Chapter 4

I struggled to lift my head and look.

The driver was Serena Bellwether.

She emerged from the driver's seat, her face impassive, and stomped hard on my lower abdomen.

"You wretched bitch, using your pregnancy to steal my Ethan!"

"Today, I'll kill this bastard, and Ethan will be mine again!"

Large gushes of blood poured from between my legs.

The pain made my tears stream down.

I wanted to tell her that I didn't want Ethan anymore.

In a few hours, I would leave and never return.

I wanted to beg her to call the hospital.

My body was too fragile to endure any more hardship.

But the intense pain made me unable to speak.

Serena's face grew increasingly twisted.

Just as I thought I was about to pass out, Ethan suddenly rushed over and pushed her away.

They started arguing.

But I couldn't hear anything anymore.

My world blurred into a hazy illusion.

Love, Ethan, the child.

Along with the scattered cherry blossoms on the ground.

Everything vanished without a trace.

When I woke up again, I was in the hospital.

The baby was gone.

Though I had prepared myself for the possibility of losing him, I never imagined it would happen in such a brutal way.

Ethan displayed the same remorse as before.

He held my hand, offering soft words of comfort.

"I never thought Serena would be so impulsive."

"This time, I promise I'll teach her a lesson."

A lesson? Forget it.

Without Ethan's indulgence, how would Serena dare to go this far?

He could never bring himself to truly punish Serena.

Just as he never truly cared about me.

My heart was already numb from the pain.

I closed my eyes, touching my flat abdomen.

"This is the second one."

"What?"

Ethan had forgotten.

This was our second child, lost at Serena's hands.

He always habitually ignored everything related to me.

Ignoring the love I had for him, which was slowly withering away.

This time, I refused to endure it any longer.

Taking a deep breath, I looked up at Ethan.

"I'm calling the police."

"I want Serena to face the consequences of her actions!"

"That's impossible!"

Ethan quickly pulled his hand away.

"You'll ruin her life if you do that!"

"Then who will be responsible for mine?!"

The pain in my body spread to my heart.

I was trembling all over.

"The doctors said my body has been so severely damaged that I might never be able to have children again!"

"Who can give back everything I've lost?!"

Serena couldn't, and neither could Ethan.

He couldn't even answer the question.

He could only, after a long silence, slowly say,

"Serena only did this because she loves me too much."

"You're about to become Mrs. Vance, so don't stoop to her level over these issues."

I didn't argue then because of love.

I loved him so much that I didn't want to make things difficult for him.

But now, that love was gone.

All my devotion and love for Ethan had died under the cherry blossoms that night.

I refused to cling to the empty title of Mrs. Vance, trading it for a pitiful scrap of sympathy.

After Ethan left, I called the police.

At 4 PM, Serena was arrested by the police.

At 5 PM, Ethan had her bailed out.

At 5:10 PM, Ethan sent me a message.

"Why did you call the police? Do you know how much this has hurt Serena?"

"She was so traumatized at the police station, crying non-stop. You need to come over and apologize to her immediately!"

I didn't reply.

At 5:20 PM, Ethan sent another message.

"If you don't come, I'll have to comfort her physically."