Separate Weddings, Separate Lives novel Chapter 3

"I think you should get a doctor over, Mr. Cromwell." Louisa turned down Thaddeus' order.

This was the first time she had defied him. Thaddeus' already tightly furrowed brow knotted even deeper.

Without another word, he seized her wrist and pulled her forcefully into his villa, kicking the door shut with a resounding bang.

"Louisa, don't think I can't tell you're throwing a tantrum," Thaddeus said, his gaze icy as he looked at her.

So he knew. And yet he still chose to wrong Louisa.

A bitterness rose in Louisa's chest, slowly spreading in every part of her, until it stung the tip of her nose.

"You've slept with me for seven years, Thaddeus. And now you're just ditching me without a word. Am I not even allowed to be upset?"

He didn't even give her a heads-up that he was getting together with Danica. Even if she had only ever been his lover, he could at least have told her if he was marrying someone else.

But Thaddeus hadn't. And not only so, he even openly showered affection on Danica right in front of Louisa, as if she were nothing more than an ordinary assistant.

"Who said that I've ditched you?" Thaddeus, clearly extremely uncomfortable, yanked violently at his collar.

With a series of sharp pops, buttons scattered across the floor. His shirt fell open, revealing his chest covered in angry, red allergic hives.

Over the years, Louisa had seen him through several allergic episodes and knew exactly how much he was suffering now.

Though a voice inside her screamed not to care, that whatever happened to him was no longer her concern, she still couldn't bear to see him in such distress. So, she went to fetch the ointment.

Thaddeus grabbed her hand, along with the ointment, in his feverishly hot grasp. "Louisa, I never said I'm ditching you. Besides, you promised you'd never leave me. Neither of us is allowed to forget that."

So he remembered. Louisa thought he had forgotten.

Back when she had first taken him in, drawn by his looks, they had spent days in her rented apartment doing little but eating, sleeping, and making love, until the day came when neither of them had a single cent left.

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