登入Doctor Olivia thought her marriage was built on love. After 6 years of trying she finally receives the miracle of pregnancy. Before she can share with her husband, Olivia discovers that Carter Velcro has another family and a 6 years old daughter. To the world she is the other woman despite being the legal wife. When she thinks divorce is the end, it spirals her life into a mess. The new director of the hospital turns out to be her high school bully, who suddenly takes a fancy towards her. When Olivia tries to gather herself, Carter Velcro wants her back. Trapped into the contract of giving him another child, Olivia finds out the biggest lie of all. Can she forgive Carter to let the love bloom again?
查看更多[Olivia’s pov]Nina had given up her spot beside my bed hours ago and collapsed into the armchair with her arms crossed, head tilted awkwardly against the cushion. Mallory had ended up on the small couch again, one arm hanging off the edge like she’d fallen asleep mid-sentence and simply never recovered.Even in sleep, they looked like they were still guarding me.The thought made something warm tug faintly in my chest.I sat propped against the pillows, my daughter asleep in the bassinet beside me.A soundless kind of miracle.I still couldn’t believe she existed. That she was here, that she was safe, that I was still here too.The door opened softly. I turned instinctively, expecting a nurse.Instead—“Hah.” Homer stepped in like he owned the place. “You bitch of a mother!” He joked. He paused in the doorway, hands on his hips, and scanned the room with exaggerated disapproval. Then his gaze landed on me. “Why are you crying again?”I blinked.My hand instinctively touched my chee
[Carter’s pov]I sat alone in the lounge, half-slouched in the leather armchair, a glass of whiskey loose in my hand.I tipped the glass back again.The burn hit hard, sliding down my throat like liquid punishment.I deserved it.The bottle was nearly empty.It didn't matter.Nothing was touching the ache hollowing out my chest. I hadn’t gone to the hospital. Not because I didn’t want to.I had spent three hours sitting in my car outside the private maternity entrance, gripping the steering wheel until my knuckles turned white.But Pierce had made himself very clear.If I came near Olivia, he’d have security remove me.And if somehow I got past him, Olivia herself would probably order them to throw me out.The thought twisted something ugly inside me. My daughter was born tonight. I hadn’t held her. Hadn’t seen her. Didn’t even know what she looked like.And every second that passed made the distance between us feel less temporary and more permanent.I downed the rest of the whiskey.
[Olivia’s pov]The hospital room was quiet in that strange, heavy way only hospitals could ever be.Muffled voices behind closed doors.I sat propped against the pillows, staring blankly at the rain-speckled window across from my bed. It was still dark outside.Not fully night anymore, but not yet morning either.Nina was asleep on the small sofa near the wall, curled awkwardly beneath the thin hospital blanket she had stolen from somewhere. One arm dangled over the edge, her hair falling across her face.Even in sleep, she looked exhausted.She had refused to leave. Mallory had tried convincing her to go home and rest. She’d nearly bitten Mallory’s head off.Mallory herself had gone to the nursing area twenty minutes ago to check on my daughter. A tiny person existed because of me. The thought should have made warmth bloom inside me.And part of it did.But another part hurt so deeply it almost eclipsed everything else.Because Carter hadn’t come.Not once.Not after the delivery.No
[Carter’s pov]The silence inside the hall was unbearable.Hours ago, this room had been alive.Crystal glasses clinking. Investors murmuring over champagne, camera shutters flashing. Now it was dead.And I sat alone on the edge of the stage. Exactly where she had looked at me with those shattered eyes and told me she hated me. “I hate you, Carter!” The words hadn’t stopped echoing since.I leaned forward, elbows braced against my knees, staring blankly at the floor below.The deal signing with Ronan had been postponed indefinitely.Of course it had.No one wanted to sign multimillion-dollar gemstone agreements after witnessing the public destruction of the Velcro family.Not when reporters had practically trampled each other trying to capture footage of Olivia collapsing.Not when my stepfather had stood in front of the world and declared my marriage a lie.Not when I had responded by punching him hard enough to send him sprawling across his own precious stage.My fist still hurt.
[Olivia’s pov]A sharp, deep contraction tore through my body so suddenly I couldn’t even inhale properly. My breath hitched violently.No—Not now.Not here.My hand flew to my stomach instantly, fingers digging into my dress as another wave followed, harder than the first. It stole the strength
[Olivia’s pov]Camilla’s laugh was soft.“You really don’t know, do you?” she said, tilting her head as if I were a child who had missed the point.My grip on the papers tightened again, though my fingers already felt numb.Camilla’s lips curved.“Your husband didn’t just sign divorce papers,” she
[Olivia’s pov]Sahl entered first.Dressed sharply, composed in a way that looked almost rehearsed. And beside him was Camilla.Perfectly poised. The expression was unreadable, but her eyes… her eyes were sharp enough to cut through everything in the room.A murmur swept through the crowd.Confusio
[Carter’s pov]For the first time all day, I could breathe.Not fully.Not deeply.But enough to feel like my chest wasn’t caving in.Ronan stood across from my desk, calm and composed, while the merger proposal sat between us like a lifeline neither of us had expected to revisit.The irony wasn’t
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