Chapter 4

I looked at Graham and silently nodded.

Then I pulled the divorce papers and a pen from my bag and held them out to him.

“Sign them.

“You can stay with them as long as you want. From now on, it’s none of my business.”

Graham glanced down at the papers in my hand, his temper flaring.

He lowered his voice and glared at me.

“Are you threatening me with divorce?”

I had no idea what he was talking about.

When he refused to take them, I shoved the papers into his arms.

“It’s not a threat. I just can’t do this marriage anymore.”

Graham clearly couldn’t stand hearing that.

He released Mara and turned toward me, his brows drawn tightly together.

“What do you mean you can’t do this marriage anymore?

“We’ve been fine for the past seven years. So why are you suddenly saying you can’t do it anymore?”

Now that he had asked, I almost wanted to tell him how hurt I was.

But Mara hurriedly cut in.

“Audrey, you wouldn’t have fallen for someone else, would you?

“Graham may be away from home most of the time, but he has always cared about you. You can’t possibly have gotten involved with another man, can you? That would be cheating on your husband. And for all we know, the baby you’re carrying might not even be—”

The moment Graham heard that, he became frantic.

He grabbed my wrist and demanded, “Is that true? Are you cheating on me? Who is he?

“Don’t tell me this baby isn’t even mine?”

I couldn’t stand hearing Mara slander me and my unborn child.

Before I could stop myself, I raised my free hand and slapped her across the face.

“Are you seriously accusing me of cheating when you’re the one having an affair with my husband?

“You shameless homewrecker. Don’t you dare drag my baby into this!”

Mara covered her cheek, apparently stunned by the slap.

She clearly hadn’t expected me to fight back.

Then she deliberately swayed as if she were about to faint again.

“Graham, I feel so dizzy after she hit me…”

As she spoke, she went limp in his arms.

Graham immediately shoved me away and scooped Mara up in his arms.

I staggered backward, my lower back slamming against the edge of the sofa.

Pain shot through me, turning my vision black for a moment.

I instinctively clutched my stomach as wave after wave of dull pain traveled up my spine.

I reached out and grabbed Graham’s sleeve.

“I’m in pain. It hurts so much…

“Graham, our baby. Please call a doctor…”

Graham looked down at me.

Then he scoffed and forcefully pulled his sleeve from my grasp.

“Now you know what pain feels like?

“Why didn’t you think about pain when you slapped Mara?

“Audrey, stop pretending. That trick isn’t going to work on me. I don’t have time to play with you.”

With that, Graham carried Mara away and shouted toward the hallway.

“Doctor! Doctor, someone just fainted!”

But the cramping in my lower abdomen grew more and more severe.

I wanted to call for someone else, but I had no strength left.

All I could do was watch helplessly as Graham disappeared.

The fluorescent lights above me began to sway in my vision.

Round and round they spun until everything was swallowed by a blinding sea of red.

Then I collapsed into darkness.

The doctor said Mara was fine and had most likely fainted because of low blood sugar.

Graham finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, suddenly, he heard a commotion coming from the other ward, and an inexplicable sense of panic seized him.

He got to his feet.

Mara tugged at his sleeve and called softly, “Graham…”

But this time, Graham didn’t stop.

He hurried back toward the ward.

By the time he arrived, the hallway was packed three people deep.

Graham’s heart lurched.

He desperately pushed through the crowd and rushed inside.

A nurse was already lifting me onto a stretcher.

The doctor was performing CPR while shouting,

“Move! Everyone, move!

“She fell and is hemorrhaging from a miscarriage! Get her to the emergency room now. Her life is in danger!”