All Chapters of Leaving His Shadow Behind: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

The study door clicked shut in front of me, cutting off their low murmurs.By the time I left the bedroom the next morning, the house was already empty.Used dishes sat on the dining table alongside a half-eaten fried egg and half a glass of milk. As always, they were left for me to clean up.I pretended not to see them and dragged my heavy body to pack my belongings.Inside the nursery, the tiny clothes and baby bottles and the items I had scraped together, biting my tongue after every single Blue rejection. I packed them up and stuffed everything into my suitcase.Once I finished, I called Samantha Wade.Samantha was my mother's former student. When I quit my job to become a housewife, she had tried so hard to talk me out of it.She arrived quickly. Looking at my swollen belly and the suitcase, her brows pulled into a tight knot."Are you really going to take it this far?" Samantha asked, her voice heavy with concern. "Back then, you willingly handed over the Deep Blue

I didn't stop walking. I went straight to the hospital.After finishing all the admission procedures, I lay back on the hospital bed, feeling a persistent, heavy pressure dragging in my lower abdomen.Early the next morning, I received a message from my lawyer. [The evidence chain is complete. We are ready to file.]I had barely exhaled a breath of relief when Samantha called."Nora, Daniel is at your mother's art studio! I can't get her work out of there!"My body swayed violently. I grabbed the wall to steady myself, but a sudden wave of warm fluid gushed out beneath me.My water had broken.Right at that moment, Chloe stepped into the hospital room holding a thick document."Nora, don't bother waiting," Chloe said, a wide smile spreading across her face. "Daniel has been paying the lease on your mother's studio all along. He has every right to break the lock."She paused, her smile widening. "All your design drafts and your mother's life work are stored there, aren't they

Daniel couldn't reach me no matter how many times he called. Driven by frustration, he rushed straight to the hospital.Samantha blocked him right at the entrance of the ward."I need to see Nora!" Daniel demanded."She's resting," Samantha said flatly."Tell her to drop the lawsuit. She's carrying my child, there's a limit to how far she can push this!"Samantha let out a cold laugh. "Carrying your child? Pushing it?"Daniel, is your head just an ornament?"He froze, his foot caught mid-step. "What do you mean by that?"Samantha crossed her arms, her tone dripping with disdain. "Nora went into premature labor! Right while you were forcing her to sign that contract!"Daniel whipped his head around, staring dead at Chloe standing behind him."Is that what you meant by nothing serious?"Chloe lowered her head, her voice barely audible. "I thought Nora was just putting on an act. Weren't you the one who said she loves throwing tantrums?"Daniel turned away from her without a

A light drizzle fell on the day of the court hearing.Daniel sat at the defense table, his eyes bloodshot.My lawyer took the lead, laying out every claim clearly. He detailed Daniel's domestic financial abuse and his unauthorized transfer of marital assets.The moment he finished, defense counsel produced the agreement I had signed in the hospital room."The plaintiff and defendant shared a stable, loving marriage with no irreconcilable breakdown," the defense attorney claimed smoothly. "This mutually signed agreement proves the plaintiff was merely emotional, likely influenced by postpartum hormones."My client desires only to preserve the marriage and holds no grievances against the plaintiff."I glanced at Daniel. He kept his head bowed, saying nothing.To them, every humiliation and cold brush-off I had suffered remained nothing more than a childish tantrum.I let out a faint laugh and submitted my evidence, piece by piece.The copyright registration timestamps for the