Chapter 3:

Belinda lay on the floor, tasting the blood in her throat, as she pushed herself to stand.

“Why are you back?”

Wasn’t he supposed to be at the hospital, doting on his precious Cathy?

Kristopher, watching Belinda’s face twist in disdain, leaned back elegantly on the sofa.

“Cathy’s just beginning to establish herself here. Imagine the scandal if it came out she was at the gynecologist today…”

“And why should that concern me?”

Belinda narrowed her eyes, her smirk dripping with sarcasm.

“As your wife, who’s just miscarried, should I be upholding your mistress’ reputation?”

It was clear now why Kristopher had rushed back; he feared Belinda might expose everything and tarnish his beloved’s future.

“How dare you use the word ‘mistress’?” Kristopher snapped back.

Belinda fixed her gaze on him, her words deliberate and biting.

“If Cathy valued her reputation, she wouldn’t be involved with a married man, wouldn’t have health issues, and certainly wouldn’t seek treatment at public hospitals.”

Kristopher’s eyes darkened with fury.


me. And still, you let my grandfather

Belinda’s smile soured.

imagination soar

I made a

car accident left

good, prompting her to implore his grandfather, Anthony Cox, to arrange their marriage. She

tended to him with great care, and gradually,

due to the

but instead, she found herself

his lawful spouse, she was powerless to call Cathy a mistress

evident that Kristopher was ungrateful and would never be touched, no matter how much she

this realization, Belinda gave Kristopher a bitter smile and resignedly said, “If it’s her you want, so be it.” She knew it was time to let go of

it


in her gaze seemed to

you

“Kristopher.”

chill enveloped

Belinda was

“Let’s get a divorce.”

“A divorce?”

Belinda? Aborting our child and now seeking a divorce?

Grandpa to complain. I didn’t before, and

as she squatted down and retrieved the divorce papers from

then, the ringing of a phone cut

“Cathy.”

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