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Gone Was Her Spring의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 9

9 챕터

Chapter 1

The call button was pressed, but Susan Brown didn’t stop speaking.“Myles, I have worked so hard all these years to build this business,” she said, her voice softening as she wiped the bright red blood from the back of my hand. “I need a child to inherit everything I’ve built. Our relationship has grown a bit stale lately anyway. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a sweet little child running around the house to liven things up?”A soft smile crept into Susan’s eyes.“As for Owen… he has suffered a lot for my sake. He is gentle and sensible; he won’t ever threaten your status as my husband. I can’t mistreat him, so please, don’t make a scene, okay?”Watching the sheer tenderness in Susan’s eyes, I laughed until the tears came.So, that six-month “business trip” she took was actually just a cover to go off and bear a child for her lover. The reason I couldn’t reach her wasn’t that she was busy; she just didn’t want me disrupting her secret life. And through it all, I had been blind to her

Chapter 2

So, when Susan told Grandma to her face that she was taking me out to help me clear my head, I got into the car. However, my chest felt so tight I could barely breathe, so I rolled down the window halfway.“Susan, you are despicable.”She gently brushed aside the stray hairs blowing across my face.“Myles, I posted those photos on social media on purpose just so you would see them. I don’t want you to leave me.”A bout of nausea hit me again, and I turned my face away from her."I’ll go to the party. Just have someone take Grandma back home right now.”Susan agreed without hesitation.The ballroom was massive, but the first thing I spotted was the baby right in the center. The clothes, the link baby socks, and even the name belonged to the child Susan and I had lost years ago.I clenched my fists, forcing myself to stay calm as I said, “Susan, you could have easily bought new things.”However, she just frowned. “Don’t be so petty, Myles. Owen said babies grow fast anyway. The

Chapter 3

Dragging my weak, unsteady feet, I finally made it back home after dark. However, the moment I pushed the door open, I was met with the sight of Owen naked and Susan pleasuring him.Even when she heard the door open, she didn’t bother to look up. She just continued what she was doing with absolute focus. It wasn’t until Owen let out a satisfied groan that she finally stood up, wiping her face with total indifference.“Owen has been holding back and suffering for a long time. He’s moving in starting today, so it’s easier for me to take care of him. You will act as his servant until you realize what you did wrong.”I didn’t even bother to say anything. I simply turned around and walked toward the stairs.My heart had long since grown numb. All I wanted was to grab my late child’s memorial plaque and leave this house—a place where I had lived for five years yet always felt like a total stranger. However, the table that used to hold my late Juni’s memorial plaque and teddy bear was gon

Chapter 4

My phone crashed onto the floor, along with my tears and then my fist.“Susan, let me go! I need to save Grandma!”It wasn’t until I finally admitted my wrongs that Susan finally saw me.“Grandma is in critical condition. I beg you, please unfreeze my bank cards.”Susan’s expression was slightly solemn. However, standing right beside her, Owen suddenly let out a mocking sneer.“A perfectly healthy person wouldn’t fall critically ill so suddenly.”Susan snapped out of her brief hesitation and looked at me with disapproval. “Grandma has always been so good to you, Myles, yet you’re faking an emergency about her life just to escape your punishment? How did you become so twisted and deceitful? If you want the money, apologize to Owen. When he is satisfied, I’ll unfreeze your bank cards.”There was absolutely no time to explain. Grandma was at death’s door, waiting for me to save her life.Casting my pride aside, I lowered my head and begged Owen frantically, entirely at his mercy.

