Eight Years of Maybe One Day of I Do—Bride Swapped Deal With It novel Chapter 117

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Over the next few days, the Winters family was running around like a stray mutt-completely frantic.

Jackson’s dad was desperately trying to find investors, and even Mrs. Winters sold off all her luxury goods, hoping it would be enough to get them through the crisis.

But that little bit of money? It was a drop in the bucket compared to the massive hole they were in.

The whole family took out all their stress and anger on Jackson.

He got so fed up that he started going out and getting wasted every night.

They say when it rains, it pours.

Right when the Winters family was at their worst, Jackson got sick.

His leukemia came back. And without my bone marrow, his condition deteriorated fast.

That’s when Jackson finally found out-Penelope was never the one who donated her bone marrow to him.

Jackson lost it on her.

“If you weren’t the one who saved me, why the hell did you steal Scarlett’s credit?! If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be in this mess!”

Penelope spat right in his face.

“Oh, please! Don’t act like you’re some innocent victim! You were the one who came onto me first!”

“You’re the one who said Scarlett was too boring and uptight, that she had no fun in bed-so you hooked up with me. Now that Scarlett’s done with you and your family’s falling apart, you want to pin it all on me? Son of bitch. Dream on!”

The couple who used to be all lovey-dovey in front of me? Now they were tearing each other apart.

That tiny, pathetic bit of affection they had was Crushed under the weight of reality immediately.

I saw Jackson again a week later.

I’d just gotten out of my car when he came running toward me.

In just a few days, he’d wasted away-sunken eyes, hollow cheeks. He looked like he’d aged ten years.

“Scarlett-I finally found you.”

He grabbed my hand and wouldn’t let go. I tried to pull away.

“We’re done. There’s nothing between us anymore.”

“There i!”

Jackson’s face twisted with a kind of feverish desperation.

“We still have history. I know you still love me, right?”

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Chapter 6

“For old times’ sake-please, save me. Save the Winters family. If you invest in us again and donate your bone marrow one more time, I’ll give you anything you want.”

“You’ve always wanted to marry me, right? I’ll marry you. We can do it right now! And if we can’t get married, I’ll be your boyfriend forever. Hell, I’ll even be your side piece. I don’t care!”

“Please-you have to save me. We still love each other…”

Jackson broke down sobbing, tears streaming down his face.

“I was wrong. I really was. Penelope tricked me. She told me she was the one who saved me, who gave me life-I was just trying to repay her, that’s all… But I love you. We used to be so happy together…”

“Shh.”

I held up a finger to silence him, staring straight into his eyes.

“You know damn well whether you’re actually sorry or just scared. If I didn’t have my family’s power backing me up, you wouldn’t even be here apologizing.”

He choked on whatever he was about to say, his face flushing with embarrassment.

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