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Chapter <b>1 </b>
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Three months before the divorce<b>, </b>Charlotte Sutton applied for a job transfer.
One month before the divorce, she mailed the divorce papers to Jaxson
Hamilton.
Three <b>days </b>before the divorce<b>, </b>she packed all her belongings and moved out
<b>of </b>their <b>marital </b>home.
She decided to end <b>the </b>six–year <b>marriage </b>when Jaxson appeared before her
with his unforgettable love and her child<b>, </b><b>a </b>child who called him “Daddy“. That
<b>was </b>the moment she woke up.
Since he kept choosing them <b>over </b>her, making her feel like the other <b>woman </b>
in <b>her </b><b>marriage</b><b>, </b><b>she </b>would set him free. She would walk away<b>. </b>
Yet <b>when </b><b>she </b>truly vanished from his world, Jaxson went <b>crazy</b>.
She <b>thought </b><b>Jaxson </b>would finally <b>marry </b>his <b>unforgettable </b><b>love</b><b>. </b><b>Yet</b>,
<b>surprisingly</b><b>, </b>this <b>untouchable</b><b>, </b><b>powerful </b><b>man </b><b>appeared </b><b>before </b><b>the </b><b>media </b>with
<b>red</b>–<b>rimmed </b>eyes, <b>pleading </b><b>in </b><b>utter </b><b>vulnerability</b><b>, </b><b>“</b><b>I </b><b>never </b><b>cheated</b>. I <b>don’t </b><b>have </b>
<b>any </b><b>illegitimate </b><b>children</b><b>. </b><b>I </b>just <b>have </b><b>a </b>wife who <b>left </b><b>me</b><b>. </b><b>Her </b><b>name </b><b>is </b><b>Charlotte </b>
Sutton<b>. </b><b>And </b><b>I </b>miss <b>her</b>.”
Three months <b>ago</b><b>, </b>the hospital <b>director</b><b>, </b><b>David </b>Jefferson<b>, </b><b>held </b><b>Charlotte’s </b>
transfer application <b>and </b>looked at her in astonishment. “Lottie<b>, </b><b>are </b><b>you </b>certain
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about transferring to Pornd Hospital?”
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Charlotte’sshes fluttered as <b>she </b>smiled faintly, <b>her </b>expression tinged with
sorrow.“I’ve <b>made </b>up my mind.”
Seeing <b>her </b><b>determination</b>, David sighed and signed the paperwork.
As Charlotte <b>left </b>the director’s <b>office</b><b>, </b>she ran into Jaxson and <b>Caroline </b>
<b>Warren </b>in a white coat with a little boy.
She paused in <b>her </b>tracks.
The <b>scene </b>before <b>her </b>could <b>have </b><b>been </b>a <b>perfect </b>family portrait.
Caroline walked beside <b>Jaxson</b><b>, </b><b>the </b>boy <b>beaming </b>as <b>he </b><b>held </b>both <b>their </b><b>hands</b>.
The sight <b>pierced </b>Charlotte’s <b>heart</b>.
<b>Jaxson’s </b><b>patience </b><b>and </b><b>tenderness </b>toward <b>them </b><b>were </b>things <b>she’d </b><b>never </b>
<b>experienced</b>.
<b>She knew </b><b>he </b><b>hated </b><b>her</b>.
<b>Caroline </b><b>had </b><b>been </b><b>Jaxson’s </b>first <b>love</b><b>. </b><b>Charlotte </b><b>only </b><b>learned </b><b>they’d </b>broken
<b>up </b><b>after </b>she <b>married </b><b>Jaxson </b><b>through a </b><b>deal </b>with his <b>grandmother</b>.
To <b>Jaxson</b><b>, </b><b>she </b><b>was </b><b>the </b>scheming woman who’d stolen him <b>away</b><b>. </b>
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He never knew the truth that she’d met him long before Caroline, though he
didn’t remember.
She’d believed marriage would make him recall their past and win his heart.
But she waspletely wrong.
He despised her.
How could love grow from hatred?
For six years, he’d imed to be single in public, pretending not to know her.
The proof was undeniable.
“Dr. Sutton?” Caroline greeted her.
Jaxson frowned, his gaze sharp as <b>if </b>warning Charlotte against revealing
<b>their </b>rtionship.
The <b>distance </b>in his eyes sent a pang through her <b>heart</b><b>, </b>but she maintained
herposure<b>. </b>“Ms. Warren. Mr. Hamilton.<b>” </b>
Jaxson <b>had </b><b>recently </b>be an investor in Boston Medical Center.
Charlotte knew he hadn’t done it for her, but for Caroline.
Caroline’s return from abroad, her immediate joining of the hospital, and
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her appointment as head of surgery made his motives clear.
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Everyone in the hospital knew she had Jaxson’s backing, and the recent
rumors that he was Caroline’s boyfriend had never been addressed by him.
Caroline looped her arm through Jaxson’s.“No need for formalities, Dr.
Sutton. At the hospital, you’re a veteran, and I still have a lot to learn from you.”
Before Charlotte could respond, the boy tugged at Jaxson.“Daddy, I’m tired.
Carry me? Can you hold me?”
Charlotte’s expression dramatically changed at the term “Dad“.
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