LOGIN"I've thought it through. From the beginning to the end, the only person I loved was you."I'll divorce Willa right away. Can we get back together now? Can we have another baby?"Now that you're back, let's go back to how we were before, all right?"As he spoke, the man reached forward, hugged my leg, and looked up at me with eyes full of expectation.A storm was coming.I crouched down and, under his hopeful gaze, spoke softly."Adrian, I already told you. I hate you."After leaving the cemetery, I went home and began organizing the evidence I had collected.All these years, I had been gathering evidence about my mother's death and my being sent to the psychiatric hospital.Now, it was time to make everything public.But before I could even publish the evidence online, a piece of news about Liddell Group climbed onto the trending lists late that night.Adrian had posted an article.In the article, Adrian admitted that he had stolen my core HyperSense Robot technology and r
She stepped forward, grabbed my collar, and threatened me."What? Do you want to go back to the psychiatric hospital?"The psychiatric hospital felt so far away now.Memories were yanked back into my mind.I had once been happy.Until Willa and her mother appeared.That day, I was sitting at home eating dinner with my parents when someone suddenly knocked on the door.It was late at night, and rain poured outside.I ran to open the door, and Willa and her mother walked in. They knelt in front of us.Willa's mother pressed a knife to her own throat and sobbed, "I don't want anything. I only hope you'll let Willa stay."And the one who stayed that day was not only Willa.Willa's mother stayed too.From that day on, my parents, who had never fought in my memory, began arguing constantly. Our home turned chaotic.Half a month later, I came home from school holding the prize I had won for first place and ran into my mother's room.Then I saw the scene I would never forget for
"Adrian and I need to talk. Step out for a while."Willa opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Adrian spoke first."Willa, Maya likes nuts. We're out. Go buy some."As he said that, Adrian's gaze stayed on me the entire time.Willa froze. The next second, she grabbed her coat and walked out.For a while, only Adrian and I were left in the villa.Adrian stepped forward, reaching out like he had countless times before, wanting to pull me into his arms."Honey..."The smell of women's perfume coming off him made me sick for no reason. I instinctively pushed him away and backed up several steps.Only after I was sure I had kept a safe distance did I speak softly."The decor in this villa looks familiar. Do you remember? That year, in our rental apartment, you and I talked about the big villa we'd live in one day. We designed it together."I didn't expect you to actually remember."I laughed quietly to myself."Seven years ago, you quit your job and prepared to s
The moment I finished speaking, the rain came pouring down.Adrian stood in the storm, suddenly seized by a terrible panic.The night he learned Maya was pregnant had been a stormy night too.But at that time, Maya was far overseas, and the company was going through a massive upheaval. He only remembered his mood becoming awful, terribly awful.He started finding fault with everything. He got sick often. He even began thinking about breaking up with Maya.That was when Willa appeared in front of him.That day, he had just had a huge fight with Maya because she hadn't replied to his message right away.The call had barely ended when Willa appeared.After the night he spent with Willa, he began to hate the child in Maya's belly. He even thought about asking her to abort it.But every time he wanted to bring it up, he would get a call from Maya. On the phone, Maya would talk about the baby with a face full of expectation.In the end, he never managed to tell her to get rid of th
I hadn't expected my trust to be trampled by him so casually, or turned into a weapon he and someone else would use to frame me.I opened my mouth to speak, but the phone in my pocket rang the next second.It was my friend.She said Tilly was missing.I couldn't care about anything else. I got up and rushed out, but Adrian stepped forward and grabbed me from behind."Maya, you owe Willa an apology.""Adrian, your child is missing!"I roared at the man in front of me with bloodshot eyes. The next second, panic flashed across Adrian's face."Dylan? What happened to Dylan?"Willa stood up, took his hand, and comforted him softly."Dylan's fine. The nanny just told me he's asleep at home."Adrian immediately let out a breath, and his whole expression relaxed.Watching the man's attitude change so dramatically, I clenched my fists hard and ran outside, leaving only one sentence behind."Adrian, you don't deserve to be a father!"The moment I ran out of the company, I saw Tilly
After hanging up, I stared blankly at the messages constantly popping up on my phone.They were all from Adrian.The first was an address."I'm busy lately. You and Tilly should go back to the rental for now.""Starting tomorrow, bring three meals a day to the office. I'm still used to eating your cooking.""Also, the day after tomorrow is Willa's birthday. As her sister, remember to prepare a gift for her."The instant I saw those messages, a nameless fury surged up inside me and rushed straight to my head.Even now, Adrian hadn't offered me the slightest explanation. He only continued ordering me around like always.He had even forgotten that today was Tilly's birthday.With trembling fingers, I typed slowly."Adrian, do you remember what day today is?"There was no response.Perhaps I was too exhausted. In a daze, I fell asleep like that.Early the next morning, when I woke groggily, Tilly was sitting on the bed holding my phone, smiling excitedly at me."Mommy, Daddy







