My Husband Called Me a Gold Digger의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 7

"Your baby has pneumonia. She needs to be admitted to the hospital right away."The doctor handed me the bill. "You need to pay a three-thousand-dollar deposit first so we can start treatment right away."I took the bill, my hands trembling slightly. I only had 600 dollars left in my account. It wasn't even enough to cover a single day's stay in the hospital.I walked into the stairwell and dialed Edmund Zeller's number. He was part of a classified project team overseas. According to the rules, he could only make calls for two hours a week. Usually, I could only leave him messages, and I never knew when he would see them. I tried calling Edmund over a dozen times. It wasn't until the nurse came to remind me to make payment for the third time that the call finally went through. "What's up?" Edmund's voice was low, and he sounded exhausted. "Kayla's sick. I don't have enough money right now. Could you transfer me some more?"Edmund fell silent on the other end of the line.

Kayla was incredibly tiny at two months old. I was in such poor health that I couldn't even produce any breast milk. I had no choice but to feed Kayla formula. The better ones cost around three to four hundred dollars, and I couldn't afford them. I had no choice but to start selling at the market again. That day, it was unusually humid. I placed Kayla in a stroller, soothing her while trying to sell phone cases to passersby. A wave of dizziness hit me, and my vision went black. I collapsed to the ground right away. I thought it was just like before. I had low blood sugar again, and I would be back on my feet soon enough. But when I came to, I found myself in the hospital. The doctor looked over my test results, his expression grim. "You're extremely malnourished, and you have pretty bad anemia. And you actually brought your baby with you to work? She's only two months old. Seriously?"Where's your husband? Doesn't he care about you? Or even your baby?"I turned to look

Edmund reached for his phone and dialed Taylor's number right away. He said slowly, "I want you at the hospital in 30 minutes."When Taylor arrived, she was carrying a brand-new bag worth over 200 thousand dollars, and she was even wearing a brand-new diamond watch. Taylor forced a smile when she saw Edmund there. "Edmund, when did you get back? Did you and Britney fight again? She's been pretty emotional lately. Don't you ever…"Edmund hurled his phone toward her. "Explain yourself."A flicker of panic flashed across her eyes when she looked over his bank statements on his phone. But very quickly, she forced a smile. "What else is there to explain? I've been spending all this money on Britney. Edmund, you have no idea how expensive it is to take care of a pregnant woman. "I hired a private caregiver, arranged for Britney to stay at a postpartum care center, and had nutritious meals prepared for her. All of that costs money!"Two million dollars might sound like a lot. But

After I was discharged from the hospital, Edmund took me home. The house was in complete darkness. There was only half a bowl of pasta, half a wilted head of cabbage, and two eggs in the fridge. On the table was the cheap formula Kayla had been drinking. In the corner was a pile of phone cases I hadn't managed to sell, and at the very bottom of the cardboard box was the small folding stool I used at the market. Edmund crouched before the box, his fingers curling slightly. Finally, he looked up, his eyes bloodshot. "Britney, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let anyone else look after you. I was such a fool for trusting Taylor…"I cut him off. "Edmund, Taylor lied to you. In a way, you were a victim, but you weren't completely innocent either."I looked at Edmund and finally said everything I had been bottling up inside. "I told you I didn't have enough money. You didn't even bother to ask and assumed I was just greedy. What really destroyed our marriage was that you never trusted m