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The Scattering of Love

The Scattering of Love

Cerita Pendek · Romance
Oleh:  Liam PaxTamat
Bahasa: English
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Sinopsis

Tragic Love

Counter Attack

Melodramatic

Scumbag

Mistress

Bias

Karma

Regret

After having a crush on someone for 10 years, out of love, my father drugged his friend and placed him on my bed. When he woke at dawn the next morning, his eyes were ice-cold. But he still accept our engagement. However, life after marriage wasn’t as good as I thought. Mike Ashton would frequently fly abroad and stay there for a long time. I gave birth to our daughter on my own as I waited for him to return home. After four years, when I heard that he was returning home, I postponed everything and went to the airport expectantly with our daughter in my arms. Our daughter reached out her little hand and was hoping for a hug from him. He just looked at me indifferently and said in a cold voice, “I’m sorry, but I’m a neat freak.” From then on, my daughter and I would wash our hands at least three times every day and the house would be spotless. However, he still rarely came home and never gave our daughter a warm hug. That was until when I accidentally saw a video with Mike in it. “Mike, what do you think is the happiest thing in the world?” He answered casually, “I think it’s when I tucked Oliver into bed and dragged Jennifer into the bathroom when I was abroad last week.” The people around him all laughed, but my heart felt ice-cold. Jennifer Bundred was Mike’s ex-girlfriend who he still had an entanglement with and Oliver was her son. It seemed that he had been living with them during the time that he was abroad for the past four years. This fact finally made me give up all illusions. I left a divorce agreement for him, gave up my and our daughter’s identities, and went abroad to start a new life.

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When the nanny brought my daughter home from nursery, the latter's eyes were swollen and red from crying. Such a site made my heart ache.

"Mommy, do I not have a daddy..."

As she sobbed, her body would tremble. This made her look extremely aggrieved.

"Daddy promised me that he would go to the nursery's parents' evening, but when he arrived, he told everyone that he's Oliver's daddy."

As Melanie said those words, tears continued to trickle down her cheeks.

"Mommy, my classmates all said that I don't have a daddy..."

Her words made my heart ache. My heart felt like there was a hand squeezing it. My eyes instantly turned red and I quickly pulled Melanie into my arms.

I opened my mouth in an attempt to comfort her, but when Mike Ashton's cold face appeared in my head, no words came out.

At that moment, I was overwhelmed by regret and hatred. I regretted marrying Mike.

I thought that after enduring those four long years, Mike had finally had a change of heart and returned to the country to enjoy life with Melanie and me.

However, it turned out that it was simply because Jennifer mentioned she wanted to come back. With just one word from her, he acted like a puppet, booking plane tickets without hesitation. He also obsessed over every little detail and even enrolled his ex-girlfriend's son in the best local nursery.

When Melanie and I went to the airport to pick Mike up, she was wearing her favorite dress and was jumping happily around me.

She also asked nervously, "Mommy, will Daddy like me?"

I forced myself to remain calm and nodded with a smile. "You're Daddy's only daughter, Melanie. Of course, he'll like you."

