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.

cold gaze, I lay quietly on my hospital bed

chose to stay in the hospital and stray away from returning home because I didn't want to see Steven and Zachary-the revolting father and son-yet the former came every day to see me. How

since I married, I barely had time to return to my old home and visit her. Eventually, she moved to the

soon as she saw

up to her and embraced her with

the hug and patted my back lightly. "You're a mom now. Why

settled in my heart over the past few days. In this world, Mom was the only one who

at the living room, I spilled my guts. "Mom, I want

instantly, and she rushed over

because I almost died

I could speak, she seemed

"Did he

was something else worse than

the full story, as I didn't want her to mourn over my míserable marriage. "He said he hasn't physically cheated yet, but I know

in a marriage. And when we

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