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My billionaire husband is a CHEAT

Chapter 5 HARRIET

Word Count: 1482    |    Released on: 05/01/2025

. Vehicles in various stages of disrepair hunker in neat rows. Harsh fluorescent lights illuminat

?" I c

ee rimmed in silver. The overalls on his lean frame used to be blue, but now it's a mix of black and dark

re what I was expecting

creature who'd solve all my problems. The fairy godmother who wou

oof around the room. He has no magic wand in his oil-stained fi

lp you?"

an Calvin suggested. "My friend Pax told me to b

d purses dark brown lips.

Calvin'

ght. Mr

most unbelievable. Especially now that I see Doc is just a man. "You were the first person I thought

e of her." "Pax is

ked on. She's a beautiful heiress with parents who adore her. She had money from birth,

up working three jobs just to afford my college tuition, only dreaming of a

but, the minute I gave Pax a chance, I found o

oc asks, studying me like

the ceiling. "There was smo

Doc tilts

ng sound." "Alright. Dri

ramp. My heart beats wildly in my chest

dark fingers press against the hood and he uses a scanner to read something

ts the car. His eyes take in the engine. Sweep over the

the car with another tool. More

omen? Marriage? He doesn't look like much of a marital counselor. Where are his spectacles perched on the e

endorsements from talk show celebrities or clinical psychiatrists. Wh

to think thi

hat moment and catc

d the dirty wall next to

his throa

"Do you know what's wrong

nothing? You're sayin

t

correct.

you drove it in here." H

ke it shouldn't be clea

ssed amusement. "There's no way you would have been able

d you let me

place and, I swear, he's got a gaze that can penetrate the soul. "Since we've established that you d

go

ds on my

d about you from my friends." A pause lingers. Fills the a

r husband is ready, he can come to the office." Doc slams the ho

sing the gravity of this moment even if I can't explain

sh. "Me." I tap my chest. "I'm the one who'll fix this marriag

down by the ankles. Panic overwhelms me and

ge

n't that mean you have a responsibility to help when someone is sick

can hel

front of him when he tries to move away. "Women are

blinks p

es slide over the dirty mechanic shop. "Just like Calvin came here everyday and worked s

es. "I bel

stubborn as me. When I put my mind to something, I g

to me. "Whate

after him when he suddenly t

y behind him, clutching my purse close. My hee

f a broken-down pick up. I wa

You might want to move."

s suit y

ar's engine rumbles t

m. Smoke billows out the

return to my senses, I realize that I'm out on the sidewalk and Doc is standing in

or back to him. "T

alm of my hand. "And go home. Come back

Doc

ts a hand, his face as hard a

ops straigh

help me, then my mar

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