All Chapters of My Husband Wants Me To Take Care Of His Illegitimate Son: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

“The baby is really pitiful. He’s already an orphan. Now that Steven is dead and Luke has been kidnapped, we won’t have anyone to continue the family line. You must raise this baby as your son so that the Norn family line can continue.”Wendy stuffed the baby into my arms and spoke with a hoarse, gloomy voice. As I stared at how red and swollen her eyes were due to crying from Steven dying and Luke being kidnapped, I started to question the truth of the words I saw. When I married Steven, he was the one who had wooed me. Our relationship after marriage was pleasant.While Wendy did not like me, she was never cruel toward me. Besides, Steven was serving in the army, and Margaret married someone else in the city before my own marriage. Steven and Margaret never had any interactions with each other whatsoever, so the words I saw may not be plausible.As I cradled the baby, I cooed at him. More words showed up. [The male protagonist left his son for the villainess while he wen

Chapter 2

Wendy came back from the city the next day and hurriedly brought me to the government hall to get the baby’s birth certificate done. He was then named Ethan Norn.They were truly planning to have me toil for them. Just like the words told me, Wendy also only brought back dozens of dollars as “pension” to humor me. Since we did not have a fixed income, I could only live a frugal lifestyle to save up on money. I worked nonstop from dawn till dusk to get by. Even through the toughest seasons, I kept working, sweating and bleeding without a single pause.Nonetheless, Ethan grew up. In order to earn money for him to go to school, I did not slack off and often worked several jobs while also asking for money from my relatives. Wendy did not even care about helping, and I had to pay for everything. The villagers called me an idiot for working so hard to take care of an adopted son. It would have been better for me to get remarried and give birth to another son. That would have be

Chapter 3

While I felt comforted, I also sighed in relief. Behind the homeroom teacher were a whole slew of reporters and the commander stationed at the capital. The village mayor came over to congratulate me with a flattering smile. “Scarlet, Ethan is really amazing! I heard that not only did he get a full scholarship, but he’s also going to get an allowance from the government every month. He’ll even get a job offer straight away in the city! You’ll get to enjoy life later!”[The male protagonist’s second son sure has an impressive group of people coming to congratulate him. So many important people turned up!][I look forward to the moment the protagonists reunite with their son!]Wendy’s face was flushed red with delight, and she was smiling so brightly that her eyes were crinkled into slits. She had always been stingy, but she declared right then and there that she was going to throw a celebration party in the best restaurant in the city.Word spread. On the day of the party, th

Chapter 4

[I’m so excited! The reunion is here!][It’s time for the villainess to step down. The protagonists will successfully reunite with their Ivy League son, and the family gets their happy ending!]The crowd burst into a commotion. When the villagers saw the familiar faces, they started discussing among themselves. “Didn’t Margaret marry someone in the city to enjoy life? Why is she with Steven and Luke?”“If Steven never died in battle, and Luke was never kidnapped, why didn’t they ever come back home to visit after so many years?”“Stop talking. Didn’t you even think about what Margaret said just now? I think that they’ve gotten together a long time ago…”They started looking at us back and forth. When they stared at me, their gazes were all filled with pity. Ethan broke free of Margaret’s grip and cast me a confused, lost look, but Margaret was not angry. Right before my very eyes, she held Steven and Luke’s hands while flashing me a challenging smile. “Scarlet, thank you

Chapter 5

He looked to be the same age as Ethan, but he had a limp that came from a leg healed wrong from a fracture. His hair was a mess, and the dirt on his clothes was so thick that it made them stiffen. He limped forward with a cane while drooling and looking like he was not mentally all there. Once he got closer, we could smell a sourish, foul smell from him, and everyone stepped back. Then, he grabbed Margaret’s floral dress and said, “Hungry… Food…”Margaret was shocked and threw herself into Steven’s arms. His protective instincts fired up, and he kicked the beggar to the floor before glaring at me. “What’s the meaning of this, Scarlet! This is my son’s celebration party! Why did you bring a beggar here to ruin our mood?!”Margaret also glared at the black handprint on her dress in disdain while she avoided the beggar like the plague. I scoffed and let out a cold snort. “What can I possibly do? You’re the ones who said you wanted to reunite with your son.”Steven and Margaret

