Chapter 3
Aliyah was stunned for a few seconds and then met Dorothy’s eyes. “That’s not what you wanted when you made the deal with me. You regret it now?”
Yes, she regretted it.
Dorothy looked down, hiding the sadness in her eyes. “Sorry that I’ve let you down.”
Aliyah closed her eyes and sighed deeply, “Fine. If that’s what you want, then that’s what you have. You’ve had your chance, but you still can’t win Dwayne’s heart. The Lambert family now owes you nothing.”
Dorothy’s heart twisted with bitterness as she smiled and said in a hoarse voice, “Thank you, Madam Lambert.”
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She came back to Tranquility Apartments.
Just her luck—she bumped into Dwayne, Sonia, and Brenden again.
Sonia and Brenden took Dwayne’s car back.
Dorothy couldn’t help but freeze.
Upon seeing her, Sonia seemed surprised. “Dr. Acosta, you live here, too?”
Dorothy instinctively looked at Dwayne.
He had no intention of helping her out.
The calmer he was, the more her heart ached.
Tranquility Apartments was an upscale residential complex in downtown Dewbury, and it was under the Lambert Group’s name. Dwayne had given her the apartment as his compensation for her.
She had accepted it because it was close to the hospital.
Little did she know that he’d arrange for Sonia and Brenden to live here, too.
He really couldn’t wait.
“What a coincidence.”
Suppressing the emotions, Dorothy was about to leave when Sonia asked, “Dr. Acosta, I heard you got married. Where’s your husband?”
Dorothy froze.
Her husband?
She glanced at Dwayne.
His gaze turned deeper.
She couldn’t help but sneer deep down, thinking, “Are you really that scared of Sonia finding out about us?”
She said flatly, “I don’t have one.”
Something obscure flashed across Dwayne’s eyes, which had always been calm.
“How so? You’re married, right?” Sonia maintained a smile.
Married…
She had indeed stated that she was married on her hospital application form.
But no one had ever seen her husband.
She smiled a bit sarcastically, “Are you talking about the application form? It was a bad joke. I don’t have a husband.”
Dwayne heard her reply loud and clear.
He squinted as a cold, dangerous glint flashed across his eyes.
What Dorothy was thinking was, now that she had resigned and decided to leave, their secret marriage no longer mattered to her. Why bother exposing it?
