Chapter 10
I looked at his bloodshot eyes and slowly shook my head.
“Ryan, you remember everything except the one thing, I hate being lied to more than anything.”
That just reminded me of how Jack lied to Margareth her whole life and pushed her to her death.
Ryan’s eyes burned red as he shouted in desperation, “Sarah, for the kid’s sake! Give me one last chance! I’m the father!”
I took a deep breath and said only this. “You don’t deserve to bring up this child. If it weren’t for Frederick, we wouldn’t have even been able to save the baby.”
Ryan froze, clearly not understanding what I meant.
“Step aside. Sarah can’t stand being around trash.”
Without warning, Frederick scooped me up effortlessly, setting me safely in the backseat of the car.
His tall frame pressed down gently over me.
Outside the window, Ryan was frantically pounding on the glass.
Frederick ignored it, parting my lips with his tongue and deepening the
kiss.
“Don’t get distracted,” his voice was low and rough, “Just think of me.”
I was surprised by the depth of feeling hidden in that kiss.
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His breath was warm as he caught his own, then explained.
“If I told you I’ve been waiting for you to look back at me since your 18th birthday, would you believe me?”
My heart skipped a beat.
Back then, he was just a guest, cold and distant the whole time.
I only remember him refusing my toast, saying a young girl shouldn’t
drink that.
“So all these years you were…”
His lips brushed my ear, “Waiting for the right moment. Waiting for when. you’d need me.”
Rain started falling again outside the car!
But this time, someone was holding an umbrella over me.
***
Ryan kept downing one drink after another.
Until the butler handed him Rachel’s phone.
That’s when Ryan realized his affair with Rachel had already been exposed.
The butler even pulled up surveillance footage from a small hospital.
There I was, lying on the floor, covered in blood, being shoved, doused with water, insulted.
And at that time, Ryan was vacationing with Rachel in the Maldives.
“The doctor said, at that moment, Ms. Sarah was completely broke.”
For the first time, he clearly saw how ridiculous and foolish he’d been.
He thought spoiling Rachel meant giving her the greatest happiness.
But the truth?
He had pushed both her and Evelyn to the edge.
A flood of regret and hate crashed over Ryan.
“Bring Rachel here,” he ground out through clenched teeth.
