Semua Bab When Our Daughter Died, My Husband Cheated: Bab 1 - Bab 7

Melissa’s POVMy daughter is dying, and yet her father, my husband, is nowhere to be found. He’s out there, with another woman and the child they conceived behind my back.“Happy birthday, baby,” I greet my daughter Allie, entering her hospital room with a cake in my hand. My smile feels heavy. The cake feels like it’s melting, the candle flickering with very little life, just like Allie’s face as she watches me. Leukemia has really taken a toll on her. She was diagnosed only last year, and even then it was almost too late. I went all over the world, trying to find a donor for her. But it was only yesterday that they found a match, and a surgery was done immediately.This little celebration is all I have to cheer Allie up. And even this is going wrong.Allie smiles at the sight of the cake, but it doesn’t reach her eyes. “Where’s Daddy? I want to see him.”“He’s going to be here soon,” I say vaguely, holding back tears. “Work is a little hectic right now, but I know Daddy would rat

Melissa’s POVI step back as though Andrew just slapped me. With those words, he might as well have.“That’s right,” Andrew even reinforces it. “If you didn’t scheme and force your way into my life, do you really think I would have married you? I wouldn’t have chosen you. That’s why you had to use that child to force my grandfather into arranging a marriage for us.”In all the fights that we had, in all the arguments that broke out between us, these things have always been the quiet part. He never said them out loud. That’s why I’ve been able to at least say something back.But this time, I got no words. My heart has been scooped hollow, sinking with the realization that he will never see me as his wife. In his eyes, I was the one who trapped him with a baby. Even if I kill myself slaving for him, changing for him, this will never change.“Allie still needs you,” I just mutter. “She can die, Andrew. I know you don’t believe me, and you’re free to check it out for yourself.”Andrew hes

Melissa’s POVMy words hang between us like a verdict. Andrew stares at me for a couple of seconds, the coldness in his gaze turning into sarcastic amusement.Andrew laughs coldly, the smile on his face not reaching his eyes. He takes a step closer to me.“Are you really willing to divorce me? Is this a new trick? Do you really think it’s working?”I’ve known him long enough to recognize the challenge in his tone. He doesn’t believe me, and I can admit that I haven’t given him nearly enough reason to believe that I can leave him. I’ve always begged and negotiated, overcompensated for the fact that he doesn’t care.But not anymore.I want to stop dignifying everything he says, because I’m just so… exhausted. There’s always drama. I just turn around and leave. I head to our house, the place I’ve been dreading since the news.The house is cold, empty. The sunlight is bright outside and the garden is in full bloom, but I don’t feel the heat. I don’t see color. Allie seems to have taken e

Melissa’s POVI wait for Andrew to open the door, anticipating his reaction. The final realization that he messed up beyond repair.But before he can open the door, his phone rings inside his pocket. I don’t have to look at it to know who it is.Eleanor.To no one’s surprise, Andrew withdraws his hand from the door and looks at his phone. My suspicions are confirmed when his face lights up. Shamelessly, he says, “I need to answer this. Please don’t make a scene.”I say nothing. I just watch as he takes the call in front of me, even having the gall to put it on loudspeaker. “Hello? Eleanor?”“Hey,” comes Eleanor’s sweet voice. “I was just wondering if you already picked up Allie? When are you coming back?”My body freezes. They planned to take my daughter? I glare at Andrew and he just shifts in his spot, turning his back to me.On the other line, Eleanor keeps speaking. “Andrew? Lottie and I are waiting for you. We’re on our way to Disneyland. I know that Allie wanted to celebrate her