ONE AND ONLY: A second chance romance story

ONE AND ONLY: A second chance romance story

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Elissa and Carson are happily married until one day she finds him intimate with a woman who she thought was a 'friend'. The pregnancy report from her hand slips to the floor along with her heart that shatters into pieces. The day turns out to be the worst day of her life. Not only did Carson accused her of cheating, announced sudden divorce but also told her to abort the child on his mother's orders. Cradling her broken heart, Elissa somehow manages to escape from the hospital and leaves A city with her brother. Three years later, when she returns back due to work with her boss, she encounters with her past again. Seeing her ex husband with the woman he cheated on her, Elissa's heart aches. However, Elissa isn't the naive, weak woman she once used to be. If someone strikes, she will strike back. With enemies lurking around in plans of destroying her, how will Elissa manage to save herself and her daughter? Moreover, will she forgive Carson for his actions?

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1 The Betrayal Part-I

“Mrs. Waverly, you are pregnant!” the female doctor announced the news with a smile. Sitting opposite to her, like any other woman, Elissa was shocked, surprised, and out of the world. She couldn’t believe that she was pregnant although she did have this thought when her period didn’t arrive this month and the frequent vomiting for a few days.

“You are two months pregnant” Dr. Skyler further added, checking the report in her hand. She brought her fingers to her rosy cheeks and calm her beating heart. It felt like everything she ever desired was happening.

“I-I am pregnant” she articulated. A wide smile spread across her face as she looked at the doctor.

“Congratulations! I will write a few supplements which you need to take. Morning sickness, nausea, and moodiness are normal symptoms of early pregnancy. Take it twice a day.” Dr. Skyler wrote the names of drugs on the notepad hurriedly and tearing the paper from the book, she handed it to Elissa.

“Thank you, Doctor.” Elissa took the report kept inside a file and thanked the doctor one last time, she left her cabin. Elissa felt giddy from inside and she was desperate to tell this news to her husband, Carson. He would be so happy to hear the news!

But Elissa decided to surprise him once she went home. She would bring his favorite NY cheesecake along to double the joy.

She then walked up to the chemist department located on the ground floor for the medicines. Once she had taken the drugs required, she left the hospital and went to the bakery to buy cheesecake.

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Elissa reached the Waverly Residency and got out of the car which stopped in front of the house. Taking the packages in her hand, she strode inside and was making her way towards the stairway when her mother-in-law called her. Elissa paused in her tracks. Her smile faltered a little but she gave her mother-in-law a cheery smile. But as always, Hera wasn’t pleased. In fact, she despised Elissa.

With a sour face, her eyes averted to the things Elissa was carrying in her hand. “What is that?” she asked in her high-pitched tone. Elissa was about to tell the news of pregnancy but stopped herself. She thought it would be better if she told her husband first and then Hera.

“It's cheesecake. I brought it for Carson” she half lied. Hera scoffed and crossed her arms before her chest.

“From whose money have you bought that?” she taunted. Elissa lowered her head and looked down at the shiny marble floor while biting her lip. She had heard this often. Since the day she married Carson, she had heard a whole lot of awful things from Hera. She knew Hera didn’t like her because she wasn’t the one she chose for her son. Another reason was that she came from a poor background with no status and reputation.

“What? Why don’t you answer me now?” Hera scorned, satisfied to see her at submission.

“I’ll go check on Carson,” Elissa said and turned on her heels to head for the stairs but Hera stopped her again. Elissa was a bit confused why her mother-in-law, who never spent a minute with her actively wanted her to stay?

“I am not finished yet. You are being disrespectful to me!” Hera made up an excuse to make her wait for a while more. She kept on looking upstairs, towards the room that Elissa and Carson shared.

“I am not being disrespectful, mother. The cheesecake would get messy if not taken out” she said with a small smile. “And there is an important news I want to tell Carson.”

Hera cocked her eyebrow at her with a question. She wondered what important news must it be? But she didn’t ask her that.

Elissa was desperate to meet Carson. She was barely keeping up about telling him the news. “Excuse me.” This time, Hera didn’t stop her, and Elissa was relieved about that.

Quickly, she reached upstairs and made her way to their room. With each step she took, her smile widened and her heart rate fastened. She stopped in front of the room’s door and stretched her hand forward to push the door inside.

“Car-” Elissa froze on her spot. The scene in front of her made her lose her footing. She couldn’t believe her eyes, she really couldn’t. she blinked, not once, not twice but numerous times thinking that the ugly scene in front of her eyes would vanish, like a nightmare. However, it was all real.

