Chapter 3

Harvey's Pov

My mind raced. One month ago was exactly when Derek had suddenly suggested we have an open marriage. It was also exactly when he started giving endless excuses about why he was too busy to ever come to the hospital with me. He hadn't been too busy at all. He had been coming to this very hospital, week after week, holding another woman's hand.

“I know, right?” the other nurse chimed in, giggling. “You can tell he really loves her. He looks so proud.”

Down the hallway, Olivia said something that made Derek chuckle. He leaned down and tenderly kissed her on the cheek.

At that moment, Gigi’s voice screamed in my head. “If it's not because he wants to fool around with Olivia, why would he want an open marriage? Can't you see how close they are?! Open your eyes and look at what's right in front of you, don't be stupid.” She had been right. She had been right all along, and I had defended him. I had insulted my best friend to defend a monster.

Thinking about this, anger took over. The numbness I felt earlier from the results I was given in the doctor's office evaporated and it was replaced by anger that I had never felt before. I marched down the hallway, my sandals clicking loudly against the tile, straight toward them.

“Derek!” I screamed, my voice cracking with raw emotion. “What the hell are you doing with Olivia?!”

Derek and Olivia were both startled, turning to look at me. When Derek realized who it was standing in front of him, his expression instantly shifted from warm and happy to complete disgust.

“Harvey?” he scowled, his eyes narrowing. “What are you doing here?”

“What is this, Derek?” I sobbed, tears finally streaming down my face as I pointed a shaking finger at Olivia. “Why are you holding her like that? Why are the nurses saying she’s your pregnant wife? Explain it to me!”

I reached out, trying to grab his arm, wanting him to look at me, wanting him to tell me it was all a sick joke. But before my fingers could even touch his sleeve, Derek sneered and shoved me away. He pushed me with so much force that I lost my balance. My heels slipped, and I stumbled backward, hitting the floor hard.

My purse flew out of my hands, its contents spilling everywhere across the polished floor. My keys, my lipstick, and my medical files scattered.

“Stay away from me, Harvey!” Derek hissed, looking down at me as if I were a piece of trash he had stepped on. “Don’t touch me!”

Olivia gasped, hiding behind his shoulder, pretending to be terrified. “Oh my gosh, Derek... she’s crazy. What is she doing here? I thought you said we were coming here together. Did she stalk us and follow us here?”

“She must have.” Derek answered, derision filling his tone. He walked towards me and leaned downwards, “I told you to stay obediently at home,” he whispered, voice rough, “Why didn't you listen to me?”

“I…” I stammered, my body shaking. I saw his eyes sweep over me, then to the things that had fallen on the floor. But suddenly, his pupils stopped, then his brows raised. A habit he had whenever he was curious about something.

I immediately followed his gaze and he was staring right at the results the doctor gave me. But before I could grab it, Derek bent down and snatched the paper out of my reach.

I immediately paled, my hands reaching out to grab the paper but he slapped my hands away and quickly scanned the page. Afterwards, a laugh escaped his lips.

“Well, well, well,” Derek raised his voice, making sure everyone in the busy corridor could hear him. He held the paper up for the gathering crowd of patients and nurses to see. “Look at this! Infertile! You really can’t have children, can you, Harvey? All these years, I was wondering why you weren't able to give birth, so this was the reason!”

“Derek, please, stop...” I begged, my voice cracking as I tried to scramble up to grab the paper, “Stop trying to turn this over to me. You're the one who brought another woman and impregnated her! You told me she was just your coworker!”

“So you want me to continue being with you even if you don't have the ability to give me a child? Dream on!” Derek yelled.

"Is that why you went ahead to impregnate your coworker? Stop trying to turn things around, Derek! I'm your wife! We were supposed to take care of things together, but you cheated on me! It's your fault! I trusted you."

The onlookers started to murmur, their gazes on us but I could tell that they were pitying me. Not being able to have a child was already done, but before I knew about it he had already gone over to another woman? No matter how you look at it, he's to blame!

“I… I'm sorry, Harvey. But… But I knew that Derek wanted a child and that's why… That's why we decided to try.” Olivia who had been quiet for the longest time stepped out from behind Derek, tears filling her eyes.

But I couldn't help the scoff that escaped my mouth, “Is that how you're explaining it? You're trying to justify cheating on me? You're a woman as well, Olivia. How could you do this to me?”

“If you want to blame anyone, blame me. I was the one who seduced him! It's all my fault!” Olivia yelled, tears now dripping down her cheeks, “You can even hit me till you're satisfied. I… I can kneel to apologise. I…”

Olivia took another step towards me, one knee already going towards the ground but Derek instantly caught her and dragged her back.

“You're not kneeling for anyone, Olivia. You're pregnant with my child.”

“But…”

“Olivia. Aren't you done making trouble? Don't cause a scene here, we're in front of a lot of people.” Derek said, his gaze cold. “You gave me a child when I needed it the most, you did what this woman can't do.”

“Derek, you're my husband! We can adopt a child, we can check other options!”

“Other options? How long do you want me to wait, Harvey? How long?!”

“Harvey, you can't ask Derek to do this for you. I didn't want to say this…" Olivia gulped, her head lowered for a second, but she then raised her head back up in determination, "But if you hadn't aborted so many children before you married Derek, then you wouldn't have been infertile.”

"Abort?"

"Did she just say Harvey aborted so many children in the past?"

"No wonder she can't get pregnant."

My eyes widened in shock, "What the hell are you talking about?!"