It was as if a single sentence had become an insurmountable chasm between two people. They could only look at each other, but they could never be together again.
"I understand now."
"Goodbye."
Karen lowered her head and walked away, not even sure where to go. She just waved for a taxi and got in.
She didn't dare to look back at Jeffrey as the cab pulled away.
"Where to, miss?" asked the cabbie.
"Just drive," Karen said. "Take a spin around the roundabout at Unity Avenue, then circle back here."
The driver glanced at Karen in the rear-view mirror, sighed, and stepped on the gas.
As they left the hospital entrance, that's when Karen's tears started to fall. One tear led to another until she couldn't hold them back anymore.
With no one else around, she allowed herself cry freely.
Seeing her distress, the cabbie handed her a tissue. "Here, wipe your tears."
"Thanks," she muttered, her breathing hitched with sobs.
The taxi drove on for over ten minutes, looping around the roundabout, then making its way back to City Hospital.
Jeffrey was gone. Karen even checked to see if his car was still there - it wasn't. He must have left.
Before she got out, the driver kindly offered her a few more tissues.
"Darling, don't cry over a guy. It's not worth it!"
"Okay, thank you," she said.
Karen took the tissues, turned around, and walked back to the maternity ward at City Hospital.
"Hi, I'd like to schedule an abortion surgery."
...
Kenneth had arranged a few reputable lawyers for Dorothy, thinking this time things would go smoothly.
She assumed he must be busy, perhaps with nothing left to say to her. But on her way out, she bumped into Quincy.
"He returned to Elysian Country," Quincy said. "Just left, went back to his parents. I'm leaving tomorrow myself."
"He left?" Dorothy asked, surprised.
"Yeah. Didn't he tell you?" Quincy looked puzzled.
Dorothy pursed her lips, feeling awkward no matter how she might respond.
Luckily, Quincy was quick to catch on to the unspoken tension.
After a moment of silence, Quincy said, "You've made your choice, no regrets."
"Yeah."
"Honestly, I envy you to have had Mr. Lopez's passionate love, but I also pity you, caught between such choices. Even I would struggle to decide."
Even without deep affections for her own parents, Quincy knew if they were murdered, she'd fight for justice too.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires
Why didn't Jeffrey call Everett from the office? Lock his door instruct security to not let anyone in and speak to Everett on the phone? Or send him a text giving him a quick summary of what's up and that he's on his way over. That way when he runs into Heather on his way out he informs her Everett already knows....
The children's stories are si boring. This book is like torture. I've put in so much time I have to see this through but it's becoming more difficult....
Finish this already...
Why are you delaying the updates? You wait over a month just to give us 5 chapters?...
Again no updates in weeks, is this where the story ends?...
Can you please just post the whole book this is dragging out and no updates in weeks...
Felicity s hold grow up n relise that craving is playing n finish getting back together correctly with mile n get married and Abigail needs to grow up n stop being shelter by her parent n realize that the other women is lying n getting her to hpget a divorce with Craig, n Craig needs to be to pride to see what's really going on n stop being dumb...
This story is getting boring already. Just wrap it up 🙏...
Can you please convey this to the person who owns this website? Update “find me in your labyrinth” novel please...author is MIA since 12/4......
I don't agree with not letting him in. That just seems cruel and besides wasn't the whole point of getting pregnant again was for him to experience and travel the journey of pregnancy with her?...