Carson was lying on the bed along with a woman beside her naked. They both were lying intimately with their arms over each other. Hearing Elissa’s short voice, he opened his eyes and he got up with a sigh. The woman shifted beside him and when her face came into view Elissa felt her knees weak. Carson was half-naked when he removed the duvet over him.

Elissa realized she wasn’t breathing when she felt her chest constrict. Her chin trembled and the packages dropped from her hold and splattered onto the ground. She stumbled backward and was about to fall when she grabbed the edge of the cabinet beside her.

Carson showed no emotions of guilt or surprise- neither what Elissa was expecting. He very calmly stood beside the bed and stared at Elissa with coldness- something Elissa never saw. The woman covered her upper body with the duvet, draping herself while keeping her face lowered as if she was the victim in this situation. She pretended to be innocent and glanced at Elissa with her round eyes and then at Carson who had his eyes on Elissa hooded.

Elissa gulped hardly and took steps toward him. Carson stood unfazed as if what deed he did was nothing he was ashamed of. With her trembling hands, Elissa breathed, “H-how could you?”

The room was silent, only Elissa’s cracking voice was heard. “How could you do this to me, Carson?” she couldn’t yell as her emotions felt like choking her.

Tears rolled down her cheeks and her chest tightened to the utmost. Carson gave her a cold look and then his hazel eyes moved to the things that were lying on the ground. He narrowed his eyes at the file and brushed past her to pick the file. Elissa couldn’t digest what was happening.

At first, when Elissa noticed the change in behavior in Carson a few days ago, she thought maybe it was because of the stress of the company. How foolish of her to think that!

The woman slipped from the bed wearing Carson’s shirt that remained to her thighs, barely enough to cover her upper area.

Elissa glared at the woman whom she thought was a good friend. Amanda was the daughter of one of Hera’s friends and she started to visit the Waverly Residency a few months ago. It didn’t take her long to make friends with Elissa but it was only for evil means.

Carson came to Elissa with the report in her hand. “What is this about?” he asked, sounding impatient. Elissa stared at the report and bit her lip hard as the tears flowed vehemently. All the excitement and hope dissipated in thin air. She met Carson’s eyes and broke the news of her pregnancy.

“I am pregnant, Carson!” Carson’s eyes widened but his surprised expression soon turned into disgust as he remembered the truth. Elissa watched him clenching his jaws as if he wasn’t happy to hear the news and it pained her more and more.

At that moment, Hera entered, and just as she was expecting the scenario to be it was just that. She hid her smile and shared glances with Amanda.

“Carson, why did you cheat me with her!” Elissa demanded by grabbing his both arms with her weak ones. Carson removed her grip from his arm as if sickened by her touch. Her heart crumbled and was in the state of breaking completely.

“You ask about cheating, Eli? Then what about you?” he thundered. Elissa couldn’t reciprocate what he meant by that. Carson went on, “You are the one who cheated on me first!”

“What?” Elissa was traumatized by his allegations against her. This wasn’t Carson.

“What are you talking about? You are the one cheating on me and now you blame it on me?”

Carson went to his side of the nightstand and opened the first drawer. From there, he took out a few photographs and showed the first one to Elissa. “It is you, isn’t it?” he said through his gritted teeth, anger radiating from him.

The photograph of her and a strange man lying on the bed made her gasp. She snatched the photo from his hand and examined it closely. No! It wasn’t her but the picture had her face.

“This is not true! It isn’t me, Carson” she protested but she have already fallen into a big trap.

