All Chapters of The Detour of Our Marriage: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

They knew better than to cause any more scenes, so they quietly followed the police out.At the station, Shane and Linda blurted apologies, practically groveling to the new homeowner. They buttered him up until he finally agreed to settle things privately. However, when it came to the cash they owed, not a penny could be spared.Their faces twisted in frustration as they signed the debt note.It was past midnight by the time they left the station.Shane was fuming, spitting insults as they walked. "That traitor! She thinks she can play us like that? She's got another thing coming if she thinks she can ditch the Isles family. Just wait until we find her; she'll wish she hadn't!"Linda was right there with him, her words just as ugly.Lucas, on the other hand, was silent, walking beside them with a far-off look in his eyes as if he was still in shock.He kept tapping his phone, redialing the same number to no avail. It was disconnected.Every message he sent came back blocked. Wi

Lucas stared at the woman in front of him, who once had the gentlest touch.At this moment, Cecilia's face was twisted in anger, so changed that he hardly recognized her.However, he was in a bind and had to push on. "The lab's going under, and there's the debt to my parents... I gave you a bunch of money before, right? Can you spot me some to tide things over? I'll pay you back...""I don't have it!" Cecelia's voice broke as she yelled.Her tone was sharp. "That money you gave me? Gone. I needed it for the baby, for nutrition during the pregnancy. I did it all for our kid!"Lucas went quiet, feeling a pounding in his head.Then Cecelia's voice softened, "What about Gia? She's loaded, isn't she? You're in this mess, and you're still too proud to ask her?"Lucas's face flushed with shame.His heartache and misery seemed to find an escape as he slumped down, burying his face in his hands, and murmured, "She left... She divorced me, and she didn't leave me anything.""What?!" Cec

From that day forward, Lucas was a fixture outside Gia's company, undeterred by rain or shine.The bodyguard, for what felt like the millionth time, warned him. "Ms. Rowan says she'll call the cops if she sees you here again.""I'll wait..." Lucas's voice was a raspy shadow of itself, "I'll wait until she's ready to talk..."A familiar figure appeared at the entrance. Gia, surrounded by top executives, walked out in a sleek black designer suit that made her look even more untouchable.Lucas lurched forward, only to be stopped cold by a bodyguard's iron grip on his arm."Gia..." Lucas fought against the hold, tumbling to the ground. "I messed up, please, just look at me..."However, Gia did not break stride.Her assistant, unable to contain his curiosity, whispered, "Ms. Rowan, who is that guy acting crazy?""I don't know him," replied Gia emotionlessly. She glanced at her watch and asked, "Is everything set for the interview?"Cars sped past, one of them showering Lucas with a

Lucas seemed to realize that no matter how many cuts he made, no matter how much blood he shed, it would not make things right with Gia. Blood once spilled could not be taken back.He could not accept it, though. He tried to stir up Gia's memories with all the good times they had had.Once he had gotten a grip on himself, he led Gia out, his face ghostly pale."Remember how we used to go shopping? I'd push the cart while you'd pick out whatever you wanted..."Gia snorted, giving her tied-up hands a shake. "You mean like this?"Her hands were out of sight under her coat, hidden from view.Lucas's cheeks flushed with a fleeting embarrassment before he whispered soothingly, "Gia, just hang in there... Once we get back to the way things were, it'll all be different.""There's no going back," replied Gia, her voice steady and cool. "We can never go back."A look of agony crossed Lucas's face. He seemed on the verge of a wild outburst, but he held it back."I can't accept that, Gia.

The steady beep of the heart monitor filled the room as Lucas lay on the hospital bed. He was ghostly pale, his abdomen was swathed in thick bandages, and his breath barely lifted his chest.The doctor removed his mask, shaking his head at Shane and Linda waiting outside. "The patient's been through a lot and has lost a lot of blood. Whether he wakes up... that's on him now."Linda's knees buckled, and she crumpled to the floor, sobbing, "If my son doesn't wake up, I swear I'll make that homewrecker pay!""Enough!" snapped the nurse, losing patience. "Your yelling isn't helping. He needs peace and quiet. Everyone, out!"Down the hall, a few nurses on duty traded gossip in hushed tones."Hey, have you heard? That guy in there was the guy who fought over a blood bag for his side chick against his own wife.""What goes around comes around!""His parents are no saints either. The whole lot of them mooching off others and still trying to grab all the perks..."Linda lunged forward w