How to Destroy a Cheater Without Saying Goodbye novel Chapter 3

Blanche stepped out of the preschool, looking drained. The family chauffeur, noticing her pallor, approached with concern. "Ma'am, where would you like to go? Let me drive you."

Where could she go?-

The world stretched empty before her—no family, no refuge. Only one place had ever whispered her name in the darkness.

"That won't be necessary," Blanche replied quietly.

The chauffeur watched her stride away, a lingering sense of unease knotting in his chest.

Just then, his phone vibrated.

A maid's panicked voice burst through the speaker. "Mrs. Simmons found out about the master's secret."

She'd been frightened by the chaos in the study—books and papers scattered everywhere.

The chauffeur wasted no time. He relayed the message to Mrs. Simmons Senior at once.

Meanwhile, Blanche gripped the steering wheel of her Porsche, speeding down the highway. She left the city's restless hum behind and disappeared into the silent mountains.

At that very moment, inside the executive lounge of Simmons Group headquarters—

Eddy and Jeannette were tangled together when the phone on the nightstand began to ring.

Eddy picked it up, checked the security alert. On the screen, a red dot was moving farther and farther from the city center.

"Babe, Healy's boxing lesson is almost over, isn't it?" Jeannette murmured as she wrapped her arms around him, her voice soft and teasing.

Eddy shrugged her off, fixated on the little red dot drifting away. The sound of Jeannette calling him "babe" twisted something deep inside him, as if he were losing something precious.

"Don't call me that," he said coldly.

No one had the right to call him that except Laney.

He'd let his guard down for a moment. That was all.

Without another word, he pulled up his suit pants and strode out of the lounge, not bothering to glance back.

As soon as Eddy left, Jeannette's sweet smile collapsed. She reached over and swept the framed photo of Eddy and Blanche from the nightstand into the trash.

She was younger and prettier than Blanche, and Eddy always preferred her in bed. Even Healy seemed to like her more these days.

So why was Eddy still so anxious about Blanche?

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