Semua Bab The Baby Isn't Mine, and I'm Allergic to Men: Bab 1 - Bab 10

"Leonard, if Kayla ever learns the truth, aren't you afraid she'll be furious?" someone chimed in.The man let out a derisive laugh, the ash on his cigarette glowing and fading."Furious? She was born craving a man's touch. I didn't even need to drug her that night. She got exactly what she wanted without any effort. She should be grateful."She spent the whole night under me, and I even figured out a way for Hannah to become a mother without pain. Two birds with one stone."One of the men toyed with the small vial in his hand, his smile sharp."Ever since Leonard got married, this stuff has been mass-produced at the hospital. And Kayla still thinks those are the supplements customizedjust for her."Another chimed in, laughing. "Leonard really planned it well. Planting the fertilized egg during her worst allergic flare was genius. Flawless, really.""Exactly. As if Leonard would waste time cherishing her. Hannah is the one he's terrified to touch and just as terrified to break."

My mind blew up all at once, and the world seemed to tilt under my feet.Why would Leonard trample my dignity completely? It wasn't enough that he made me carry the child he conceived for Hannah Jenson. He even wanted to use me to secure her full-time position.Leonard came out of the shower and glanced at his phone, then casually suggested, "Our hospital is holding a launch for a new medication. I want to invite you. You're our family's greatest contributor."The memory of their plan flashed through me and I flinched, taking a step back."I'm not going. I have things to do."His expression darkened immediately. "You're a housewife. What exactly do you have to do? All these years you couldn't even be touched, and now that you're finally pregnant, you dare show an attitude?"His words cut deeper than the cold ridicule of strangers. And who, exactly, had turned me into this?When I still refused, he issued a command."This isn't up to you. Get dressed. We're leaving."He pulle

The giant screen was broadcasting a scene so horrifying that the entire hall fell still.The camera focused on a lifeless fetus still slick with amniotic fluid, the frame filled with blood.Leonard froze, stunned."What… What happened?"How could a perfectly fine baby…"His knees buckled, and he would have fallen if Hannah hadn't grabbed his arm."Leo, that was our baby. Kayla must have done it on purpose. Did someone tell her the truth?" Hannah demanded, her voice sharp with accusation.Everyone shook their heads."Without Leonard's orders, we wouldn't dare say anything."Leonard, still reeling, didn't bother questioning further. He stumbled toward the operating room.There, on the table, lay a fully formed fetus. Kayla was nowhere in sight. "Kayla… Where is Kayla?"A thought flashed through him. Someone had shouted earlier that there was blood near the window, that someone might have jumped.He rushed to the window. On the floor lay a trail of blood, winding its way tow

The woman at the door was Leonard's mother, Marianne Brooks. She had heard the news of Kayla's death, yet her eyes held no trace of grief."Leonard, didn't you always say you hated Kayla? You begged me more than once to break the engagement between our families."Now that she's dead, shouldn't you feel relieved?"Leonard felt his chest tighten."Mom, how can you say that? Kayla was your daughter-in-law."Marianne scoffed."That woman was born with a freakish condition, allergic to men of all things."She finally got pregnant, and even that ended in a dead fetus."If it weren't for the marriage alliance, I would have allowed you and Hannah to be together long ago."She had disliked Kayla from the beginning.Rumors about her so-called alluring constitution had already ruined her reputation, yet she was also cursed with an allergy that made intimacy impossible.The entire social circle mocked the Carters for marrying such a useless daughter-in-law.Marianne had long been ash

Looking at Leonard standing there so self-righteously, I could hardly recognize the man I once thought I understood.As far as I knew, he and Hannah had been inseparable since childhood.And now, after a short time apart, he claimed he had completely cut her out of his life.To me, that only made him seem even less trustworthy.Hannah was awful, yes, but he was not much better.I let out a sharp, humorless laugh."Leonard, people change. The man I loved back then isn't the man standing in front of me now. And I'm no longer the woman who loved you."Leonard's brow furrowed."You're saying you like someone else?"Before I could reply, Nathan Cross, the attending physician at the sanatorium, stepped out and draped a coat over my shoulders."It's cold today. Don't catch a chill."I gave him a small smile and walked back toward the building with him.Behind us, Leonard snapped. "Kayla, you really fell for someone else? Is that why you faked your death? Is that why you won't forg