My Husband Got Another Woman Pregnant

I went to see my mother. Her memory has been failing lately, she held my hand and asked, "When will you and that boy from the Tyson Family have your wedding?"

I held back tears. My mother's hair had turned completely white, her face lined with the marks of time.

She was once one of the most beautiful women in this city. Back then, our family was wealthy and my father's business was thriving. They didn't approve of me being with Derek.

Derek was a top student, but his family was poor. His father died in an accident when he was very young and his mother raised him alone.

Initially, Derek ignored me completely, no matter how much I pursued him. He was always cold and distant.

At the time, my friends bet that I couldn't win Derek over and I couldn't accept defeat. I chased after him relentlessly, but nothing seemed to work.

I even visited his mother and arranged for her to see the best doctor, with a chance to restore her vision. But that day, Derek was furious. He told me he didn't need my interference in his family's affairs.

My friends said I had hurt Derek's fragile pride and I was frustrated. I was only trying to help, but Derek, eyes red with anger, said to me, "Miss Sylvester, I don't need your charity."

After that, he treated me even worse. If it hadn't been for that night when a group cornered me in an alley, things might have turned out differently.

The drunk men harassed me and Derek suddenly rushed in, fighting them off to protect me, ending up bruised and battered. Afterward, holding me close, he pleaded, "Alicia, can you stop following me?"

I clung to his neck in tears, realizing then that I had truly fallen for him. He would often sigh when he saw my math test scores, which barely reached three digits, despite his earnest attempts to teach me. He'd say, "Alicia, what am I going to do with you?"

I didn't have much aptitude for studying, but I started working harder. Eventually, someone shamelessly told Derek about our bet and to my surprise, he believed it.

After the college entrance exams, Derek told me we should stop seeing each other, saying he didn't have time to spare.

I chased after him to explain, but shortly after, his family moved away and he disappeared from my world.

Later, while in college, my family set me up to meet Marcus Jenkins, the eldest son of the Jenkins Family, who had known me since childhood.

But he was too stiff and dull, always focused on work. For our first date, he stood me up and I ended up seeing Derek at the cinema, with another woman.

Furious, I stormed over to confront him, only to discover it was his sister.

I was utterly embarrassed, wishing I could disappear. That was when Derek and I got back together, only this time he pursued me.

Memories floated by as my mother's voice came and went, saying, "It wasn't that I didn't want you two to get married. I just didn't want you to do it behind my back. Now, seeing our Alicia happy, I can rest easy."

She patted my head, saying that Derek was taking good care of me. "Your father can rest easy too."

Finally, I broke down, crying on her shoulder. She was right, Derek's heart was unpredictable, he wasn't someone I could depend on. I regretted it, I should have listened and behaved.

Now, Derek was deliberately ignoring me, trying to show me that my life depended on him. Since the Sylvester Family's downfall, I had become the laughingstock of our social circle.