Chapter 6
That statement hit like a bomb, stunning everyone.
Reid was the first to react:
“Bro! Have you lost your mind? Scarlett is my fiancée!”
“That’s in the past now.” Ronan pulled out a marriage certificate from his suit jacket. “Now, she’s legally my wife.”
Maya let out a shriek:
“Impossible! When did you two…”
“Five days ago.” Ronan raised his voice, looking at Reid. “Right when you abandoned Scarlett to rush Maya to the hospital-that’s when she and I got our marriage license.”
He leaned down and gently took my hand:
“Now, please leave my wife’s hospital room.”
Maya staggered back two steps, disbelief written all over her face:
“Impossible… this is absolutely impossible!” She lunged forward trying to grab the marriage certificate, but Ronan sidestepped, causing her to fall flat on her face. “Ronan, you’re joking, right? How could you two possibly be married…”
Reid also shot to his feet:
“Bro! This kind of joke isn’t funny at all!”
“You still think I’m joking?” Ronan scolded harshly. “Get out. Don’t make me say it twice.”
Watching their panicked retreat, I was still processing everything when I saw Ronan suddenly kneel on one knee beside my bed.
“Scarlett, I’m sorry.” His voice was terribly hoarse. “For making you wait for me so long.”
I was stunned: “What… what do you mean?”
“I’d been texting you for three days, until yesterday when I finally realized something was wrong.” He closed his eyes. “You never use periods when you text, but every message these past few days had periods.”
My heart skipped a beat.
He actually remembered such a small habit…
His fingers gently traced the scabbed-over scars on my wrist, his voice choking: “Blame me for this…”
My nose stung as I reached up to touch his head:
‘How could I blame you for this…”
In the days that followed, Ronan stayed by my side constantly while I recovered.
As for Reid, he changed over a dozen phone numbers to message me, going from initial anger to final pleading, but I blocked every single one without exception.
Until one afternoon, Maya suddenly appeared at my hospital room door.
“Scarlett, let me tell you-don’t get too cocky.” She stood in the doorway looking down at me. “I was able to steal Reid away, and I can steal Ronan too.”
I couldn’t be bothered with her, leisurely peeling an apple:
“You’re welcome to try.”
She suddenly went crazy and rushed over to grab my hand:
“Scarlett, dont be like this… Ahh!”
She screamed while falling to the ground, though I hadn’t even touched a hair on her head during the whole process.
At that moment, the hospital room door opened.
“Ronan!” Maya looked up with tears streaming down her face. “Don’t blame Scarlett-I just lost my footing…”
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“Do you think I’m as stupid as my brother, believing your baseless lies?”
“Should I pull up the security footage?” Ronan pointed to the camera in the corner of the ceiling. “Now, apologize to my wife.”
Maya’s face went white. Before security could arrive, she finally tearfully bowed to me:
“S-sorry…”
Then she fled in disgrace.
Ronan locked the door, and when he turned around, he found me laughing.
“What are you laughing about?” His ears turned slightly red.
“Nothing,” I tilted my head, “just thought you looked particularly handsome today.”
After being discharged, Ronan often canceled social engagements just to get off work on time and have dinner with me.
Sometimes when I worked late in the study, I’d look up to find him standing in the doorway with warm milk, his eyes gentle.
“Is Mr. Ashford so free these days?” I teased him deliberately.
He took the opportunity to grab my wrist and pull me into his arms: “No matter how busy I am, I have to keep Mrs. Ashford company.”
One afternoon, we were eating at our usual restaurant.
Ronan was cutting his steak when he suddenly frowned toward the entrance.
Following his gaze, I saw Maya entering a private dining room with some unfamiliar man on her arm.
‘Should we go somewhere else?” Ronan asked softly.
I shook my head and quietly took out my phone to snap a photo.
Then I created a fake account and sent the picture to Reid.
Less than half an hour later, there was a commotion at the restaurant entrance.
Reid stormed in, heading straight for that private room, followed immediately by Maya’s screams:
‘Reid?! How did you…”
You shameless bitch!” Reid’s roar could be heard throughout the restaurant. “I’m at odds with my family because of you, and you’re here entertaining some old
nan?!”
He dragged Maya, whose clothes were disheveled, out to the main dining area.
‘No, let me explain…” Maya was crying so hard her makeup ran. “Mr. Wilson was just…”
“You still have the nerve to argue with me? You were all over him-are you going to claim you were forced?” Reid slapped her across the face. “I must have been fucking blind to fall for a two-faced bitch like you! Disgusting!”
