All Chapters of Reborn: Leave Before Their Wedding: Chapter 21 - Chapter 24

When Wendy wasn’t searching for Shawn, she spent her time at the house where she used to live.The Stone family cast her aside, so the house was in poor condition.The roof sometimes leaked when it rained, leaving the rooms damp.She still liked being there. It reminded her of Shawn.That soothed her restless heart.Wendy looked around the room. Everything felt both familiar and strange. Shawn’s presence made the house feel warm in her memory, but she had never seen any of it before.She only knew where things were because he patiently guided her through the rooms, again and again.He was a source of hope during the darkest time of her life.Wendy loved him for more than the romance between them. She loved the person he was.He worried she might fall, so he taught her how to move safely around the house.He arranged things the way she liked them so they would be easy for her to reach.She couldn’t see his love for her, but she felt it.Memories washed over Wendy.Tears slipped down her

Shawn never saw Wendy again.He heard she sold her company. After that, no one knew where she went.Martin and Caroline tried to contact him too. Shawn said nothing. He simply mailed the signed agreement severing their ties back to them.It still hurt, but he had no intention of letting them back into his life.That part of his life felt long behind him.A year later, Shawn had a small design studio of his own.He also had a few close friends who shared his ambitions.He worked even harder than he did at his old company and fulfilled a dream he once thought was out of reach.He felt deeply content.On the day his studio opened, he planned to celebrate with Lucy, as he always did when he had good news.He knocked on her door, but no one answered.He called her several times. She didn’t pick up.Then a news alert appeared on his phone. A black Pagani was rear-ended while speeding.The driver died at the scene.Shawn’s heart clenched.Lucy received a black Pagani for her twenty-fifth bi