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Three months before the divorceb, /bCharlotte Sutton applied for a job transfer.

One month before the divorce, she mailed the divorce papers to Jaxson

Hamilton.

Three bdays /bbefore the divorceb, /bshe packed all her belongings and moved out

bof /btheir bmarital /bhome.

She decided to end bthe /bsix–year bmarriage /bwhen Jaxson appeared before her

with his unforgettable love and her childb, /bba /bchild who called him “Daddy“. That

bwas /bthe moment she woke up.

Since he kept choosing them bover /bher, making her feel like the other bwoman /b

in bher /bbmarriage/bb, /bbshe /bwould set him free. She would walk awayb. /b

Yet bwhen /bbshe /btruly vanished from his world, Jaxson went bcrazy/b.

She bthought /bbJaxson /bwould finally bmarry /bhis bunforgettable /bblove/bb. /bbYet/b,

bsurprisingly/bb, /bthis buntouchable/bb, /bbpowerful /bbman /bbappeared /bbbefore /bbthe /bbmedia /bwith

bred/b–brimmed /beyes, bpleading /bbin /bbutter /bbvulnerability/bb, /bb“/bbI /bbnever /bbcheated/b. I bdon’t /bbhave /b

bany /bbillegitimate /bbchildren/bb. /bbI /bjust bhave /bba /bwife who bleft /bbme/bb. /bbHer /bbname /bbis /bbCharlotte /b

Suttonb. /bbAnd /bbI /bmiss bher/b.”

Three months bago/bb, /bthe hospital bdirector/bb, /bbDavid /bJeffersonb, /bbheld /bbCharlotte’s /b

transfer application band /blooked at her in astonishment. “Lottieb, /bbare /bbyou /bcertain

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about transferring to Pornd Hospital?”

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Charlotte’sshes fluttered as bshe /bsmiled faintly, bher /bexpression tinged with

sorrow.“I’ve bmade /bup my mind.”

Seeing bher /bbdetermination/b, David sighed and signed the paperwork.

As Charlotte bleft /bthe director’s boffice/bb, /bshe ran into Jaxson and bCaroline /b

bWarren /bin a white coat with a little boy.

She paused in bher /btracks.

The bscene /bbefore bher /bcould bhave /bbbeen /ba bperfect /bfamily portrait.

Caroline walked beside bJaxson/bb, /bbthe /bboy bbeaming /bas bhe /bbheld /bboth btheir /bbhands/b.

The sight bpierced /bCharlotte’s bheart/b.

bJaxson’s /bbpatience /bband /bbtenderness /btoward bthem /bbwere /bthings bshe’d /bbnever /b

bexperienced/b.

bShe knew /bbhe /bbhated /bbher/b.

bCaroline /bbhad /bbbeen /bbJaxson’s /bfirst blove/bb. /bbCharlotte /bbonly /bblearned /bbthey’d /bbroken

bup /bbafter /bshe bmarried /bbJaxson /bbthrough a /bbdeal /bwith his bgrandmother/b.

To bJaxson/bb, /bbshe /bbwas /bbthe /bscheming woman who’d stolen him baway/bb. /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 bif /bwarning Charlotte against revealing

btheir /brtionship.

The bdistance /bin his eyes sent a pang through her bheart/bb, /bbut she maintained

herposureb. /b“Ms. Warren. Mr. Hamilton.b” /b

Jaxson bhad /bbrecently /bbe 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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