Regretful Man, Redeemed Woman

lla left. She didn' t say goodbye. She just disappeared, leaving a short note saying she was going abroad to pursu

, his caretaker, his only link to the outside world. She brought him food, made sure

r. He eventually went back to school, started a small business fr

s, cold and calculating, but with her, he was different. He was dependent, needy. He called her i

ntic proposal. It was a business proposition. They were at dinner, and he just s

est. She said yes, believing that her years of devotion

ife for him. She decorated their home, managed their social life, and suppor

bella ca

llusion s

s. After seeing Ethan' s proposal to Isabella on the news, after th

as a fog of grief and betrayal. She was thinking about the baby, the

ff the curb w

ghtlessness, then an explosion of pain as she hit the pavement. Lyin

a celebrity news channel. The screen showed Ethan and Isabella, smiling for the cameras at a press

bella. He hadn't answered the hospital' s frantic calls. He hadn't been there when she woke

axi home. She walked through the front door and found them in the living room. Isabella was curled up on the

re was no guilt in his eyes, onl

he said. "Yo

on her face. "Oh, Eleanor, are

acle. A substitute who had served her purpose and was now in the way of his real life, his real love. The years o

attered wa