Book5 Chapter4.

AT the strength seemed to have been drained from my body, whether from the illness or them, I couldn't tell.

My feet felt as though they were weighed down by lead. I desperately turned around.

Before I could leave, a sweet voice from behind suddenly grew louder.

"Juliana!"

My body trembled, and it was too late to avoid it.

Turning around, I met Amelia's eyes, which particularly lit up with excitement.

Her goal was about to be achieved, so she should be happy.

Stanley, who didn't expect me to be there, seemed visibly flustered, trying to hide something.

But Amelia gently tugged at his sleeve.

He had no choice but to walk up to me with a stiff face.

"Juliana, you must have heard what I said. Amelia is pregnant. I'm sorry. We were both drunk that day. I'll give you more money during the property division, and I can't be irresponsible to her."

Overwhelmed with guilt, he couldn't even look at me.

hand on her belly, flaunted it to

wrong with loving someone. Besides, you never gave Stanley a son or daughter over all these years. Should he be childless because of that?

tone made it seem like

been before, I would have slapped her across the

dumbfounded, like an animal in

so my arrogance had gone. Yet my eyes, betraying me, still turned toward

there

if, just if, he

you, Stanley. I'm dying, so please have some pity

be so

too intense, and Stanley, unable

words sound harsh, but she's right. Over the years, I've supported you, providing

That was his answer.

was his response to our years of

couldn't control her

ears, and the

as though countless pieces of wood were

I

down, clutching my head,

desperately trying to drive

subay the

sensations by

was startled by

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