The Bride He Took For Granted novel Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Harold was at the hospital to pick up his grandmother’s medical checkup report when he unexpectedly ran into

Elise.

After stepping out of the elevator, he watched it descend to the fifth floor and, almost absentmindedly, glanced at the floor directory beside him.

Fifth floor – Obstetrics and Gynecology.

He didn’t think much of it.

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Not until that day at the shooting range.

A few well-dressed socialites were chatting animatedly.

“Have you heard? The eldest daughter of the White family had a miscarriage.”

“Seriously? When?”

“Probably just a couple of days ago. I went to Aurora Private Medical Center to visit a patient and overheard some medical staff talking about it.”

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“Maybe the fetus wasn’t developing properly? Or things got too intense? Landon is only twenty-four, full of vitality.”

The owner of the shooting range, Kai Chase, walked over with a cup of coffee and eagerly joined the conversation.

“I heard Mr. Carter has another woman outside. Maybe Ms. White got angry and terminated the pregnancy

herself.”

“Come on.”

“No way.”

The group scoffed.

“She’s been in love with him for years. There’s even footage from Iceland as proof.”

“Mr. Chase, add me on WhatsApp. I’ll send you the

video.”

Kai was nearly thirty and ran dozens of entertainment venues, bars, clubs, and shooting ranges. He had seen all kinds of situations.

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“I’d believe a cat doesn’t eat fish before I believe Ms.

White doesn’t love Mr. Carter.”

Looking like he had just discovered something extraordinary, he walked into a quieter corner.

“Harold, you heard all that, right? The gossip about the White family’s daughter and Mr. Carter.”

“That guy Carter is seriously trash… just look at how crazy in love Ms. White used to be.”

Harold leaned back slightly, avoiding the phone Kai shoved toward his face. His expression sank into shadow.

His thin lips parted, tone indifferent and cold.

“Did you add salt to your coffee?”

Kai blinked. “No.”

“Then why are you wasting my time? People haven’t even been buried yet and you’re already crying over their grave?”

“Jy

I wasn’t-”

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Kai: “…”

It was just gossip. Why so hostile?

The rumor that Elise had “miscarried” spread quickly, from one person to ten, then to twenty.

It eventually reached both the Carter and White families.

Victor punished Landon by making him kneel in the family ancestral hall for three days.

Then he told Elise, “Since things have already come to this, there’s no point denying it. It would implicate Aurora Private Medical Center and damage the Carter family’s reputation. Elise, I’ll transfer the wedding house. to you as compensation.”

Leonard and Sharon said to Elise, “Director Carter of the city council has ties with the director of Aurora Private Medical Center. If this blows up and triggers an investigation… you and Landon have been engaged for four years. For appearances, it’s not unreasonable for you to have a miscarriage for him once.”

In short, after weighing the pros and cons, they all 17:09 concluded that sacrificing Elise was the best option.

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The weather at the end of September was still thirty degrees Celsius.

Yet Elise felt as if her internal organs had been frozen solid. No fire could thaw them.

Chloe flew back from overseas for the wedding and

spent the entire afternoon learning everything that had happened.

She cursed Landon’s ancestors eighteen generations deep.

Then she hugged Elise tightly and cried.

She cried for injustice, for tragic fate, and for Landon and that mistress to die miserably. In her mind, she was already attending their funeral.

Chloe had a bold, outgoing personality. Her family ran a cross-border e-commerce business, and she had been overseas developing markets for the past two months.

She had known Elise since middle school and knew exactly what kind of person she was.

Elise was the kind of person who would repay eyen a small kindness with tenfold sincerity.

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In short, she was starved of love.

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