Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Steven asked carefully, "You won't mind, will you, honey?"

"Oh, so she made me fall down the stairs and have a miscarriage, but you feel sorry that she's getting beaten up by her ex-husband instead." I snickered. "You're such a good samaritan."

"Honey!" Steven rose angrily. "I know you're sad that we lost our baby, but you know damn well that it was Zachary who called you to the stairwell. You slipped and fell-it had nothing to do with her!"

He continued, "I can't believe you don't see how much of a danger she's in now, especially as a woman. If you can't sympathize with her, the least you can do is shut your mouth. Gosh, I'm so disappointed in you! "Anyway, whether you agree or not, Jessica will be moving in with us."

With that, he left exasperatedly.

See? This was Steven-always blaming me, no matter how much I was hurt or bullied. I never retaliated, yet I couldn't vent for more than two sentences without being cast as the bad guy.

I used to love him so much that I willingly accepted this treatment, but not anymore... Not this time.

on my hospital bed

stray away from returning home because I didn't want to see Steven and Zachary-the revolting father and son-yet

barely had time to return to my old home and visit her. Eventually, she moved to the city because she missed me too much. At the very least, I would feel more

opened the door, delight spreading across her face as soon as she saw me. "Oh, my!

with open arms, smiling and coquettishly saying,

"You're a mom now. Why

affectionate tone slowly melted the frost that had settled in my heart over the past few days. In this

arriving at the living room, I spilled my guts.

the door instantly, and she rushed over to

maybe because I almost died in

I could speak, she seemed to

"Did he cheat on

something else

want her to mourn over my míserable marriage. "He said he hasn't physically cheated yet,

at fault... But Anna, issues are bound to happen in a marriage. And when we encounter

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