Chapter 6

Steven was puzzled. “Your son?”Before Garet could answer, Steven already shook his head. “No. Impossible. You’re mistaken, Division Commander Ubel. Ethan is my and Margaret’s son. I was the one who brought him to my mother so that Scarlet could bring him up. There’s no way I could be mistaken!”Despite his words, I could sense panic in his voice. Then, as if he wanted to verify his words, he turned and stared at me. “Scarlet, didn’t Mom bring Ethan to you?”I smiled and nodded. “Wendy did bring a baby to me.”But before Steven could sigh in relief, I continued, “But I didn’t bring that baby up. I brought Ethan up. I picked him up from the back of the mountain, and he is indeed Division Commander Ubel’s son.”I took out the letter and Ethan’s real birth cert to show to the crowd. Both had been tucked into his blanket when I got him. I showed these things to Garet long before Ethan sat for his SATs. So, Garet did not just come to celebrate Ethan’s success. It was also to confirm

Chapter 7

“No! He can’t be! He’s not!” Margaret broke down and started crying as she shot away from the beggar and rubbed the goosebumps on her skin. Her words were filled with scorn for the beggar. Steven could not put up with the humiliation. He rushed over, pounced at me, seized my throat, and started yelling, “You evil woman! How dare you hurt my son?! I’ll kill you!”Since he had pounced so abruptly, I was caught off guard, and my face turned red from lack of air. Just as I was about to suffocate, Garet kicked Steven off of me and had his subordinates pin him to the floor. As for Wendy, she was so furious that she could only tremble. She went limp and almost melted into the floor, though she still had the strength to point an accusatory finger at me. Her murky eyes were filled with hate. “You jinx! We simply asked you to take care of the two boys, and you did something so vile?! You should have died!”“Vile?” As if I heard a joke, I sneered. Then, with bloodshot eyes filled with rag

Chapter 8

I did not deny those accusations. I simply continued with my report. “I’m also reporting Margaret for being a homewrecker and having an affair with Steven! Their two sons are concrete proof!”The crowd started rebuking Wendy, Steven, and Margaret. “Scarlet has been so tolerant. I can’t believe she actually endured for eighteen years. If this had happened to me, I might have just strangled these two pieces of trash with a rope at midnight.”“That’s right! These sorts of people will only set up a bad precedent in the village. They should be dragged out and shot!”As he read the letter, Garet was livid. With frost in his eyes, he kicked Steven’s chest. “I can’t believe that the army would harbor parasites like you in it! I’m going to drag you back to answer to the army today!”He waved an arm, and the soldiers behind him came forward to drag Steven and Margaret away, but Margaret quickly grabbed the hem of my pants. “No! Scarlet, I’m your sister. You can’t do this to me!”I pulled

Chapter 9

Once I got divorced, I moved back into my parents’ house with Ethan. Steven and Margaret were sentenced to penal labor. Wendy never had a lot of savings to begin with, but she had to take care of her two grandsons. Every day was difficult for her. Worse still for her was that one of them was mentally compromised, so he kept causing trouble, leading to what little savings they had to drain quickly. Her two grandsons hated each other, so they often fought, and the Norn family ended up as a joke in the village. Later, when she ran out of money, Wendy came to ask for my help. “Scarlet, we betrayed you, and I’m sorry. I don’t care about starving, but my grandsons are still young. You can’t just stand by and do nothing!”When I saw her thin, haggard, and sickly face, I felt elated. The moment I learned that she had drowned my son, I had cast aside my last shred of pity for her. I chased her away. Not long after, I heard a villager tell me that three beggars had started begging a

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