Chapter 3
As they walked away, Mary cautiously approached.
“Mrs. Skye, do you want me to help you explain? I’ll just say that you didn’t feel well today. That’s why you didn’t do it yourself.
“You can apologize to them. Mr. Skye and Ethan will certainly forgive you.”
Feeling ironic, I looked up with a chuckle. “Ethan is eight years old. He isn’t a baby anymore. Why does he need me to look after him?
I
“I made myself pretty clear. I want to divorce Corey. From now on, I don’t care what they do.”
After saying that, I went upstairs to pack my things.
I only packed some jewelry left by my mom and clothes I bought by myself.
Putting my things in one suitcase, I left without looking back once.
Corey must have found out about it very soon.
On that same evening, he made an uncommonly rare effort to call me three times.
I didn’t answer him. I just sent him a screenshot of the news I saw last night, which had yet to be removed online.
In an instant, the calling stopped.
Five minutes later, the caller became Ethan.
Chapter 4
I cried all night and almost couldn’t catch my breath..
When confirming that Corey no longer loved me, I wasn’t so sad.
In a daze, I dreamed of the moment when my mom passed away.
At that inopportune moment, I found myself pregnant with Ethan.
If I hadn’t become pregnant, I might still have saved my Colton family.
At that time, my dad couldn’t bear the blow and jumped from the building while my mom lay on her sickbed, barely alive.
My Colton family was breaking apart, and Corey couldn’t come to help as he was involved in an internal power struggle with others in the Skye family.
I didn’t want to see my parents‘ years of hard work go to waste.
I wanted to get rid of Ethan.
But my mom and Corey took turns to persuade me.
Corey said that the most important thing for a couple to do was to ensure the continuation of the lineage. Furthermore, the doctor informed us that if I had an abortion, it would be hard for me to conceive again. That would go against the wishes of both our parents.
My mom held my hand and said in a weak sound that she would be gone soon, and if I had a child, I would have someone who loved me
forever.
She didn’t want me to be alone.
Nor did she want to see me lonely and helpless.
She even forced me to kneel before her and swear.
Therefore, I let Ethan stay in my belly.
Pregnancy brought about an array of severe reactions. Indeed, I fractured three ribs simply by tripping over and landing on my stomach.
I told myself that I must love this child.
I abandoned my Colton family for this child.
My phone suddenly rang.
I woke up from a nightmare and found it was from a stranger.
“Hello?”
“Lena, it’s me.” From afar came a familiar and soothing male voice.
I came to my senses.
Last night, I couldn’t stand Corey anymore and blocked his contact.
But I didn’t expect him to call me using someone else’s phone.
With a cold voice, I asked, “What’s up?”
