Chapter 9

Every move they made felt like a slap in the face to me.

My heart ached more and more.

I had imagined such a scene countless times.

As I watched what was happening, I began to feel cold even though I was at home.

"Charlotte, you're awake!" Jessica said with a smile when she turned around and saw me. "Come and have a taste of Ryan's cooking. I promise you it's delicious."

As soon as she said those words, she began placing dishes on the dining table as if she were the hostess of the house.

I took a deep breath, walked past her, looked at Ryan, and asked, "Why is she in our house?"

Ryan brought out the last dish, removed his apron, and said coldly," She'll get lost after having lunch."

"How can you be so heartless? Are you really going to kick me out of the house?" Jessica glared at him.

"That's enough, Jessica! I'll kick you out myself if I get any more from you!" Ryan's was dark and sounded like his patience had run out.

"You're so mean," Jessica mumbled as she dragged me over to the dining table.

It was as if she wasn't the person who was crying and asking my husband to divorce me. She made it seem like she wasn't the one who tried to take my husband away from me yesterday.

was

Ryan a good cook. Everything he made had great looks and taste

I wasn't hungry, but I had to make sure my child w

nutrients.

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Since Jessica had no shame, what had I got to worry about?

With that thought in mind, I sat down and began to eat.

"The taste is quite nice, right?" Jessich asked quietly.

"Yep, definitely. Ryan would normally be the person who does the cooking when he's at home," I replied with a smile.

show Jess a who was the

I was lying, of course. I was just trying to show Jess hostess of the house using such methods.

Jessica glanced at Ryan. "I didn't expect you to treat others so well as well."

and eat your food?" Ryan snorted and then placed some food

me casually, "Do you know why he's such a good cook? It was because I taught him. Especially the fried eggs. That's my favorite dish. He would put in a lot of effort when making this dish. By the way, his spaghetti bolognese is delicious as well. However, he used to make that for me every day, so I got sick of it. That's why he would only make it when

hard. My nails

seemed that even the spaghetti bolognese that

the night of our wedding

thinking of during those

learned cooking with Jessica or was

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you have to thank me for having such a good husband who knows how to cook,"

on the table and forced a meaningful smile on my face. "Really? So do you want him to take care of you because your marriage didn't end up so good? Ryan,

stared at Ryan whilst

are you talking about?" Jessica was infuriated. She turned to look at Ryan with red eyes. "We're supposed

to give you a lift," said Ryan. He didn't

to help her bully

down Jessica's face. Her eyes were filled with disbelief and she looked pitiful. "Are you sure you don't want

need any help in the future, you can

shoulders began to tremble as if

to laugh. She then said sulkily, "Fine, I understand now. I won't disturb you anymore.

stood up and left with

her in the car. When he saw her coming out,

even look at her during this

at how fast he

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only found

night and he had cut

for me to believe how fast things

Eat your food." Ryan rubbed my head and pulled me back

if we had never

He would accompany me whenever I went to the courtyard for a walk or feed the

my designs, he

to me

but it was obvious that he was trying

a shower, the alarm

put a tablet in my mouth. It was medicine to help protect the baby in

come you're on tablets?" Ryan walked into the room with

supplements." I looked at his dark eyes and said, "Can you come to the hospital with me next Saturday? I want to do a

for another checkup

willing to cut ties with Jessica, then it

so I

moment.

would find out on the day of the checkup. He would collect the

was going to be a

would find out that

that thought in mind, I began looking forward to the following

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