Chapter 83
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Chapter 83
Felix and Lucas were both at this hospital.
Evan didn’t need to ask-he knew Stella had to be here.
He was about to start checking rooms one by one when he saw Jennifer enter one of them.
He followed immediately.
Four bodyguards stood outside the door.
As he moved to enter, two stepped forward and blocked him.
“Move,” Evan snapped, his voice low but edged with authority.
Inside the room-
Gray and Jennifer both heard him.
Jennifer’s face darkened instantly.
Gray’s expression turned cold. “I’ll ask him to leave.”
“Let him in,” Stella said.
Jennifer turned to her. “Why would you see him?”
After what happened today? Jennifer would’ve preferred he never see her again.
Stella’s voice was steady.
“We’re still married.”
Married.
The word felt like iron around her wrists.
Once, she had stepped into that bond willingly.
Now-
She wanted out.
Gray spoke carefully. “You can file a lawsuit. Sir has already arranged legal counsel.”
Jennifer nodded. “Exactly. Take it to court.”
If Evan wanted to entangle himself with Summer forever, let him.
Stella shook her head faintly.
“And if he refuses to agree? We’ll drag this out indefinitely?”
In Harbor City, if one party refused-
Divorce could become an endless war of attrition.
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Jennifer fell silent.
They both knew the truth,
If Evan refused, even the best lawyers might not be able to untangle this quickly.
In the end, Jennifer and Gray stepped outside.
Evan entered.
He saw her-
Pale against the white sheets:
An IV line taped to the back of her hand.
She would need fluids for days.
For a split second, a phrase flashed through his mind.
A broken doll.
Broken.
He had always believed he’d taken good care of her.
Given her everything.
The best of everything.
And now-
He sat down beside her bed.
Instinctively, he reached for her hand.
She moved away.
He grabbed air.
His hand remained suspended awkwardly, and something inside him hollowed out.
Stella spoke first.
“I’ll let her off.”
She meant Summer.
She had listened to Felix’s advice.
What did Evan want most right now?
He wanted her to stop going after Summer.
Evan’s breathing stalled.
A cold dread crept up his spine.
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He already knew what was coming.
Stella looked at him, her eyes stripped of warmth.
“We divorce. I let her off.”
That was her condition.
She would end the feud.
And they would end their marriage.
The word divorce hit him like a physical blow.
His chest tightened.
He opened his mouth to speak-
Nothing came out.
He tried again, reaching for her other hand-the one without the IV.
It was cold.
So cold.
Just like last night when he’d held her, trying to warm her until dawn.
He had thought she was simply weak from poor circulation.
He hadn’t known.
Stella pulled her hand back without hesitation.
Disgust clear in the movement.
His palm felt emptier than before.
“My lawyer will send the papers to your office,” she continued evenly. “Once you sign, everything between me and Summer is settled.”
“Settled.”
She said it lightly.
Almost gently.
But it wasn’t forgiveness.
It was strategy.
Evan didn’t respond.
His voice, when it finally came, sounded distant.
“You were really pregnant?”
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
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