However, when we arrived at the airport expectantly, the site we saw made our hearts ache.
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21 Bab
Chapter 1
When the nanny brought my daughter home from nursery, the latter's eyes were swollen and red from crying. Such a site made my heart ache."Mommy, do I not have a daddy..."As she sobbed, her body would tremble. This made her look extremely aggrieved."Daddy promised me that he would go to the nursery's parents' evening, but when he arrived, he told everyone that he's Oliver's daddy."As Melanie said those words, tears continued to trickle down her cheeks."Mommy, my classmates all said that I don't have a daddy..."Her words made my heart ache. My heart felt like there was a hand squeezing it. My eyes instantly turned red and I quickly pulled Melanie into my arms.I opened my mouth in an attempt to comfort her, but when Mike Ashton's cold face appeared in my head, no words came out.At that moment, I was overwhelmed by regret and hatred. I regretted marrying Mike.I thought that after enduring those four long years, Mike had finally had a change of heart and returned to the co
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Chapter 2
Mike cast me a cold glance, but his hand clutched Jennifer's tightly, and in his arms, he steadily held a little boy around four years old.That gentle, doting expression of his stung my eyes and made them ache with tears."Sorry, I’m going to settle Jennifer and Oliver first. You can head home," he said.His voice carried not a trace of warmth. He didn't spare Melanie even a single look—his gaze remained locked on Oliver from beginning to end.Thinking of this, I shut my eyes in despair, my heart filled with bitterness.After washing Melanie’s face and coaxing her to sleep with great difficulty, I noticed her tiny brows still furrowed tightly.Even in her dreams, she murmured softly, “Daddy, I want a hug…”That faint voice was like a sharp needle piercing straight into my already shattered heart.I couldn’t help but wonder—if it hadn’t been for that absurd night four years ago, maybe Melanie could have grown up carefree like any other child, wrapped in her father’s love, witho
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Chapter 3
"At first, I did have some feelings for her—but I never expected her to be someone who sleep with others so easily."He paused, took a long drag from his cigarette, and through the swirling smoke, his expression grew even colder."Just thinking about how she drugged me that night and threw herself at me… it makes me feel disgusted."I stood frozen, overwhelmed by a tide of grievance and sorrow.I opened my mouth, unsure how to even begin explaining the truth, but before I could say a word, he had already applied for a visa and left the country just two weeks later.And as if fate was mocking me, that absurd night had left me with a child.In the days that followed, I bore the hardship of pregnancy alone.I brought my daughter Melanie into the world in solitude, and every day since, I waited in that empty house, endlessly hoping for his return.But after all the waiting, what I got instead was the sight of him entangled with Jennifer and her son—that scene cut into my heart agai
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Chapter 4
I collapsed onto the floor, tears streaming uncontrollably down my face, my heart filled with regret.If I had known earlier that life after marrying him would be so full of pain and wounds, I would never have compromised that night, even if it cost me my life.I sat numbly in front of the computer, staring at the freshly typed divorce agreement on the screen—they stung my eyes.I gave a bitter smile as I looked at them.If it weren’t for Melanie, with my stubborn nature, I would have already thrown that paper in his face and walked away without a second thought.But whenever I thought of Melanie’s little face which was full of grievance, I couldn’t bear to do such a thing.I always wanted to try a little harder, unwilling to let her grow up without a father at such a young age.Melanie had woken up early.Upon hearing her dad had come home, the little one was as excited as ever, jumping up and down on her small bed.“I want to show Dad the drawing I just finished!”That was
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Chapter 5
“Was he not doing it on purpose? Didn’t you see it just now?”I took a deep breath, trying my best to suppress the fire burning in my chest, but my voice still trembled.“Mike, he just called Melanie a bastard to her face—why don’t you tell him, is Melanie really a bastard?”Mike paused for a second, a flicker of hesitation flashing across his face.But within moments, he lowered his head again, gently coaxing Oliver in his arms, completely ignoring my question, with no intention of asking Oliver to apologize.At that moment, Jennifer, who had been standing silently on the side, shifted her eyes and suddenly put on a gentle, gracious smile.She spoke in a soft and delicate voice,“Ms. Harvey, I truly apologize. Oliver grew up abroad—he’s a bit straightforward and rough around the edges, he just says whatever comes to his mind. Please don’t take it to heart.”But just as those seemingly peacemaking words left her lips, the smug look on the little boy’s face didn’t diminish in th
