Ex-Husband Begone novel Chapter 5

Everyone knew her title as Terrence’s wife was just for show.

She couldn’t talk, and the phone was dead silent.

“You can’t talk, but you got Terrence to marry you and have his kid. That means you’ve got something special.”

Randy paused, then continued, “If Terrence dumps you, someone like you won’t stand a chance of keeping Emery. I could easily find him a stepmom who can talk, but no stepmom can ever replace a real one. Think it over.”

With that, he hung up the phone.

He was polite to Bethany, but only because he thought she could win Terrence’s heart.

A big family like the McConnell family couldn’t have any dirty scandals.

His message was perfectly clear: either she made Terrence fall for her, or she’d be shown the door.

He was worried about his family’s reputation and tried to scare her into doing what he wanted.

So, it seemed like Bethany was the only one blind to the thing between Terrence and Krista.

It all made one thing clear: Terrence would never love her.

She figured if she didn’t bring up divorce, he would in a few days.

She packed her bags and left quietly, not knowing her health check-up report had fallen on the floor.

Before Bethany left, she went to Emery’s room.

After all, he was her own kid.

He was only six and didn’t get what was going on.

As she got to his room, she heard him say, “Krista, don’t be mad. Dad said Mom has a bad temper, maybe because she can’t talk.

“You know, she’s not perfect. It’s normal for her to be a bit mean.”

Bethany shut her eyes in despair and let out a strained breath.

The older Emery got, the less he could accept her flaws.

She only had six months left.

After she was gone, Terrence would be the only one looking after Emery.

Maybe he would remarry and bring in a normal woman to be Emery’s stepmom.

Right when Bethany found out she had cancer, she started worrying about stuff like that, thinking Emery’s new mom might not be nice to him.

But if he liked his new mom, that’d be okay.

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Exhausted, Terrence trudged back home.

He knew he had messed up last night.

He could’ve told Bethany that Krista was allergic to the hotel bedding, and she would get it.

As he pushed open the bedroom door, a gust of wind followed him in.

He noticed a piece of paper had slipped under the bed.

He raised an eyebrow. He was a bit of a neat freak, and Bethany always kept the house clean. It was weird for her to miss a piece of paper like this.

The bedroom was empty. Terrence’s sharp features took on a cold look. Normally, when she heard his car, Bethany would be waiting for him at the door.

He irritably shut the door, walked into the living room, and called out, “Eliza.”

“Mr. McConnell, you’re back.”

“Where’s Bethany?”

Eliza was stunned. “Isn’t she in her room?”

She didn’t know Bethany was out.

Terrence, thinking of the paper under the bed, instructed, “Clean the bedroom after breakfast.”

“Sure.”

Terrence took out his phone and called Bethany.

“Sorry, the number you dialed is powered off.”

Last night, Krista twisted her ankle right after leaving the villa. Terrence took her to the hospital, where she had been in pain all night. Only just now had she fallen asleep, and he rushed back.