Chapter 5

“He’s such a poor soul. Someone definitely set him up. All of the hospital’s TV screens are broadcasting a livestream of him being bullied. Ma’am? Are you still there?”Susan didn’t even know how she had managed to get to the hospital, let alone how she had found her way to the operating room doors. When she left the house, the baby was still crying, his wails giving her a splitting headache. Owen had begged her to stay, but she had pried his hands off her.Right now, her mind was entirely consumed by the sheer desolation on my face when I left the house and the stranger telling her that I might not pull through. Feeling a trickle down her skin, Susan touched her face, and her fingertips came away freezing cold. She hadn’t even realized that she had been crying the entire way to the hospital.After an hour, the doctor finally stepped out of the operating room, but only to issue a critical condition notice for the third time. Medical staff rushed in and out, yet the light above the

Chapter 6

When I woke up again, the first thing I saw was Susan’s face, and I turned my head away in sheer disgust.Susan reached out and gently tucked in my blanket. “How are you feeling? Are you in pain?” Her voice was hoarse."Get out! I don’t want to see you!”I dodged Susan’s hand, feeling a deep, physical revulsion at her closeness.Susan’s eyes welled with tears. “Okay, Myles, please don’t get too emotional. I’ll leave. Just be careful with your stitches.”I slammed my fist into the bed. “Why did you save me? I wanted to die!”Grandma was dead, my reputation was ruined, and now, even the last memory of my child had been stripped away from me. I had lost all will to live a long time ago. In a flash, I grabbed the fruit knife from the bedside table and plunged it straight toward my chest. Susan’s expression shifted instantly, and she grabbed the bare blade. She didn’t make a sound, but fresh blood poured from her palm. Still, her grip on the knife remained perfectly steady. No mat

Chapter 7

Susan clamped her hands around Owen’s neck with all her might, overcome with rage.“You animal!” she screamed.A year ago, she had mistakenly stumbled into the wrong hotel room after drinking too much, and when she woke up, she found Owen lying by her side. To bury the incident, she handed Owen a five-million-dollar check and took a morning-after pill. Yet, a month later, she discovered she was pregnant anyway. That was when Owen showed up at her doorstep, claiming he wanted to take responsibility. Under his persistent seduction, she eventually gave in.“I drugged you that night. You didn’t actually think all of that was just a coincidence, did you?” Owen forced the words out of his throat and laughed defiantly in her face.Pure hatred fueled Susan, and she tightened her grip on his neck. Just as Owen was on the verge of losing consciousness, Susan suddenly let go.“Don’t think you’re getting off that easily. I want you alive, suffering every day in prison.”As Owen was dragged

Chapter 8

“Susan, take this back. I stopped loving you a long time ago, and now, all I feel for you is disgust.”Susan’s body couldn’t stop trembling as she picked up the divorce papers from the floor. Staring down at her own signature on the paper, she let out a painful, bitter laugh. Only when karma bit back did she actually feel the pain. Losing the last of my patience, I contacted the cemetery security and told them to escort her away. However, Susan grabbed my hand and forced a bank card into my palm. Her face was deathly pale.“Myles, I agree to the divorce. I won’t bother you ever again. All my money is in this account. You earned this, and I’m voluntarily walking away with nothing.”Before the security guards pulled her away, Susan looked back and asked in a raspy voice, “Is this the last time we’ll ever see each other?”I nodded. Right in front of her eyes, I blocked every single one of her contacts and social media accounts.“Susan, remember your promise. Don’t come looking for

Chapter 9

“The biological father of that illegitimate child saw the news and tracked her down. You’ll never guess who he was—a male escort. He wanted to use the kid’s identity to blackmail Susan Brown for a massive payout. He demanded a hundred million dollars. Susan refused to pay up, so the father grew resentful. He sneaked into Susan’s house in the middle of the night, knocked her out cold with a baseball bat, and snatched the baby.”Hearing this, I didn’t even know how to describe the mix of emotions inside me.“I guess you could say karma is a real thing. Susan was left with permanent brain damage that slowed her cognitive functions. She probably won’t ever be able to do business again. As for the culprit, while he was fleeing from the police chase, he accidentally drove his car straight off a cliff. And that baby…”Chloe didn’t finish her sentence. She simply sighed. … Susan handed her company over to a professional management team, leaving herself with nothing to do. In the past, s

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