All Chapters of Unexpected Marriage: The night that changed my life: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Chloe smiled at Elijah before getting into his car. Her smile was so genuine and captivating that, for some reason, it almost made Ruan fall to his knees.He couldn’t stop staring at them until they finally drove away.Ruan wanted to break something. He wanted to run after them and drag Chloe away from that man. He wanted to destroy him for making him furious, for standing next to his ex-wife.“How long are you going to stand in the doorway?” Grace’s voice pulled him back. He hadn’t even noticed her arrival. “Please say goodbye to Christopher and leave.”Ruan shifted his gaze to her, his mind clouded with anger and confusion.“Is this how things will be between us from now on?”“You destroyed my best friend—how did you expect me to react?”“She doesn’t look destroyed.” He looked back at the empty spot where Chloe had stood minutes earlier, his mind boiling. “Chloe looked pretty happy next to another man.”The guilt devoured him, even more when Grace mocked his words. Ruan wasn’t ready

Megan’s lips pressed into a thin, tight line as she left the house before sunrise. She had seen Ruan sleeping in the guest room before she walked out, and the remnants of last night’s fight still littered the dining room floor.She felt as if the world had closed in around her. Before everything happened, she had been the woman he loved most, and no one had ever come between them—until Chloe slept with Ruan on the eve of their wedding. He had never stopped loving her, not even during the six years they had been apart.But now, for the first time, things felt different. Someone had stepped between them, stealing all of Ruan’s love and attention. Megan felt she couldn’t bear it. When she returned to Phoenix, she had decided to fight for him and take back what Chloe had destroyed.On tiptoe, she slipped outside, waited for the car to pull up, and climbed in. Behind the wheel sat Josephine, her face bare of makeup, a sharp line of irritation etched into her forehead.“What was so time-sen

Ruan was on his way to work when he got a call from Grace that morning. He drove through the streets, irritated, his mind replaying Megan’s behavior.He had woken up, and she wasn’t home. The messy bed revealed the rough night they’d had. It felt strange to be beside the woman he loved without being able to touch her. They didn’t even kiss anymore or share the same bed.He called her several times, but Megan didn’t answer any of his calls. It was too early for her to be at work, and Ruan sensed something was wrong. Megan had never been temperamental, never violent like she’d been the night before.He pulled the car over to answer the call. When Grace’s voice echoed on the other end of the line, Ruan instantly knew something serious had happened to Chloe.“I’m taking Chris to school, but Chloe is badly hurt. You need to come to the hospital and see her.”Ending the call, Ruan turned the car around and sped toward the hospital. His chest burned as he imagined Chloe in danger. He didn’t

Ruan's gaze was icy, darkened by a fury he could barely contain, as he looked at Josephine for the last time and walked away. Her voice echoed behind him, a shrill and desperate plea begging him to get her out of there.He could not allow time to erase the memory of the horror. He should not have forgotten what had happened more than six years ago, when Josephine offered Chloe an abortifacient tea without her knowing the truth. They had needed to flee so as not to lose another child. It was six years of self-imposed exile, in which he learned to love Chloe for having given him such a loving son.There was nothing more important to Ruan than Christopher's safety, and he would face anyone to ensure it, even if that “anyone” was directly linked to the woman he supposedly loved.When he arrived outside the police station, the cold night air could not appease the fire in his chest. Megan ran to hug him. It was a hug of relief and possession, and Ruan noted how strange it was that she wasn'

Ruan pressed the accelerator, leaving behind Chloe’s house and her icy stare. Everything that had happened inside that house left him with the suffocating feeling that something still bound him to Chloe. The image of her standing beside Elijah, a man he barely knew, hit him like a punch to the gut. He didn’t feel anything for Chloe anymore, or at least, that’s what he wanted to believe.Or maybe he hoped that was the truth.“Damn it!” He slammed his fist against the steering wheel. He hated not being able to understand his emotions.The guilt of leaving Megan alone at the police station sat in his chest like a dead weight. He had gone out to pick up his son, but in his rush to reach Chloe’s house—and his fury at seeing Elijah—he had forgotten Megan for the second time that day. She wouldn’t forgive him once she learned the truth.He grabbed his phone. It rang only once.“Megan?”“I’m already home.” Her reply was brief. It wasn’t the wounded tone he expected from someone abandoned at a