The Officer's Runaway Wife & Secret Son novel Chapter 150

Margot tilted her head, watching him. "As long as I frowned or cried out in pain, no matter what you were doing, no matter if Clara was waiting for you, you would always come running."

She smiled triumphantly. "I never forced you, Rhys. You made those choices yourself. In your heart, I'm just more important than she is. Are you going to blame me for that too?"

"Tell me, is it that I'm too evil, or that you're too stupid?"

Rhys stood frozen in place. "All these years... you've been exploiting my guilt?"

"How can you call it exploiting?" Margot blinked, looking utterly innocent. "Rhys, do you remember the first time you abandoned her for me?"

Rhys remained silent.

"Looks like you forgot," Margot reminded him. "It was Christmas Eve, her senior year."

The first Christmas he spent with Clara. Clara had bought two theater tickets that were notoriously hard to get.

He had gone to pick her up at her dorm. But just as she slipped her hand into his coat pocket, his phone rang.

Margot had said no one was home, that she heard strange noises outside. She was scared.

He had taken Clara's hand out of his pocket.

At that time, Clara hadn't met Margot yet, only heard Mia mention her.

She had paused for a second, but quickly forced a bright smile. "You should go then. Don't let your sister be too scared."

Rhys hadn't even taken the time to notice the flash of disappointment in her eyes.

"The tickets... I'll go with you next time."

"It's okay. I'll just go with my roommates, it's the same." She had even comforted him. "Drive safe."

He had left in a hurry.

On a snowy Christmas Eve, he left his girlfriend standing alone downstairs at her dorm.

When he arrived at the Johnson family home, Margot was curled up in the corner of the sofa. Seeing him, she threw herself into his arms, crying about how afraid she was.

That night, to soothe Margot, he stayed until past midnight.

It wasn't until 2:00 AM that he remembered Clara. He sent a text asking if she made it back to the dorm and if the play was good.

Clara replied instantly with one word: [Yes].

He thought the matter was settled.

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