His Forgotten Savior: The Ex-Wife's Escape

us hallway, Beryl held a brown pape

ed with the order det

to drop this off, take a photo, and get to the next delivery. After all, the money to take

uite and presse

door swu

e door clearly,her breath hitched in her t

in a coma for three years because of a car

tion institution for rehabilitation

imposing, his body blocki

room. Beryl's gaze dropped. On the floor, just inside the doorway, l

like a dead snake, wa

with two full nights of deliveries, thinking it might make hi

hing pressure of her fingers. Her stomach twi

ed only a second, replaced by

Aidan's voice was a low gro

r with its reflective stripes, o

ece of filth that had washed up on h

laugh. Instead, a raw, acidic burn rose in her chest. She

n order." Her voice was

elivering food? Isn't the money you got from the Beaumont family enough

e words were stuck behind the

doing here, in a hotel, a woman's voice, hu

s our deliv

of the suite, wrapping her arms a

at did little to hide her perfect figure. She rested her chin on

ns. Aidan's high school sweetheart. The girl who was with Aidan b

y whispered he'd

ll away. He looked back at Beryl, his expression unreada

ounded like a cur

smile spreading across her face. "Oh. So you're the one.

s, Beryl had sat by his bed, read to him, moved his li

aking care of Aidan, and to save her family from financial collapse after learning that her seriously ill

er, hope felt like the

, a crushing weight that made it hard to b

aid, her voice flat. Sh

rushing against Beryl's hand. But just as Be

square box skittered across the floor, c

ultra-thi

o burn into her retinas, a final, m

trembling. Aidan snatched it from her before she could

sment? A

phone and quickly took a photo

voice suddenly rose to

. "Aidan, she's going to send it to the press! She wants to ruin m

t her voice was drowned out

commanded, his eyes

to the merchant, " Beryl said, her voice shaking with a r

im the camera screen. "To let th

escape the suffocating s

n she h

om the bedroom. "Daddy! Lo

her hand on

bedroom doorway, and a moment later, a little girl with blonde curls and Aidan's dark eyes

ury, softened into a look of such profound te

"That's beautiful, Chloe. Yo

nse she had to brace herself against the wall. Her elbow knocked into a tall

r ch

tears. "I know what you and your family must

ms. Gently comfort the mother and daughter. "It doesn't matter

Beryl has never received, an

t the relationship between Aidan and Katlin. She only knew that on the

ld wasn't Aidan's. This was also why

an doesn't seem to care at al

s her. After all, not every man would be will

Aidan's leg. She pointed a

r voice deceptively innocent. "Why

the final, sharpest sha

"You heard her. You're n

e humiliation, the grief-it all coalesced

tly into Aidan's

ach word a perfectly formed icicle, "I assume you don't want your mistre

k in his eyes. He wasn't

ivorce. As soo

dn't expected this. Divorce was his plan, on his timeline. N

er will contac

d hiding behind Aidan's legs. She simply turned, walked out the door, and pulled

lowing herself to crumble until the polished steel doors