Chapter 4

Therefore, since Adrian started his business, he has been secretly using his family's resources against me.

He chose to condone the fact that a third party had brought him funding and introduced him to projects.

He said, "The Carter family's little princess's future husband can't be too bad, or he'll lower my sister's standards."

Ironically, outsiders all thought I was a burden to Adrian, and even he thought so himself.

My documents and some other very important things are still in the bridal chamber.

The next day, without waiting for Adrian to pick me up, I took a taxi home by myself.

As soon as I entered, I saw Chloe standing in front of the full-length mirror wearing a moon-white hand-embroidered cheongsam.

"Adrian, am I pretty?"

Adrian affectionately wrapped his arm around her waist:

"A beautiful person looks good in anything."

My eyes darkened; it was the cheongsam my mother had embroidered for me by hand before she passed away.

She imagined what I would look like when I grew up while she was in pain, and made me according to her own figure when she was young.

She wanted me to wear it when I returned to my parents' home after our marriage; it was also the last gift she would give me.

I've carefully preserved it for over a decade, and I've never been willing to wear it even once.

“Those are my clothes, take them off.”

I suddenly spoke, startling them both.

Adrian exclaimed in surprise:

“Evelyn, how could you do this to yourself…”

Before he could finish speaking, as if realizing my gaze was off, he suddenly widened his eyes:

"When will you be able to see it? Why didn't you tell me?!"

His expression was complex, but it was definitely not pure happiness.

I looked at him sarcastically:

"You were disappointed yesterday when you abandoned me in an abandoned factory and married another woman, weren't you?"

Adrian was speechless for a moment.

Chloe, however, walked over with red-rimmed eyes:

“Evelyn, don’t blame Adrian. He’s just too responsible and doesn’t want people to talk about me and the baby. Once you get your marriage certificate with him, you will still be the real Mrs. Sinclair.”

“I haven’t been back to my hometown for a long time. My parents heard that I had a wedding and invited us back for a homecoming banquet. My child is also one year old now, so it’s time to meet my maternal grandparents.”

"Adrian told me to wear this cheongsam because I didn't have any suitable clothes at the moment. I'll return it to you now..."

She made a move to take it off, but tears streamed down her face.

It was as if they had suffered some kind of humiliation.

Adrian pressed her hand down, looking at me with displeasure:

“Your parents died a long time ago. Besides me, where else can you go back to? Why not let Chloe wear it? It’ll save it from being a waste.”

"Since you've seen it all, let's put it bluntly. Chloe gave birth to my son, and I can't just abandon her and our child."

“But that doesn’t mean I’ll abandon you, Evelyn. From now on, you and Chloe should get along well. She can accompany me to social events, and you can stay home and take care of the kids. Anyway, you’re not comfortable in those kinds of situations.”

I couldn't care less about his ridiculous remarks and the subtle disdain in his tone.

A thought kept swirling in my mind.

Is their child one year old?

The time when Chloe got pregnant was around the time my daughter died.

Adrian and I used to have a daughter.

She was worried that she wouldn't look good in a wedding dress while pregnant, so she decided to hold the wedding after the baby was born.

But she died of congenital heart disease before she was even a year old.

I was heartbroken. If Adrian hadn't been there for me, I probably would have jumped off the building.

So, he pretended to be affectionate in front of me while cheating on me?

Before I could say anything, the sound of a baby crying suddenly came from the nursery.

My heart skipped a beat.

He rushed in before the two of them could.

The scene inside left me stunned.