The Biggest Oathbreaker

After five years of marriage, Ameera Meyer was finally pregnant.The first thing she did was to get a birth record registered. She figured it was the perfect fifth anniversary present for her husband, Marlow Brunsfield.The only hiccup was that when she tried to enter her marriage certificate information, the display indicated that the certificate was invalid."Ms. Meyer, are you sure your marriage certificate is legitimate?" The employee asked in a puzzled voice upon noting the repeated error message issued from the machine.Ameera was slightly upset. "We've been married for five years. There's no way it's fake!"The employee tried again, only to return the document to her eventually. "I recommend that you take this up to City Hall so they can take a look at it. Submitting an illegitimate certificate is wrong. Besides, you can apply for a birth record even if you were single."Ameera understood what the employee was implying. Then, she went to City Hall.When she emerged from t

On the day of the anniversary, Marlow posted a long post on his social media the moment the clock struck twelve. It was a heartfelt post expressing his love and gratitude for Ameera.Within a few hours, the post had received over ten million likes and shares. Every screen in the city featured the video he had filmed and edited himself, so everyone knew just how devoted he was to Ameera.Then, a group of people arrived outside the house and laid out a path using thousands of bouquets of roses. At the end of the path, there was a large collection of clothes and bags from a variety of trending fashion brands, as well as a giant crystal ring. To top things off, a music box looped Marlow's beautiful voice on repeat."Happy anniversary, honey! As always, I love you."Ameera observed the spectacle indifferently before shutting the door and burrowing under the blankets. She behaved as if this had nothing to do with her.Shortly after that, Marlow called her. His voice was filled with guil

When Ameera came to, she found herself at the hospital.A thought suddenly flickered in her mind, which made her reach for her stomach. Her heart dropped when she realized her baby was gone."Bed 23, where are your family members? You have an outstanding bill to pay. You just had heavy metal poisoning, and unfortunately, your baby did not make it. Please cooperate with the police while they conduct their investigation." The nurse proceeded to relay the situation to her briskly.Ameera's fingers trembled as she reached her phone and called Marlow, but his phone had been turned off.She strained a wry smile. Not only had he been ignoring her calls since she left last night, but he didn't even bother to contact her.He once told her he would always be there when she needed him. Now, he would rather be with Josette than answer her calls."I don't have any family members. I'll settle the bill myself," she answered meekly."You can't get out of bed in this state. I'll do it for you. G

After Marlow left, Josette suddenly appeared out of nowhere."Did you see that? Marlow loves me! If I were you, I'd leave him," Josette declared boldly while flaunting the phone in her hand. "All I did was make up something about you getting someone to harass me, and look how anxious he got!""Don't bother trying to instigate me. If you want that trash of a man that much, you can have him." Ameera shot her a dull look before turning to pay respect to her deceased parents.Upon noting her lack of reaction, Josette began to seethe with rage. "You're the one being dumped here. Who do you think you are to have an attitude with me? Marlow waited five years to marry me! You've been nothing but a joke for five years. You are nothing without him!"Ameera stopped in her tracks. Although she was completely over him, she still felt a hint of sadness. She turned to face Josette and said while holding back her emotions, "I'll still be a daughter to the Meyers even without Marlow. You have no ri

After Marlow carried Josette into the car, he felt a suffocating feeling in his chest. He could not help but steal a look at the abandoned factory behind him.He had a sense he had left something important inside.He suddenly recalled the image of the woman just now crawling toward him. Her silhouette was oddly familiar."Marlow, what's wrong?" Josette noticed his reaction and could not help but ask.Marlow looked away from the factory and shook his head. He must have been overthinking. That was just another common wench whom he did not know!"Let's go." While he drove off, he found he became increasingly agitated the further they got from the abandoned factory. He instinctively tugged at his tie and became so distracted by the gesture that he did not notice a car swerving in front of him."Marlow, watch out!" Josette cried out and grabbed his steering wheel for him, narrowly dodging the incoming car just in time.Marlow stomped on the brakes, causing the car to screech to a s