Once Married, We Met Again as Strangers

Just when my career was finally starting to improve,

I was busy catching my husband cheating, busy dealing with his mistress.

Before and after that, everything dragged on until now.

In the beginning, Seb was penniless. He knelt beside my bed and said to me,

“Charlie, I’ll make something of myself and repay all the suffering you’ve endured.”

Later, Seb rose to success. Holding his mistress, he looked at me and said,

“Charlie, I know everything you’ve done for me.”

“I promise no woman will replace you, and none of them will have a child before you.”

“Everything I have will belong to our child.”

Now…

I look out the window at the two people clinging tightly to each other.

I shake my head and smile bitterly.

“Let’s get rid of it. I’m returning to New York soon, and a child would be inconvenient.”

“Besides, Seb smokes, drinks, and lives a chaotic life.”

“How could a child born under such circumstances be healthy?”

My father built his fortune on my mother’s connections.

After becoming successful, he kept countless mistresses.

That’s why I longed so desperately for genuine love.

But the first time I caught Seb in bed, he showed no remorse.

Instead, he scolded me self-righteously.

“Charlie, what’s wrong with you?”

“Your father had more than one mistress. What’s wrong with me having some fun?”

“Think about what your mother endured!”

“You grew up watching all this. Why haven’t you learned how to be a proper, wealthy wife?”

He used my deepest wounds to stab me.

At that moment, I knew.

Our love was already over.

But because of that ten-year promise, I couldn’t leave Seb.

I could only watch as he humiliated my dignity and trampled my feelings.

The wedding I fought for over many years became a prison.

Love once engraved in my heart became his weapon.

I’ve suffered enough from family and love.

Rather than let this child repeat my fate,

I chose to end this irreparable marriage myself.

When I opened my eyes again, the surgery was over.

The child I had longed for for so many years, along with our love,

turned into a pool of blood, flushed away.

Watching the city sink into darkness, I suddenly wondered.

How did Seb and I end up like this?

Was it because of Lily?

Or because of… that incident?

It no longer mattered.

Whatever the reason.

Betrayal and hurt were undeniable.

I hailed a taxi, planning to go back and pack my things.

While waiting, I saw Seb at the intersection. He and Lily walked hand in hand through the crowd.

Their sweet intimacy looked like a young couple deeply in love.

Lily kissed Seb on the cheek and smiled.

“I had my checkup today. The baby is healthy.”

“The doctor says it’s a boy. You’ll have a son in five months!”

Seb smiled.

He gently took off his coat and placed it over Lily.

“You silly girl, you don’t even know how to take care of yourself while pregnant.”

“I bought a villa in the south. Let’s move there together.”

“The winters in Harbin are too cold. I’m afraid you won’t manage.”

Then Seb kept talking.

He talked about precautions during pregnancy.