Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Husband Operated on Me for 18 Hours… So I Left Him: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

The door to my hospital room slammed open, and my dad stormed in. "You're so heartless, Tessa Patton! Andrew hasn't slept for three days trying to save you, and this is the crap you say the moment you wake up?"I lowered my gaze. "Didn't you always want a son? Why don't you just take him instead? A great son-in-law like him is wasted on me."Dad was shaking with anger. "You little—"Andrew Rollins steadied him, his voice gentle as he soothed him. "Walter, don't get worked up. Tess is probably still disoriented since she just regained consciousness not long ago."I let out a cold laugh at his show of concern.The attending physician walked in, frowning as he glanced at Andrew's reddened eyes. "Mrs. Rollins, you've just come back from the brink of death. Your health comes first. Married couples shouldn't hold grudges for that long."I closed my eyes, refusing to talk to anyone. Only the monotonous beeping of the machines could be heard in the room.Right then, a nursing student en

Raising my chin slightly, I shot back, "And who are you to question me about this?"Helen choked on her words for a moment, then spoke with a hint of wounded indignation, "Dr. Rollins, don't waste your breath arguing with trash like this. Let's go.""You two—" Dad was about to say something when a loud commotion cut him off.A middle-aged man stormed in, pointing an accusatory finger at me as he shouted, "So you're that ingrate Tessa? Dr. Rollins pushed back my daughter's surgery to save your life, and yet you have the nerve to bring up divorce? You're a monster!"The more he yelled, the more worked up he got. Then, in a fit of rage, he grabbed the bedpan from under my bed and splashed its contents all over me.The pungent, nauseating smell hit me instantly. I froze on the spot.Andrew dashed into the bathroom, grabbed a towel, and hurried back to wipe me with it.Ignoring his attempt to help, I snatched the towel. I wipe my face and hair with it before snapping, "Damn it. The d

The video on the tablet began to play. It was surveillance footage from a parking lot.In it, a suspicious figure approached my car. With a toolbox in hand, she opened the door and worked inside it for a long time.That person was Helen. Andrew's face turned deathly pale as his eyes filled with disbelief. "No… That's not real…" he muttered.Instead of responding, I pulled out a document from the folder and threw it in front of Helen. "The brakes of my car were deliberately tampered with. What do you have to say now?"No one expected things to develop like this. Nonetheless, my dad was still stubbornly in denial.He pointed at Joel, shouting, "It was you! You must have fabricated this evidence to set Dr. Gardner up so you could be with my daughter!"Helen immediately latched onto that and echoed, "Yes! That must be it! Mrs. Rollins, how could you use such despicable methods just to get a divorce?"The surrounding onlookers started whispering, turning on Joel and me."That vide

"That's… That's nonsense!" Andrew exclaimed sharply, panic creeping into his tone before he could catch it.Helen was stunned as well, staring at us in confusion.I sneered coldly and signaled to Joel. He immediately showed a set of photos on the tablet.On the left was Jennifer in her college days. She was standing in front of the library in a white dress, smiling brightly like sunlight itself.On the right was Helen in a white lab coat. Her expression and features were almost identical to Jennifer's. Their eyes were especially similar as they looked pure and yet faintly melancholic.A collective gasp filled the room."They look so much alike…""They look like exact copies of each other."Even Dad was dumbfounded. He stared at the photos before turning to Helen. "This is…"I looked at Andrew. "What do you have to say for yourself now, Andrew? The person you were looking for was never Helen. You were merely looking for Jennifer's substitute.""No… That's not true…" Andrew stu

Dad had completely lost his ability to speak. The son-in-law he had once been proud of turned out to be nothing but a calculating schemer.He muttered, "How could this happen…"Staring at Andrew, I felt nothing but emptiness as I was already past the point of heartbreak.I asked, "Andrew, aren't you curious about how I came to know all of this?"He snapped his head toward me.I continued slowly, "I'll tell you. All of this was investigated at the request of John Sherwood, Jennifer's father.""Mr. Sherwood?"Andrew's pupils shrank, his face full of disbelief. "That's impossible… Mr. Sherwood went back to his hometown years ago. How could he have—""He didn't return to his hometown," I cut in. "After Jennifer died, he moved to another city. He'd always suspected there was something off about her suicide, but after his divorce, he became alone and had no way to look into it."That was until six months ago, when he happened to see Helen's photo in a medical article."I turned to