The Day I Quit Him (Autumn and Mars) novel Chapter 314

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Owen couldn’t hide the fury on his face.

“I can’t believe Mars Wright treated you like that.”

Owen had only known that Autumn and Mars’s marriage fell apart because he had cheated.

He had assumed Mars just couldn’t resist temptation, that he’d strayed from his vows and turned into a scumbag serial cheater.

He never imagined that they hadn’t even been genuinely in love from the very beginning.

Owen’s eyes were fixed on Autumn as he couldn’t help but ask, “So why didn’t you divorce him then?”

Autumn just smiled. “I was disappointed, sure, but I also thought maybe I was just overreacting. Divorce never even crossed my mind.”

“Besides, with our situation back then, I figured Mars didn’t want to go because he was worried about the cost. I actually felt a little sorry for him.”

Owen was speechless.

Autumn felt a little awkward under his gaze and looked away. “Honestly, it was mainly because I was too busy.”

“Back then, our company was just getting off the ground, and the financial hole at the Lopez Group was getting deeper every year. I was stretched so thin I wished I could split myself in three. Who had the energy to think about a honeymoon?”

His heart ached as he gently stroked her hair.

“I will give you an unforgettable honeymoon.”

“We can go anywhere you want.”

Autumn threw herself into Owen’s arms.

“Thank you, Owen.”

It was no exaggeration to say that Owen was the one who had given her all her hopes and dreams about marriage and love.

After learning of Mars’s betrayal, Autumn had thought she could never be interested in these things again,

She never expected Owen to crash into her life with a force she couldn’t possibly resist.

In that moment, Autumn was truly grateful for the little life growing inside her.

This child was the bond between them, tying her and Owen together.

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“What’s there to thank me for?”

Owen kissed Autumn’s forehead. “After everything we’ve been through, you’re still saying things like that? It’s like you don’t even consider me family.”

“That’s not it!”

Autumn quickly countered, “It’s *because* I see you as family that I have to thank you properly.”

“Owen, I’m serious. Without you, I can’t even imagine what would have become of me.”

Autumn was sure she wouldn’t have just fallen apart.

She would have propped up the Lopez Group to compete with Cloudbreak Corporation, and she would have found a way to acquire it and make that scumbag leave with nothing.

But after that, she would have faced a battle with her own family.

Oliver Lopez would have shown his true colors, dropping the act of a happy family.

The Lopez Group would have been torn apart by internal conflict.

After the failure of her marriage, being betrayed by her own family would have been too much to bear. She would have become a walking zombie.

Even if she had won in the end, she would have been all alone in the world.

That wasn’t the ending Autumn wanted.

Hearing this, Owen’s heart ached for her even more.

He had always known Autumn was a strong–willed person.

But he never realized she had been hiding so much inside.

“Why didn’t you tell me this before?”

If Owen had known earlier, he would have started preparing for all this long ago.

He never would have let Autumn bottle this up for so long.

Thank god he’d asked, or who knows when she would have finally opened up.

The thought of Autumn possibly waking up in the middle of the night, heartbroken over these unfulfilled dreams, was unbearable for him.

He had always wanted to make her happy; he couldn’t believe he’d almost missed such a huge blind spot.

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purpose.”

In truth, before this, Autumn hadn’t even thought she and Owen would have a wedding.

After all, they already had a child on the way. Talking about all that now seemed like an afterthought.

And it would be a huge hassle.

Not everyone in the Bennett family accepted her; it was probably better to keep a low profile.

“Busy or not, some things just have to be done.”

Owen said, “To me, Owen Bennett, you, Autumn Lopez, are the woman I’m going to marry. You deserve the best of everything in the world.”

“In the eyes of the Bennett family, you’re doing something incredible for us by giving us an heir. Even if what you’re worried about happens, with us at the top keeping a lid on things, the people below can’t stir up any

real trouble.”

“Autumn, you need to trust me, and you need to trust yourself.”

Autumn had heard words like these many times before, but never had they made her feel so secure.

“Okay, I get it.”

“From now on, I’ll trust you completely. How about you make all the arrangements for us? I promise to follow your lead.”

Owen reached out and playfully pinched her nose. “So we have a deal? You can’t back out, right?”

“I won’t back out.”

Beaming as if he’d just received a royal decree, Owen said, “I’m gonna record this. If you ever go back on your word, I’ll play it for you.”

Autumn didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

This guy was truly addicted to making recordings.

But thinking of it as a sign of his insecurity, she made a silent promise to herself to love him even more from

now on.

She was determined to make Owen a happy husband and a happy father.

Mars Wright had started to feel regret and fear the moment he’d done it.

But no matter how he replayed it, he couldn’t think of a more satisfying way to vent his anger than violence.

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That bitch Hannah, she’d gone too far!

Mars was already reeling from a blow to his physical well–being.

Then, a call from his company brought even more terrible news.

“Are you serious?”

In that moment, Mars couldn’t even begin to describe how he felt.

Cloudbreak Corporation, the company he had been so proud of, had been gutted by Hannah in such a short time, leaving it an empty shell.

Not only that, but he was very likely about to be saddled with a massive amount of debt!

Mars had always believed that as long as he had money, he would remain the high–and–mighty Mr. Wright.

Without Lydia Lopez or Hannah King, he could always find more lovers.

But he never expected reality to hit him so fast.

Cloudbreak was nothing but an empty shell.

Autumn was already in the arms of another man.

And he was about to become a deadbeat.

This chain of events was more than Mars could accept, and so, at his breaking point, he’d gone straight to the hospital with a knife.

And he’d arrived just in time to see Hannah all tangled up with the very bastard who’d crippled him.

An inexplicable rage surged through him, and Mars lost all reason.

As the screams of onlookers calling the police filled the air, Mars received another call from his company. “Mr. Wright, it’s bad! There are people here at the office causing a scene. They say Hannah took out a huge loan in the company’s name, and now she won’t pay it back and no one can find her. They’re demanding that we take responsibility for it.”

Mars actually burst out laughing.

He never thought he’d see the day he would end up like this. So he gave up on escaping and chose to wait for the police to come and take him away.

But once he was actually at the police station, a cold terror began to set in.

“Excuse me… how much time am I looking at?”