Chapter 2

Oswald hollered, "Victoria Rosewood! How dare you sleep with another man behind my son's back?"

Then, he picked up the coffee mug on the table and hurled it in my face. I couldn't manage to duck in time, and the mug hit me squarely on the shoulder.

"Oswald, you shouldn't get too agitated since you have a heart condition. It's bad for your health," I said.

Oswald just got even angrier at that.

"Who did you just say had a heart condition? Nick already explained that the hospital made a mistake with the diagnosis! What, you think that you can curse me to die of a heart attack just because your own father died of that?"

I felt a pang of pain in my chest when he brought up my dad, Alfred Rosewood.

Dad had suddenly passed away due to a heart attack, and back then, the medicines and technology had still been quite limited. This was also the main reason why I had wanted to be a heart surgeon since then.

"I didn't mean it that way, Oswald," I said.

Evelyn just kept fanning the fire to provoke him even more. "Don't get mad at Victoria anymore, Oswald. She probably didn't mean to leave the country for three months and get pregnant with someone else's baby. But hey, at least the baby's dead now. Still…"

Oswald's eyes doubled in pure shock and disbelief. He then rushed over to me to hit me.

"Victoria! You shameless bitch! How dare you!"

He just kept getting angrier by the second. Suddenly, his face turned purple, and he clutched at his heart before suddenly passing out on the floor.

"Dad!"

Nicholas had just entered the house when he suddenly saw Oswald passing out. He immediately flew toward him to hold him up. Then, Nicholas glared angrily at me.

"What did you say to Dad, to make him so angry like this?"

Evelyn pretended to defend me and said, "Don't blame Victoria, Nick. She was just concerned about him."

Nicholas' eyes turned red as he instantly kicked me to the floor.

"Victoria Rosewood! I'm telling you, if anything happens to my father, I will never forgive you!"

I fell to the ground. I could feel my abdomen contracting in pain, and blood began spilling down my thighs once more.

I had just had a miscarriage, and my weak body simply couldn't put up with the strength behind that kick.

I shivered on the ground, pressing my hand against my abdomen as silent tears flooded my face.

…

A few days later, Nicholas came home to me with disgust and fury in his eyes.

"Victoria! How much more shameless can you get? My dad's already hospitalized because of you, and you still have the audacity to seduce other bastards?"

I quickly said, "I've only been home these few days, Nicholas! Don't accuse me of something I never did!"

"Still trying to lie, aren't you? You're not going to admit it until I come up with all the evidence, are you?"

Nicholas grabbed me by my hair again and dragged me over to the laptop.

"Read this with your own eyes!" he hollered.

The screen showed a message that Dean had sent to me. "The things you wanted are ready. I'll be waiting at your office."

The "things" Dean was talking about were the data on all sorts of heart disease patients from the hospital overseas after the intensive training course ended last month.

These data were very important because they were crucial to the success of Oswald's heart procedure. That was why I had asked Dead to compile the data as quickly as possible before giving it to me.

I began defending myself again. However, when I looked up at Nicholas, I suddenly didn't want to speak anymore.

Nicholas was my husband, but he had never once trusted me. So, what was the point of trying to explain and defend myself anyway?

When Nicholas saw that I was keeping quiet, he got even angrier and grabbed me by my wrist.

"So, you're the kind who can't live without a man's rod inside of you, are you? Well, since you want it so much, I'll give you everything you want!"

Then, he shoved me down on the bed and began tearing my clothes off.

I stared at him in disbelief.

"Are you crazy, Nicholas? I've just had a dilation and curettage procedure!"

"Hahaha! So what? That bastard's baby is no more. Let me give you a baby that's of my own flesh and blood instead!"

I kept struggling against him, but it only made him even more aggressive toward me. Also, he was a lot stronger than me, so my attempts at fighting him back were all futile.

In the end, I just closed my eyes in despair, letting him violate my body and do whatever he wanted with me. Tears slipped down my face.

"Nick."

Right at the most crucial moment, Evelyn suddenly barged in on us. She looked at us on the bed, and a hint of jealousy just flashed in her eyes.

When Nicholas saw that it was Evelyn, he finally released me and got up from the bed.

"Weren't you at the hospital? What are you doing here now?"

"Oswald asked me to fetch something for him," she replied.

Nicholas' eyes softened as he looked at her. Then, he turned toward me and roared, "What the hell are you looking at? Get lost!"

I leaned against the cold walls and listened to the soft moans and gasps coming from inside the room, slowly slipping to the floor weakly as my heart shattered into pieces.

…

Nicholas and I were high school sweethearts who fell in love with each other at first sight.

Back then, Dad had already had a heart condition, and it was only with Nicholas' help that Dad's condition began to improve.