All Chapters of Knocked Up by the Callboy: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

I sat beside my mother’s hospital bed, holding her frail hand in mine. The machines beeped softly in the quiet room, steady and unchanging. For the first time since yesterday, I let the tears fall freely. They rolled down my cheeks without shame, dropping onto the white hospital sheets.“Mama,” I whispered, my voice cracking. “I don’t know what to do anymore.”The words poured out of me like a dam had finally broken. I told her everything. How the doctor had given us another negative result. How Marcus had stayed cold and distant the entire way home. And then how he had exploded once we were inside the penthouse. I confessed the worst part — his demand for an open marriage. That he wanted to sleep with other women to have a child while I continued playing the role of the perfect wife in public.“He said he would cut off your treatment if I don’t agree,” I said, my throat tight. “He threatened to remove your life support, Mama. After everything we’ve been through, how can he say that t

The car door had barely closed before Marcus’s anger filled the entire space like thick smoke.“How dare you humiliate me in front of everyone?” he hissed, gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles turned white. “Kissing a stranger right there where people could see? Have you lost your mind?”I sat frozen in the passenger seat, still wearing my mask, my heart pounding from everything that had happened. The taste of the stranger’s kiss still lingered on my lips. For the first time in years, someone had made me feel wanted, even if only for a few seconds. And now Marcus was acting like I had committed a crime.“I humiliated you?” I said, my voice shaking with disbelief. “You had your tongue down Tessa’s throat in the middle of the party while I was supposed to stand there smiling like a fool. You’re the one who wanted an open marriage, Marcus. You signed the papers with me tonight. So tell me, how is this different?”He laughed coldly, speeding through the quiet streets of Milan.