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Jacques
Author has problems to make difference with HE and SHE ! It’s very annoying
2025-02-22 00:30:18
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Joan
Worth reading. The story was well written. Short and sweet.
2025-02-04 17:22:02
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Jewel Bautista
how could the villain get away with murder & kidnapping? there's a lot of loopholes with this story, not enough grovelling from the father and the ML
2025-01-06 02:41:01
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Delinda Schumacher
72 chapters 6-6-23
2023-06-07 03:57:44
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wuwuwuwuw
good short story, although the lack of grammar and spell checking made it a little incoherent at times
2025-03-06 02:56:47
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Ranchmom
Slow progression. Wish she gets stronger and more assertive
2023-05-19 03:26:00
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72 Chapters
Chapter 1 The Betrayal Part-I
“Mrs. Waverly, you are pregnant!” the female doctor announced the news with a smile. Sitting opposite to her, like any other woman, Elissa was shocked, surprised, and out of the world. She couldn’t believe that she was pregnant although she did have this thought when her period didn’t arrive this month and the frequent vomiting for a few days. “You are two months pregnant” Dr. Skyler further added, checking the report in her hand. She brought her fingers to her rosy cheeks and calm her beating heart. It felt like everything she ever desired was happening. “I-I am pregnant” she articulated. A wide smile spread across her face as she looked at the doctor. “Congratulations! I will write a few supplements which you need to take. Morning sickness, nausea, and moodiness are normal symptoms of early pregnancy. Take it twice a day.” Dr. Skyler wrote the names of drugs on the notepad hurriedly and tearing the paper from the book, she handed it to Elissa. “Thank you, Doctor.” Elissa took th
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Chapter 2 The Betrayal Part-II
“This is not true! It isn’t me, Carson” she protested but she have already fallen into a big trap. “Your mouth can lie but this picture will not!” he bellowed and threw the pictures at her which went flying on the ground. “For how long have you been cheating on me, Elissa?” “Carson, believe me. It's not me! I would never do such a thing to you! She begged but it wasn’t of any use. She reached to hold his hand but he jerked away. “How shameful! I knew you are filth!” Hera chimed in, pretending to be new to the truth. “How dare you cheat my son behind his back!” She stepped forward and forcefully grabbing Elissa’s arm, she made her face her. “Tell me, is that child in your womb that man’s?” Elissa was aghast at what her mother-in-law said. “No! I-Its ours! It's mine and Carson’s” she defended herself and she placed her palm on her belly. “Carson, believe me. The pictures aren’t true!” she went on begging him. Seeing Elissa in such a pathetic state, stirred something in Carson’s ches
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Chapter 3 The Escape Part-I
At the hospital, Dr. Skyler was surprised and happy to see Elissa and her family but the moment she noticed her red and lifeless eyes, she wasn’t happy anymore. They came inside her cabin and demanded her abortion. Dr. Skyler was shocked at the request but didn’t dare ask anything. “The sooner, the better,” Hera added at last. Skyler frowned at the indifference of the members. “A-alright. I will arrange for the operation. Except for Elissa, you all are requested to go out.” Once they all left, Skyler came beside Elissa and asked, “What happened, Elissa?” She could see Elissa was trying to control her tears and kept her head lowered. “Dear, you can tell me. If they are forcing you or anything, please tell me.” Elissa grabbed her hand tightly and told her briefly about what happened. “I want to keep the baby. Please, please doctor helps me.” Dr. Skyler’s heart clenched in pain knowing about her situation. “Please, I don’t want to abort my child. Help me, doctor” Elissa begged her.
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Chapter 4 The Escape Part-II
Skyler Jefferson lived in a medium apartment on the eastern coast of A city. She lived there alone. Her mother would always nag her to get herself a boyfriend but there hasn’t been any man that pleased her eyes, at least not romantically. It wasn’t that she was ugly appearance-wise, no she wasn’t. Skyler was beautiful, with shoulder-length honey brown hair, mesmerizing grey eyes, and hearty lips, she would easily get anyone, only that she wasn’t interested. When she bought Elissa to her apartment, she wasn’t sure how to take care of it. Elissa was disheartened, traumatized, and on top of that pregnant. She was afraid that her mental condition and stress would affect the baby. She lend her shoulder when Elissa poured her heart out all night. It made her cry as well. She had never experienced such a thing and she wished she never had to. Elissa was packing when Dr.Skyler opened the door. Elissa was startled at her arrival. Confused, Skyler asked, “Why are you packing, Elissa?” She put
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Chapter 5 Back to City A
Three years later, “Here are the documents you required, sir” Elissa kept the documents on the desk and waited for her boss’s command. Her boss was on the phone call and she thought she could come later but he asked her to wait. …I understand. I’ll be there soon.” Benjamin ended the call and turned his attention to Elissa with a smile. “Guess what?” “I am bad at guessing, you know that very well sir” Elissa replied assertively which made Benjamin chuckle. “We are going to city A” he revealed. Elissa almost choked on her saliva hearing the name of the city where she had lived before coming here to city B. Worried, Benjamin handed her a glass of water. She hastily drank the water and regained her composure. She couldn’t let him know about the horrible time she had over there. “Is everything alright?” he asked. Elissa nodded, lying that she was completely fine. “So what is the purpose of going there?” He leaned on the leather chair and with a smirk on his handsome square face, he
