Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen

“Congratulations, you’re one month pregnant. Everything looks fine.”

Mia Bowen held the results of her pregnancy test as she returned to her marital home, feeling like she was dreaming. Was she actually pregnant?

She mustered the courage to text her husband, Timothy Barrett. “Will you be coming home for dinner tonight?”

It felt like forever as she waited for a reply. He’d never liked it when people disturbed him at work, and she was worried that her message would go unanswered as it had in the past.

In the next second, her phone lit up. Timothy replied curtly, “Yeah. I have something to tell you.”

After getting an answer, Mia hurried to get the groceries for that night’s dinner. She put the results of the pregnancy test on the table, then flipped it over, feeling that she was being too obvious.

In the evening, a black limousine drove into the courtyard. Timothy got out with his suit jacket casually flung over one arm. He had a tall figure and striking features.

“Timothy, you’re back.” Mia jogged over to him, reaching out to take his suit jacket. But Timothy handed her some papers instead. A trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.

“Take a look at this. You can bring up any requests you might have,” he said.

page had the words “divorce agreement” written on it. The

at Mia, taking in the baby fat around her face. She looked like a minor.

her. He’d only married her because his grandmother liked her. Her presence had also improved his grandmother’s health, so

he wouldn’t even have noticed that they’d been married for

a waste of Mia’s time and youth. It

gently placed a hand over her belly and asked shakily, “If—and this is only hypothetical—I were to tell you that I’m pregnant, would

her belly. He frowned. “Didn’t I tell

month ago was an accident—the one and only accident

like her hand had been burned. She quickly moved it away, but Timothy grabbed her

question. If I were pregnant, would you want to keep the

“No.”

was no point in having a baby when its parents were caught in a loveless marriage. It was what had happened

seemed to empty out as he let

watched as he walked away. Then, she tilted her head back to force the

at the food she’d put her heart into making. They had gone cold. She poured them into the trash, feeling

she

kicked her aside after giving birth to a pair of twins, banishing her to her adoptive aunt’s house. Fortunately,

family of her own. She knew Timothy didn’t love her, but she’d still tried her best to be a good wife to him. Now, reality had proven to her that it was impossible for one to make a rock melt.