Chapter 3

Seamus' face darkened with rage.

Meanwhile, Laura seemed to remember something and brought a box out of her room. “By the way, Autumn, you still don't have a mobile phone, do you? Seamus bought me a new one for my birthday yesterday, so you can have my old one. I'm not using it anymore, anyway.”

My hands clenched into fists.

I had been in so much pain yesterday that I could barely stand, yet I had to drag myself home under the scorching sun to call my husband on the landline. At the very same moment, he was giving her the latest mobile phone model as a birthday present.

I shoved her hand aside and headed back into my room. However, she cried out and fell to the floor.

Laura wailed, holding her stomach. “If you didn't want it, Autumn, you could've just told me! Why did you shove me like that? What should I do, Seamus? My stomach hurts so bad…”

“What did you do, Autumn?!” Seamus glared at me and carried Laura into her room.

He quickly called the village doctor, Dr. Jensen, who checked Laura's condition before solemnly announcing, “Mr. Chandler, your sister-in-law… is pregnant.”

The room instantly became pindrop silent.

Looking at Seamus’ expression of suppressed joy, I could not help but think of the child I had just lost.

I wandered out to the jetty, looking dazedly in the direction of the boat that was supposed to come tomorrow.

After a while, Laura's smug voice sounded behind me. “You're still so fond of looking out into the sea, Autumn.”

She held her stomach, gloating as she came toward me. “This baby came right on time, don't you think? I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, but I'm sure Seamus will be ecstatic either way. You saw how happy he was when he found out. He almost tripped over the doorway, haha!”

I smirked. “I know, right? But I wonder if he'll still be so happy if the news gets to his workplace.”

Laura's grin stiffened.

She was still his brother’s widow, after all. If his office found out that he had knocked up his sister-in-law, he would probably lose his job in an instant.

Laura seemed to remember something, looking at me sideways in contempt. “That's easy. He just has to divorce you and marry me! He'd long gotten sick of your ugly face, anyway!

“Did you know? He keeps telling me you're like a dead fish in bed, it's such a turnoff! He even said he feels like puking whenever he sees you in bed!”

My hands shook uncontrollably. “Shut up!”

Laura's smirk widened when she saw my rage. She walked up to me slowly and whispered in my ear, “Autumn Snowe, did you miscarry a few days ago?”

I looked at her in shock, my mouth gaping wordlessly.

“Ha, you haven't used any sanitary napkins over a month. Of course I knew you were pregnant! But don't be too sad, it's a good thing you miscarried. Seamus hates you now, so there's no way he'd love your baby. Besides, any kid with a mother as stupid as you would probably be born a retard, hahaha!”

I grabbed her shoulder, furious. “You evil woman, I won't let you say that about my baby!”

Laura did not put up a fight. Instead, she glanced behind me and then fell right into the ocean.

“Laura!”

At some point, Seamus and Thomas had run up to the seaside. Seamus leaped into the sea, panicking. He was a good swimmer, so it was not long before he pulled Laura out of the water.

“Aunt Laura, are you alright?”

Laura leaned in Seamus’ embrace weakly, tears in her eyes as she immediately accused me with a pack of lies. “Seamus, Autumn pushed me into the ocean! She said I was a shameless woman for seducing you, and she wanted to kill both me and my baby! Seamus, you have to help me…”