Second Chance His Unending Love (Calista Hartwell) novel Chapter 119

Chapter 119

“Yes,” Evander said.

How was that even possible?

Killian had heard Calista mention the arranged marriage once before, but he hadn’t paid much attention to it.

Back then, he thought the whole thing was ridiculous. Who still did arranged marriages in this day and age? It seemed like something out of an old-fashioned novel.

Calista was an adult, and she could make her own

choices.

She married him because she wanted to, and that was her

decision to make.

So he never asked about the other guy. Not his background, not his name, not even what he looked like.

But now Killian couldn’t wrap his head around it.

A broke nobody versus a wealthy heir from a prestigious fargily. Even he knew which one any sane person would 56

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choose.

Why would Calista give up the chance to marry into the Hayes family for him?

And now, twenty years later, this man showed up in Calista’s life again.

Killian felt a knot forming in his stomach.

If what Evander said was true, then he wasn’t just some guy who got bored and moved on.

Was Evander actually planning to marry Calista?

“You’ve got to be kidding me, Mr. Hayes,” Killian said with a cold laugh. “I don’t believe something this absurd actually happens in real life.”

He could accept that Calista chose him because she loved him.

But he didn’t buy for a second that any man could be devoted enough to wait for a woman for this many years.

Men understood men, and someone like Evander

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definitely had women around him.

“Mr. Hayes, you’re old enough to have kids by now,” Killian said. “Do your wife and children know you’re still hung up on your ex?”

Evander’s lips curved into a mocking smile. “It’s funny that Mr. Frost can think about my wife’s feelings when you’ve never once considered your own wife’s feelings while you were out screwing around. And besides…”

Evander traced his fingers along his glass and smiled

warmly.

He said, “I’ve stayed single all these years, waiting for her. Mr. Frost, you don’t know how to appreciate a good woman, so let someone who does protect her and love

her.”

Killian snapped, “You!” but he’d been thoroughly put in his place.

He hadn’t intimidated Evander at all, and instead Evander had made him look completely worthless.

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devotion, but at the end of the day, hadn’t he lost?

Killian had panicked at first, but he quickly calmed down.

He looked at Evander sideways with a sense of superiority creeping in.

He’d finally found something he had over Evander.

Killian said coldly, “She didn’t choose you, which proves your childhood engagement meant nothing. Why take something people said years ago seriously? You lost to me back then, and now Calista and I have two kids together. You think you can still win?”

Calista had loved him for years, and those feelings couldn’t just disappear overnight.

So what if Evander had history with her?

All Killian needed to do was say a few sweet words to Calista, and she’d forgive him.

Her love for him was his winning card.

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said, “People don’t step in the same mud twice once they’ve grown up. Besides, you don’t look like you’re in the best shape. You should take better care of yourself.”

Killian spat, “You!”

Evander’s blatant mockery humiliated him completely.

Killian turned away coldly and said, “Then I wish you luck.”

Killian turned and headed for the door, but he paused at the doorway, and a mysterious smile curved his lips.

He asked, “Did you know Calista has a secret?”

A secret?

Evander glanced at Killian coldly, and his expression didn’t waver.

He said, “Everyone has the right to keep secrets. Using Calista’s secrets to negotiate with me is pretty low, Mr.

Frost.”

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He couldn’t stay there any longer. He said, “Since Mr. Hayes isn’t interested, I’ve said what I needed to say.

He would wait and see if Evander could still be so devoted when he discovered Calista’s secret.

Killian snorted and left the hospital room.

Calista rushed over with the attending doctor, and she bumped into Killian as she hurried past him.

The doctor quickly began examining Evander.

Evander lay weakly on the hospital bed.

He said, “Calista, you’re back…” and started coughing.

Calista asked anxiously, “What happened? I was only gone for a few minutes and you look so pale.”

Evander waved his hand and coughed hard for a moment.

He said, “I’m fine.”

Evander placed his hand over Calista’s and explained

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