I scoffed.
“Otherwise, I can make sure you leave with
nothing.”
I stared at John in shock.
He would need proof for that.
“How…”
John seemed to anticipate my question.
He gave a sinister smile, “That baby…wasn’t
even mine. You cheated.”
John said he had proof of my affair.
I thought I had amnesia.
He should be the one who fell down the
stairs.
What nonsense was he spouting?
But then, John showed me a video.
It was in our bedroom.
One person was a strange man…
And the other woman was me?!
Both completely naked.
How was this possible?!
I trembled, frozen in place.
My mind went blank.
“This video was on your phone, Emily. You
cheated.”
John’s voice was serious.
Fear consumed me.
I had no memory of this.
Even if it was real…
Why wait until now to mention it?
What was he trying to do?
“Impossible!”
I clutched my head.
It felt like it was splitting open.
John took a cold breath and said, “I sent that
man to jail.”
“Wh…what?”
I wished my ears were malfunctioning.
I wished this was just a nightmare.
Wake up!
“Emily, we were married for three years
before we had a baby, don’t you think that’s
strange?”
I stood there, dazed.
I had never seen John so scary and
unfamiliar.
<
When he proposed, he promised to always
take care of me.
“I can’t have children,” John said flatly.
“How is that possible? This was our baby.
John, are you being tricked?!”
I cried out, losing my grip on reality.
“Emily, John really can’t have children.”
Lily looked at me provocatively.
John gently embraced Lily and said seriously,
“Don’t blame her. I wouldn’t have known
about my condition if it weren’t for Lily. You
said you wanted a child, and I happened to
need one too.”
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To further his career…
“So you sent me to another man’s bed?!”
Nausea welled up in my stomach, I almost
threw up.
“You should be thanking me,” John suddenly
glared at me with a cruel smile. “I searched
through so many people to find someone with
good genes. I paid him a lot of money, and he
agreed. That night, you enjoyed yourself.
More than you ever did with me. Weren’t you
also playing a game?!”
“Slap!”
John’s face turned bright red.
My vision went black and I collapsed
Г
My vision went black and I collapsed.
No wonder he made me drink so much that
night.
He knew I didn’t like alcohol.
Wait a minute!
I looked at my parents‘ calm expressions.
I trembled all over.
“Emily, now that the baby’s gone, just get
divorced,” my mom said, glancing at me with
no sympathy.
John wanted a child only to advance his
career.
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My world shattered.
I lunged at John and bit his arm.
He threw me to the ground.
John kicked me. “Emily, you think you’re so
important. You slept with another man! You’re
the one who wronged me!”
How had I not seen this before?
John was insane.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
“Emily, my father died because of you…”
The venom in John’s eyes seemed genuine.
く
When did I kill his father‘?
Lily looked down at me coldly, “Didn’t you
always wonder what we owed John’s family?
During your SATS, you had an episode, and
John’s father got into a car accident rushing
to help you.”
“If it weren’t for that mango milk, would I
have had an episode?!”
“But you could have continued the test, you
wasted so much time! If it weren’t for you, my
dad wouldn’t have died!”
John suddenly choked me, his eyes
bloodshot.
So he had been acting this whole time?
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I laughed bitterly, “Then why did you marry
me?”
“So you could atone!”
“All these years, you never loved me?”
Tears streamed down my face.
John paused, his expression unreadable.
“No.”
The evidence was undeniable, and it held up
in court.
I was forced to leave with nothing.
I went back to get my things, only to find my
belongings thrown outside.
く
“Ma’am, I’ve packed your things. Mr. Stone
said you’re not the lady of the house
anymore.”
The housekeeper looked at me apologetically.
Where did I even have a home?
My parents and Lily and John were living
happily together.
I was thrown out.
I lost everything overnight.
Luckily, I had some savings and stayed in a
hotel.
