Chased by my Ex Husband novel Chapter 57

Ethan

The pictures lie on my lap.

She kissed Tristin and spent the night at his place.

She told me she didn’t want to be with any other man after me.

And she lied.

“ Where is she now? ” I ask Josh.

“ She was last seen at the airport, Boss. ” He reveals, standing beside me.

I nod, taking the pictures and dropping them on the side table. My head should be hurting enough to make me sick, but I can not even feel it.

It’s because my heart is bleeding.

The door to the hospital room opens and Noah, the new man I hired from the professional secretary team at the office, steps inside.

“ Mr. Calder. ” He nods respectfully and comes to stand by Josh’s side.

Josh looks at him but doesn’t say anything.

“ Step out. ” I turn my head towards the ceiling-to-floor window in my hospital room.

“ Noah, step out— ”

“ I am talking to you, Josh. Get out and close the door on your way. ” I state, narrowing my eyes.

“ Uh—Yes, Boss. ” Josh nods and leaves us alone.

“ What did you find? ” I keep my gaze on the towers outside as I address Noah.

“ There are no records at the pharmacy, Mr. Calder. The footages are edited. Mrs. Calder never frequented those clubs, never met those men, or went to the pharmacy. But… ” He pauses, waiting for me to ask him to continue.

But I can’t speak. The knife stuck inside my heart digs deeper.

“ …But I found that the housekeeper in your mansion frequented the pharmacy and often bought morning-after pills. She got the bills in Mrs. Calder’s name, using her card. ” He finishes. “ You didn’t ask me, and I apologize, but I looked deeper into this matter. I checked the bank and call records of the housekeeper and…Josh…They have something in common, Mr. Calder. ”

Fool. Useless. Idiot. I can suddenly hear my father’s stern voice hissing those words in my ears.

He always knew I was a fool.

He was right.

After everything I did to prove that I was not that fool…

After everything I did to become as powerful as Sebastian Roberto when I thought Lily left me for him…

After everything I did to make myself believe that I was not weak anymore….

Here it comes.

The truth.

“ They were apparently paid by a common account, and I traced it back to— ”

“ The Whitlocks. ” I finish for him.

Noah sighs. “ Yes, Mr. Calder. Mr. Whitlock paid them to manipulate everything. But…after looking into the housekeeper, I found another footage from in front of her house. She met Ms. Lily Whitlock many times. ”

The knife slices everything that’s left of my heart, and I clutch my chest.

That old geezer and his old bitch put on such a good act when they revealed my wife to be a cheater in their party. They condemned her like some righteous parents disciplining their child when in reality…

It was all their plan.

And Lily…

I close my eyes. Lily fooled me as easily as you can fool a three-year-old child.

They turned my most loyal man against me and then made me dance to their tune.

What was it that made me so gullible to her? I have realized I don’t love her. Then why?