Chapter 132

“Sorry, I stumbled upon it by accident.”

Mark’s voice was gentle as he apologized and then explained how he came to know.

It all started when Christine posted about my car accident and hospital stay on Facebook. He asked for my room number, planning to visit me today.

But when he arrived at the hospital, he happened to overhear a nurse talking about me. Not only was I injured, but I had also miscarried, and shockingly, I was discharged on the same day.

I pressed my lips together, “So, you got into a fight with him…”

“It was just a heat of the moment thing.”

Mark brushed it off lightly, giving me a warm glance, “How about you? How have you been these past few days?”

“It’s hard to say.”

I looked down, suddenly finding the words, “I used to dream of a perfect marriage with him. Then, when I got pregnant, I couldn’t wait for the baby to arrive, to become the center of my world, my only family. But now.”

I gave a bitter smile, “I don’t even know what’s left worth holding onto.”

Everything felt meaningless.

My hand instinctively touched my stomach, where no child would ever call me “Mom” again.

Mark’s expression suddenly turned serious, and he pulled the car over to the side of the road, looking at me intently, “Jane, are you sick?”

before shaking my head, “No, just feeling a bit

had lost so much in just a few days. Timothy, my child,

didn’t seem to relax..

the office and I came down with a storage box, he helped me put it in the backseat and handed me a fast-food combo

on the way. I’ll take you to a place,

I asked.

Mark’s voice was clear and

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some ointment first.”

him some bruise cream I had picked up from the office’s medical room, pointing to his cheekbone and the corner of

his fight with Bryant was somehow

gratefully and began to apply the ointment

done, he carefully stored the cream back in the

“It’s nothing.”

so this was the least

how, during my college days, fast food was my-to for

got me hot chocolate. After finishing the meal and tidying up the trash, I realized we were headed towards the suburbs.

my head against the window, I gazed out, unaware of

and what made it harder was knowing

of this

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