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."

food?" Ryan snorted and

in a lot of effort when making this dish. By the way, his spaghetti bolognese is delicious as well. However, he used to make

cutlery too hard. My nails dug into the

seemed that even the spaghetti bolognese that I loved was something

when I asked him where he learned to cook on the night of our

thinking of during those 30

he thinking of the days when he learned cooking with Jessica or

+15 BONUS

for having such a good

and forced a meaningful smile on my face. "Really? So do you want him to take care of you because your marriage didn't

stared at Ryan

was infuriated. She turned to look at Ryan with red eyes. "We're supposed to be family,. Ryan. Can't you have members of your family around you

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

help her bully me as

and she looked pitiful. "Are

what you've promised me. If you need any help

began to tremble as if

I won't disturb you anymore. Whether I live or die in the future has nothing to do

and left with her

the car. When he saw her coming out, he quickly got out of the car

even look at

at how fast he

3/7

only found on

night and he had cut

almost too hard for me

you looking at? Eat your food." Ryan rubbed

if we

whole of that day, he kept me company. He would accompany me whenever I

i worked on my designs, he would deal with

to me

obvious that

a shower, the

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

walked into the room with a glass

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

time for another checkup next

was willing to cut ties with Jessica, then it would count as him making

that something would happen, so I didn't want to tell him about the baby in my womb at

moment.

of the checkup. He would collect the ultrasound report in person and discover

going to be

that we had

I began looking forward to

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