The Wife He Couldn’t Bring Home Chapter 06
Cole grabbed her wrist and lowered his voice. “What are you making a scene for? Do you know how many people are watching today?”
“Making a scene?” Tears poured from Paige’s eyes, and her voice rose uncontrollably. “Cole, you slept with me for six months and led me on for six months, and now you’re going back to her? What’s so great about Maya? She even lost her baby! She—”
“Enough!” Cole violently shook her off. “Say one more word about her, and you can get the hell out right now.”
Paige stood frozen in place, her lips trembling as large tears rolled down her face.
No one around them dared to make a sound.
A few friends hurriedly tried to smooth things over.
Cole picked up his jacket and walked away.
When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, pulled out his phone, and dialed a number.
It rang twice before being hung up.
He called again. This time, the call went straight to an unavailable message.
He frowned, an inexplicable irritation rising in his chest.
“Where is Maya?” He turned back to ask his assistant. “Has she been discharged?”
The assistant nodded carefully. “Mr. Mercer, Maya handled her own discharge procedures this morning. She went to the lawyer to pick up the documents, and then… she left.”
“Left? Where did she go?”
“I… I’m not sure. Maya didn’t return to the estate, and she didn’t take any luggage.”
Cole’s heart suddenly sank.
He remembered Maya’s pale face as she lay on the hospital bed. He remembered how she had been pinned to the operating table, crying and begging him to stop. He hadn’t thought much of it at the time, but thinking back on it now, his chest felt like it was being squeezed by a tight fist.
He pushed through the crowd and strode outside quickly.
Paige called his name from behind, but he didn’t look back.Â