All Chapters of Reborn: Leave Before Their Wedding: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Shawn gave the apartment a quick clean, then opened his suitcase and put his clothes away in the wardrobe.He carefully arranged his fragile belongings.Satisfied with how the room looked, he washed up and went to bed.He hadn’t slept well on the plane.When he woke again, it was already two in the afternoon.The unfamiliar room took him by surprise.It took him a minute to remember that he really was in Bellshore.February was warm in Seabrook. He changed into a light T-shirt and went out.Back home, he always made sure he looked his best before going out. Here, he was content to dress comfortably and enjoy the sunshine.He planned to eat at a restaurant, then buy some groceries to take home.A delicious smell caught his attention.It made him hungry at once.He followed it to a restaurant.Steak was the house specialty, so Shawn ordered one and asked them to leave off the cheesy potato wedges that came with it.When the steak arrived, he eagerly took a bite. The meat was tender and t

“Wendy!”Ethan called her name several times, but she didn’t respond.Anger and frustration rose in him.The guests began to murmur, and the wedding host struggled to keep the ceremony moving.Ethan gently nudged Wendy’s arm.She finally snapped out of her thoughts.The host hurried to say the groom must be exhausted from preparing for the wedding and asked the guests to understand.Wendy and Ethan exchanged rings, though neither seemed focused on the ceremony. Then it was time to toast their guests.“I’m not feeling well. Let’s do the toasts later.”Wendy walked away without considering Ethan’s feelings.He wanted to follow her, but all their guests were waiting.He had no choice but to stay and reassure them.“Wendy drove all night yesterday, so she’s tired. We’ll come around and greet everyone a little later.”He raised his glass and offered a toast.The guests were puzzled, but no one said anything.It was their wedding, after all.Wendy went backstage, where her assistant immediat

Shawn went to the window and pushed it open. The weather outside was lovely.His mood lifted at once.He decided to go for a walk while he still had time before his job interview.As he passed the bushes downstairs, he heard a faint mew.He turned but couldn’t see a kitten.He thought he imagined it and was about to walk away when he heard it again.Shawn crouched and searched the bushes. Deep inside, in an old pipe, he found a small orange kitten.It was painfully thin and covered in cuts.The kitten didn’t seem frightened when Shawn appeared. It even tried to crawl toward him.The sight made his heart ache.He decided to save it.But when Shawn tried to get close, the kitten shied away from him.He wanted to ask for help, but he didn’t know anyone here apart from the woman who paid for his meal.After some hesitation, he went to her apartment and knocked on the door.She looked as though she had just woken up.When she saw him, she quickly straightened her clothes. “Did you need some

The three of them stared at the legally binding document in surprise.Ethan scoffed.“What’s Shawn playing at now?“We didn’t invite him to the wedding, so he sends Wendy this? Is he trying to make her think our family treats him badly?“He must be thrilled if he’s heard the wedding was called off.”Martin and Caroline immediately decided he was right.Their resentment toward Shawn grew.Martin called him, intending to give him a piece of his mind.An automated voice answered. He couldn’t get through.Martin fumed.“He won’t even take my call now? He thinks he can do whatever he wants!”Caroline tried calling too, but she couldn’t reach him either.“It looks like he really wants to cut ties with us. Mom, Dad, after what he’s done to me, why don’t you throw him out of the family?” Ethan suggested.Martin and Caroline agreed and decided to have a lawyer formalize the document at once.Ethan finally felt a little better.When the three returned home, Ethan saw the wedding decorations at t

“Miss Stone, I have the information you asked me to investigate.”Wendy’s assistant placed a file on the desk.Wendy opened it and found hospital billing records.They showed that Ethan became gravely ill at the age of three and urgently needed umbilical cord blood to survive.Shawn was born to save him.Wendy’s fingers tightened around the papers.She always wondered why Martin and Caroline favored Ethan so openly. She never imagined this was why.The file also contained a phone with a damaged exterior.Wendy recognized it as the one Shawn used to carry.Her assistant used its call records to trace the SIM card’s last location.Then she gave the phone to a technician, who recovered its data.Only after that did she bring it to Wendy.Wendy hesitated at the screen asking for a four-digit passcode.She entered 0616.The phone unlocked with a chime.Tears filled her eyes.June 16 was her birthday.She looked further. Shawn signed out of his apps.Only a few photos and messages remained.