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Chapter 6
“Mike, let’s get a divorce.”Mike’s steps suddenly halted, as if he had just heard something unbelievable.He slowly turned his head, his eyes as cold as a frostbitten winter day.“Shannon, do you think playing this little act is funny?”He narrowed his eyes slightly, the corners of his mouth curling into a sneer.“If you think threatening me with divorce will shake me—fine, then I’ll give you what you want.”With that, he turned and walked away without looking back.That resolute figure seemed to declare that he had never truly cared about me or Melanie.A faint, almost imperceptible smile flashed quickly across Jennifer’s eyes.But it vanished in an instant, replaced by a carefully arranged look of false remorse as she returned to me.“I’m truly sorry, Ms. Harvey. There’s nothing between Mike and me. Please don’t misunderstand our relationship.” Mike is a man who values loyalty and affection deeply. He just feels sorry for me—divorced so early, my child without a father—so
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Chapter 7
"Oliver finally has the fatherly love he’s been missing. No one can take away something that belongs to us!"The words were blindingly harsh, and the photo that followed was like a sharp blade, cutting straight into my heart.In the picture, the three of them—Mike, Jennifer, and little Oliver—were huddled closely together.Their faces beamed with happiness, the perfect image of a warm and loving family of three.Almost as if possessed, I tapped “like” on the post.As if that casual, indifferent action could somehow hide the devastation roiling inside me.But before I could even gather my thoughts, my phone chimed with a ding.A new message popped up—it was from Jennifer.Confused, I opened it.It was a video.And there, clear as day on the screen, was Mike’s familiar yet increasingly unfamiliar handsome face.The timestamp showed it was from shortly after he returned to the country.In the video, a friend teased,“Mike, what do you think is the happiest thing in life?”Mi
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Chapter 8
I used to stubbornly keep a lamp lit, no matter how late it got, waiting for Mike to return before I could sleep peacefully.It was as if that warm, dim light could illuminate his way home and warm the heart that waited for him.However, things were different now. This time, I wasn’t as foolish as I once had been.When Mike dragged his tired body back home, the clock had already silently ticked past 2 o’clock in the morning.The moment he pushed the door open, the house was pitch black and deathly silent.The warm light that used to be left on for him was gone, replaced only by the faint moonlight seeping through the window, outlining the furniture in vague, shadowy shapes.He instinctively furrowed his brows, seemingly unsettled by the unfamiliar darkness.In the days that followed, I completely changed my old habits.It wasn’t just that one night—I no longer lit that hopeful little lamp for him on any night thereafter.Nor did I wait expectantly in the living room for the so
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Chapter 9
He furrowed his brows tightly, eyes filled with both anger and confusion, glaring at me as he snapped, “Shannon, what are you doing here with our daughter?”He had followed us all the way here.I had rushed into the home office with Melanie in my arms, and only emerged three hours later, visibly exhausted.During that time, he had waited outside in silence.Yet, for some reason, my heart felt as if an invisible hand had clutched it tightly, giving rise to a wave of inexplicable unease.When I caught his direct, penetrating gaze, I forced a smile and tried to appear composed as I said, “It’s nothing. Our IDs expired, so I came to renew them.”After a pause, I pretended to recall something and added casually, “Aren’t you busy today? I heard Jennifer’s looking for a job lately—she probably needs your help quite a bit right now.”Mike’s expression sharpened instantly, his eyes turning hawk-like as he stared straight at me.That look seemed as if it could pierce through my soul.Hi
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Chapter 10
The moment the call connected, the sound of Jennifer’s crying came from the other end of the line, and Mike’s voice sounded flustered.But right after, he let out a cold, chilling laugh."Shannon, what are you pretending to be pitiful for this time? Melanie is perfectly fine—how could anything happen to her?"He paused, and his tone grew even colder."That day, I was kind enough to spend time with you both, but you didn’t appreciate it and pushed me away. Now that Oliver has a severe allergic reaction, you’re stirring up trouble out of jealousy again? What tricks are you trying to play this time?"I felt a sharp, bitter taste in my throat, and just as I was about to explain, the call abruptly ended with a string of cold beeping tones, ruthlessly cutting off the last thread of connection.At that moment, despair surged over me like a relentless tide, drowning me completely. I felt as if I had fallen into an endless abyss of darkness.I thought Melanie would cry in fear, but to my
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