All Chapters of The Perfect Wife Walked Away: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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Chapter 31: Stolen Research Revelations

[Alice’s POV]The curtains of my hospital room were pulled back, letting the bright California sun stream in, yet it couldn’t warm my bones.When Professor Lawrence pushed the door open and entered my room, he was followed in by several young students with respectful expressions. He was holding a tablet computer in his hand, on which complex immune cell analysis maps were flashing.“Alice, you’ll want to take a look at this.” He handed me the tablet. There was no trace of comforting bedside manner in his voice, only the no-nonsense sternness of a mentor to a student. “This is our latest lab study on the microenvironment of endometrial cancer. Since you’re going to fight this battle, you need to understand your enemy first.”I took the tablet, my fingertips trembling a little, but when I saw those familiar molecular models, my medical pragmatism soon surfaced. Soon, I was rapidly analyzing and assessing the content.“Professor, do you want me to attend that closed seminar, tomorrow?” I

Chapter 32: Reclaiming My Relevance

[Alice's POV]And David, who was standing next to her, was clearly startled when he heard that paper mentioned. He glanced at Lily, a trace of confusion in his eyes, but was quickly reassured by her next sentence.“Of course, I’m not a researcher.” Lily smiled modestly. “I just happened to encounter the right research at the right time, and I’m willing to fund resources and a platform for it.”Resources and platforms. Really? What a big noter.And she just happened to not mention the person who actually wrote that paper.“So, what do you envisage for the future commercial path of this project?” the associate of an international fund asked with interest.Lily answered glibly, “I tend to prefer two parallel tracks. The clinical side performs high-end custom screening, serving high-risk groups; while the public side uses charity funds to promote subsidized basic testing to increase overall coverage. As for the core technology—”She smiled meaningfully. “I believe that it’s safest if it’s

Chapter 33: Reeling in the Investors

[Alice's POV]The air stood still for a second, then slowly began to move — but it was no longer to Lily’s controlled rhythm, but mine.I said, “Gentlemen, I want to add one thing.” I reopened the folder, and tapped my fingertips on a few pages of printed experiment data sheets. “These are the results of experiments our team has completed on clinical samples over the past three years. They include immune microenvironment analysis, T-cell exhaustion path validation, and early intervention strategy simulation experiments... Every piece of data has been rigorously reviewed and clinically validated by the ethics committee.”The group of investors whispered amongst themselves, their eyes full of increasingly obvious interest and approval.I looked at my sister. “Lily, you said you wanted to promote your research to the public, but your so-called ‘contribution’ is just telling others about my research, packaging the experimental results as your own ‘charitable contribution.’”Lily’s hand tr

Chapter 34: The Flames of Improper Desire

[Alice's POV]This feeling of loss of control rapidly bloomed in the bathroom. His blood-tasting kiss traveled all the way down from my lips, burying itself in the hollow of my neck, nipping sensitive flesh almost vengefully. Searing nerve endings along my skin became reawakened from a too long slumber.“David, let go.” I tried to keep my voice steady, but the heat from his chest was burning my sanity inch by inch, through the thin silk shirt.“Let go?” His eyes searched mine for intent. “When those men were circling you, did you ever think about letting me go? When Adam was keeping me from you, did you ever think, you’re still Mrs. Newcombe?”With sudden force, he pinned my hands behind my back with one hand, while the other hand forcefully tore open the front of my blouse.I felt the hard edge of the sink pressing against my back, leaving a dull ache. His hot breath rasped against my collarbone, while his hand moved roughly down my body inch by inch, leaving shivers wherever he touc

Chapter 35: Salvation in Gentle Guise

[Alice's POV]He simply straightened up, and leaving the balcony, he walked toward me. Coming back into the conference center corridor, he closed the balcony glass sliding door, and joined me.“Professor Lawrence is looking for you.” His voice was low and gentle. “He told me that several European investors are obsessed with your data and insist on meeting this ‘game-changing’ medical genius.”He never mentioned where I had just been, nor asked what I had been doing.He simply took off his suit jacket and draped it over my shoulders with a natural decorum. That jacket, with its unique, faint scent of cedar and mint, instantly covered all traces left by David.“Your clothing got a little red wine on it just now. Should you go backstage to change, or should you wear this?” He tilted his head slightly, his eyes clear and frank. “If you’re tired, I can tell the professor that your endurance for tonight has been used up. Perhaps you should go home and get some rest, now.”I was touched that

