Shane, arm around Chloe, smirked.
Chloe was silent, eyes shifting.
“I don’t mind. This isn’t my house. I don’t get a say.”
Chloe’s face tightened, she turned and left. We three lived together, “happily ever after.” Every time Chloe came, Shane would “fall ill,” keeping her busy. Stomach aches, headaches,
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heart palpitations. It worked every time.
Even Wang Ma, the housekeeper, couldn’t stand it, constantly complaining about Shane. “Ms. Carter’s just confused. She’ll come
around. Let’s just wait it out.”
Wang Ma repeated words from Chloe’s
mother, but I felt nothing. Chloe’s mother was abroad, worried about Chloe and Shane, she was only relying on me.
But they didn’t know I wouldn’t marry Chloe again. I just wanted to recover.
The next day, the house was bustling.
Decorations and preparations filled the yard. It was Shane’s birthday party.
Shane stood in a tailored white suit, tall and
handsome.
“Ethan, you’re awake.”
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Shane smiled, approaching to push my
wheelchair. I saw his shoes.
My wedding shoes. Chloe and I had them
custom–made in Italy.
“Where’d you get those?”
My grip tightened on his hand.
“Ethan, what are you doing? I…
Shane’s eyes welled up, looking like a
frightened rabbit.
“Ethan Evans!”
Chloe appeared, rushing over. Shane hid
behind her.
“He just asked about the shoes, he didn’t
touch me, Lulu, don’t be angry.”
“They were in the closet. I thought you bought
them for me, so I wore them…”
Chloe was furious. Shane’s feigned fragilitv
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angered me.
“Just shoes, was it worth it?”
“Ethan Evans, don’t push it!”
Chloe looked down at me, like I was a stray
dog. Suspicious and angry.
“Chloe, use your eyes! Those are my wedding shoes!”
She looked at Shane, realizing the truth. “Plenty of wedding shoes, I’ll buy you more.” “Shane just liked them, wearing them once isn’t a big deal. He’ll return them. Anyway, your legs are broken, what do you need wedding shoes for?!”
“Apologize to Shane, and we’re done.”
I stared, unable to comprehend her words. Who broke my legs, everyone knows.
But she said my broken legs don’t deserve
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“Why should I apologize?!”
“It’s Shane’s birthday, he’s the birthday boy.
Don’t you understand?”
Chloe glared at me, her voice loud.
I’d heard about the power of a “white
moonlight,” but I never imagined that smart, decisive Chloe would fall for such a cheap tactic.
I ignored her, wheeling away. Shane sobbed, Chloe comforting him:
“Don’t worry, I’ll teach him a lesson!”
I locked myself in, numb with humiliation. Late at night, I felt Chloe’s presence. She hugged me from behind, soothing me.
“I’m sorry, Ethan. I know you resent me, but I can’t help it.”
“I fool quilty towards Chana and you I don’t
