Chapter 11

The morning of the surgery came quickly. Seraphina and I were laid out on gurneys in our rooms.For some reason Ethan had been gone since I woke up. He wasn't answering his phone. My messages sat unread.The nurses came in before long. I looked toward the door one last time, then made myself lie back and let them wheel me out.Just before the operating room doors, Seraphina turned her head and looked at me."Goodbye, Ivy," she said softly.I frowned. Something strange rippled through me. Those black eyes of hers, dead calm, didn't fit the words. A cold prickle crawled up my arms and legs.I tried, instinctively, to sit up. Pain shot through my arm. A clear liquid being slowly pushed into my veins. My body stopped listening to me.The surgical lights were right there above me, and even I, slow as I was, could feel that something was very wrong. But I couldn't stop those doors from closing—"Wait!""Stop. Stop everything!"Ethan's voice cut through the haze like a blade through a dark ro

Chapter 12

I opened my eyes in a hospital room. Ethan was at the side of the bed, asking me almost in the same breath where it hurt.I shook my head. The earlier scene came flooding back, and a tail of fear came with it. Thank god he'd made it in time."How did you figure out Seraphina had paid off that doctor?""Last night, when I went out to handle some work, I overheard two nurses talking. One of them mentioned Seraphina. I hung back and listened."Ethan had been behind a stairwell door, he said, when one of the nurses started saying:"Her labs all look normal. She doesn't read like liver failure at all. Why are they rushing her to surgery? It's so strange.""Hush. Don't say things like that. If the wrong person hears you, you'll be out of a job.""Who knows, rich people and their business. We just do what we're told. The rest, don't ask questions that aren't ours to ask."That little conversation was enough for Ethan. He started pulling threads. He got someone to dig into Dr. Mercer that same

Chapter 13

The next time I saw Lucas was at the courthouse, the morning we finalized the divorce.He'd lost weight. He looked tired. He stood at the entrance and couldn't quite get himself to walk in.I looked back at him, puzzled, half-expecting him to back out. I was about to say something when I caught him staring at my left hand. His face went gray."He asked you?"I didn't dodge it. "Yes."He didn't say anything else. He followed me in. We walked out a little while later, each of us holding a copy of the final decree.Almost four years. I'd finally closed that ridiculous marriage down. I was finally free of the shadow of those years. My life was finally on its own track.Lucas stood there staring at his thin folder, head lowered, expression unreadable."Richard and Catherine said you blocked their numbers and won't see them. They asked me to tell you they know they were wrong.""They want to give you everything they can. They want you to forgive them, and come home."I laughed softly. "No. I

All Chapters of My Husband’s Regret After I Cheated: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13