All Chapters of The Wrong Vow, My Perfect Match : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

73 Chapters

Chapter Sixty One

Julian By the time I had gone back to check on her, they told me she was gone and she did not want to see me, my fists folded in rage and I was on the verge of explosion. It started with the package. I had come home from the hospital the previous night and gone straight to bed, and when I woke up there was a neat stack of boxes outside my apartment door, all my belongings from Evelyn's house, packed carefully and labelled in Amanda's handwriting. Every book, every jacket, every item I had left there over the last few months of being the person that house called when something needed fixing. I stood in the doorway and looked at the boxes for a long time. Then I got dressed and drove to Evelyn's house. The gate was closed and the security guard stepped out before I had finished parking, his expression was already apologetic but firm. "Good morning sir," he said. "Is she home," I asked, already getting out of the car. "Sir, I have been instructed not to allow you entry." I looke

Chapter Sixty Two

CharlieShe was finally gone, the one time I had the chance to make things right she slipped through my fingers again like all those years ago.I sat in the parking lot outside the hospital with both hands on the wheel and stared at nothing, and then I hit the steering wheel hard."Goddamn it," I said, hitting it again, "goddamn it."The horn did not go off this time, which was almost disappointing because I wanted the noise, wanted something outside of me to match what was happening inside.I had come with flowers.Flowers, like some kind of fool, like she was going to look at a bouquet and forget five years and a bullet wound and everything Serena had done. She had not even been there to reject them, she had simply been gone, which was somehow worse.My phone rang.An Unknown number, but with an area code I recognized, and I answered."Mr. Thorne," the voice said, "this is Officer Daniels from the third precinct, I am calling regarding your wife Serena Thorne.""What about her," I s

Chapter Sixty Three

EvelynNo calls, no texts from him, and to think that this was the same man who had hidden things from me, broken my heart and I was still chasing after him was crazy, unfortunately I could not get myself to stop.I had called twice before noon.The first time it rang out, the second time it went straight to voicemail.I sat on my bed and stared at my phone and told myself that this was fine, that I had made my decision, that Julian receiving his belongings in boxes was a clear enough message and whatever silence followed was simply the natural consequence of that clarity.Then I texted him.“Just checking you received everything, I hope you are well.”I read it back and deleted it and wrote another one.“Julian, we need to talk when you are ready.”I sent that one and watched the two grey ticks and waited for them to turn blue and they did not turn blue and I put the phone face down on the bed and stood up.He had not even called after receiving his things, not one word, nothing, and

Chapter Sixty Four

Serena Using the location Frank had given me secretly, I found my way to an old house in the woods. It looked abandoned from the outside but on the inside it was furnished to a certain taste so I relaxed and waited for him to come. I walked through every room slowly, checking windows, testing locks, mapping exits, and when I found the basement at the end of the narrow hallway I stood at the top of the stairs and looked down into the darkness and smiled. Perfect. I went back upstairs and sat on the couch and thought about Charlie. I thought about his face at the station, the way he had looked at me through those bars like I was already someone from his past, and I let that image sit in my chest until every soft thing it made me feel had burned away completely and what was left was something far more useful. "You want to choose her Charlie," I murmured to the empty room, "let us see how that ends for both of you." The door opened and Frank walked in. He did not smile when he saw

Chapter Sixty Five

Julian My plan was finally moving into motion, all that was left was for the bait to get out for the hunt. Once I got Evelyn to believe I was truly sorry I would have her on my side and then I would swing the sword straight to her head. I sat with my phone in my hand and thought about the conversation I had just ended, the way her voice had gone completely flat when I told her about Serena, the way she had cut me off mid sentence, and I smiled because flat and frightened were close enough to work with. I gave her twenty minutes and then called back. She answered on the second ring. "Evey," I started. Through the phone I could hear movement, drawers opening, Leo's voice somewhere in the background asking Amanda something, the particular sound of a household being rapidly dismantled. "Evey, are you leaving?" I asked. "What would you have me do Julian?" she replied, her voice was tight, "sit here and wait for her to find me?" "Listen to me," I told her, keeping my voice low and

