He Gave Her Strawberries, Gave Me Hives (Ford and Sylvia) novel Chapter 189

Chapter 20

The smile on Maren’s face instantly froze. A flicker of panic, almost imperceptible, crossed her eyes, but she quickly masked it with an even more hurt expression. “Theodore… aren’t you happy? You don’t want this baby?”

‘It’s not that I don’t want it.” Theodore pulled his hand away, stood up, and turned his back to her, his voice devoid of emotion. “It’s just better to be sure. So

hat… there isn’t another accident.”

He enunciated the word “accident” with particular emphasis.

Maren’s heart sank. Looking at Theodore’s cold back, a chill rose from the depths of her soul.

A few days later, Theodore used his connections to find out Evelyn’s itinerary.

she would be representing Ashworth Corporation at a top–tier jewelry auction in a nearby city.

He immediately booked the earliest flight over.

The auction was a glittering affair, filled with high society’s elite.

Theodore anxiously scanned the crowd for that familiar figure.

Finally, in a relatively quiet corner, he saw Evelyn.

she was wearing a royal blue velvet gown that made her skin look

as white as

snow, her posture elegant.

he was leaning in slightly, speaking in a low voice to a distinguished and handsome young man.

The man had an undeniable air of nobility and composure, it was Daniel’s highly capable cousin, Adrian Ashworth, who was currently managing most of the

Ashworth family’s affairs.

They were standing very close. Evelyn had a faint, relaxed smile on her face, while Adrian was listening with his head slightly tilted, his gaze gentle and ocused. The scene was so harmonious it was jarring.

heodore’s reason was instantly consumed by a raging fire of jealousy. Thinking that man was her husband, he lost all control and strode forward, grabbing Evelyn’s wrist viciously under the shocked gazes of everyone around them.

Evelyn!” His eyes were bloodshot, his voice distorted with rage and panic. “Are you that desperate?! Even if he wakes up, he’ll be a cripple! What can he give

‘ou?!”

A sharp, resounding slap suddenly rang out, cutting off Theodore’s frantic questioning.

velyn yanked her hand back and, with all her strength, slapped Theodore hard across the face,

ler chest heaved, but her eyes were as cold as Siberian ice, filled with bone–deep hatred and contempt.

Theodore,” her voice wasn’t loud, but it reached the ears of everyone present, clear and filled with resolute finality. “First of all, you’ve mistaken him, this isnt ny husband. Secondly, my husband is someone you could never compare to.”

he paused, her gaze like a knife, slowly slicing away the last of Theodore’s dignity.

At least he wouldn’t throw me to a herd of horses to be trampled, and he wouldn’t choose to save another woman while I was bleeding to death.”

That sentence was like a red hot blade, plunging with perfect accuracy into the deepest part of Theodore’s heart, instantly shattering all his anger, Jealousy, and

retense.

He stumbled hack a step, the stinging pain on his face nothing compared to the crushing agony in his chest.

The stables… bleeding to death… saving Maren first…

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He Gave Her Strawberries. Gave Me lives. I Gave Them Rath A One Way Ticket To BANKRUPTCY

Chapter 20

Those cruel images that he had deliberately forgotten, that he hadn’t dared to examine too closely, now appeared before his eyes with horrifying clarity

He looked at Evelyn’s cold, resolute eyes, at the way she stood protectively in front of Adrian, and a tidal wave of regret and despair crashed over him.

le opened his mouth but couldn’t make a sound. In the end, like a defeated rooster, he fled the scene in utter disgrace, under the pitying, scornful, and amused azes of the crowd.

he humiliation at the auction was the last straw, completely crushing what was left of Theodore’s will.

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