All Chapters of Boyfriend Cheated with Cheer Captain, I Left: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

The other end went dead silent, and then Evan's voice shot up."Lillian, are you threatening me?""This is publicity. A marketing strategy. Do you even understand that? We're a friendship duo. Sophia's helping me build buzz. This is the most critical time in my career, and you're pulling this crap?"I swallowed the ache in my throat."Do you even remember what you promised me?"A pause. Then a sigh, and his voice came drifting over, light as air."Lillian, I know. You've been waiting for me to go public with you.""But have you ever considered what kind of damage it would do to my image if I suddenly announced some no-name girlfriend? I'd take a massive hit.""I didn't have a choice. If you could help my career the way Sophia does, I wouldn't need to do any of this."My knuckles whitened around the phone.He was right about one thing: I was nobody compared to Sophia. She had the body, the face, and she'd been the most popular cheer captain in the country for years.All I had was eight

Chapter 2

The suitcase sat open in the living room. I packed slowly.At the bottom, my fingers brushed a cream-colored envelope.A job offer from Valley Creek Private Hospital, received two months ago. A position as a surgeon, with generous pay.Back then, Evan had been stressed about the championship. I hadn't even looked at it before shoving it away.At least now it would finally come in handy.I wanted to prove that I wasn't just some no-name.I finished packing the living room, wiped the sweat from my forehead, and looked around the apartment Evan and I had shared for eight years.The wallpaper was peeling, the window frames had rusted over, and I'd just repainted the whole place.Romance DVDs lay scattered across the floor, used condoms were piling up in the trash, and leftover pizza sat in the fridge. Every corner held some trace of us.I took a deep breath, refusing to let myself drown in it, and pushed open the bedroom door.My eyes went wide.In the center of the bed, on sheets I'd chan

Chapter 3

That bracelet was the only thing I had left from eight years together.The only proof that someone had once loved me.It couldn't be taken away. If it was, then those eight years really were nothing but a joke."Give it back."My voice came out dry and cracked.Sophia blinked, then put on an exaggerated look of sympathy."This? You like it? But Evan gave it to me for my birthday. I can't just hand it over."I stared at Evan, disbelief flooding through me. He wouldn't meet my eyes."She saw it at my place and liked it, so I let her have it. It's just a bracelet. I'll get you something better. Don't make a big deal out of it."Something inside my chest collapsed, and I shot to my feet."I said give it back!"Sophia flinched like I'd lunged at her, letting out a little yelp. She shrank back, delicate and helpless, and her wrist twisted.Crack.The bone bracelet shattered against the floor.I stood frozen, eyes locked on the fragments.The last thread holding me together snapped.My palm c

Chapter 4

The paramedics arrived and wheeled me into the exam room.The doctor examined my right ankle, pressing his cool fingers against different points. Every touch sent a jolt of sharp pain through me."Does this hurt?""How about here?""Can you feel me moving your toes?"I clenched my jaw, nodding, shaking my head, squeezing out broken answers.The examination lasted about ten minutes. The doctor straightened up, pulled off his gloves, and his brow furrowed."Old injury. Post-fibula excision. The joint stability was already compromised." His voice was heavy. "Now, with this kind of blunt force trauma, the situation is very serious.""You need surgery immediately. The longer we wait, the less likely it is that full joint function can be restored."He didn't finish, but the meaning was clear.If I didn't get the surgery, I could lose this foot.My nails bit crescents into my palms.Evan knew exactly where I was most vulnerable. And he'd hit the mark dead-on.The nurse brought a wheelchair, h

Chapter 5

Evan stood there, asking me where I was going.After he'd hung up on me for another woman's tears. After he'd drained the account. After I'd faced a disability diagnosis alone.He wanted to know where I was going.A wave of absurdity hit me so hard I almost laughed.For a split second, I wanted to say the cruelest thing I could think of.Evan Cole, because of that shove, this leg, the one I donated bone from to save your career, was ruined. Permanently. I would never walk normally again. Happy now?But just as those words were about to leave my mouth, a sweet, breathy voice cut in."Evan? What are you doing over here? I've been looking everywhere."Sophia glided toward us, a small, elegant bandage on her cheek. She hooked her arm through Evan's like it was the most natural thing in the world, then turned her gaze on me."Oh my God, is that you?" She covered her mouth, eyes darting between me and the wheelchair. "What happened? You're in a wheelchair? Evan was just so worked up trying t

