All Chapters of Traded My Life for His First Love: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

8 Chapters

Chapter 1

Estelle Wheeler's POV:Dust continued raining down from the concrete slab above me. All that dust in the air was suffocating me. My right leg was pinned beneath a beam, and the pain caused me to break out in a cold sweat.I heard the sound of two people embracing from somewhere above me. I heard Gigi Lynch's muffled sobs against Kenneth Scott's chest, as well as the sound of him murmuring gentle words of comfort. Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he asked, "Where's Estelle?" "Estelle… She was fighting me for the rope earlier. She lost her footing and slipped into the shallow trench next to us," Gigi sobbed. "Ken, it hurts so bad…"Silence hung in the air for a couple of seconds. Then, Kenneth snapped from above, "In that case, she can very well climb up the beam herself. We're leaving now."The sound of footsteps faded into the distance. Just like that, I was left behind. The concrete slab above me broke in two, and debris continued to fall. The beam pinning my

Chapter 2

Kenneth comforted Gigi tenderly, "Don't be afraid. I'm right here."I continued knocking on the door. As the joints in my fingers turned numb, my knocks became softer and softer. Finally, someone opened the door. Kenneth stood at the door. His shadow was cast right over my curled-up body. He demanded, "Give Gigi an open apology, and I will let you in."I leaned against the door frame, lifting my head to look at him. Throughout the last four years of our marriage, his face was the one I adored above all others. It just felt like I could gaze at him forever.However, now, the sight of his face was making my skin crawl."I did not do anything wrong, so I'm not going to apologize," I said.Then, Gigi's voice came from behind him. She said, "Don't make things difficult for her, Ken. It's fine if she doesn't want to apologize. I'll just bear the brunt of things. I'm fine with it…"Kenneth crouched down and clamped his hand around my jaw."Stop pretending like you're half-dead. Accor

Chapter 3

The pain in my wounded leg made it impossible for me to fall asleep. So, I dragged myself up to seek out the medical team for some painkillers. As I made my way past Kenneth and Gigi, I paused. I could hear Gigi cooing from behind the curtains, "Ken, I'd really love a warm drink… But it's so dark outside. I'm scared…"In an extremely low voice, Kenneth replied, "I'll go get it for you."He pulled the curtain aside, only to see me standing on the other side. Perhaps my appearance was so ghastly that he flinched and knitted his brows together suddenly as if he had been stung. Gigi continued cooing from behind the curtains. "Just get Estelle to do it, Ken. She's used to doing these things at home anyway, isn't she?" Kenneth gulped. After staying silent for a couple of seconds, he instructed in a mechanical tone, "Go get Gigi a cup of warm water." A continuous shiver ran across my entire body, though I couldn't be sure if it was from the cold or the pain. Stiffly, I nodded, the

Chapter 4

Upon arriving at the hospital, the doctor pulled back the gauze. A dead silence fell over the emergency room for a brief moment. "The wound is severely infected. She needs surgical debridement immediately. If we wait a few more hours, she will lose this leg of hers." I lost consciousness. When I came to, the first thing I did was look down at my legs. Both my legs were still intact. Silent tears streamed down my face. Then, I heard the sound of people talking in the corridor. Someone said, "Mr. Scott, regarding your wife's emergency procedure—we need a family member's signature in order to proceed with the subsequent treatment plan…""Just hand it to me," Kenneth said. His voice carried a tinge of weariness. All of a sudden, Gigi screamed hysterically, "Ken, I'd rather be dead! My hand is going to be permanently scarred. How am I ever supposed to go back to dancing?"Kenneth dropped the pen immediately. "Doctor, the signature will have to wait. I need to go check on Gigi for

Chapter 5

Third-person POV:When Kenneth arrived at the hospital the next day and pushed open the door to the hospital ward, he was dumbfounded.The bed was unoccupied. A ring and their marriage certificate were sitting on the bedside table. There was also a note.He walked over and picked up the ring before opening the note. There was only one word written on it—"Divorce". He stared at the word for a really long time, tightening his grasp on the ring in his palm. Suddenly, he felt that a part of his heart had been hollowed out. An inexplicable sense of terror slithered up his spine like a snake.What gave Estelle the guts to do this? She was clearly so in love with him that she was willing to give her life up for him. How could she be serious about leaving him? He turned around and walked out of the hospital ward. Once Gigi saw him emerging from the hospital ward, she went up to him immediately and linked arms with him."Her presence really stresses me out. It always feels like she's

Chapter 6

The news went viral in the third week after Estelle's disappearance. The hashtag, "#EarthquakeRuinsSurveillanceFootageExposed", dominated the top of the chart. The footage was retrieved from a surveillance camera around the ruins. It showed Gigi giving Estelle one hard shove the moment the earthquake happened.Estelle was shoved to the right, and her back slammed against a fallen storage rack while her right leg was stuck under a beam, pinning her down where she was.After she was pinned down by the beam, Kenneth rushed over, tossing down a rope and some tools. Instead of using them for herself, Estelle gave everything over to Gigi. The last part of the footage showed Estelle's entire ordeal. It showed her chipping off the broken concrete with a rebar and saving herself all on her own. Her hands were covered in blood. One by one, her fingernails broke, and her face was covered in dust and tears. Kenneth watched the footage over and over. His face turned whiter each time he watc

Chapter 7

That day, when my aunt told me someone came looking for me, I was choreographing a new dance piece for some children.I went silent for a few seconds. I knew I could no longer hide.The next day, Kenneth came by again. He headed upstairs right away and knocked on the door. When my aunt refused to open the door, he called out from the other side, "Aunt Janice, I know Estelle is in there. I just want to say a few words. I won't be going in." His voice was dull and muffled. He sounded completely different from the version of him in my memory—someone who was always calm and composed. I told my aunt to open the door. There he stood at the doorway. He had lost so much weight. His cheekbones were protruding, and he had dull, dark circles around his eyes. His coat hung loosely over him, as if draped over a coat hanger. His lips were chapped, and there was a tiny cut at the corner of his lip. In fact, he looked like someone who hadn't had a proper meal in ages.The moment he saw me,

Chapter 8

I watched as Kenneth was lifted into the ambulance. Deep down, there wasn't a rush of pleasure. I just felt tired. A month later, a brown envelope was placed at my door. I brought it indoors, finally opening it after sitting with it for a long while. At the very top was a signed divorce agreement. According to the agreement, all assets would belong to the female party while the male party had willingly surrendered all rights. Beneath the divorce agreement were the property ownership transfer documents. Kenneth had transferred the title of our matrimonial home to me. Next, there was a bank card. A note was stuck at the back, on which a password and the balance were written. It was a substantial sum of money. There was one more thing tucked under everything else. It was a photo of us from our wedding day. I flipped the photograph over. A single line of text was written on the back. It read, "I'm sorry I came an entire lifetime too late." I slipped the photograph back into t

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