Five Years of Marriage to Mr. Bradford (by Koi Fish) novel Chapter 422

Chapter 422

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If course,” Vance replied. “How could I forget? Is the baby doing okay?”

atherine finally relaxed. It looked like he wasn’t suspecting anything.

the other end of the phone, Vance sat by the floor-to-ceiling window of his hotel room. He set the one down and stared out at the city lights. There wasn’t the slightest sign of illness on his face.

s phone rang again. He glanced at the caller ID and answered.

den’s anxious voice came through. “Vance, where have you been? I haven’t seen you for days.”

ance leaned back in his chair. “Oh, I haven’t been feeling well. What’s up?”

othing too important. You okay?” Aiden started testing the waters with small talk, just like Catherine

id done.

ince sounded perfectly normal. “I’ve been so sick I could barely think straight. I haven’t even had the

ergy to plan the wedding with Catherine. Can you help me look into some wedding planners? She ants something unique. I’m too weak right now to handle it, but we can’t keep putting it off. Her belly is ready showing.”

ure,” Aiden agreed quickly, feeling half-relieved yet not fully convinced. He kept probing. “One more ing. A few outsourcing companies need their payments settled, and their contracts are about to expire.

ey want to renew. We should keep working with them.”

see. Let’s talk about it at the office tomorrow.”

erfect. I’ll have them wait for you there.”

e call ended, and Vance stared at Aiden’s profile on his phone. The background was still the old photo

the three of them.

hey had been college classmates-brothers who had fought through thick and thin together, closer an family.

e tossed the phone aside and stood up to change. Then he went to the clinic, knowing Rebecca should there doing her rehabilitation session at this hour.

hen he arrived, she had just finished her therapy session. The doctor was talking to her. “This month’s sults have been pretty good. If you keep it up, combining therapy with rehab exercises, you’ll see better ogress than doing it on your own.”

e saw her hesitation and added, “I know you’re planning to move abroad. Mr. Perry mentioned it and oped I could relocate the clinic overseas, but that’s a bit difficult. Our roots are here in the States. It’s ot something money can solve.”

he nodded. “I understand. Gabriel was just worried about me.”

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Vance’s ears caught the key information. “They’re planning to move abroad?”

“Go ahead and start your rehab session,” Edwin encouraged. “We’ll take it one step at a time and see if Mr. Perry can come up with any other solutions.”

He called over a nurse, who led Rebecca into the rehab room. Throughout the entire conversation, Vance

remained silent in the corner.

Rebecca never noticed him. After she disappeared into the rehab room, he walked straight up to the

doctor. “Dr. Jefferson, hello.”

Edwin nodded, recognizing him.

Vance asked urgently, “Is Rebecca really moving abroad? Do you know which country?”

Edwin looked puzzled. “That’s strange. You’re her husband. Don’t you know where she’s going?”

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