Chapter Sixty Six

Evelyn That crazy woman was out already. How did she even escape? God, I was not ready to go on the run because of her, no, I would not do that. I paced the length of the sitting room, my arm throbbed beneath the bandage, my mind ran faster than my feet. "Shit," I muttered, turning at the wall, "shit, shit, what do I do?" "Amanda," I called out, louder than I intended. She appeared immediately from the hallway. "Ma'am?" "Get me Leo, right now, bring him to me." She disappeared and came back within a minute with Leo on her hip, still in his shorts, his hair slightly disheveled from sleep, looking between me and Amanda with the alert expression of a child who had learned to read a room. I took him from her and held him against me, my good arm wrapped tight around his small back. "Leo," I said quietly, pulling back to look at his face, "I want you to know that mama loves you, okay, mama loves you and mama will always, always and forever be by your side my love." He looked at me

Chapter Sixty Seven

Charlie I did not waste any time. I raced to her house. I needed to get her somewhere safe, somewhere with proper protection before Serena made her next move. I pulled up to Evelyn's gate and jumped out of the car before the engine had fully stopped. I crossed to the intercom and pressed the button repeatedly. The security guard appeared within seconds, his expression told me everything before he even spoke. "Sir, nobody is allowed in," he informed me flatly. "I need to see Ms. Hart," I insisted. "It's urgent. It's a matter of her safety. Please open the gate." "Sir, my instructions are clear. Nobody enters." "Then call her," I urged. "Tell her Charlie Thorne is at the gate and needs to speak with her immediately." "Sir..." "Call her," I repeated, louder this time. He reached for his radio, spoke into it, then waited. After a moment, he looked back at me. "Ms. Hart says she isn't receiving visitors." I stepped back and studied the gate, its height, and my car parked directl

Chapter Sixty Eight

Serena Everything was starting to fall into place. I just needed to make Frank believe I was completely committed to him and would never turn against him. Three days in this house, and the walls already felt like they were closing in. I woke that morning with a headache and a craving for juice and cookies. I opened my mouth to call for someone, then stopped. There was nobody to call. No staff, no housekeeper, nobody. Just me, four walls, and the unsettling silence of a house that had never truly been lived in. "Are you serious?" I muttered, pushing myself off the couch and heading for the kitchen. "I'm a fugitive, and I can't even get someone to bring me a glass of juice. This is what my life has become." I found the juice in the refrigerator and the cookies in the cabinet above the counter. Carrying them back to the sitting room, I dropped onto the couch with all the frustration of a woman deeply offended by her own circumstances. I switched on the television. My face filled

Chapter Sixty Nine

Julian It had been a few days since I called her. I had waited and waited, but my patience was beginning to wear thin. I needed to get this over with. I sat at my desk, staring at my phone. For the fourth time that morning, I told myself I wasn't going to call her. The plan depended on her coming to me. Desperation only worked when the other person was the desperate one. Three days of silence, however, was beginning to feel less like strategy and more like defeat. I picked up my phone, then set it back down. "Has she left the city?" I muttered. I pulled my laptop closer, opened a browser, and typed her name into the search bar. It was a habit born from equal parts paranoia and restlessness. The results were exactly the same as they had been two days earlier. Nothing new, no sightings, no public announcements. Just old articles about Hart-Willy, coverage of the gala, and a brief report on the warehouse incident that identified her as the victim without revealing where she was.

Chapter Seventy

Evelyn I had finally conquered my fear and called him. For a moment, I feared his rejection more than anything else. But he had come. Now all I had to do was be ready. I moved through the house with Amanda close behind me, checking every room to make sure everything that needed to stay remained in place while everything coming with us was packed and accounted for. "Is Leo's bag ready?" I asked. "Yes, ma'am. I packed it last night," she answered. "His medication?" "It's in the front pocket." "My documents? The red folder?" "In your carry bag, ma'am. Left-side zip." I stopped in the hallway and turned to her. "Amanda, are you certain everything is there?" She nodded without hesitation. "Everything is in order, ma'am." Satisfied, I walked to the front door and called for the head security guard. He appeared within seconds. "Ma'am?" "I'm going to be away for some time," I explained. "I need you and your team to remain on this property. I don't want the house sitting empty.

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