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Chapter 45: Broken Friendships?
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Two Days Before The Wedding Chapter 54: The Suspect Isn’t A Stranger
Alexander“The surgery was successful, Mr. Alexander. Your wife is out of danger.” I never would have thought that those words would someday bring me an unexplainable amount of peace. But that was what I felt a week ago when the doctor passed that information and moments later when my wife was wheeled out of the ER alive; unconscious but alive. I've refused to leave her side since then. Every day since then has bled into the same routine. I sit beside her bed, keep my fingers threaded through hers, listen to the machines beep, watch the slow rise and fall of her chest while telling her stories of how I hoped that night would have turned out. And when evening comes, I'll walk to the NICU to see my son.Just like now, standing here as the sun sets watching my son fight through death to be here. Even with all the money in the world, I'm unable to protect my child from pain. He looks so small, his body covered with wires and tubes. All I feel is shame. Why couldn't his first breath
Two Days Before The Wedding Chapter 53: Elias Rousseau
AlexanderMy life has crumbled. My life has moved with the speed of light, from happiness and fulfillment to tragedy. I've gone from almost having a family to being on the verge of losing my wife and unborn son. The hospital is ridden by chaos. Nurses run in and out of the ER, their feet moving with desperation, their voices echoing my fears. The cops have been filing in and out of the hospital, asking questions that I have no answers to. All I know is one thing: The person who did this will pay. I hunch forward, my elbows digging into my thighs, my trembling hands pressed against my face. My feet bounce against the floor in a frantic rhythm. I don't know how long it's been. I don't know if it's been seconds or minutes or hours. Time has blurred into this dreadful moment. My lungs ache as I drag in a breath.“Alex…”My head tilts upward. My eyes meet Julius's. My pain comes rushing back, this time with shame. I did, in fact, fail him. I couldn't protect his sister…“It’s be
Two Days Before The Wedding Chapter 52: Unconscious
EvangelineOne week later.I swipe open the message from an unknown number and mutter its content out loud: Meet me here by 10:30.Underneath the message is a pinned location. I navigate the map, my brows creased into a frown. It leads to an old event building not very far from my museum.It clicks.A smile drags my lips wide.Alexander is the only one who knows that I’m still cooped up at the museum at this time. Maybe this is his way of luring me away from work after giving up on complaining. Or maybe he’s finally about to reveal the surprise he swears he’s been planning all week long.My heart flips at the thought, then drops when I realize I’m dressed too casual and reek of paint oil.I immediately FaceTime Alessio. She answers on the second ring, grumbling. “Girl, couldn’t you have picked a better time to call?”“I need you…” I pause, “wait, why are you doing your makeup?”She gives her eyes a dramatic roll. “I have a date.”I raise a brow in disbelief. Not that I don’t believe A
Two Days Before The Wedding Chapter 51: Surprised
AlexanderOne month later.The museum empties slowly, the air finally quieting after a long night of loud chatter, clinking of glasses and storms of applause.I shrug off my suit jacket and drape it over my arm as I watch my Evangeline share goodbye hugs with the last few people.She has been radiant all night.It’s my time seeing her in her work space and it was a good view. She killed it. I was almost split open by pride and longing while I watched her soak into her world.And now that everyone has left, I have her all to myself.My lips lift as she approaches me on slow, sultry steps.“So?” She questions, her eyes bouncing around.“You have to ask?” I joke. “You nailed it. Excellently.”The light is too dim, but with the way her head drops, I can tell her face is burning hot with shyness.“Thank you… for coming…” she breathes.I stepp forward. “I wouldn’t have missed it for anything.”She looks at me through the veil of her lashes as she carefully threads her fingers through mine.
Two Days Before The Wedding Chapter 50: Restarting
Evangeline“Jesus, Xander, what took you so long in there?”The words slip out before I can stop them. I’ve been sitting here in the hallway for hours, restless, praying that my father and Alexander would get along. When Julius walked into the office, I knew the chances for that to happen will be very slim. And now, this man is stepping out with his usual composed strides and a smile on his face.“Were you worried I wouldn’t handle him?” he asks, a glimmer of humor tugging at his mouth.I fold my arms across my chest, pulling my brows into a deep furrow. “Shouldn’t I have been? You took too long…”“And I’m here, am I not?” he answers, adjusting his cuff.I drag my eyes over his frame. Once. Twice, and blow out a breath. “So?”“So…” he drawls, pretending like he doesn’t know what I’m asking.I groan in frustration. “What happened in there?”“Well, I learnt that your father loves you,” he says, a softness melting into his gaze.It’s not much of an answer, but it still loosens a coil in
Two Days Before The Wedding Chapter 49: A step in The right direction
AlexanderI’m here for one reason only: I miss my woman. And to see her here, comfortable, glowing, and happy in the place where she grew up, with the people who she’s loved all her life… it brings me an immense sense of peace and happiness.We made the right choice.Her eyes catch on mine like there’s a magnetic force pulling them in. Her smile widens. Her face glows even brighter even as she tries to conceal her ecstatic smile from her family. It’s futile.Her body’s reaction—which is in fact out of her control—is very telling. Her shoulders rise on a deep breath. Her pulse ticks erratically at the base of her throat as she raises a brow at me as if asking what I’m doing here.I respond with a smile of my own.You know what else is telling? The energy that is now pulsing in the room.It’s not discomforting, yet not comforting.Her brother eyes me with the same distaste he showed during our dinner nights ago..Her mother… is simply a mother who’s careful for her daughter not to get
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