He Said One Kneel Bought Forever Love, but Finally Begged Me Back Chapter 08

He Said One Kneel Bought Forever Love, but Finally Begged Me Back Chapter 08

A month later, I flew back to Ashbourne to finalize the divorce.

My lawyer met me at the airport.

On the drive into the city, he handed me a revised property settlement.

Graham had left me the apartment, every dollar in his accounts, and fifteen percent of his company

shares.

Even the jewelry his mother gave me was listed separately as compensation.

I read one page and closed it.

“I don’t want any of it.”

My lawyer hesitated.

“Mr. Whitlock insisted these rightfully belong to you.”

“Then tell him I don’t need them.”

All I’d ever wanted was for him to shut down Sloane’s joke at the wedding.

The wedding was gone. My baby’s heartbeat was gone. Whatever I felt for him was gone too.

No apartment or bank account was going to bring any of it back.

The courthouse appointment was set for that afternoon.

I went to the apartment first to pick up a photo album my mother left me.

The door code had been changed, but Graham opened the door before I could even touch the keypad.

The apartment was too quiet.

Sloane’s shoes were gone. Her clothes, her dive gear, all of it.

The game console she used to leave on the couch was gone too.

My slippers were back in the entryway.

I walked straight to the study.

Graham followed.

“I got rid of all of Sloane’s stuff.”

I didn’t respond.

He should have done this before the wedding. It took losing me for him to figure that out/

I couldn’t walk past the nursery.

The door was open. The crib was back.

The star-shaped lights glowed softly on the wall.

A fresh print of the 4D ultrasound sat in a new frame.

The silver bracelet was there too. [Milo, Mom and Dad will always love you.]

Graham opened a cabinet and took out the fetal doppler.

“They could only recover six seconds.”

He pressed play.

A tiny, rapid heartbeat filled the room.

Thump, thump, thump.

Six seconds. Then silence.

Graham’s eyes were wet.

“I had them make copies. A lot of them.”

“It won’t be lost again.”

I took the doppler from his hands and placed it carefully in my bag.

“I’m taking this with me.”

Something flickered in his face. He nodded fast.

“Okay. I’ll keep the nursery just like this.”

“When your project’s done and you come back, we could still…”

on’t want Sloane in our life, she’s gone. For good.”

do the wedding. I saved Milo’s heartbeat.”

eine one more chance.”

“You don’t have to come back. I’ll move to Westbridge.”

“If you don’t want Sloane in our life, she’s gone. For good.”

“We’ll redo the wedding. I saved Milo’s heartbeat.”

“Just give me one more chance.”

I looked at him.

“I can’t be with someone who uses the worst thing that ever happened to me as a weapon.”

Whatever was left in his eyes went dark.