Chapter 1

It was a dreary day with constant rain.

Yvette Snyder stood at the entrance of the hospital, her body frail, clutching a pregnancy report in her thin hands. Three words on the report stood out: "No pregnancy detected".

"You've been married for three years. How are you not pregnant?" Her mother, Yara Cadwell, demanded, jabbing a finger in Yvette's face disappointedly. Yara was dressed lavishly and wore high heels.

"Why are you so useless? If you don't get pregnant soon, the Lanes are going to kick you out of the family. What's going to happen to our family then?"

Yvette looked at Yara blankly. She had a lot to say, but the words were stuck in her throat. In the end, all she could manage was, "I'm sorry."

"I don't want you to be sorry. I want you to give birth to Xavier's child. Do you understand me?"

Yvette's throat felt tight; she didn't know how to answer Yara.

In their three years of marriage, her husband, Xavier Lane, had never slept with her.

How could she ever have his child?

Yara stared at Yvette. The latter's weak demeanor was so unlike her own.

Finally, she said coldly before leaving, "If you really can't give him a child, then find him a woman who can. At least he'll appreciate you for that."

Yvette stared after Yara's retreating figure in disbelief.

Had her own mother just told her to find another woman for her husband to sleep with?

Her heart felt as cold as the freezing rain.

As Yvette made her journey home, she couldn't stop thinking about Yara's parting words. Suddenly, a loud ringing in her ear drowned out her thoughts.

She knew that her condition had worsened.

Just then, she received a message on her phone.

It was from Xavier, and the content was the same as always. "I'm not coming home tonight."

In the past three years they had been married, Xavier had never spent the night at home before. He had never so much as touched Yvette either.

Yvette could remember their wedding night three years ago. He had told her, "Since your family is bold enough to trick me into marrying you, you'd better be prepared to spend the rest of your life in loneliness."

Spending the rest of her life in loneliness...

Three years ago, the Snyder and Lane families had decided to form an alliance through marriage.

Both families had agreed to mutually beneficial terms in the agreement. But when the day of the wedding came around, the Snyder family went back on their word and transferred all of their assets away, including the billions of dollars that Xavier had paid to marry Yvette.

Yvette's eyes dulled at the memory. She replied to Xavier's text with her usual response: "Okay."

realizing it, the pregnancy report she was holding got

Yvette tossed the report into

around this time, she would

didn't prepare dinner for herself. She just leaned back

in her

was hard of hearing, which, to the rich and powerful, was no better

never allow her to

the morning, the pendulum clock on

would be home in an

the couch. She got up hastily and went to the

a meticulous man who was strict about punctuality, not only with himself but also with the people around

home at

a tall and handsome man. Clad in a smart tailored suit, his demeanor was quiet and

he was

the table and said with a scoff, "You do this every day. Are you a nanny or

and over again. She wore

been for the business alliance and the Snyders' deceit, Xavier would

a lump in her throat, and said bravely, "Xav, do

sudden question surprised Xavier. His eyes darkened. "What do

and stared at him, swallowing the bile rising in the back of her throat. "If you love someone else, you can be with

Xavier

...

left, Yvette sat on the balcony alone, staring out into the

of the raindrops drifted in and out of clarity. She took off her hearing aids, letting the world around her fall into

month ago, her doctor had told her, "Ms. Snyder, there's been a pathological change in your auditory nerves and some of your cranial nerves, causing your

to the living room and turned on the

showing an interview with Daphne Reyes, an internationally renowned singer known for

slightly as

was Xavier's

but Daphne was still as pretty as ever. She was confident and relaxed in front of the cameras, unlike the shy and frightened young

country, her answer was

out of Yvette's hands. Her heart also fell to her

outside seemed

up the uneaten breakfast. When she got

saw the unread messages on

have been unhappy over the

love her. How about we meet up tonight? I've

messages until the screen went

a

window. The rain fell incessantly. It felt like

visited him at his office, so whenever she was there, she would take the service elevator from the

saw her, he just greeted her

around Xavier considered Yvette his wife. She was nothing but a smear

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