After I lost our baby, I started avoiding Garrett Bancroft.
We had a vicious fight.
He lowered his eyes, his face a blank mask.
“Vanessa was my first love. I hadn’t let her go when I married you. You’ve always known that.”
“You were fine with me having an ex three years ago. Why does it suddenly bother you now?”
From that day on, I stopped asking about him and Vanessa Hale.
We lived apart for nearly three months before we ran into each other at the hospital.
Garrett asked me, “Why didn’t you tell me you were hurt? Couldn’t you have called?”
I thought about it for a moment.
“Forget it. Let’s get divorced.”
Garrett froze.
His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 12 Ethan and I hadn’t seen each other in years, but there was no awkwardness between us. We talked for a long time. We talked about old school memories and about his decision to move back to the States. After dinner, I dropped him off at
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His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 11 I forgot. Ethan looked down at me. “Have you lost weight?” Garrett wheeled his suitcase over. He stopped in front of us, glanced at his watch, then slid an arm around my waist, very naturally placing himself between me and Ethan. My smile
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His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 10 On Tuesday night, Ethan Parker texted me. [Lulu, are you free Wednesday?] [I’m coming back to the States.] The second I saw the message, I sat up straight. I had known Ethan since elementary school. We’d gone to the same middle and high school,
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His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 09 Garrett was back. Vanessa and Ryan stood beside him. We looked at each other for a moment. My husband had been in the hospital, and I had been at home, sleeping. I’d worked all night, and I really had forgotten. Ryan’s tone was openly
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His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 08 Her tone was so natural, as if she were the one who was supposed to be there. I had planned to stop by the hospital to see Garrett before heading to the office. Now, I just handed her the duffel bag. “Thanks, then.” Vanessa
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His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 07 Garrett moving back didn’t change my life. After work, I ate alone, watched TV dramas, and sometimes did aerobics along with whatever was on the screen. That night, a live comment thread on social media had me laughing out loud. Then a coworker called.
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His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 06 There was another, simpler reason. I loved him. Vanessa’s family moved in the same social circles as the Bancrofts. She and Garrett were equally ambitious about their careers. After college, Vanessa went to London for professional dance training. Garrett had just joined his family’s
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His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 05 After my follow-up, I went home. Garrett came in a few minutes later. Frowning, his gaze moved from my face to my shoulder. “Ryan said you were burned at a restaurant last week.” “Why didn’t you tell me you were hurt? Couldn’t you have
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His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 04 The snow kept falling into the evening. I left the office after working late. The parking lot was a sheet of ice, and I slipped just as I reached my car. I hit the ground hard. Almost immediately, a sharp, cramping pain seized my lower
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His Love Is Not Visible Chapter 03 In early February, Salt Lake City got its first heavy snow of the year. Vanessa had been back for exactly one week. I was escorting a client out of a downtown hotel when I saw Garrett and Vanessa step out of the elevator together. For
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