Chapter 4

Then I laughed.

"I didn't even know I'd been divorced."

Sophia Summers stood with her hands on her hips, looking at me with contempt.

"You old hag, last time you clearly agreed to divorce him, and now you're playing dumb."

Panic flashed in Ethan's eyes. He didn't dare look at me directly.

I picked up the certificate from the ground and saw the pages without an official seal.

Suddenly I understood. Ethan had forged a divorce certificate to deceive her.

I remembered on our wedding registration day, Ethan hadn't slept all night and dragged me to the city hall first thing in the morning.

I'd teased him for being as eager as a child. He held the bright red marriage certificate with reddened eyes and hugged me.

"Charlotte, how fortunate I am to marry you."

"I'll keep this marriage certificate safe. Even when we're old, it'll be buried with us."

And now he'd so easily given it up. Even if it was fake, it was equally disgusting!

I was about to speak with a dark expression when Ethan raised his hand and slapped me.

"Haven't you made enough of a scene? Aren't you embarrassed enough!"

While I was stunned, he pulled Sophia Summers away in a hurry.

Leaving me sitting alone.

I looked at their retreating figures, my chest aching more and more, until I finally passed out.

When I opened my eyes again, I only saw Mia by the hospital bed.

Her eyes were full of anxiety and heartache.

"Charlotte, you... you're pregnant."

"The doctor said you have PCOS. If you lose this one, you might never be able to be a mother again."

My heart clenched. I slowly touched my abdomen—a life was beginning to grow here.

A message from Ethan popped up on my phone.

"Charlotte, you went too far today, embarrassing Sophia in public and nearly making me lose face."

"I already told you, I'm just playing along. In one week, Summers Corporation will sign the project contract."

"After that I'll break it off with her and come back to you. Let's both calm down for now."

Looking at Ethan's words, waves of nausea churned in my stomach.

How could someone speak of cheating so righteously?

Garbage should be thrown away.

If we're breaking up, we should break up cleanly.

Before I could make a decision, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my abdomen. I collapsed to the floor, and the medical staff rushed me into the operating room. When I woke up, the doctor told me I had lost the baby due to the trauma from the scooter accident and the emotional distress. My heart shattered, but there was nothing I could do.

Even as I was wheeled out of the operating room, pale-faced, Ethan never sent me another message. His social media was also silent.

Mia handed me her phone with red eyes.

"That bastard! You're here suffering, and he's traveling the world with his mistress."

It wasn't that his social media was silent—he'd chosen to block me.

I silently scrolled through the man's feed. It was all sweet photos of him and Sophia Summers.

They went to the Arctic to see the Northern Lights together, to Bali to watch the sunset—all the places he'd promised to take me.

He'd always told me he had no time, but now he finally had time—to go with another woman.

Looking at the man's genuinely happy smile in the photos, I looked up and smiled reassuringly at Mia.

"Don't worry. Soon it'll be their turn to cry."

After being discharged, I immediately met with a lawyer, then met with someone else.

Summers Corporation was undergoing earth-shattering changes, but the two people still playing outside were completely unaware.

The day before the signing ceremony between Luke Corporation and Summers Corporation, I received a call from Ethan.

"Charlotte, you've calmed down enough by now, haven't you?"

"Although I haven't been with you lately, I've still been thinking of you. I booked you a room at the hot spring resort in the Northside. Go relax."

The Northside was miles away from the signing location. He was worried about me and wanted to send me far away.

As if.

After hanging up, a smile curved my lips.

The next morning, watching the location of my car on his phone move farther and farther away, Ethan finally relaxed and held Sophia Summers's hand, waiting for Summers Corporation's representatives to arrive for the signing.

But even past the appointed time, Summers Corporation's representative still hadn't appeared.

Sophia Summers smiled reassuringly.

"Don't worry. I'll call my dad."

But the line was busy. A bad feeling suddenly welled up in Ethan's heart.

The door opened. Everyone looked up at once. Sophia Summers cried out in shock.

"How is it you?!"