Reborn: I Switched My Own Child

"Roxy, you did great. I'll take our daughter for her checkup later."

Jensen Highmore's voice rang gently beside me as he held our baby in his arms, his expression soft and tender.

A sudden chill ran through me as I jolted awake to the realization—I had been reborn. There was no time to think about how or why. I quickly spoke up to stop him. "No need. I'll take her myself. Didn't you say you had to work overtime? You don't have to stay here."

Jensen froze, glancing at me uncertainly. "That's not really a good idea, is it? You just gave birth…"

The more he hesitated, the more anxious I became. I reached out toward him. "I've rested for a day already. I'm fine. It's better if I take her myself."

In my past life, it was right after that checkup that our daughter's blood type came back as AB. Jensen had stormed into the room, furious, and demanded an explanation. Then came the paternity test, the accusations, the slander. When the results showed she wasn't his child, he'd thrown me out of the house with nothing, calling me a cheater and destroying my life. Even now, just remembering the lies he spread about me sent a cold shiver down my spine.

Before Jensen could hand over the baby, his mother let out a sharp, mocking snort beside him. "Some people think giving birth makes them royalty. My son's been breaking his back taking care of the baby, and she still wants to order him off to work overtime. Lazy good-for-nothing. If you can't even give us a son, you might as well admit you're a curse!"

Ever since I'd married Jensen, my mother-in-law had treated me like dirt—never a kind word, never a pleasant face. Jensen was devoted and dutiful, so for his sake, I'd endured everything in silence. But the more I tolerated, the more arrogant she became. She acted as though the hospital ward were her own living room, spitting venom without a shred of shame. Even the other women in the room began to frown.

"That's out of line. A father taking care of his baby is the least he can do."

"You've had children yourself—you know how hard it is. How can you speak to your daughter-in-law like that?"

"Exactly. It's the modern age. Stop clinging to that old-fashioned preference for boys over girls."

My mother-in-law was used to having things her way, so to be criticized instantly made her blood boil.

Jensen quickly jumped in. "Mom, Roxy's my wife. Taking care of her and our daughter is my responsibility. Honey, I'll take Mom home to make you some chicken soup. I'll be right back."

He wore that same strained, peacemaking expression—trying to please everyone at once. Sure enough, the sympathetic looks from those around us began to fade.

I simply watched in silence, cold and distant, and took my daughter back into my arms. The tiny mole on her finger confirmed what I already knew—this was my biological child.

Jensen hadn't switched our baby yet. He hadn't insisted on taking her for the checkup himself. But then, how had she ended up with an AB blood type? And what about that paternity test?

With suspicion twisting inside me, I called my parents and asked them to take care of my daughter for a while. Coincidentally, the hospital had an abandoned infant in the nursery—an O-type baby girl. I took her in temporarily, slipped my daughter's hospital tag onto her wrist, and sent her for the checkup instead.

This time, I was going to find out exactly how Jensen planned to frame me.