Whispers of Smoke: A Second Chance at Life

The other people also asked me to not be rash.I hung my head and said nothing, but my eyes were cold.In the previous cycle, when Jeremy and Joy accused me falsely of cheating, the others were not so sincere when they asked me to not be rash. They sided with Jeremy and told him to divorce me as soon as possible so that he would not become a laughingstock.“Jeremy, if you say that Alania cheated, you have to provide proof. She even gave up on inheriting her parents’ wealth. If you accuse her without proof, I won’t forgive you!”Joy pushed Jeremy to sit beside me while she sat down beside him. She grabbed his ear and pretended to yell at him angrily. Anyone not in the know would think that they were the married couple in question.While it sounded as if Joy was feeling indignant for me, she was really forcing Jeremy to bring out the proof showing that I was “cheating” on him.I twirled the hair that hung loose beside my ear to hide the mocking sneer on my lips.The moment before

Jeremy’s expression instantly changed, and he straightened his back.“What do you mean by that, Alania?!”I trembled in an exaggerated fashion. Tears swiftly welled up in my eyes, and my voice quivered from agitation. “Jeremy, the baby is really yours. You have to believe in yourself!“That hospital you went to must not be a proper one, and they got a misdiagnosis. Why don’t you check again? Your parents want grandchildren from you!”Joy had been standing at the back and not participating, but when she heard this, she decided to stop being a bystander. She strode forward and discreetly blocked my view of Jeremy.“Alania, I know that you can’t accept it, but Jeremy went to the hospital with Riverpolis’s best andrologist. Its accuracy is definitely better than any general hospital’s.”Jeremy immediately took over the conversation and said indignantly, “Joy is right. Stop trying to find a loophole! We have to get a divorce! I refuse to become a laughing stock because of you!”They

I turned on the voice recording function on my phone and went into the ward.“You’re here as a mouthpiece for Jeremy, aren’t you? Go and tell him that I’m fine with a divorce, but he’s not getting even a cent from the fortune my parents left for me.”My expression was cold as I stood by the window and spoke with my back turned to her.Joy moved to my side and placed a hand on my shoulder. “Look at you. Why are you always so stubborn? Us women have to learn how to be submissive at times to be able to control men’s hearts.”I gave her the side-eye and said coolly but maliciously, “Is that how you seduce men? Sorry, I can’t do it.”Joy was stunned, and her beautiful features turned savage. “Alania, I’m doing this for your sake! I know Jeremy better than you do! If you don’t do as he says, you’ll end up with nothing at all!“I’ll pass him your message. I have something else to do. Goodbye.”Joy left after saying that. Her tense back showed that she had lost her composure and was fur

Jeremy was so touched that he nearly cried. He placed a loud kiss on Joy’s cheek.“Joy, I know that your heart is with me. I swear that I will never let you down. As long as you stay with me, I’ll always be with you.”Joy then continued talking about her achievements, and I cackled so hard when I heard them that I started crying.Due to my family background, no one wanted to be my friend when I was younger. I only ran into Joy when I was in university.I pretended to be poor, so people bullied me, but she stood up for me and taught me how to fight back.I thought that I had gotten a real friend and brought her back to introduce her to my parents.To think that she had already seen me getting out of a luxury car. In order to get acquainted with me because I was rich, she used every means at her disposal.She even got my parents killed just to get the inheritance. At this moment too, she wanted me dead for the same reason.The seconds trickled by, and Joy finally had her share of