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Chapter 3 A Public Humiliation

Author: Fifteen
Rent had to be paid, and I had to eat. No matter how bitter I felt about everything, survival had to come first.

Eventually, I got a job as a waitress at a restaurant.

That night, the shift supervisor sent me to a private dining room to refill their water glasses.

The moment I pushed open the door, I saw who was inside.

My parents, Zane, Sophia, and several relatives. They were sitting together, laughing and chatting like one big happy family.

And there I stood in my uniform, a serving tray in my hands.

The room fell silent. My mother's expression changed. Zane looked up and froze when he saw me. Only Sophia took two seconds before gently resting a hand on her stomach.

My grip tightened around the tray, my knuckles slowly turning white, but in the end, I said nothing.

I lowered my head, walked in, and refilled their glasses one by one.

My mother lowered her voice. "What are you doing working at a place like this?"

A relative beside her chimed in. "She went to college, at least. How did she end up like this? Wasn't she working in an office before?"

I stood beside the table, my hand aching from the weight of the pitcher, but their words hurt even more.

I was about to leave when Sophia suddenly spoke in her soft voice. "Remi, have you been under too much pressure lately? Why don't you sit down and eat with us? Stop being so stubborn with us."

I finally looked up at her.

She sat there with her slightly rounded belly, looking as if she genuinely cared about me.

Looking at her, I suddenly felt cold.

She took everything from me. And now she still had the nerve to look at me with pity, as if I had only ended up like this because I was too difficult.

"I'm working," I replied quietly.

My mother immediately cut in. "How long are you going to keep this up? You'd rather wait tables out there than come home."

I looked at her. "I'm out here earning a living, and you call that making a scene?"

My father's expression darkened too. "Look at you. Is this really what you want to look like? When you're done throwing a tantrum, come home. Stop embarrassing yourself out there."

I let out a small laugh. "So I'm the one embarrassing everyone now? When you gave my boyfriend to Sophia, how come you weren't embarrassed then?"

The room went silent.

My mother's face turned ugly. "Do you have to be so hostile?"

"Hostile?" I looked at her. "I'm already standing here waiting on your table. How much more polite do you want me to be?"

Zane had barely said a word since I walked in. It was not until then that he finally spoke my name in a low voice. "Remi."

I looked at him. "Don't call me that."

His lips moved slightly, but in the end, he said nothing more.

Sophia slowly stood up, still looking as fragile and helpless as ever.

"Remi, none of us are trying to embarrass you. We really are worried about you being out there on your own. Since we ran into each other today, why don't you sit down and talk things out?"

I stared at her. "Talk about what? How proud you are of getting everything you wanted?"

Her eyes immediately reddened, and she covered her stomach with one hand. "Don't be like this."

"Then how do you want me to be?"

I stepped forward. "You're so good at making yourself look like the reasonable one. Go ahead. Tell everyone how you supposedly married Zane because you were only trying to do what was best for me."

Several relatives lowered their heads. No one dared say a word.

My mother panicked and reached out to grab me. "That's enough. Do you really want to make this any uglier?"

I shook her off. "Am I the one making this ugly? Since the day of the wedding, when have any of you ever cared about what you put me through?"

I turned to leave. But just as I turned around, a sudden cry came from behind me.

Sophia clutched her stomach. Her body went limp, and she fell straight backward. The glasses on the table were knocked over, sending water across the floor.

A second later, a streak of red began to seep from beneath her dress.

The room erupted into chaos.

"Sophia!" My mother screamed and rushed over to her.

My father panicked too. Zane practically lunged forward and caught her in his arms.

Sophia curled up against him, her face deathly pale as tears streamed down her cheeks. "I wasn't blaming her. I really wasn't blaming her…"

The moment she said those words, everyone's eyes turned toward me. Because I had been the person closest to her just moments ago.

I stood there, cold all over. "I didn't even touch her."

But no one listened.

My mother rushed over and slapped me across the face. "Are you not satisfied until you kill her?"

My head snapped to the side from the blow, my ears ringing.

Several relatives started condemning me too.

"No matter what happened, you can't lay a hand on a pregnant woman."

"What if something happens to the baby?"

"She's heartless."
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