Lost Me while Chasing Her의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 9

Hours later, I heard the faint click of the front door opening.Vince Doyle was home.As usual, he barely acknowledged me. He hung up his coat, climbed into bed, and fell asleep almost immediately.A woman's perfume still clung to him.I turned away, but his phone kept buzzing on the nightstand. I picked it up and saw several messages from Lauren Barrett.[Thanks for coming over and staying with me tonight. Natalie isn't upset, is she? I promise I'll apologize to her in person when I get the chance.]I stared at the screen, my vision beginning to blur. Then I scrolled through the rest of their conversation.The messages were openly flirtatious, and Vince responded to her more often than he had ever responded to me. With her, he was nothing like the cold, distant man I knew.My throat tightened as I typed a reply.[He's asleep. And no, I'm not upset. You can talk to him tomorrow.]I locked the screen and set the phone back on his nightstand. I picked up my pillow, about to h

Vince started leaving early and coming home late.During the day, I packed the things I planned to take with me. Before long, we barely saw each other at all.Just as I was finishing, he suddenly called.I watched his name flash across the screen and hesitated for a moment, then answered. "What is it?"His voice was as detached and businesslike as ever. "My clothes got wet. There's a black suit hanging on the far right side of the closet. Bring it to me."I didn't answer.Instead, I ran my hand over the suit and felt something hard in one of the pockets.My breath caught.Vince let out a quiet laugh on the other end, his voice almost teasing. "Found it?"I froze, then reached into the pocket and pulled it out.It was a ring.I closed my fist around it, the diamond pressing painfully into my palm. My voice came out hoarse."You..."His tone remained even, though his voice grew slightly louder. "Do you like it?"My heart began to race, and my palm grew damp. I parted my lip

Vince crossed the room in a few quick strides, searching every corner. Panic surged through him. He spun around, rushed to the nurses' station, and grabbed a nurse by the arm. His voice shook. "Where's the patient who was in that room?"The nurse frowned and pulled away."Sir, you need to calm down." She glanced toward the room before continuing. "She discharged herself and left early this morning."Vince's breath caught, and his hand slowly fell to his side. All the blood in his body seemed to have turned to ice."She left? How could she leave in her condition? Where would she even go?"The nurse looked puzzled as well. "We tried to convince her to stay, but she wouldn't listen. She insisted on leaving. Even the doctor couldn't talk her out of it."Vince swallowed hard and took a deep breath.He dragged himself back into the room and picked up the divorce papers with trembling hands. The light faded from his eyes.How could she leave? How could she walk away from him?The v

After leaving Vince, I moved to a city in the south.I spent some time recovering in a hospital there. Once I was discharged, I began traveling through the surrounding cities.As I was leaving a train station, the handle on my suitcase suddenly broke. My injuries had only recently healed, so I still couldn't lift anything heavy.I was debating whether to ask someone for help when the weight suddenly disappeared from my hand. I let out a breath of relief and turned around."Thanks."When I saw Vince standing there, the man I hadn't seen in months, I froze.He held my suitcase in one hand, his voice trembling slightly."You're welcome."It took me only a moment to regain my composure. I pulled out my phone and started booking a ride.He suddenly grabbed my arm, uncertainty creeping into his voice. "Don't you have anything to say to me?"I simply shook my head and went back to my phone.He awkwardly stepped in front of me and covered my screen with one hand. With the other, he

Without waiting for Vince to answer, I walked out.I had lunch at a restaurant near my apartment. After that, I pulled out my phone and opened the security camera feed from home.Vince was sitting in the kitchen, waiting beside a table full of food.My eyes stung as I watched him. I used to do the exact same thing.Now that our roles were reversed, all I could think about was how pathetic I must have looked back then.After lunch, I wandered around the mall for a while. By the time I finally went home, it was already dark. Vince was gone. The food was still sitting on the table. He made a lot, and it was obvious he genuinely tried.I didn't touch any of it. Instead, I called a cleaner and had everything thrown out.After that, Vince stopped coming by. My life became much more peaceful.One evening, Lauren showed up at my door. She was painfully thin, and her face looked far more haggard than before. She staggered toward me and screamed until her voice cracked."Stay away f