Too Late for Regret:My Ex-Husband Are Trying to Win Me Back novel Chapter 4

After leaving the banquet hall, Lynette sank into a gazebo. She mindlessly pressed her nails into the flesh of her wrist, seeking a release from the internal pressure. It was a familiar, terrifying spiral—her illness was resurfacing.

She told herself she didn't care, but every time something like this happened, her condition only worsened.

Lynette rummaged through her bag and pulled out her antidepressants and psychotropics. Before she could take her medications, Charmaine snatched them away, sneering, "No wonder Zachary calls you a lunatic every time he sleeps with me—you really drive him mad. Turns out, you really are crazy."

Lynette's stomach churned. So, they had been sleeping together. The vulnerability she once shared with Zachary had become a weapon, twisted into mockery and betrayal.

Charmaine smirked at her shock. "Oh, you didn't know? Do you know how he helped me recover? In bed. Every time I had an episode, he slept with me. Over the last three years, we've probably been together more times than he's even looked at you.

"Lynette, I was the one Zachary loved back then, and I'm the one he still loves now. What right do you have to cling to the title of Mrs. Wright?"

Lynette's mind reeled with Zachary's past promises—his vows never to cheat, to love only her. Promises spoken by him, but believed only by her.

She wanted to slap Charmaine, but her frail body betrayed her. All she could do was glare and warn, "Charmaine, don't push me."

Charmaine laughed, unafraid. "Push you? This isn't the first time. You stopped being the formidable Sterling heiress long ago. Now you're just the daughter of a convict.

"Oh, and I almost forgot—back then, I drugged your father and stole his sperm. I was Zachary's first love. If I hadn't gone abroad to marry someone else, he never would've settled for you. As long as I'm alive, he'll protect me.

"Who would've thought he'd even send his own father-in-law to prison for my sake? Lynette, look at yourself. What makes you think you can fight me?"

Lynette broke down, tears streaming. The Sterlings and Wrights had been close for generations. She had loved Zachary in secret since childhood, planning to confess at 18.

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