Betrayed Before the Wedding, My Ex-Husband Regrets My DepartureChapter 1
The premarital checkup found breast cancer.
"Just get it removed. It's not like I'd hold it against you."
"Naomi went out of her way to request this surgery for you. She's been interning in oncology for a whole year—getting a chance to scrub in wasn't easy."
And just like that, whatever warmth I'd felt died.
So that was it. He'd been pushing the mastectomy so his childhood sweetheart could use me for practice.
I swallowed against the wreckage in my chest and shook my head again. "No… it's fine."
"But Naomi needs this surgery!"
The words I'd bitten back scraped raw against my throat. I stared at the man in front of me, unable to believe what I'd just heard.
Leonard seemed to realize how harsh that sounded. He softened his tone, reluctantly:
"Something's broken, you cut it off. And if it bothers you that much… get an implant later."
"Constance, just do as you're told. If you won't have the surgery, how are we supposed to get married?"
Then we don't.
He didn't know I'd already booked a flight overseas.
Someone I'd grown up with happened to be one of the world's top oncology experts.
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