All Chapters of I Said Yes to Her Affair: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

The tension drained out of Laura Marano all at once. She hadn't expected me to be so generous, and she definitely hadn't expected I'd still want her."I'm glad you've come around."I gave her a faint smile.I hadn't come around to anything. I'd simply seen through to what survival actually required. A person could live without love. Nobody could live without money.Laura seemed to be testing the waters. She stepped closer and looped her arm through mine, pressing against me, her gaze soft but weighing me all the same."Will you handle my abortion? I won't feel safe with anyone else doing it."I answered without a flicker of hesitation, the corner of my mouth curling up."Of course. Leave it to me."Something flickered in her eyes, like she couldn't quite read me anymore."I'm scared it'll hurt. Go easy on me."I gave her a reassuring look. "You'll be under anesthesia. It won't hurt at all."Maxwell Walsh panicked and dropped to his knees, begging me."Please, no. Please, Ky

Chapter 2

I went straight back to the hospital and scheduled Laura's surgery for the next morning.Maxwell looked ready to burst into tears. Laura tried to calm him down, turning to me."Don't read into it. He just needs me to comfort him right now."She rose on her toes and pressed a light kiss to my cheek as she said it, the same way she'd soothe a fussy pet. I kept my expression easy and gave nothing away.She left with Maxwell that night and didn't come back at all.The next day, just as I was heading out to work, Laura's mother, Lorraine Marano, appeared in front of me together with Maxwell. He had his arm around her, the two of them standing close enough that a stranger might have mistaken them for mother and son. Laura trailed behind them, her expression giving her away before she said a word. I already had a pretty good guess: Laura's surgery wasn't happening today after all.Sure enough, Lorraine spoke to me with all the authority of an elder."Kyle, I won't waste time dancing

Chapter 3

Everyone knew Lorraine didn't like me. It was Laura who'd wanted to marry me. Lorraine had only caved after enough pestering and sweet-talking wore her down."I understand. I used to be petty and small-minded, but that's over now. People have to grow up eventually." I played the understanding fiance and soothed her.She fell for every insincere word of it.Women. That was exactly how they worked.You couldn't win them over with sincerity, but flattery and a good act would get you straight into their hearts.Laura looped her arm through mine, looking rather pleased with herself."I'll be fair to both of you. I won't let you feel wronged."Somewhere inside me, a cold, contemptuous laugh stirred, though nothing showed on my face.She used the moment to suggest we register our marriage first, a little reassurance thrown my way. I agreed without a second thought.We registered that morning. By that afternoon, Maxwell had already moved in.Laura's explanation to me was simple."Mo

Chapter 4

My calm, easygoing manner sometimes irritated Laura in a strange, sulky way. She'd stare into my eyes and ask, "I haven't spent time with you in days, and you haven't even bothered to look for me. Are you sulking, or are you actually fine with it?"I soothed her without a trace of real feeling. "Just been busy lately. As long as I still have a place in your heart, that's all that matters."She didn't think twice before burrowing into my arms. "As long as you know it, that's all that matters. I just worry you don't."She even teased me once, half joking. "The three of us living well together beats everything else."I smiled back, feeling nothing.Even the night before the wedding, Maxwell called her away to sleep with him again. Less than two hours later, sounds of Laura in distress came from their room. Maxwell called out for me."Kyle, you're a doctor. Come check on Laura."When I went in, Lorraine was already sitting at Laura's bedside, holding her hand and soothing her."You

Chapter 5

Maxwell looked as if he'd been struck by lightning out of a clear sky, the smile freezing on his face. His eyes went wide, locked in disbelief on the marriage certificate in my hand. He'd had no idea Laura and I had already registered our marriage. Lorraine and her husband's faces went just as pale as his. They hadn't known either.The whole venue erupted like a pot boiling over."So that's why the groom's name didn't seem right! Now it all makes sense.""Laura's married? Then the man up there today is just the other man!""First time I've ever seen anything like this. The real husband is basically staking his life to stop this wedding.""I wonder how the Maranos are going to handle this."The buzz of gossip only cost Lorraine and her husband more face. The Marano family had always cared deeply about appearances, and a scandal this big, in front of a crowd this large, was exactly the kind of thing the society wives would be gossiping about for weeks over tea.Up on stage, ever

