Chapter 2

I slowly started to piece together the timeline upon recalling what William said over the phone earlier.

In my past life, Karen always used me as an excuse every time she met up with Wilbur, saying that I needed her to do something.

Sometimes she would claim that I wanted to eat eclairs from Nord Bakery and that she needed to go get them for me. Other times she would claim that I refused to eat the food she made, so she had to go out to buy food for me.

Karen would be gone for hours every time she went out. She would be out of breath, sweaty, and disheveled whenever she came back. On top of that, the things she said she would buy for me were never bought.

Her excuse would always be the same, telling me that the things I allegedly wanted were sold out in the store. She would claim she was late because she ran to several stores knowing that I was craving them, but they were all sold out.

On this very day in my past life, Karen went out under the pretense of buying bread for me. In reality, she went to the hospital for a prenatal check-up for her illegitimate child.

However, she was worried that the scandal might tarnish her lover's reputation as he was a married man.

As such, she secretly used my name and information to register at the obstetrics and gynecology department. She was planning to put the child under mine and William's names, making it appear as if it were our child.

Karen truly had some nerve—my alleged child was actually my sister-in-law or brother-in-law. If word of this ever got out, it would definitely go viral on social media.

However, no matter how much she schemed, she couldn't escape Wilbur's wife's keen eyes.

Wilbur's wife, Annie Ziegler, showed up at the hospital with a group of people after receiving a tip-off that Wilbur's mistress had registered at the obstetrics and gynecology department.

Upon realizing that things were going south, Karen quickly came up with some excuse to trick me into going to the hospital. She then framed me as the mistress by using the fact that the registered name was mine.

I ended up getting stripped of my clothes and beaten to death by a furious Annie.

I couldn't help but feel a surge of anger upon recalling the awful things Karen did to me in my past life. I was determined to make her pay in this lifetime and call her out about her illegitimate child.

In my past life, I was confused after William hung up on me, but I refused to let the same thing happen again.

Instead, I softened my tone and spoke up before he could end the call. "What are you talking about, darling? I've never asked Karen to buy things for me. But I happened to receive a text from a friend working in the hospital earlier, telling me that she saw Karen in the hospital.

"Do you think she might be sick? She probably doesn't want us to worry about her, so she might have been using that excuse to go to the hospital instead.

"What should we do, darling? You don't think something's wrong with her, do you?"

William panicked as soon as he heard my words. "I'll go to the hospital now!"

I had a cold expression on my face as I ended the call. I, too, rushed over to the hospital after contacting Kiesha Gunner—my livestreamer friend.

I refused to be passive like I was in my past life. This time, I would take the initiative.