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\u201cWe recovered another angle from that day,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt was Roxanne. She slammed her own stomach into the table. On purpose. It was never Isabella.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He hesitated, then pushed on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke to the doctor who treated Roxanne. He admitted he found abortion pills in her system. Strong ones. She took them herself. The maid confirmed it. Said she saw Roxanne taking pills every night.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The room blurred.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shut my eyes but it only made it worse. The images burned brighter behind my lids. When I opened them again, the man staring back at me in the glass didn\u2019t look human\u00a0<\/p>\n
anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was when the ward door slammed open.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roxanne walked in like she owned the place.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Red dress. Loud. Tight. Screaming for attention. A fake smile plastered on her face like she was stepping into a party, not a hospital room soaked in death.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid,\u201d she said sweetly, looping her arm through mine like nothing happened. \u201cThe doctor said I\u2019m doing great. I can fly abroad anytime now. I\u2019m fully recovered. Isn\u2019t that good news?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She leaned closer, clinging. Possessive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI already know about Isabella,\u201d she went on lightly. \u201cShe\u2019s gone. Dead. Whatever she did to me before, it\u2019s over. I don\u2019t hate her anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She smiled wider. Proud.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI told the servants to move my things into your house. I had them pack up her stuff too. No point keeping it, right? From now on I\u2019ll stay with you. I\u2019ll take care of you.\u201d Her hand slid down my arm. \u201cMaybe we can try for another baby.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned my head slowly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Really looked at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That face I once thought was fragile. Worth protecting. Worth destroying myself over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It looked fake now. Hollow. Desperate. Rotten.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My voice came out low. Cold. Sharp enough to draw blood.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho the fuck told you to move into my house,\u201d I said. \u201cAnd who gave you permission to touch her things.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She blinked at me. That sweet little smile cracked and slid right off her face. For the\u00a0<\/p>\n
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first time, she actually felt the cold in the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cShe\u2019s dead, David,\u201d she said quietly. \u201cGone. Do you really expect me to keep hiding forever even now? Our wedding got delayed because she crawled back after fooling around with other men. And now she\u2019s dead.\u201d Her voice shook. \u201cYou promised me that night. You said you would choose me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I yanked my arm out of her grip and shoved her away. She staggered and hit the wall hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGet out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I said it soft. Calm. That scared her more than yelling ever could.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stared at me like I\u2019d lost my mind. \u201cYou\u2019re mad at me? David, she\u2019s dead. She\u2019s not coming back. I\u2019m the one who stayed with you through everything. And our twins\u2026 our babies died because of her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I laughed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It came out wrong. Empty. Broken. The sound alone made her flinch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou really wanna talk about those twins,\u201d I said low. \u201cYou know damn well why those kids never existed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I grabbed the papers off the table and threw them straight at her. They smacked her face, slid down her chest, scattered at her feet. She looked down, read a line, then\u00a0<\/p>\n
another.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All the color drained from her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she recovered fast. Too fast. Tears welled up. Lips trembling. That same fake innocent look she always used on me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid, please,\u201d she cried. \u201cLet me explain. Everything I did was because I loved you too much. I just wanted you to be mine. Every plan, every lie, every move, it was all for you. Can\u2019t you see that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hand moved before my head caught up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I grabbed her throat and yanked her close. My fingers tightened. My eyes locked on hers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she force you to spread lies about her online,\u201d I growled. \u201cDid she tell you to hire men to run her down. Did she tell you to have her dragged and dumped like trash. Did she force you to put her in a coffin.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her hands flew up, clawing at my arms. Nails digging into my skin. She choked, gasping, kicking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBoss!\u201d my assistant yelled, rushing in. \u201cMr. Vanderbilt, stop. She\u2019s Roxanne, not Westley. She\u2019s guilty, yeah, but Westley\u2019s the real monster.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I released her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She dropped to the floor, coughing, choking, hands clutching her neck like she thought I\u2019d stolen her breath for good.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stared at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This woman I once thought was pure. My savior. My weakness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All I saw now was rot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned away. Grabbed my coat. I couldn\u2019t breathe the same air as her for another second.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stormed down the hall while she screamed after me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid, don\u2019t you dare walk away! How can you throw me away? You swore to me! You promised me a wedding! That\u2019s why you sent Isabella away for a year! You said you\u2019d protect me forever!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The door slammed behind me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Outside, the rain was coming down hard, smashing against the pavement. I got into my Maybach and gripped the steering wheel until my knuckles went white.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I replayed the video on my screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bang.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My fist smashed into the wheel. The horn screamed into the storm. 1 pulled over, leaned forward, pressed my forehead into the leather, and felt my shoulders shake. If it wasn\u2019t for that one goddamn favor she did for me back in high school\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t know what the hell I\u2019d do to Roxanne right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I locked myself inside the villa the second I got out of that damn hospital. Told the guards straight up, Roxanne doesn\u2019t step one foot near me. Not today. Not ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My phone kept buzzing like it was possessed. Calls. Messages. Missed calls stacked on missed calls. I didn\u2019t even check who it was. I knew. I wanted silence, not her voice poisoning my head again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The house felt huge. Empty. Too damn quiet. I walked around without knowing where I was going until I stopped in front of that cabinet. The one she never got to touch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Isabella\u2019s things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes locked onto her necklace. Then her wedding ring, sitting right beside it. I picked them up. Cold metal in my palm. Heavy as hell, like they weighed more than a\u00a0<\/p>\n
gun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when my head betrayed me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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