He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 7

He knew Grace despised Helena. Whenever she went to the main house, she was treated terribly.

But right now, Janetta was looking at him with such a pathetic, understanding gaze.

His heart ached for her.

He knew Janetta didn't want him to leave.

He quickly rejected the idea in a frigid tone. "You're a grown woman. Do you really need me for something like this? Go by yourself."

And with that, he hung up on her.

Staring at the disconnected call, the grief and disappointment in Helena's eyes deepened.

Her phone kept flashing with entertainment updates.

[Sebastian Hayes Spends the Night with Janetta Ramirez. Relationship Gone Public?]

Every animated clip felt like a knife twisting in her gut.

She closed her eyes and made a decision she had never dared to make before.

She wanted to go see for herself. She needed to know if he was truly cheating on her with Janetta.

Taking a deep breath, she forced herself to calm down.

She looked at herself in the mirror. A plain, unadorned face, clean and bright.

Within minutes, she had applied a full face of makeup.

A very elegant, subdued look.

She hated it.

Deep down, despite being married for seven years, she was still only twenty-seven.

She loved bright colors, vibrancy, and looking full of life.

But Sebastian didn't.

He said women like that were too sharp and looked like trouble.

So, she had molded herself into the exact version of the woman he preferred.

By the time she finished her makeup, her phone was still blowing up with news of the pregnancy.

She stared at a photo of the actress on her screen.

Suddenly, she had a terrifying realization: she looked eerily similar to the gentle, elegant Janetta.

It was as if she had been unknowingly cosplaying her this whole time.

The thought sent chills down her spine.

She immediately wiped the makeup off. Once she was ready, she quietly headed straight to the hospital without telling anyone.

...

As Mrs. Hayes, she had every right to call them out.

And this was the first time she was seeing Janetta in the flesh.

Before, it had always been through a screen.

In person, Janetta was even more breathtaking than on TV.

She had a tiny face with features as flawless as a porcelain doll.

Her makeup was immaculate, exuding an intellectual, refined elegance.

Just like all her movie roles, she looked frail and desperately in need of protection.

Any man would fall for her.

"I'm so sorry..." Janetta immediately began apologizing, but she aimed it entirely at him. "I told you that you shouldn't have come. It puts you in a terrible position. I don't mind suffering a little, but I don't want you dragged down," she added, looking earnestly into his eyes.

Helena stood there watching the entire performance.

The two of them looked like star-crossed lovers. She almost felt like the homewrecker disrupting their romance.

Yet she remained completely stoic, keeping her mouth shut.

She wanted to see exactly how far he would go.

A second later, his predatory gaze locked onto her.