All Chapters of Rejected By My Husband, Desired By My Doctor : Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

EvelynThe next day, I returned to work despite myself.I spent the morning doing the usual work. Adrian had breakfast in the window chair, and apart from asking whether I had slept properly, neither of us mentioned what had happened the previous day. I was relieved by that.Around eleven, I took the rubbish out through the side path and called Kendall. I had been thinking about calling her all morning, mostly because I needed to hear someone else's voice before I started confusing what I felt with what I should do. She answered on the second ring, sounding slightly breathless.“Evie, are you all right?”“I’m fine. I just had a break and wanted to hear your voice.”“You sound strange.”I looked back toward the kitchen before lowering my voice. I wanted to tell her everything. I wanted to tell her all of it, but Damien was still in prison, and Kendall was already spending most of her time trying to help with his case. I didn't want to hand her another complicated problem.“Doris is in

AdrianI came downstairs the following morning in the wheelchair because I had no intention of risking the staircase. My right leg had held me the previous day, but it was still weak, and the nurse had already told me not to push beyond what my body could manage.When I entered the sitting room, Evelyn was already there.She stood near the window wearing the black dress and apron she had been required to wear since the court order took effect. I had asked her not to put it on that morning, but she had insisted that until the paperwork was changed, she would continue following the terms of the order.Margaret was sitting on the sofa.Doris stood behind her.The moment I entered, my mother looked at me with an expression that told me she had spent the night preparing for this conversation.“You have been refusing to speak to me,” Margaret said.“I did not want an argument.”She ignored that. “Doris tells me you said several things that I assume you regret.”“I don't.”Margaret looked at

TheoFor three months, the Marcello legal team had worked quietly after the Parker family won the earlier dispute. The loss had forced us to step back, review the old agreement and determine exactly how much of the original arrangement still held any value.And it was all happening quietly.It was not enough to know that Margaret had used the agreement against Evelyn. I wanted to know what she had changed, what she had moved and which obligations she had treated as though they belonged entirely to the Parker family.By the time Evelyn's six-month service order was finally challenged, I already had most of the answers.The problem had always been Bruce.He had refused to move against the Parkers while the marriage was still carrying legal consequences. His position had been simple: protect the family structure first, deal with personal matters later.That position had kept me from doing what I believed needed to be done. Now the marriage was legally over, and the service order was bein

Margaret She came into the wrong room at the wrong hour, and she looked at me as if I had killed her mother with my hands. She did not tell the other two. She protected my name and hated me for the privilege. That is the daughter you keep trying to leash. The one you hate so much because from that day, I had to stay away from you, and so you blame her for taking me away. And as if that was not enough, she trapped your son in such deep love; she took him too.” “She was a child walking into adult business.” “She was a daughter walking into her father with his hand up your dress and his wife down the hall with a nurse. Do not clean it.” He was close enough now that I could smell the flight on his coat. “Of course, it was going to be over between us, but now the children were in love. And in order not to destroy their happiness since we so desperately wanted to stay away from each other, we decided to put up a marriage that will benefit both families. But you threw that in the mud, Marg

Kendall I saw Isaac while Damien was still kissing Evelyn. He was standing past the rope, near the taxis, with his hands in his coat. He was smiling. I did not like the smile. He was not trying to get past the cameras. When Damien came out onto the steps, Isaac smiled again. I knew then that whatever had happened, he had a hand in it. I kept my hand on Evelyn’s back and I did not tell her he was there. Raymond was already talking about the discharge papers. If I had said Isaac’s name on those steps, we would have ended up arguing in front of everyone. Evelyn left with Damien. Raymond had to go back to the station and file the copy. He kissed my cheek at the car and told me to eat something. I said I would. I waited until his car was gone, and then I walked over to the taxis. Isaac was still there. He looked at my mouth first, then at my eyes. “Did you have something to do with this?” “Not here.” He had a hotel room two streets away. He had taken it for the week. I knew I should