All Chapters of He Drove Everyone but Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

"Uh, Mara? I'm just going to close the door, okay? The rain's blowing in, and it's freezing."The woman speaking was Denise Harper, one of Evan's older coworkers. I knew her. Ever since Evan bought his car, she'd treated him like her private chauffeur.I caught the door before she could shut it."Denise, please get a rideshare home tonight. My umbrella broke, and I don't feel well. I really need to get home."She didn't move. Instead, she turned to Evan with an awkward look."Evan, um... you told me you'd take me home every time. You can't suddenly kick me out in weather like this. It's pouring."Evan frowned. He got out of the car and held a new umbrella out to me."You know how bad traffic is around here on a normal day, and getting a ride in the rain is even harder. Be reasonable. Go back to your office for a little while, and I'll come get you after I drop them off."I forced myself to stay calm."Evan, I've had bad period cramps all day, and now I'm soaked. I feel awful.

[If you're really sick, call an ambulance yourself.]I didn't bother replying. I just blocked him.While I was crouched outside the entrance to our building waiting for my ride, I heard a familiar woman's voice call my name."Mara? What are you doing down there? Why'd you take the day off?"You look so pale. Are you okay?"I struggled to lift my head. A car had stopped in front of me, and the passenger window rolled down to reveal a familiar face. Brianna Wells."Yeah. My stomach's bothering me. I'm waiting for a ride to the hospital."Brianna leaned on the window frame, smiling sweetly."Where's your husband? You're this sick, and your oh-so-helpful husband isn't driving you?"I knew she was mocking me, so I mocked myself right along with her. "My husband's busy driving his coworkers home."Brianna's smile widened."Which hospital? I'll ask my boyfriend. If it's on the way, we can give you a ride.""St. Vincent Medical Center."The man in the driver's seat spoke up. "Oh,

"Let's go straight to the county courthouse and file for divorce."Oh, and how much was gas? I'll pay you back my share. There were three of us in the car, though, so I'm only covering a third."Evan froze."Why? Your grandpa's fine, isn't he? Why do you still want a divorce?"His words made all the fear I'd been holding back hit me at once. I glared at him, my eyes stinging."My grandpa's fine because he got lucky!"If something had happened to him today, I might have missed my last chance to see him, all because I was riding in your car!"I'm your wife. Why do you always put me behind everyone else?"I'm sick and tired of living like this!"Evan just stared at me blankly. "Why are you divorcing me?"Changing how someone sees the world is next to impossible, and Evan wasn't worth the effort of arguing.So I slapped him hard across the face."Enough talking. Drive to the courthouse!"In a daze, Evan followed me to the courthouse. When we came out after filing the paperwork

Not long after that, my company moved offices, and on my very first day in the new building, I heard the latest gossip about that day at the mall.As it turned out, our new office was right above Evan's company.In the elevator, I heard how things had played out for Evan and Denise.After the fight at the mall, Doug couldn't let it go. He took the whole thing straight to Evan's company and demanded that HR investigate whether the two of them were having an inappropriate relationship at work.Under pressure, the company actually did it. They went through the security footage, the chat logs, and even the expense reports.Two employees wearing badges from the company downstairs were in the elevator, discussing it heatedly."I heard they've been investigating for days. Did they find anything?""That's the hilarious part! They spent two weeks going through the footage and the chat logs, and there was nothing. Nothing inappropriate at all. They really were just coworkers!""Wait, ser

After that, Evan stopped bothering me.I thought we'd go our separate ways and each get on with our lives. I never imagined the last news I'd hear about him would come in such a horrific way.That day, the office gossip group chat suddenly blew up, and a shocking piece of news spread through the entire building.Evan Lawson was dead.He'd died in a car crash that was as absurd as it was horrific.As the gossip kept coming, the truth gradually came out.After I left him for good, Evan had been depressed for a while.But deep down, his compulsive need to please everyone and play the savior hadn't changed.Not only had he not learned his lesson, he'd doubled down, trying to prove his worth by "helping" people.Soon, he was back to playing the nice guy at work.This time, the person he drove to and from work every day was Chloe, an intern fresh out of college.Chloe's boyfriend, Tyler, was controlling and extremely petty.When Tyler saw Evan picking his girlfriend up and droppi