Chapter 6

That day was nothing more than a pebble tossed into Evan Cole's world.At first, he pushed me out of his mind with a kind of righteous anger.He told himself I was ungrateful and difficult, that at the most critical moment of his career, instead of helping, I'd caused nothing but trouble and even hurt the one person who actually supported him.A little suffering would do me good.Then he threw himself into building the "perfect duo" image with Sophia.Their "friendship" was catnip for the media. From the field to charity galas, from reality TV cameos to luxury brand campaigns, they were inseparable.The bandage came off Sophia's face in no time. Her skin was flawless, better than before, even. The injury had earned her a wave of sympathy and a fresh surge of followers.She was smart. She knew exactly when to play up the chemistry for the cameras and when to pull back just enough to keep the public guessing.Evan loved the attention.Flowers, applause, camera flashes, endorsement deals

Chapter 7

Autumn in Valley Creek. The sky was a clear, endless blue.The private hospital sat on the edge of town, wrapped in maples burning half-gold, half-red."Lillian, the patient in bed three says his wound feels tight. Wants you to take another look.""Lillian, here's the imaging you requested on last week's complex fracture.""Lillian, there's an old lady who asked for you specifically. Brought homemade apple pie. It's at the nurses' station."A weekday morning. Voices streamed in from the hallway and the intercom one after another.I responded to each, eyes focused on the chart in front of me.Then a steaming cup of herbal tea appeared on my desk.I looked up, surprised. It was Ryan Carter, the young director of Valley Creek Hospital.He couldn't have been thirty yet. Wire-rimmed glasses, a calm, attentive gaze."Lillian, the way you've handled those complex trauma cases in orthopedics this past month has been remarkable." His tone was genuine. "Having you here is Valley Creek's good for

Chapter 8

I looked up at him.Strangely, my heart was perfectly still. Even the old needle-prick of pain I used to feel whenever I saw him was gone."I'm not throwing a tantrum, Evan." My voice was quiet. "We're over. We were over three months ago, the moment you stole the surgery money and hung up on me.""That was a misunderstanding." His voice shot up, a vein pulsing at his temple. "I wasn't thinking straight. Sophia was crying so hard, I thought you were— I tried to find you after. I tried to explain. You wouldn't pick up.""Explain?" I repeated the word, almost amused. "To explain how you let her stain our sheets? How you gave her the bracelet you'd made for me, and watched her smash it?""Or to explain how, when I was begging you to save my foot, you hung up on me the second she started crying?"With every question, another shade of color drained from his face."That's not ... none of that is what you think." He floundered, eyes darting. "Sophia and I, it was all for publicity. Work. The s

Chapter 9

After that day, things between Ryan and me began to shift.We spent time together like friends, sharing stories from work, venting about bad days, grabbing the occasional meal, going for walks.Then, one night, my phone erupted.Text after text from unknown numbers, each carrying blurry, oddly-angled photos of me at the hospital, me heading home. Clearly taken without my knowledge.The last message was unsigned: a long, rambling rant laced with venom and the sloppy syntax of someone who'd been drinking, cursing me for being heartless, then abruptly begging me to come back, peppered with crying emojis.A cold wave of revulsion crawled up my spine.I knew exactly who it was.He'd switched tactics, going for something worse, more pathetic, and more relentless.This time, I didn't hesitate.I screenshotted every text and photo, packaged them together, and sent a measured, professional email to Evan's agent."Mr. Hunter, this is a follow-up reminder. Evan Cole's continued harassment, stalki

Chapter 10

Evan showed up at the apartment building where Ryan and I lived.It had only been a few weeks, but he looked worse than ever. The red in his eyes had deepened, and there was a desperation about him, something cornered and unhinged.When he saw Ryan and me come out together, his pupils contracted."Married? Lillian, you'd go this far just to get back at me?" His voice cracked. He lunged to grab my wrist. "You married a man you barely know? Have you lost your mind?"Ryan stepped forward, placing himself between us.He wasn't built like Evan, not as broad, not as imposing, but he stood straight as a pine, and the quiet authority in his stance stopped Evan cold."Mr. Cole, that's enough. Lillian is my wife now. Her decisions about her own marriage are hers to make.""Wife?" The word seemed to physically burn him. He stared past Ryan at me. "A few months? That's all it took for you to fall for someone else? Lillian, eight years. What did those eight years even mean to you?"Ryan didn't let

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