Chapter 6

Laura let out a breath of relief when she saw I was awake. She leaned closer, worry still lingering in her eyes."You scared me half to death."Her breath brushed against my face, the same warmth that used to send my heart racing. Now it did nothing but leave me numb, even faintly repulsed. I didn't let a trace of that show, playing the understanding husband instead."Sorry for making a scene in front of your family."Laura looked guilty. "Don't say that. I shouldn't have made you sit up all night. That's on me; that's why you got sick."I gave her a gentle nudge to get her to stand back, then turned to my colleague. "I haven't had any health problems until now. What could cause sudden abdominal pain and fainting like that? Is there a specific reason?""Tests suggest you might have come into contact with something harmful to your body. We don't know exactly what it was."That left me suspicious. Laura was even more confused than I was, since the house had been through severa

Chapter 7

I got exactly what I wanted: a position at Marano Group as Laura's assistant. I worked hard and conscientiously every day, and every month, a tidy sum of private income landed in my bank account.The wedding scandal had spread like wildfire online. I'd become the son-in-law everyone in the Marano family already knew about. My image online was a good one. I was well-liked, so it had even helped patch up some of the damage to Marano Group's reputation. It didn't matter anymore how much Lorraine and her husband disliked me.To Maxwell, every bit of this looked like me competing with him for favor. He was constantly inventing reasons to pull Laura away to spend time with him, whether she was in a meeting or entertaining an important client. To prove to himself that he still held a place in her heart, he'd go to any length to get her to come back to him.Every time it happened, I'd play the understanding husband and tell Laura, "Go be with Maxwell. I've got things covered here."Each

Chapter 8

Nicolas smoothed things over and called out to the housekeeper. "Nina, serve Maxwell his soup."The tension eased a little, but for Maxwell, it must have felt like a needle lodged in his throat. Nicolas turned to me. "Kyle, once you're back on your feet, the two of you need to have a child of your own too."I gave him a faint smile.Laura reached over and took my hand on the table. "Don't worry, Dad."My hand stayed rigid under her grip. Every second of that contact turned my stomach like it was churning up a meal from the night before. Maxwell forced himself through the rest of the meal, keeping up his well-behaved act.After dinner, Laura wanted to see me home, but Maxwell tried the same trick again."Laura, we'd usually be lying in bed by now, telling our son his bedtime story. It's getting pretty late now. He must be fussing."Laura wasn't stupid. She could see plainly enough that Maxwell kept using the baby to keep her tied to him. Once or twice, she'd been happy to i

Chapter 9

The moment he saw me walk in, Maxwell's eyes flared with anger and he jabbed a finger at me, accusing me outright."If Kyle hadn't turned his phone off and hidden away, maybe our baby could've been saved. He did this on purpose!"I put on an offended expression. "I'm not psychic. I couldn't have known you'd miscarry in the middle of the night. How can you blame me for that?""What are you even doing right now?"Laura snapped at him suddenly, sharp with disappointment. Weak as she was, her face drained of color, her voice came out low but seething with anger.Maxwell looked wounded. "I just think Kyle is such a skilled doctor. If he hadn't turned his phone off, our baby might still have had a chance."I pulled my phone out of my bag and opened one of the saved recordings from the auto call-recording feature. I made my tone sound even more wounded than his."Why don't you ask yourself why I turned it off? You know better than anyone."With that, the recording played: the call fro

Chapter 10

A smug curve tugged at the corner of my mouth."I'm nowhere near as vicious as you. All I did was smear a small, non-lethal amount of that chemical on your mattress."What actually made the miscarriage worse was your own habit, the one you're so proud of, of jumping into bed with women. Call it giving you a taste of your own medicine."Maxwell's face twisted with humiliated rage, his teeth grinding, and he lunged for my throat."I'm telling Laura you're the one who killed our baby!"I shoved him to the ground without any effort at all, looking down at him with open contempt."Go ahead. Let's see if she believes me or you."He really did storm into Marano Group and told Laura everything I'd said. But she didn't believe a word of it and had him thrown out like he'd lost his mind. Maxwell wouldn't let it go and caused a few more scenes after that, until Lorraine had people put him in his place enough times that he finally gave up.Without a wealthy family backing him anymore, he

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