Dead Before You Loved Me He Realized the Truth Only When My Grave Was Cold Chapter 01

Dead Before You Loved Me He Realized the Truth Only When My Grave Was Cold Chapter 01

One second before he laid the divorce papers on the table,I’d been about to tell him, “Kael, I have terminal cancer. The doctor said I don’t have much time left.”

Just stay with me.

Kael picked me up early the next morning and drove straight to the County Clerk’s Office.

He couldn’t wait a single second longer.

Whoever she was must have promised him something. His whole face lit up with joy—brighter than the day he’d agreed to marry me.

“Why is the line moving so slow?” he complained. “That mandatory divorce waiting period is inhumane. It should be abolished.”

We checked in, waited, and took the forms from the clerk. Kael was visibly impatient.

As soon as we stepped outside, he immediately called someone.

“It’s done. One more month. Don’t be upset. You can pick out any wedding dress you want… anything you like…”

He hung up and glanced at me carelessly. “Take a cab home. She’s waiting for me.”

“Don’t go back to the manor. The unit at Willow Creek Estates is yours.”

He pulled on his trench coat, jumped into his yellow Lamborghini, and sped away.

I stood there watching him go, my hand resting gently on my stomach.

I’d scheduled an abortion.

It wasn’t that I didn’t want the baby. I just didn’t have much time left.

I’d found out I was pregnant the same day I was diagnosed with latestage cancer.

Her father didn’t even know she existed, and he couldn’t wait to leave her mother.

Life could be so cruel.

My bones ached sharply. I felt somewhat dazed.

…

A black Lincoln sedan pulled up beside me.

The window rolled down, revealing Darien Blackwood’s cold, distant face.

Unlike Kael’s flashy Lamborghini, Darien preferred understated luxury.

“Get in. I’ll drive you.”

When I hesitated, he got out, strode over, and grabbed my wrist, pulling me toward the car.

His voice was as icy as ever.

“Don’t be dramatic, Elara.”

I stopped fighting and let him lead me inside.

Darien Blackwood. My first love, the one who’d once felt like forever. He was my exfiancé, Kael’s older brother.

He’d left me before our wedding because he’d fallen for someone else.

He’d called off the engagement and refused to stay, no matter how I begged.

Then Kael came back from abroad.The younger brother, five years his junior, married me instead.

I stared out the window at the spring blooms, bright as clouds.

They were beautiful.

I didn’t want to blink.

I’d never see a spring like this again.

I only had a little more than a month left.