All Chapters of His Love Was Never Mine Alone: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

"Stop staring. Jacob is now Ella's husband. He has nothing to do with you anymore." I was an eyesore to my mother in every aspect. "Summer, Jacob's heart doesn't belong to you. Even if you tried to kill yourself, he wouldn't stay with you."Then, she changed the topic, and the dark circles under her eyes made her look feeble. "Ella has a tumor in her brain. She might die at any moment. Let her live her life."I stared at her. "When did they get together?""Halloween, four years ago. They registered for marriage but were worried that you'd notice. So, Ella couldn't have her wedding reception." She then looked away. "Honestly, you brought this on yourself. If you hadn't poked your nose into our business and remained clueless, you could've gone on living your life with Jacob."My memories slowly came back to me. During Halloween four years prior, my mother had been detained at a casino because she was accused of cheating. I drove to the casino on my motorbike and crashed into th

But soon after I left and was at a gas station at an R&R, Jacob found me. When I saw the GPS tracker on his phone, I understood what had happened. "You put a tracker on me?"Jacob's eyes were bloodshot. "I know you too well, Summer. You'd rather drag everyone down to hell with you than let go."I sighed. "If you don't believe me, you can send me to another country where you can't see me anymore.""Never!" He stared at me. "I won't risk Ella and the baby's safety and gamble on the possibility of you letting me go."He took me back to the city. "You're going to stay here for the time being."I looked around. The windows had been sealed shut. There was only a small window available that let me see the York family's manor. "You know that I hate being trapped. Isn't it enough that you've trapped me for three years?""Take it as recuperating here. Once Ella gives birth, I'll let you leave."He left, and I was trapped in that room day and night. Ella sat in the courtyard right in f

When the door fell silent, Jacob took out a recorder from the bedside table. He played the very first recording. The voice that came through was hoarse and accompanied by pained grunts. When Jacob fell from the fifth floor, his organs had ruptured, and he stayed for three months in the ICU. After he woke up, he learned that I was in a coma. Then, he had recorded his very first words. "Summer, if you had hesitated for even a second before jumping, I would have believed that you loved me. I only registered for marriage with Ella. "I felt guilty toward you, so I never went all the way with her. Since you won't believe me, we don't have to care about your feelings anymore."As I looked down at him, I recalled how we had fought three years back. I had discovered a photo of a bathroom in Jacob's phone. Behind the frosted glass was the silhouette of a woman. I thrashed everything in the manor and demanded he hand over the woman, but he had only said that it was just a photo, an

After going home, my mother's mental state fluctuated. Gradually, Ella got annoyed with her and started yelling at her. "Mom, can't you see that the baby's diaper is soiled?"My mother snapped out of her daze and suddenly started rummaging around the closet. "The temperature has dropped today. Summer doesn't have enough blankets. I'll get new ones for her.""Mom, Summer is dead!" Ella's eyes turned bloodshot. She started pushing my mother out of the bedroom. "Forget it. She's still your real daughter, and I'm only adopted. No matter how hard I try, I can't win your heart."Ethan heard it and tugged at my mother, yelling at her. "Have you gone senile? Summer is dead. Ella is still recovering from her pregnancy. Could you snap out of it?"My mother stared at him as he took delight in my death, and she slapped him in the face. Once she did, her eyes sparkled with tears. "Summer is your sister, and you want her dead so much?"Ella pulled a long face. "Stop making it sound like you'r