The Wife He Never Saw

ation of a truth I had already accepted. My love fo

Kortney," I sai

held on tighter, her face conto

ng that should be

ds, her high heel catching on the plush carpet. She went do

a sicken

she let out a piercing scream th

edric stood there, the drunken haze gone

pened?" h

clutching her arm. "She push

a trembling

ruin my face because I look

ing it? He would believe what he wanted to believe. He

-streaked face to my calm one. His gaze

to Kortney, scooped her into his ar

d as he

at the bodyguard who h

p. I didn't resist. I was a priso

ile. I sat on a hard plastic chair while

me out, his

the ulna. There's significant tissue damage. She'll need surger

He looked at the doctor, but his n

is voice dangerously low. "W

e it from the patie

off. His cold e

from her,

fused. "Mr. Burke, th

it were an undeniable fact. "She will provide

ran through me. "No. I didn'

cking out the harsh fluorescent light. He lo

he said, his voice a low growl. "You will do this

bodyguard. The ma

t it was useless. He

didn't push her!" I was b

ething-doubt? hesitation?-b

I see," he said, hi

treatment room and fo

approached. "Mr. Burke, we'll need to ad

another nurse interjected. "We can sedate Miss Bates for

the room, started to cry. "Cedric,

r. His eyes were on the docto

n on my wife without anesthesi

ld cause a spike in blood pressure, but... no. It shouldn'

thetic to Miss Bate

gs. I looked at the man I had once loved, the

erical laugh e

or the pain, all to fix an injury I didn't cause. All because he was mo

d with a scalpel. I s

p until I t

in was sharp, electric, a white-hot agony that sto

a dull echo of the agony that had been c

gilded cage. It was a s

it had reac