Married Your Girl Bestie as a Dare? Congrats You're Stuck with her now novel Chapter 106

Chapter 14

Alexander stepped out of the hotel, his spirit shattered. Without a word, he sealed off the banquet hall, locking everyone inside to suffer until Emily chose to forgive them.

He got into his car and drove without direction. Outside, snowflakes drifted down softly, each landing like a fresh sting to his heart. Emily’s desperate voice echoed in his mind.

“Alex, why didn’t you save our child?”

“In this marriage, don’t I even have the right to have a child?”

Pain twisted through his chest, sharper with every memory. He never imagined it could spiral so far out of control.

Overwhelmed, he slammed on the brakes, stopping dead in the middle of the road. His fists pounded the steering wheel in frustration.

The sudden stop nearly caused a crash. The driver behind him blared the horn, but Alexander didn’t react. When the driver got out to confront him, one icy glare from Alexander was enough to send him scrambling back to his car.

Traffic cops arrived, but there wasn’t much they could do. They kept other cars away, watching the man trapped in his own storm.

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Time dragged on. Snow piled high on the roof of the car. Alexander sat motionless, unaware he’d slipped into unconsciousness.

Meanwhile, Emily had fled Eldergrove. After four connecting flights, she finally touched down in Pinevale-a small, remote town she’d visited before. She knew Alexander wouldn’t look for her here.

After ten years by his side, she trusted her instincts. He wouldn’t start the search where she was expected to be.

Here, maybe she could find peace-at least for a little while.

She hoped Sophia would keep Alexander’s heart anchored so he’d stop chasing her, so they could finally be free of each other.

Emily bought a modest villa and decorated it quietly, making it her own. She set aside a room for her brother, carefully placing his ashes inside.

Stocking the kitchen, she filled the fridge to the brim. For the first time in years, a flicker of hope lifted her spirits.

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From the moment she’d been pulled into the Harrington family, she’d lost herself. Everything she was had revolved around Alexander.

She knew the first few years without him would be hard. Her background, her past-all tied to the name “Emily Harper”-were gone along with her old life.

Once settled, she ran her fingers over the smooth wood of her violin-the only thing she’d taken from the Skyloft Towers penthouse, a piece Alexander had crafted himself.

Not out of sentimentality, but because it felt familiar.

She began to play. The notes were heavy at first, laden with sorrow and loss. But gradually, the melody softened, lifting into something light and graceful-each note singing of hope and new beginnings.

As the final chord faded, her heart felt lighter.

Suddenly-clap, clap, clap.

Applause broke the silence. Emily glanced toward the garden wall and saw a tall, handsome man with sharp

features and warm eyes, smiling with genuine admiration.

“Beautiful,” he said in perfect Mandarin. “The most soulful piece I’ve ever heard.” With effortless charm, he

introduced himself. “I’m Joshua Brown, your neighbor. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Emily gave a faint, cautious smile. “Thank you.”

Jay’s grin didn’t falter. “Sorry to intrude. I’ll leave you to it. Until next time.”

She nodded and closed the window.

For now, she wasn’t interested in making friends. All she wanted was a quiet life-on her own terms.

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Chapter 1,5

In Cresthaven, Alexander awoke in a hospital bed, the stark white ceiling blinding him for a moment.

Instinctively, he rasped, “Get my wife here-have someone bring Emily to me.”

His assistant recoiled, face ashen. “Mrs. Harrington… she’s gone.”

Alexander’s gaze sharpened. Memories of the past days surged back, igniting a fresh blaze of fury and panic.

Emily had vanished.

Disregarding the doctors’ objections, he insisted on signing himself out. Back at Skyloft Towers, he had the

penthouse stripped and redone-every trace of Sophia erased.

Search teams went out repeatedly, but Emily remained nowhere to be found. It was as if she’d disappeared

into thin air.

Day after day, Alexander sat in his office like a shell, indifferent to everything. Multibillion-dollar deals stalled or were cancelled on a whim. In just over a month, he’d driven the Harrington Group to losses in the

hundreds of billions.

Only now did he understand: it wasn’t Emily who couldn’t live without him-it was he who couldn’t function

without her.

He stared through the floor-to-ceiling windows at drifting clouds against a blue sky. Each cloud seemed to form Emily’s face. He watched, mesmerized, even as his heart hollowed further.

When William Harrington- Alexander’s grandfather-burst into the office, clutching financial reports,

Alexander’s vacant stare met him.

“Alexander Harrington! Explain yourself! What have you done this past month?” the old man thundered, flinging the papers across the desk. “What about all the promises you made when you took control?”

Alexander barely glanced at the scattered reports. “It’s just a few hundred billion. I’ll recover it.”

William’s eyes burned. “You’d jeopardize the entire company over a woman who’s left you?!” He raised a hand as though to strike, but Alexander’s cold glare froze him in place.

“She is my wife,” Alexander said quietly, voice calm but edged with chilling resolve.

“She’s divorced you,” Grandfather Harrington shot back, stepping back. “To her, you’re a liar who broke his vows, a man who watched her suffer and did nothing. She won’t forgive you. She won’t come back.”

“Stop playing the repentant husband and focus on what matters here. Harringtons don’t do faithful, kid, and you’re no trailblazer. There’s only one Emily Harper, but women like her-there are plenty more.”