“So I’m asking you again, Nicole. Are you going to sign the divorce papers?”
For one moment, I’m tempted. So, so tempted by so many things. Just so, so tempted to take the easy way out and say yes.
But—
“I can’t,” I whisper.
His lips tighten, and I’m stunned how the sight makes my heart ache. My whole life, my heart has only cared for Sandy, and while it’s painful to think how it was never the same for him—
“Why?”
This...is even more painful.
This one word that Mr. Everford has made forced himself to ask...because he was telling the truth earlier, however difficult that may be to believe. He wants me, and that’s the reason he’s askingwhy.
It’s just one word, but I instinctively know how much it’s cost this proud, proud man to ask this. For him, this is no different from begging already, and so for him to still ask why—
That’s what makes me realize one more painful truth.
My heart hasneverached like this for Sandy, and that’s why I have to tell him the truth.
“If I sign the divorce papers, it means I’m admitting to cheating on him first...with you.”
Chapter Fourteen
WHO THE HELL CARES?
Sign the papers so we can be together.
Let’s not waste another day because of that douchebag.
Those are just some of the things I want to say to Nicole...but I don’t.
Because Montero’s already knocking on the door, which means Dr. Pitt has finally arrived, and Nicole’s health must come first.
“Come in.”
Montero opens the door, and Dr. Pitt enters the room. She's in her sixties, white-haired, sharp-eyed, and with a tendency to march rather than walk to wherever she’s going. It’s to be expected, considering how she’s also ex-army like Montero and almost everyone else who works for me at close proximity.
I glance at Nicole, asking, “Will you be alright with being alone while Dr. Pitt examines you?"
She slowly nods, and I have to clench my fists against the urge to touch her. She looks so small and lost, and there are tiny cuts on her skin that make me want to go back to that stockroom and finish what my men started—
“Chase.”
Dr. Pitt draws me out of my vengeful thoughts just in time, and I realize I’m causing an unnecessary delay. There are things I cando, but assessing Nicole's condition as a physician isn't one of them, and so I can only be satisfied with taking one last look at Nicole before forcing myself to leave.
Dr. Pitt has already started talking as I close the door behind me, and while I know Nicole is in good hands...
It's just not fucking enough.
I need to do something or I'll drive myself insane—
"Sir."
Montero is at the end of the hallway. "Reynolds is back."
Perfect.