Chapter 3

"And you know what? You're actually pretty cute when you're jealous!"

I couldn't take it anymore. I raised my hand and slapped him.

"Jealous? Hell no! I must have been out of my mind to ever fall for a disgusting jerk like you! You're trash! We're done!"

Arthur covered his rapidly reddening, swollen face, but instead of anger, his eyes filled with excitement:

"That's a strong slap. Even better than Eve's! It really gets me going!"

Hearing his vulgar words, my stomach churned.

Seeing me keep dry heaving, Arthur stopped joking around and looked at me with concern:

"Karen, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? I'll take you to the hospital right away!"

I pushed him away:

"Get lost!"

"Don't touch me!"

Only then did he understand that I was repulsed by him.

He looked at me with a pained expression, his eyes turning red:

"Karen, don't you love me anymore?"

"I'm willing to tell you all my secrets. Why don't you believe me?"

As if remembering something, he immediately booked an appointment at a hospital.

"If you don't believe me, I'll go get a blood test right now! I guarantee I'm completely clean!"

He actually thought that as long as he didn't have an STD, he was "clean."

How ridiculous!

I took a deep breath and told him, word for word:

"Arthur, in my eyes, you are absolutely filthy!"

He froze, his eyes wide, and swore to the heavens:

"Eve is an innocent college girl, clean and obedient. I couldn't possibly be dirty."

I quickly refunded the $3,200.

"Whether you're dirty or not, it has nothing to do with me anymore! You and I, we're completely done from now on!"

Seeing that I wouldn't even take the money and was determined to break up with him, a sudden panic gripped him.

He grabbed my arm and rushed out of the private room, telling Eve, who was waiting at the door, to come to the hospital with us.

All the way there, he and Eve swore oaths together:

"Karen, once the blood test results are out, you'll know I wasn't lying to you."

At the hospital, he frantically urged Eve to get her blood drawn with him.

But unexpectedly, Eve fainted before she even got to the blood draw station.

Arthur instinctively caught her in his arms and rushed her to the emergency room.

Half an hour later, the doctor came out with the test results and congratulated him:

"Sir, your girlfriend is pregnant. Congratulations, you're going to be a father!"

Arthur froze, looking at me with panic:

"Karen, listen to me. The doctor must have made a mistake! I always used protection; there's no way..."

The doctor looked at him, then at me, and instantly understood that the story of the three of us wasn't simple.

She gave me a sympathetic glance before coldly addressing Arthur:

"Mr. Arthur, a urine test can sometimes be inaccurate, but a blood test won't lie."

Arthur's lips trembled as he reached out to grab me.

I raised my hand and slapped him across the other side of his face:

"Scumbag!"

"We're done!"

Arthur took the slap, lowering his head to apologize:

"Karen, give me ten minutes. I'll fix everything right now."

He took a deep breath, looked up, and asked the doctor to schedule an abortion, then walked into the emergency room.

Moments later, I heard Eve's cries from the room:

"Arthur, I don't want your money, no matter how much you give me..."

How Arthur chose to deal with that child was no longer my concern.

I picked up my bag and headed straight home.

But unexpectedly, as soon as I lay down, the doorbell rang.

"Karen, I want to keep this baby."

"Please... please don't force me to have an abortion..."