Chapter 36: Calling the Shots

[Alice's POV]At my reprimand, the whispered discussions around us abruptly stopped. The investors looked at Adam and I with a level of assessment in their eyes — they had already begun to understand that this doctor who was hailed as a genius, was not only a powerhouse in the laboratory, she was also inviolable in the game of life.“Lily,” I took a step closer to her, wrapping the cedar-scented coat around my shoulders tighter, my gaze piercing into the depths of her panicked, flashing eyes.“After your husband died, every night you cried and relied on my husband for comfort.” I laughed not loudly, but clearly.“When you snatched my daughter away from me because you were lonely, when you were crying and seeking protection from David, did you ever think, who do they belong to? So, who exactly is making my child cry? Who is trampling on the word ‘home’ in my household?”The expression on the faces of the onlookers instantly reversed. Those originally prejudiced gazes, were no longer ai

Chapter 37: In Reach of Haven

[Alice’s POV]Adam’s car was a sleek, refined, dark gray Volvo. Just as he gave off the feeling of safe, steady, and possessing the right amount of restraint, so too did his car.The moment the door closed, the bothersome noise that had assailed me, those false compliments and malicious speculations, were all abandoned back at the seminar. The interior of the car was redolent with a faint, enticing wooden fragrance, exactly the same as the coat draped over my shoulders.Exhausted, I leaned back against the leather seat and closed my eyes. Every cell in my body was screaming with fatigue. That confrontation that had been suppressed for so long, combined with the physical struggle I had just had with David, made me feel an emptiness that pushed me to exhaustion.Adam didn’t start the car immediately.He dug out a bottle of warm water and two pieces of chocolate from the glove compartment and handed them to me.“Low blood sugar will dampen tonight’s victory,” he said softly.I took the o

Chapter 38: The Promise of Cold Revenge

[Alice’s POV]The air was filled with the pungent smell of tobacco, and the smell of gunpowder that might explode at the slightest touch.David’s eyes were red. The humiliation of being completely abandoned had almost made him lose his mind. He glared at me, then at Adam’s hand supporting me around my waist, and let out a cold laugh.“A restraining order?” David took a step closer, the advantage of his height lending him a natural aura of aggression. He completely ignored Adam’s warning, but stared fixedly at me, his voice trembling with anger.“Alice, do you think finding a doctor as a backer will erase our ten-year relationship? Do you think wearing his clothes will cover the smell I left on you, earlier?”“David, shut up!” I snapped, my body taut with renewed anger.Adam’s gaze turned as cold as an arctic glacier. He didn’t retreat, but instead blocked me behind him, meeting David’s gaze with a calm yet provocative posture.“Mr. Newcombe, ten years is enough time to see a person cl

Chapter 39: Showdown at Berkeley Police Department

[Alice’s POV]Sirens cut through the dull night sky of Boston.David obviously didn’t expect Adam to actually call the police, much less that the police would arrive so quickly. When the alternating red and blue lights reflected off the body of his top of the range Rolls-Royce, the malevolence on his face escalated at this ‘absurdity.’When the police officer got out of the patrol car, his hand was already on his gun belt. “Mr. Newcombe, we have received a report that you are suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol, and harassing members of the public. Please cooperate with the law.”David laughed in anger. He gave Adam a searching look.“What’s all this crap lately, Adam, with you calling me Mr Newcombe, all formal and proper? We’ve been friends for years. Now all of a sudden, you’re holding me at arm’s length, all stiff and formal. What happened, Adam?”Adam kept his voice level. “That all changed when Alice became my patient. This is only professional courtesy, David.”

Chapter 40: Tension and Truce

[Alice’s POV]The police officer assigned to this complaint spoke to both men. “Regarding Mrs Newcombe’s movements from here, since this is not a case of injury arising from a domestic violence complaint, the Berkeley Police Department has no jurisdiction in determining her future decisions. She has free choice over whom she accompanies out of this police station.”In a softer voice, David said, “Come with me.” He took my hand and pulled me in close, in an act of domination and possessiveness, and something else. Was it affection, compassion, shades of belonging?He said gently, “Alice, you’re still not well. The world outside isn’t as welcoming as you think. That doctor is just using you for the value of your scientific research successes. But I am your family. We have Camilla. Alice, can you bear to come home, so we can look after you?”I thought of Camilla and my heart wrenched. Our housekeeper was good with her but a little child needs her mother. And I just wanted to end this con

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