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Chapter 6 Ex Husband
Elissa was hurrying to do her hair and makeup, in between muttering about Benjamin’s last-minute update about them going for dinner outside.Satisfied with her look, she exited the room carrying the clutch and went downstairs directly where Benjamin was waiting for her. Reaching down the building, her mouth formed in the shape of an O when she saw the Porsche car behind Benjamin.Benjamin was awestruck to see Elissa in that dress. Everything was simply perfect and the way she pouted her rosy lips and the widening of her brown orbs, made his heart flutter. He smiled and stretched his open palm forward for her to take.Placing her hand in his, she asked with amusement, “Your car?”“Hey, I am the CEO of the largest company at B, I do have some dignity” he joked making Elissa chuckle. He loved to see her smile and especially if he was the reason for that.“Shall we get going?”“After you” he opened the door for her and once she was comfortably seated in the car, he shut the car door and w
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Chapter 7 The Dinner and the Jealousy Part-I
Hera paced around the living room back and forth, thinking in tension about the arrival of Elissa. She tried to call Carson but he wasn’t picking up her call. She hasn’t slept well the whole night. She was worried and anxious about the thought of Carson and Elissa getting back together. She couldn’t let that happen and so she asked one of her friend’s help to dig out where Elissa resided. It was a mere work of half an hour to find the location. Hera decided to meet Elissa and tell her to stay away from their lives.-Elissa was making herself a cup of jasmine tea when she heard the doorbell. Yawning, she went to open the door. She almost lost her footing when she the person she expected the very least. Hera stood in front of her with her eyes narrowed. Elissa sighed and kept her cool. She assumed she was here because of her encounter with Carson. Before Elissa could say anything, Hera snapped at her.“How dare you came back! Did you forget what happened three years ago?”Of course, sh
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Chapter 8 The Dinner and the Jealousy Part-II
Hera forced Carson to take Amanda out for a dinner. He was not at all interested, not after the argument he had with Elissa this morning. However, he couldn’t say no to his mother and so went with Amanda to a random restaurant. But to his utter surprise, he saw Elissa smiling and talking with Benjamin. His eyebrows furrowed and he was suddenly very jealous. Amanda followed his gaze and saw Elissa. Her skin burnt at the sight of her. She thought with a grimace, ‘Why does she have to be everywhere?’Amanda didn’t want to eat here and most importantly did not want to let Carson meet Elissa. She was about to tell Carson that they should go somewhere else but he was already walking toward their table like an angry bull. Amanda gritted her teeth and cursed Elissa for ruining her night with Carson.She strode towards Carson and stood beside him. When her eyes met with Elissa’s, she threw darts at him. Benjamin warmly welcomed them to join upon Carson’s demand and having no other choice, Aman
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Chapter 9 The Misunderstanding
Carson was doing his work on his laptop in his room when he heard a knock on the door. It was his mother. He asked her to come in. Hera came to talk to him about the engagement between Carson and Amanda. Carson kept his laptop aside and looked at his mother. “There’s something I need to talk to you about, son.”Hera wanted the two of them to get married soon. She wanted Amanda to be her daughter-in-law because of her identity as the mayor’s daughter. It would only benefit both the families and there would be no place for Elissa. “Carson, it's been months since the statement of the two of you getting engaged soon. When are you officially declaring her as your fiancée?”Carson was upset about the whole thing with Elissa that happened yesterday and he didn’t have the mood to talk about engagement. “I don’t want to talk about it now, Mom. I am going to the office” Carson said perfunctorily and took his jacket from the chair. Hera urged again but Carson was out of the room already. Hera le
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Chapter 10 Getting Nostalgic
Elissa let out a horrified shriek when a hand pulled her from her behind. "Shh, love it's me" Carson spoke in her ear, assuring her heart at ease. Elissa's heart was still racing. She turned to face and lightly smacked his arm. Carson laughed."I was scared" Elissa pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. She turned her face away from him and pretended to be mad. Carson smiled and pulled her closer to him from her waist. Elissa tried to keep a straight face but she couldn't help but smile at the way Carson's eyes gazed at her lovingly. He tilted her chin and leaned closer to give a soft kiss on her rosy lips. Elissa smiled and kissed him back. How could she be mad when he showered so much love on her?Pulling back, she asked, "You came early. Is your work over?" Carson pushed the strand of her hair behind her ear and nodded. "But I am still not done with mine," she said with a teasing smile.Carson gave a peck on her nose, making her heart flutter, and said, "I know. I will wait an
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