The Discarded Bride's Comeback

t from Chloe ping

get rid of the baby. I don't want to ruin

you want," and then blocked

called. He looked tired b

me a favor? Make a hea

n reluctantly comp

window," he said,

ndow. The night sky above her parent

d a glittering heart, then sp

completely forgotten it was her

will be valuable one day," he'd say, never bothering to personalize it, never asking what she might actually w

y was so thought

e jolted Ava from a restless sleep. It

now! Chloe... she tried to k

roat. Despite everything, the

sweatpants and a faded t-shirt – and raced to

king pale but otherwise perfectly fine. Ethan was beside

her, grabbed her arm, and dragged her to Chloe's b

, buckling, f

d, his face inches from hers. "She almost died, and

ssaged Ava to apologize," she choked out, "and s

t. There was a tiny, superficial scratch, barely visible

erously quiet. "If I'd come tomor

grabbed the fruit knife he'd been using to peel the orange

n you do the same!" he snarled. "Yo

e looked at Ethan, at his furious, unseeing eyes. S

and, she made a small, shallow cut on her own wr

a high-pitched

her arm to Et

"traumatized" Chloe, muttering, "Idiot, who told you to cut so

ed out of the room, Ethan called after her,

bout what you've done! I'll pick y

small, sad smile touching

e, she m