He Gave Her Strawberries, Gave Me Hives (Ford and Sylvia) novel Chapter 171

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velyn Ross’s boyfriend was getting married, but the bride wasn’t her–it was her own sister.

o fight the arranged business marriage, her boyfriend knelt in the old Harrison family chapel for a full day and a night, his voice raspy as he swore he’d rather ive up his inheritance.

ler sister started a hunger strike, weeping that she would never, ever steal the man her little sister loved.

ut in the end, they got married anyway.

in the wedding day, Theodore Harrison gripped Evelyn’s hand and promised her they would only be husband and wife on paper, that they would never be atimate, and they would divorce the second he and Maren had secured their respective power.

faren, with red–rimmed eyes, also promised that when the time came, she would give Theodore back to her, whole and untouched.

velyn believed them. And so she waited. For five years.

ut five years went by, and what she received wasn’t a divorce decree, but a pregnancy test report that Maren handed to her.

Evelyn, I’m pregnant.”

I’m so sorry, I couldn’t control myself… I’ve fallen for Theodore. He was drunk that night, and we… we slept together.”

velyn’s fingers gripped the paper so tightly her nails nearly broke the skin of her palm, but she couldn’t feel a thing. A buzzing filled her ears, and Maren’s oice sounded like it was coming through a thick curtain of water, muffled and distorted.

When we woke up, I asked him… if he’d ever felt even a flicker of something for me,” Maren’s voice dropped, laced with a hint of coyness, yet it struck like a oisoned needle. “He said… he had.”

le said he had.

hose four simple words were like four red–hot iron spikes, viciously drilling right into Evelyn’s heart.

I know we both betrayed you, that this must be so painful…” Maren lifted her eyes, shimmering with tears. “But Evelyn, the baby is innocent. He can’t be

thout a father, and he needs a proper family. Please, I’m begging you as your sister, just let Theodore go completely. Let us be a family, okay?”

et them be a family?

velyn wanted to laugh, but her throat felt choked, and she couldn’t make a sound.

he stared at Maren’s face–so similar to her own, yet softer, more delicate–and her thoughts drifted uncontrollably back in time.

rowing up, even though they were both their parents‘ biological daughters, their parents had always favored her sister.

faren always got first pick of new clothes, Evelyn only got the best treats if Maren left any behind, and even birthday presents–Maren’s were always more xpensive and exquisite.

[er childhood was a shadow of craving attention and love she could never get.

ut thankfully, there was Maren.

ler sister would sneak her candy, stand up for her when their parents scolded her, and stay by her bedside all night when she was sick.

hen, when she grew up, she met Theodore.

le was an aloof and noble man, as pristine as the snow on a mountain peak, yet he gave all of his tenderness and patience to her.

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He would drive across half the city just because she mentioned wanting a warm cinnamon pretzel from a stall uptown. He would clumsily make her chamomile tea when she had her period. He would meticulously plan a surprise for every anniversary, and when he saw her crying and laughing at the same time. He would pull her into his arms, a mix of helplessness and adoration in his voice, and whisper, “You silly girl.”

She had the best sister in the world and the best boyfriend in the world. They filled the void left by her parents‘ love, making her believe she was the luckiest person on earth.

Until five years ago, when the Harrison and her family decided on a business alliance through marriage.

Her heart filled with joy, thinking she would be the one, but she never imagined that her parents and the Harrisons would choose her sister, Maren.

in that moment, her world collapsed.

Theodore knelt in the old Harrison family chapel for a day and a night, his voice hoarse but firm as he swore he would rather give up his inheritance than narry Maren.

Maren wept and started a hunger strike, insisting she would never destroy her own sister’s happiness.

They tried everything to fight it, like a pair of star–crossed lovers cruelly toyed with by fate, while she became the one who wasn’t chosen, the superfluous bystander.

But in the end, they were powerless against their families.

A grand and lavish wedding took place as scheduled. The groom was Theodore Harrison, and the bride was Maren Ross.

On the wedding day, Theodore found her hiding in a corner. He held her hand tightly, his gaze deep and earnest. “Evelyn, you have to believe me. Maren and I will only be husband and wife on paper, in name only. As soon as we both have full control and can break free from our families, we’ll get divorced mmediately! Wait for me. Five years at the most!”

Maren also took her hand, her eyes swimming with tears as she promised, “Evelyn, I’m so sorry. But this is just a temporary solution. When the time comes, I swear I’ll give Theodore back to you, completely.”

She believed them.

Because one was the man she had loved for years, the man who was her entire world, and the other was the sister she relied on and trusted as if she were a part of her own soul.

And so, like a mistress who couldn’t be seen in the light of day, she endured it all in silence, waiting for five long years.

For more than eighteen hundred days and nights, she watched them appear together as a couple, read the media reports on their devoted love, and saw Maren accompany him to countless events as Mrs. Harrison. Every single time, it felt like a dull knife sawing back and forth across her heart.

But she told herself to just endure it a little longer, that five years was almost up, that Theodore and her sister would soon be free, and that she would soon have the man who was supposed to be hers.

However, what arrived wasn’t a divorce decree, not a happy ending after all the bitterness, but a pregnancy test that declared she was officially out of the

>icture.

And the verbal confirmation from her own sister that the man she loved had fallen for her.

How could this… how could this be happening?

Evelyn’s mind went completely blank. A chill spread through her body, as if her very blood had frozen solid.

she didn’t even know how she managed to see Maren out, all she remembered was the look of immense guilt in her sister’s eyes as she left.

she sat alone in the cold apartment for the entire afternoon, from the first light of dawn until dusk settled in, like a statue that had lost its soul.

Until that evening, when the door was violently kicked open with a deafening bang.

The tremendous noise made Evelyn jolt, and she looked up blankly.

Theodore stood in the doorway, backlit by the hallway light. His figure was tall and imposing, but he radiated a chilling hostility that felt like the calm betere a

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