Chapter 4 The very next day though , that account suddenly went dark - all posts deleted , profile deactivated ] Right after that , news broke that Scarlett Rivers had been transferred out of the base entertainment unit [ ] At 3 AM local time , some unknown number texted me : [ ] [ Madison Wells , you're heartless You just up and left without asking me a single question . Three years together - did you ever love me even for a second ? ] ] I knew exactly who it was , heart hammering like a drum ] At the airport that day , I'd blocked all of Garrett's contacts . Now I frantically blocked this number too , not even daring to look at my phone . [ ] Did I love him ? I'd loved him for years . After we got together , I fell deeper every single day [ ] My whole vacation mood was shot [ ] HE was the one who screwed up - how dare he turn around and blame ME ? The more I thought about it , the more pissed off I got . [ ] I unblocked that number just to fire back : ] [ What about ME ? My three years don't count ? If you don't want me then just LEAVE ME ALONE ! ] ] I couldn't figure out what his deal was . ] Logically , he should've been happy that I walked away . [ ] No more having to rack his brain about how to deal with the " problem " of me . ] But instead he was furious , every message dripping with this pathetic victim act , like I was the villain here . ] ] My mom said he'd already arranged time off and booked a flight to come find me . When my friends confronted him , he just had his aide escort them out , then said coldly : ] " I'm not breaking up , and I don't owe you people any explanations . Just tell her to get her ass back here and apologize . " ] This whole mess left me completely confused . ] On one hand , there was all the stuff I saw with my own eyes . On the other , Garrett acting all righteous and hurt like HE was the victim . ] ] I lay in bed , racking my brain but couldn't make sense of any of it . ] e . ] They say people get all twisted up when they meet someone they really care about - and having Scarlett in the middle just made everything worse . If it had been any other woman , I wouldnt have lost my shit like this . ] But I'd seen those photos of them " training together , " and I remembered exactly how Garrett and I ended up together - both sets of parents pushing us into it . ] He'd just gotten back from the border with fresh injuries , and the old folks were like , " Let Madison take care of you - it'll make us all happy . " But after cooling down , I realized Garrett had a point . ] I really hadn't asked him for his side of the story . If you're gonna die , you should at least know why , right? I couldn't just run away like a coward forever . Once I figured that out , I realized even if he stood right in front of me and admitted he had feelings for Scarlett - admitted he'd actually done something wrong - 1 mught be able to handle it better than before . ] ] But before I could call him , his uide Tommy beat me to IL ] My phone was vibrating so hard it matched my heartbeat . [] On the other end , he sounded absolutely frantic { ] " Madison ! Major Steele just had an accident - can you please come back ?! " ] Id considered this might be some pathet trick I'd already decided that if he dared be about something like this , I'd slap him twice , force him to break up with me , and walk away for good But on the way to the airport his parents called too ! ] " Madison , please If Garrell did something wrong , we promise we won't let him of the hook once he's better But when they wheeled him into surgery , he kept calling your name , there was so much blood . We're teritied My end called to completely out of character trying to convince me It was pouring rain around 3 AM . Your housekeeper said he grabbed his car keys and stormed out in his dress uniform - looked furious as hell . I asked Tommy what happened . Apparently he was driving to the training grounds in the suburbs when he fut a guardrail in the rain . The doctors can't say how bad it is . 1 " Madison , this is bife and death . Maybe you should come back " [ ] 3 AM right after I'd sent that last angry message [ ] My legs gave out and I collapsed in the departure lounge , completely drained [ ] Side Chick ? Try Runaway Flancer and Fight Hunks . 1.6 Chapter 4 On the flight here , those few hours had felt way too short Now every second felt like torture - I wanted to storm the cockpit and make the pilot fly faster . ] ] When the plane finally landed and I got the " surgery successful " text , I broke down sobbing on my knees ( 2 ) Title: Cooking My Way Back to Love Author: CrushReel Genre: Modern, Revenge, Drama Status: ongoing In "Cooking My Way Back to Love" by CrushReel, Chef Leon Kennedy, once renowned as the "King of Cooking," spirals into despair following his wife's tragic demise in a car accident. Plunged into homelessness, he clings to his loyal dog as his sole anchor amidst loss and desolation. Amidst the ruins of his former life, Leon grapples with profound grief and seeks solace in the art of cooking—the very passion that once defined him. 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