Chapter 2

The moment their eyes met, time seemed to freeze.

"Honey?" Isaac stood frozen, his eyes turning bloodshot.

The woman standing right in front of him was indeed Julia, who was supposed to be abroad on a year-long business trip!

She was cheating on him! And she was carrying another man's baby!

She was already nine months along, which meant they had been sleeping together for a long time.

His heart shattered into a million pieces. Swaying on his feet, Isaac grabbed the edge of the desk just to stay upright.

"Who are you calling 'honey'?"

Daniel flared up instantly. "Dr. Howard, aren't you a little too old to be playing the homewrecker? I get that my wife is drop-dead gorgeous, but calling her 'honey' right in front of me? That's way too bold!"

Whenever they went out, men were always hitting on Julia.

Assuming Isaac was just another creep, Daniel swung his fist and punched him right in the face. "Shame on you! How can a scumbag like you even be a doctor? I'll report you for hitting on your patient!"

Isaac wasn't one to just take a hit. He struck right back. "Get your facts straight! Did I hit on your wife, or did you steal mine?"

The moment his fist landed on Daniel's face, Daniel completely lost it. "Did you just hit me?"

Daniel charged forward and grabbed Isaac by the collar, yelling, "I'll kill you!"

Another punch came flying down.

Isaac tried to fight back, but before his hand could touch Daniel, Julia yanked his arm back.

"Isaac, Daniel is young and hot-headed! It was only one punch. Don't hold it against him."

The blow on his face burned with sharp pain. Yet it was nothing compared to the agony in his chest.

Back when they first got together, Isaac had been picked on too.

He was just an OB-GYN resident at the hospital, while Julia was the heiress of the powerful Gordon family of Jerandale.

Julia was spoiled and used to getting her way. She'd had so many boyfriends they could line up from one end of the street to the other.

But during a massive pileup, she fell for Isaac.

She dropped every man around her and pursued him relentlessly. It took three whole years to finally win his heart.

After they started dating, Julia's jealous exes began harassing Isaac. The worst time, one of them hired a gang of thugs to take him out.

Julia had lost her mind. She showed up with a fleet of bodyguards, beating the thugs until they were practically crippled, and nearly choked the ex to death herself.

"I'm warning you. If you ever lay a finger on Isaac again, I'll snap your neck with my bare hands! I mean every word!"

After that, no one ever dared to cross him again.

Yet here she was today, shielding another man.

After a long silence, Isaac slowly lowered his hand. "Fine. I won't hold it against him. Julia, let's get a divorce."

Daniel blinked, caught off guard. "Divorce? What divorce? What the hell is going on between you two?"

Suddenly, Julia clutched her belly and cried out in agony, "Daniel, my stomach hurts so bad! Is something wrong with our baby?"

Before anyone could answer, a streak of bright red blood trickled down her legs.

Isaac's medical training compelled him to step forward and examine her, but Daniel shoved him away. "Get away from her! Don't you dare touch my wife! If you hadn't started a fight with me, she wouldn't be bleeding!"

"Daniel, I'm so scared! Get someone to save our baby!" Julia clung to Daniel's hand like he was her only lifeline.

Daniel scooped her up into his arms and rushed out of the office. "Don't worry, Julia! If anything happens to our baby, I'm suing Isaac! I'll make sure he never practices medicine again!"