Lahat ng Kabanata ng Betrayed and Pregnant: Leaving My Cold Husband: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

"Why?"I forced the words out, pressing down the storm rising inside me.I couldn't believe that the husband I had loved for more than ten years had suddenly announced he had cheated.Leonard Pitt met my eyes without flinching."Six months ago, someone drugged me. I accidentally slept with a young girl."I gave her money afterward and sent her away, but the girl turned out fertile—she actually got pregnant."The corners of his mouth lifted before he realized it."When our son heard it was a girl, he begged me to keep her."You have no idea how happy he was that day."His laughter sounded pleased. My chest went cold.I turned to look at our son. He showed no guilt at all."I want a little sister. It doesn't matter who gives birth to her."Tears fell before I could stop them.I truly couldn't believe it. How had the husband and son who had once loved me like their lives depended on it become like this?Leonard sighed and handed me his silk handkerchief."Is it really that

"There are dozens of maids in this villa. They're more professional than I am."The next second, Leonard's words pinned me in place."Quite a temper. You can leave, but think about your mother. If you won't do it, I'll have her do it."My clenched fists loosened powerlessly.I gritted my teeth and entered the primary bedroom, ready to collect my things.But when our son came in after me, he simply threw everything I owned out the door.Bottles and jars shattered across the floor.When he looked at me, his face was full of righteous entitlement."Mom, cleaning up like that is too slow. Besides, all this stuff is old. It should've been thrown away already."Leonard reached out, trying to pat my back and smooth things over."All right, Grace. I'll buy every ocean-view villa in the city and put them in your name. You like the sea, don't you? Stay there for a while."His grand, polished words made me sick.I avoided his hand, finished cleaning the room, and left at once.Half a

Inside the box was a glass jar filled with bloody fluid, the faint outline of a fetus barely visible within.Leonard could no longer hold it steady. Red liquid splashed everywhere."What the hell is that? That's disgusting!"Ruby covered her mouth and backed away in revulsion.Our son frowned too."Why would Mom send something like this?"Leonard stood frozen, staring hard at the mess on the floor.What was this?A child?He and I had actually had another child?Because my body had been damaged when I gave birth to our son, doctors had said it would be very hard for me to get pregnant again.We had tried for years without success, and eventually we had both let it go."Impossible..."Leonard murmured, grabbing his phone to call me.No answer.He called again.Still no answer.He called more than ten times in a row, but all he heard was the cold mechanical voice."The number you have dialed is powered off."Leonard rushed out of the banquet hall like a madman and drov

By the time I learned about all of that, half a year had already passed.During those six months, after handling my mother's funeral, I opened a flower shop in a small seaside town.After leaving teaching, what I liked most was tending flowers and plants.I worked from sunrise to sunset.The painful memories rarely visited me anymore.If Leonard Pitt hadn't kept delaying the divorce, my days would have been quite pleasant.That day, I opened the shop as usual and saw someone I did not want to see.Leonard had actually found me.He stood against the light at the entrance, so haggard he was almost unrecognizable.The suit that had always fit him perfectly now hung loose on his frame.The moment he saw me, his eyes reddened."Grace Murtaugh..."He strode toward me and reached out to grab me.I frowned and immediately hid behind my landlord, Luke Hale. I mouthed silently to him, "Help me."Luke understood at once and wrapped an arm around my waist.Leonard's hand froze in mi

Leonard trembled violently."I'm sorry..."I said nothing more and returned to the flower shop without hesitation.One day later, a signed divorce agreement was slipped under my door.Leonard voluntarily left with nothing and gave all his assets to me.Three years later, a wedding was held by the sea.It was mine and Luke Hale's.When my life had been at its darkest, he had given me a place to stay.When my life slowly grew bright again, he had never been stingy with praise.He had pulled me through the worst of times and made the good times brighter.He had done all of it.I was not afraid to step into marriage again.So after two years of dating, I wore a white wedding gown, held Luke's arm, and walked down the aisle.Leonard stood not far away and watched everything.His eyes were red, as if he had cried for a very long time."Dad, we can still stop it."Our son stood beside him, his face anxious.Leonard shook his head."No."I wronged her. She has the right to p