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.

“divorce agreement” written on it. The bright whiteness of the paper

He looked down at Mia, taking in the

feelings for her. He’d only married her because his grandmother liked her. Her presence had

not for the accident a month back, he wouldn’t even

waste of Mia’s time and youth. It was better for them

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

“Didn’t I tell you to

a month ago was an accident—the one and only accident that had happened over the

hand had been burned. She quickly moved it away, but Timothy grabbed her by the wrist with a complicated

If I were pregnant, would you want

“No.”

There was no point in having a baby when its parents were caught in a

empty out as he let

back to force the tears back. Timothy’s

her heart into making. They had gone cold. She poured them

tiny life growing in there. She swallowed her bitterness as she

her aside after giving birth to a pair of twins, banishing her to her adoptive aunt’s house. Fortunately, her aunt, Patricia Bowen, treated her well.

her own. She knew Timothy didn’t love her, but she’d still tried her best to be a good wife to him.