Between Love and Hate

On the wedding day, my fiancée didn’t show up. I endured the strange looks from the guests and walked through the ceremony alone. When I led people into the new room, I saw him hugging his childhood friend and the two of them were lying naked on the wedding bed.

For the sake of face, he turned the tables and said that I was unfaithful before marriage and that he deliberately retaliated against me and that Vania was the bride he wanted to marry.

For a while, I became the laughing stock of everyone, but my childhood sweetheart, Wilmot, took out a diamond ring from his arms to express his love, saying that he had long been in love with me and was willing to marry me and would love me with all his heart.

After three years of marriage, he was a well-known wife-loving maniac. I regarded him as the salvation of this life. He wanted a child, so I took bitter medicine and acupuncture every day.

On the day I got pregnant, I happily took the pregnancy test report to him, but I accidentally heard the conversation between him and his doctor friend.

“Vania’s body is not suitable for conception. If you want to keep this child, you can only transfer the embryo to Rachel’s uterus and let her give birth to your child with someone else. Isn’t it a bit cruel?”

Wilmot’s eyes were full of indifference.

“Just hide it from her. At worst, I will give her another child later.”

“Tsk tsk, she wants to have a child for you so much. If she knew that you have been taking birth control pills and the tonics you gave her were also to recuperate her body so that she could give birth to your child with Vania, she would probably go crazy, right?”

Wilmot pursed his lips bitterly. “So what? If it weren’t for Vania’s happiness, I wouldn’t marry her. Vania is willing to give me a child. I’m so happy that I’m going crazy. Who cares so much? I have already compensated Rachel with the rest of my life, isn’t it enough?”

I clenched the report in my hand and tears flowed down my face unconsciously.

It turned out that the love that I had worshipped as a god and redeemed for these years was just a play and a scam.

In this case, I would let go.

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“I have seen how good Rachel has been to you over the years. She was obviously afraid of needles, but she still endured the needles and took medicine for the sake of the child. What kind of magic potion did Vania feed you? It made you go and hurt someone who loves you so much without hesitation. Although these medicines can improve the function of her uterus, they have side effects. You may never have your own children in the future. Is it worth it?”

Hearing this, Wilmot’s face showed a struggling look, but it disappeared soon.

“As long as I see Vania happy, everything is worth it, even if I can only love her secretly. She said she wanted to give me a child and I couldn’t refuse. As for Rachel, I married her for Vania’s happiness. I have compensated her enough over the years. I didn’t plan to have a child with her. Besides, as long as you don’t say it and I don’t say it, she will only treat the baby in her belly as her own child and she can live in the beautiful dream I weave for her.”

His friend shook his head helplessly.

“You’d better pray that she will never find out the truth. After the embryo transfer surgery, you should treat her well and break off the bad fate with Vania as soon as possible.”

Wilmot rubbed his temples and frowned.

“I will transfer the shares under my name to her as compensation. When she gives birth to this child, I will spend more time and energy on the family.”

The pregnancy test report in my hand was wrinkled by me and my happy smile froze on my face before I could retract it.

Hearing footsteps coming from the study, I fled back to the bedroom in a panic, leaning against the door weakly with tears streaming down my face.

The Adkins Family attached the most importance to inheritance. For three years, I had been trying to give Wilmot a child. I had tried all kinds of disgusting folk remedies, but I still couldn’t get pregnant. I always thought it was my own problem. I was always disliked by the elders of the Adkins Family and often cried and blamed myself in the middle of the night.