meanwhile, Keaton was nowhere to be found.I scoffed. "You're so worked up, huh? Are you so afraid that I'll fight back? You know Keaton better than I do, Teresa. Besides, he's got a murder charge hanging over him for trying to kill me, and I can't just let that slide. Even if you help him to