Chapter 4

After being discharged, I went straight to the airport with my baby.

Before boarding, Tony’s calls kept coming.

I sneered and threw my phone straight into the trash.

Holding my sleeping child, I watched as the plane passed through the clouds outside the window. For the first time in a long while, I felt a sense of ease.

On the other hand, Tony rubbed his temples irritably.

For the past two days, Jane had been complaining of stomach pain. He had been going back and forth between the company and her place, staying by her side the whole time.

It wasn’t until today that he realized I hadn’t contacted him for two days.

Restless, he couldn’t even focus on work anymore. He started calling and texting me.

However, after a full day, there was still no reply.

Irritated, he looked out the window and saw a plane flying into the clouds. Suddenly, a bad feeling rose in his chest.

He picked up his phone and opened the home surveillance, trying to find me.

He switched through every camera in every room, but there was no sign of me.

Then, with his sharp eyes, he noticed a dark red stain on the living room floor.

His heart skipped.

“Why is there a pool of blood on the floor? Did something happen to Astrid?”

Anxiety surged through him. Just as he was about to zoom in, the office door behind him pushed open.

Someone walked in cautiously, with faint sobs now and then.

The corner of his lips lifted slightly. The frustration he had been holding in for days finally eased.

He wasn’t a petty man. Since his wife had taken the initiative to find him and admit her mistake, he would forgive her.

“So? You know you were wrong?” he said arrogantly as he turned around.

But when he saw it was Jane, his expression immediately faded.

“Tony, when I’m home alone, I keep feeling uneasy. Even my stomach hurts.”

Her gaze swept over his screen, and her face stiffened.

“You’re worried about Astrid? Is she okay? It’s all my fault. That day, I made you both so angry, and you even argued!”

Jane sniffled as she leaned into Tony’s arms. Then she pointed at the stain on the screen.

“Why hasn’t the red wine on the floor been cleaned up? The house even looks deliberately messy. Astrid must be sulking and trying to upset you. How about I go help you clean it up?”

Hearing her words, Tony grew even more annoyed.

Had he spoiled me too much?

I wasn’t answering calls, replying to messages, or even taking care of the house. Now I was even using this kind of sulking to show him an attitude?

“What’s there to clean? You said it yourself. She did it on purpose for me to see!

“Leave her alone. I’ll make her understand who really can’t live without the other!”

He took Jane back to her place and stayed there for several days, which was something that had never happened before.

Overjoyed, Jane kept posting on Instagram, sharing details of Tony staying by her side.

In the past, Tony had always avoided this, afraid that I would misunderstand if I saw.

This time, however, he didn’t stop her or tell her to delete anything. He let her do as she pleased.

“If Astrid sees these posts, she’ll definitely feel terrible! She’ll soon realize that I’m not the one who can’t live without her! Maybe she’s already crying, wondering why I’m not going home!”

Tony even felt a hint of anticipation, hoping I would see them.

As long as I took the initiative to contact him, even if it was to argue, he could use it as a chance to end this cold war.

However, the scene he expected never came.

Half a month passed.

It was as if I had completely disappeared, without a single trace.

His unease grew stronger.

Tired of this silent standoff, Tony decided to go home and talk to me face-to-face.

“Astrid!”

Suppressing his anger, he pushed open the door.

The house was still in the same mess as that night.

In the air, there was a faint, rotting smell of blood.

His chest tightened suddenly as he rushed into the living room.

Only then did he clearly see that the dark red stain in the surveillance footage wasn’t wine at all.

It was dried blood!

“Astrid… Something happened to Astrid and the baby!”

His mind went blank with a buzz. His legs gave out, and he collapsed onto the floor.