For a second, something complicated flickered across Lex’s face–anger, regret, maybe something else. But I didn’t stick around to figure it out.
He was quiet for a moment before his voice broke the silence. “Audrey, how can you be so heartless? You know I still care about you. I do. I just… I just thought Ivana was pitiful, that’s all. Her parents are gone she has no one.”
His voice wavered slightly, like he was fighting to keep his emotions in check.
1 let out a mocking laugh.
Ivana lost her parents, so she’s pitiful? What about me?
I lost my parents when I was five. My grandpa–my only family–died when I was ten.
Wasn’t 1 pitiful, too?
How biased do you have to be to say something like that?
If he really cared about me, how could he abandon me in the countryside for three years without so much as a word?
I looked him straight in the eye and asked softly, ‘Lex, did you forget why I came to your family?”
He froze. The color drained from his face.
His mouth opened slightly, like he was searching for words, but nothing came out.
I didn’t wait for an answer. Instead, I rolled up my sleeve and held out my n, showing him the scar on my wrist. “You probably didn’t know this, but when you first sent me to the countryside, I fell into depression.
“I tried to end my life more than once.
“There were
re so many times I thought I wouldn’t make it.
“But I pulled through. And I met someone who truly loves me.”
At that moment, a pair of headlights cut through the dark. Joshua’s car.
“He’s here. I’ll be going now.”
Lex didn’t say a word, his head hanging low.
I pulled my arm free from his grip and turned away, leaving him there.
As the car sped away, my phone buzzed with a message from Lex.
[Audrey, you said you’d only marry me in this lifetime.]
Yeah, I had said that.
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Chapter 6
Back when I loved Lex more than anything.
I really believed it back then. I thought I’d marry him, and he’d only ever love me, too.
So I made that promise, thinking it would last forever.
But I broke it.
Because you were the one who turned away first, Lex.
I didn’t reply. I just tossed the phone onto the backseat.
Joshua glanced at me from the corner of his eye.” Lex again?”
I nodded softly. “Yeah.”
His voice was steady, calm. “That kid’s been too full of himself for years. Thought everything would always belong to him. He’ll figure it out eventually.”
I couldn’t help but smile at him. “What’s this? You’re not even jealous?”
Joshua might seem cool now, but this guy was anything but generous. I still remembered how he’d made me toss out everything I brought from the Hamilton mansion when I moved to the countryside.
He didn’t answer right away. Instead, he pulled the car into a secluded spot and parked.
, possessive and
Without a word, he leaned in and kissed me–hard. His lips tugged at r unrelenting. “What can I do? I love you. I have to accept everything about your past. Besides, you’re my wife now. I won’t let anyone take you from me.”
Smiling against his lips, I kissed him back.
Not only would he never lose me–I wouldn’t lose him, either.
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