(The Remains of Summer) Chapter 23
Ethan’s fever raged for days. He
raved about Amelia, his voice filled with
anguish.
Chloe sat beside him, numb,
watching him. Her love for him had long
since turned to resentment. The
miscarriage, the scandal, the coma, the
loss of her child… she blamed him for
everything.
Yet, she knew she couldn’t leave him.
He was her lifeline. She had no skills, no
prospects. No one would hire a disgraced
social media influencer. All she had left
was him.
She pressed the call button.
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Doctors rushed in, tending to Ethan.
Late that night, his fever broke. He woke
up, his gaze settling on Chloe.
All the anger, the hatred, had
vanished, replaced by a weary resignation. They’d both made mistakes. They’d both wronged Amelia.
He looked at her for a long moment,
then spoke.“Let’s get a divorce.”
Chloe’s face paled. She shook her
head frantically. “No! I won’t divorce you!”
She fell to her knees, tears streaming
down her face, her voice pleading.“Ethan,
please don’t leave me. Tell me what I did wrong. I’ll change, I promise!”
Ethan closed his eyes, his voice tired.“
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We both made mistakes. Let’s just… end
this.”
Chloe continued to sob and plead,
refusing to let go.
He continued as if he hadn’t heard
her.“I’ll give you the house, and five million dollars. Let’s just… move on.”
Before Chloe could respond, Ethan’s mother burst into the room, slapping him across the face.
“Divorce?! Are you out of your mind?”
“If you divorce her, your father will disown you! He’ll take away your shares!
What will you have left to fight your
brother with?”
“Besides, you and Chloe can still have
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another baby! If you make your father happy, he might even let you back into the company!”
Ethan touched his stinging cheek, a hollow laugh escaping his lips. He’d lost the most precious thing in his life. Money
meant nothing.
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He refused to be swayed. He wanted
divorce.
A year later, Ethan and Chloe were back in the headlines. Not for their
scandalous affair, but for a violent
altercation at the courthouse. Chloe had
attacked Ethan with a knife during their divorce proceedings. A quick—thinking clerk had pushed her away, saving Ethan’s
life.
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After hours of surgery, Ethan was stabilized, but he remained in a coma, his
future uncertain.
Chloe was charged with attempted
murder and sentenced to ten years in
prison.
The public rejoiced.
Amelia, stumbling across the news
online, couldn’t help but feel a flicker of…..
something. Ethan Carter, once a
powerful figure in the business world, reduced to this.
She closed her eyes, remembering a confident young man, sixteen years old,
declaring his ambition to conquer the
corporate world, boasting to his future
children about his success.
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Now, he lay in a hospital bed, his life hanging by a thread, his future uncertain.
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