Semua Bab Dear Ex-Husband, I'm Only Here to Save Your Son: Bab 1 - Bab 10

My swollen feet are hurting a little and my pregnant belly is repeatedly bumping into something in my small kitchen, but I barely notice it.Unable to contain my smile, I put another piece of roast beef in the Lunch Box on the counter. We don’t usually have such good meat, but I had made a good amount of money selling some of my old books. We would need the shelf space for the baby’s things anyway, and I wanted more than anything to surprise my husband that day.The walls in our apartment are thin, so I can hear him in the bathroom, getting ready for his big day. Putting the finishing touches on his meal, I bring the Lunch Box with me, trying to be as quiet as possible as I walk over to where he is. The door is ajar, so I can see him tying his tie in front of the mirror, his face frozen in a determined expression, and I know he's rehearsing every word he's going to say in his presentation that day. Gosh, he's the one facing all those big-shots from the pharmaceutical industry today,

“What…?” I could only blink, wondering for a moment if this was all just a nightmare, not knowing where my daughter was while Connor just stared at me with anger and resentment “What are you talking about…?”“How do you even have the nerve to ask me that? Do you have any idea what you’ve done?” Connor ran his fingers through his hair, as he always did when he was frustrated. “Is that the kind of person you’ve always been? Sneaky? Or did you just think I wasn’t smart enough to see the obvious?”“What’s going on, Connor?” I tried to ask again, scared. “Why are you acting like this?”“How could you do this to me?” he growled, turning to look at me with a painful hatred in his eyes. “I trusted you, Eden! I was going to give you everything! For our baby!” His voice cracked. “Did you even think about how I would feel when Bowman showed up at that meeting and presented my formula as his, word for word? You know what that medicine meant to me! It was my life’s work! But I had to watch in sile

For a moment, I just stood frozen where I was, wondering when I would wake up from this nightmare.It happened all the time. It started with a dream where I would wake up in Connor’s arms again, in my apartment, when we were still husband and wife and my baby was still safe in my belly. Waking up was always terrible, but after a while, I got used to it. The only difference was that, at that moment, he didn’t look like the man I loved, the one who still lived in my memories.He looked like the man who had abandoned me. That chiseled jaw and rugged features that made him look like his father. The blue eyes were darkly shadowed, as if he’d been getting little sleep lately. And that same expression of anger and hurt, now mixed with surprise, that made my last memory of him so terrible.Why… Why wasn’t I waking up…?“What is she doing here?!” a high-pitched voice screamed, piercing my ears and finally snapping me out of my denial.I was so shocked to see Connor there that I hadn’t noticed

Finishing a nearly 20-hour shift was always physically exhausting, but that day, I was exhausted in a different way. My body felt like it had been electrocuted, but my head throbbed like it had been hit with a baseball bat.And worst of all, I knew going home wouldn't do any good. I probably wouldn't be able to sleep anyway.At least, I hadn't heard from Connor for the rest of the day before or today. The sun had set and risen again, but Stefana hadn't said a word. This probably meant I was free from ever having to cross paths with the Mycrofts again, but for some reason, my restless mind refused to grasp it.Damn it, Eden, you have to get it together. You still have one more patient before the day is out.Rubbing my eyes for a moment, I took a deep breath, trying to push all that clutter behind me as I walked to Elijah Jackson's room. He was a sweet little boy, and I would certainly miss talking to him about his superhero movies, but I was happy that his ear infection was cured. It ha

I really hoped that one day my body would stop reacting to Connor this way. Just one glimpse of him standing there and my stomach was in knots, my heart racing at the same time.I hated feeling cornered like that, frozen like a deer in headlights. It wasn't my fault. Connor was the one who wronged me, and it was unfair. But even so, just seeing that coldness in his eyes and knowing he still believed I could sell his project, even after we'd spent literally a lifetime together...This unsettled me in a way I probably wouldn't get over any time soon.“Theodore.” Connor finally spoke, causing Theo to immediately shrink into my lap. “What did I tell you about being around that woman?”“I don’t care what you say!” Theo grumbled, pretending to be brave. “You’re not the boss of me! Dr. Eden is my friend now!”“I’m sure she is.” Connor stared at me, so much disdain in his voice that anyone would think I was planning to kidnap his son or something. “Go outside. You can play later. I have somet