On the wedding day, Wilmot regretted the engagement.
In front of everyone, he held Gabrielle’s hand and announced loudly that this was the bride he was going to marry.
My father was so angry that his old illness relapsed on the spot, and he died after being sent to the hospital for rescue.
In the darkest moment of my life, only another childhood sweetheart, Linden, was by my side.
He comforted me, encouraged me, and led me out of the trough of life.
I finally married him.
After seven years of marriage, we respected each other and loved each other very much. We were a model couple that everyone envied.
After I became pregnant, I thought I was the happiest person in the world and was about to become a mother.
Until I accidentally saw the chat records between him and his childhood friend on his mobile phone.
“Linden, if Tamara knew that the baby in her belly was actually yours and Gabrielle’s test-tube baby, she would be so sad! Don’t forget that she was hurt once by you and Wilmot seven years ago.”
Linden replied with a nonchalant smile, “Don’t worry, she will never know. I lied to her last time that it was just an appendectomy operation. The hospital has already arranged everything, and it will never be exposed. Gabrielle is in poor health and pregnancy is too dangerous for her. After giving birth to the baby, I will completely break off relations with Gabrielle. Love Tamara well for the rest of my life is just as compensation for her.”
I trembled all over and tears fell.
It turned out that the seven years of love between husband and wife were all fake.
Linden, like Wilmot, did not love me at all, but Gabrielle.
Since he didn’t love me, I would withdraw alone and help them.
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Not long after I put the phone back to its original place, Linden came out of the bathroom.
I lay on the bed, pretending to watch TV.
A familiar smell of men’s perfume floated in front of me.
Linden looked at me lovingly and stroked my slightly plump waist.
“Tamara, you must have been very uncomfortable these days?”
His voice was ambiguous, and just as his warm lips pressed against me, I pushed him away.
Linden was stunned.
“Tamara, what’s wrong with you?”
This was the first time I rejected his request for sex after so many years of marriage, so he was very surprised.
I replied indifferently, “I just don’t want to hurt the baby in my belly.”
Linden’s face eased a little. “I asked the doctor, and the fetus is basically stable now, as long as the movements are not too intense.”
After saying that, he moved closer again, with tenderness in his eyes.
If it were the old me, I would have fallen and couldn’t extricate myself.
But now, my whole body felt like I was soaked in cold seawater, and I couldn’t feel the slightest warmth between my lover.
Linden was my husband, but in my belly, I was carrying his test-tube baby with another woman.
When I thought of this, my heart was like a knife.
I pushed him away for the second time. “Forget it, I’m too tired today, and I’m not in the mood.”
Linden didn’t force it any further and nodded. “It should be because I was too busy at work during the day, so let’s rest early.”
He turned off the TV and lights, lay down and hugged my waist.
This was his favorite posture, and he fell asleep in a short while.
But my thoughts were flying around and I couldn’t sleep all night.
Late at night, after Linden fell asleep, I quietly got up and went to the study and opened his laptop.
This was the first time in seven years of marriage.
It didn’t take much effort for me to find the deliberately hidden folder.
When I opened it, it was full of photos, at least thousands of photos.
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Gabrielle and Linden embraced each other sweetly in different backgrounds.
