Chapter 2

I stayed home, resting and nurturing my pregnancy.

The doctor said it was twins, likely girls, and I needed to take good care of myself.

I ordered a year's supply of luxury prenatal supplements and bought a few new maternity outfits.

After a beauty treatment, I made plans to have lunch with my best friend, Emily.

At the restaurant, her eyes were a little red as she looked at me. "Joshua, we haven't seen each other since you were sick last time."

I looked at her calmly. "Yeah, it's been about half a year, hasn't it?"

That illness kept coming back, bothering me until recently.

Emily asked, "You and Howard?"

"We're fine. He's good to me."

"Good to you?" She looked like she wanted to say more.

"I heard he's even bringing her to parties now."

I smiled. "But Rosalind gave me a nine-figure compensation."

"...That's pretty good, I guess."

"Emily, I actually think I've been wrong all along. When I married Howard, I shouldn't have only thought about love."

Emily's expression was odd. "You two knew each other since middle school, got together in high school. You were madly in love back then, got married and stayed together. Isn't that normal?"

"But people change."

I took a sip of hot milk. "It's like how I used to only drink soda, but now, I can actually drink milk."

She looked a bit sad.

Just like other old classmates who'd visited me when I was sick. They all felt losing an epic love should be tragic.

I used to think that way too, but then I figured it out.

Eighteen-year-old Howard said he'd love eighteen-year-old Joshua forever. Twenty-eight-year-old Howard never said that.

So, there's no point in dwelling on the past.

I patted my belly. "See? There are babies in here now."

Emily looked disbelieving. "You're having more kids?"

"Why not? Rosalind said for every child I bore, she'd give me another nine-figure sum and 5% of Howard Group shares."

Howard was incredibly good at making money, and Marcus took after his dad, with a very high IQ.

My mom had only left me an eight-figure inheritance, which I'd invested entirely in Howard Group. In just a few years, my net worth had surpassed a billion.

Where else would I find a husband and child who made money like that if I divorced him?

Emily didn't say anything.

"But Scarlett has a child too. When her baby is born, it'll definitely split Howard's attention. If he writes a will, you might lose out on a lot."

I'd thought about that too, which is why I wanted two more kids.

With more kids, Scarlett wouldn't be able to get too much.