All Chapters of Crossed: Chasing Back the Unwanted Wife: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

Nolan pushed the door open and paused, scanning the restaurant for the jet-black hair he could never miss.He squinted a little, his head moving even slower, and he was so concentrated that the greeting of a short waitress sounded more like a squeak as she passed by.Then finally, he spotted the hair buried in a phone's screen. His shoulders relaxed, and he stepped away from the door, walking towards the table.He slid into the chair opposite the man. “Hey man." Kai looked up from his phone, a smile creeping to his lips as he shook Nolan's hand. “Welcome back! Feels good, right?”Nolan clicked his teeth. "No, not really." He replied, his eyes sweeping across the room.This was the first restaurant he'd ever walked into when he'd become an adult and just freshly inherited his father's empire.He could remember walking in here to hide from his father's board of directors when they'd called for a meeting for the fourth time that week.The new status had been so heavy on his neck that he

Nolan tapped his hand on the steering wheel, his eyes keenly watching the entrance of a furniture store.He was parked a block away, stroking his chin with his other free hand.A light knock on his window shifted his eyes from the store. And he unlocked the door for Kai to get in.“The last time I checked, you were back here to search for your missing fiancee." Kai said, wrapping his jacket tighter around his body and clutching a takeout cup of coffee in the other hand.“Now you’ve got me sitting in your car like some sidekick stalker.”But Nolan didn't respond, nor did he take his eyes off the building, a frown etched across his face.“Do you want to talk to me, or should I just shut up and be your dummy?" Nolan turned to him, then turned away again. “You know, the last time I saw Jules." “Yeah yeah, that's true, what did she say she was doing here? I thought you said her mom was over there with her.”"Well, I didn't get to talk to her." Kai looked confused. “Why?" “Because she di

“She’s the one in the picture,” Kai said, shoving the phone in front of Nolan’s eyes.Nolan's heart sank for some reason. And as he reached to take the phone from his friend, his throat bobbed.He snatched it and turned to the woman before shifting his gaze to the screen. It was the picture that had circulated on his and Jules' wedding day that had made him think she was cheating on him and made him reject his own child.He zoomed into the photo, then turned back to the woman. The more he stared between the picture and the woman, the more unreal it felt.The resemblance was uncanny, yet there was a difference between both of them.‘Jules looks different when she's frowning.’ He said in his mind.“She's Jules' stunt double." Kai said.“I'm not a stunt double. And I'm definitely not the woman you're looking for. So goodbye.” She swung her hoodie over her head and walked past Nolan, heading out of the alley.Nolan couldn't believe this was real. So it really wasn't Jules in the picture,

"How are you doing?" Jules asked with a small smile, a wineglass in her hand.Colton just let out a breath and leaned in his seat, his hand circling the rim of his canned soda. “I'm good, honestly. I mean, I am finally getting the hang of running a company." “I thought Ethan took it back." “Nah," he said, looking in the distance from the balcony where they sat. “But he did say if it goes bankrupt, he'd have my head." Jules smiled faintly and let silence stretch.“Ethan hasn’t been the same since you left,” Colton said at last.Jules flipped her hair over her head. "Oh, stop exaggerating. I've only been gone a few days.”"But I'm not. He's been showing up at Cassie's house with silly excuses to get me out.”Jules wanted to scoff. Ethan hadn't exactly called her again after he called her on the first day and she'd told him to leave her alone. Now he was feeling lonely? Ethan?It almost sounded funny in her head. She lifted the glass to her lips and sipped from it. But then her face

Jules leaned over the bathroom sink, staring at the reflection that mocked her—red eyes, dark circles, and a face so drained it barely felt like her own.Her illness had gotten worse, and even Asher had noticed, and he'd cried when he woke up and saw how weak she looked.At this point, she wasn't even sure it was pregnancy or guilt eating her slowly till she died completely.The medication wasn't working, and she'd refused the hospital running additional tests for her.The only reason her hands were resting on the sink was because she could feel her legs and she needed support to stand upright.‘You’re killing yourself.’“You think I don't know?" She argued with the voice in her head, shoving her tangled hair behind her ear.Her eyes dropped to the test kit in her hand. She'd bought it about two days ago, but since then she hadn't had the guts to look at it again till Asher had cried after seeing her and she just knew she might be killing herself and possibly a child if she didn't fi