Chapter 1

When I opened my eyes again, my soul had appeared in one of my wife, Sonia Child's, houses. She looked pale as she gently cradled the baby in her arms, looking at him lovingly.

Her childhood crush, Eddie Moore, wiped away the sweat from her forehead and thanked her. "Thank you, Sonia. We finally have a son together."

I was in a slight daze. I had no idea that I had been dead so long that even her baby with Eddie had been born.

When Sonia was wheeled out of the hospital room, a group of people surrounded her to celebrate the birth of her son, and they showered her with gifts and blessings. "Your son is so cute, Sonia. He's the perfect embodiment of you and Eddie! He'll grow up to be a handsome boy!"

These people used to know me as Sonia's loving husband, and they were even mad at Sonia and Eddie on my behalf when they decided to have a test-tube baby together. I guess they were only trying to get in my good graces because I was Sonia's husband.

Sonia smiled, but kept glancing at the end of the corridor. She looked distracted when she picked up her phone to check for messages. She frowned and asked her assistant, Robert Larkin, "Didn't I tell you to get him a new phone? Why hasn't he contacted me in the last few months? He didn't even make a fuss about coming home."

Robert lied right to her face. "Mr. Jacobs is always hurling verbal abuse at you and Mr. Moore, and says that he doesn't want to talk to you at all."

Sonia's brows furrowed deeper. "What a stubborn man. He's just too obstinate. Tell him that I've already had the baby, and that my mission has been accomplished. If he calls me to apologize sincerely, I'm still willing to let him be the baby's godfather and bring him back home."

I laughed self-deprecatingly. She still had no idea that I was already dead.

Nine months ago, Sonia gave up the baby I had with her to make room in her uterus for the test- tube baby she was having with Eddie. She said that Eddie did not have long to live and that she wanted to give him a child.

I was devastated by her decision and asked her for a divorce.

Sonia gave me the cold shoulder for a month because of this, and I was surprised when she reached out after that to invite me on a trip to repair our relationship. She even promised to abort the test-tube baby when we returned home after the trip.

I believed her, but she ended up trapping me on a remote island where I died.

When I snapped out of my reverie, I heard Eddie say pitifully, "Sonia, will Henry beat me up again when he returns? He can hurt me, but he can't hurt our son!"

He made sure to lower his head at an angle where it would reveal the tiny scar on his temple. That scar happened after I found out about their test-tube baby, and Eddie purposely knocked his head against the wall after provoking me.

It was also the reason Sonia hated me. She thought that I was malicious enough to bully a dying man.

The thought pained Sonia, and she said angrily, "I'll make sure he never makes it back if he dares touch a hair on either of you!"

Everyone laughed. "You're still as protective of Eddie as you've always been, Sonia, and now you've even had a baby with him. I remember that both of you have been engaged since you were born. It's only right that you're together now."