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Jenny rushed through the hospital corridor, her heels striking against the floor as she desperately searched for David’s room. Her heart was pounding, and Ethan’s cold words from earlier kept replaying in her mind. “I will make sure David feeds the fish in the Pacific." She pushed the thought away. Right now, none of that mattered. All she could think about was David. When she finally reached his room, she pushed the door open without knocking.Her heart shattered.David was lying on the hospital bed, his face swollen and bruised. There was a deep cut above his eyebrow, dried blood along his temple, and bruises covering his arms and neck. One of his eyes was nearly swollen shut, and every breath seemed to cause him pain.Jenny froze at the doorway.“David…”Her voice broke.She hurried to his bedside and grabbed his hand.“Oh my God.”Tears immediately filled her eyes as she looked at him.“What happened to you?”David slowly turned his head toward her. His expression was weak
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Jenny’s face flushed with fury.“Stay out of our family business!” she snapped. “This has nothing to do with you!”Natalie didn’t even flinch.“If that were true, I would.”Her voice remained remarkably calm.“But I’m Ethan’s legal representative. I’m handling his divorce, which gives me every right to speak when you insult him in front of me.”Jenny stared at her in disbelief.Natalie’s gaze shifted toward Ethan, she looked at him for a moment longer, her expression filled with so much warmth.“I’ve loved Ethan since university.”Jenny’s eyes widened.Natalie continued calmly, “I’ve loved him for years. Quietly. From a distance. I never asked him to choose me, and I never tried to interfere with his marriage.”She turned back toward Jenny.“So if you refuse to cherish a man like Ethan, the least you can do is set him free.”Jenny’s entire face twisted with rage.“You’ve got to be kidding me!”She pointed accusingly at Natalie.“So you admit it! You’ve been in love with my husband thi
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Jenny turned back toward the documents, still wearing a faintly confident expression. But the moment she flipped to the final page, her confidence shattered. Her eyes landed on the signature at the bottom of the page.Ethan Wade.His signature was already there—firm, clear, and final.Jenny stopped breathing. For several seconds, she simply stared at it, unable to believe what she was seeing. “No…” The word escaped her lips like a whisper.She looked at Ethan. He hadn’t pulled out this game just to frighten her. He hadn’t left the line blank, waiting for her to change his mind. He had already signed.He really wanted this.For the first time that night, panic replaced her anger. Jenny slowly picked up the pen, her fingers trembling as she lowered it to the page. She carefully wrote out the first letters of her name, J-e-n-n-y, before stopping abruptly.Her eyes moved to the space where her surname belonged.Wade.She couldn’t make herself write it.Her fingers tightened around the
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Jenny stood frozen, unable to say anything for several seconds. Then her eyes shifted toward Ethan.At that exact moment, his fingers moved beneath the blanket.Natalie noticed.“Ethan?”His brows furrowed, and a moment later, his eyes slowly opened. He stared blankly at the ceiling, his breathing uneven as he tried to make sense of his surroundings. The bright hospital lights made him squint.“Where…” His voice was weak.Natalie immediately moved closer. “Ethan, you’re in the hospital.”He slowly turned his head toward her.“Natalie?”“Yes. I’m here.”His eyes wandered around the room before finally landing on Jenny. The moment he saw her, the confusion on his face disappeared, replaced by a cold expression.“Jenny…”Jenny’s lips trembled.“You’re awake.”Ethan didn’t answer. He simply stared at her, his expression unreadable.Natalie glanced between them before speaking. “Ethan, she just arrived.”His eyebrows tightened.“What happened?”“You were unconscious,” Natalie explained. “Y
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Jenny’s chest tightened as she stared at the phone in her hand. The image of another woman answering Ethan’s phone kept replaying in her mind, making her blood boil. She couldn’t sit there anymore, so she stood abruptly.“If you think I’m going to sit here and cry over you, Ethan, you’re wrong.”She grabbed her handbag from the sofa and stormed toward the door, her anger growing with every step.“If you want another woman, then at least have the courage to admit it to my face.”Jenny yanked the door open and marched outside. Her mind was racing. Ethan hadn’t come home, he had ignored every call, and now another woman had answered his phone. There was only one explanation.“He must be with her.”Jenny clenched her jaw as she walked toward her car, her thoughts immediately turning darker.“A hotel…” she muttered bitterly. “He must be at a hotel.”She unlocked the car and got inside, her fingers tightening around her handbag.“If I catch you, Ethan, I swear…”She slammed the door shut an
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“Hello?” The woman’s voice came through the phone again. Jenny froze. Her face, already pale from the events of the day, instantly turned thunderous. She didn’t speak. For several seconds, she simply stood there, staring at the phone pressed against her ear. “Can you hear me?” Jenny’s fingers tightened around the phone, the woman’s voice was soft and unfamiliar. Yet she was answering Ethan’s phone at this hour. Jenny’s lips parted slightly, and her heart sank. “Hello?” Natalie tried again. “Who is this?” Jenny remained completely silent, her mind suddenly going blank. Then, all at once, countless thoughts crashed into her head. Ethan hadn’t come home. He hadn’t answered her calls. And now, another woman was holding his phone—a woman who sounded completely comfortable answering it. Jenny’s eyes slowly reddened. “Um…” Natalie hesitated on the other end. “If you’re looking for Ethan, he’s—” Click. Jenny ended the call and stood motionless, her hand slowly dr
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