The next morning, when I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was Louise, his eyes bloodshot.
“Honey, are you still in pain?”
“The baby… What happened to my baby? Why am I in the hospital?”
Louise pulled a sheet of paper from behind him and handed it to me with trembling hands.
It was a medical report. The diagnosis was brutally clear: due to “improper diet,” the fetus had developed congenital deformities. Continuing the pregnancy would have posed a fatal risk to both me and the child.
“Honey, I had no choice…” His voice cracked. “This child wasn’t meant for us. It was endangering your life—I couldn’t let you stay in danger…”
His expression was drenched in regret, his tone thick with pain and sorrow.
Hearing his words, my tears finally broke free.
Louise, how could you be so heartless? You took my baby away for that woman and then you blamed it on the child.
He was already five months old—so close to opening his eyes to this world…
Just then, Louise’s phone rang. On the screen, the caller ID read: Treasure.
His eyes flickered nervously, hesitation flashing across his face. But the next second, he grabbed his suit jacket and stood up.
“Honey, there’s a crucial deal at the company. I need to rush back and handle it.”
“Rest here at the hospital. If you need anything, ask the doctor. I’ll be back soon.”
But he didn’t come back the next day. Or the third. Or the fourth.
Days passed without him showing up.
Every time I called, he had the same excuses—meetings, negotiations, urgent deals.
It wasn’t until my discharge date that I finally got him on the phone again.
“Honey, I’m being discharged today. Can you come pick me up?”
On the other end, his voice sounded startled—like he had completely forgotten.
“You’re being discharged today?”
“Honey… I have a crucial partnership meeting right now. Could you go home on your own?”
My anger flared instantly.
“Who’s more important—your wife or your work?”
“Of course you are. But this deal… it really requires me to be there in person…”
I hung up before he could finish.
In the past, whenever I was upset, Louise would drop everything to be by my side. But this time, he didn’t come.
Instead, he sent a car to pick me up.
I didn’t get in. I wandered aimlessly instead, until fate shoved the truth right in front of me.
On the street, I saw Louise—with Karen.
He was singing One and Only to her, his voice tender, every word filled with devotion.
Above them, a drone spelled the same words in glowing letters across the sky: One and Only.
When the song ended, Louise dropped to one knee, looking at Karen with eyes overflowing with love.
“Karen, I love you. Will you marry me? I’ll make you happy forever.”
Karen’s tears spilled as she nodded.
He slipped a jade ring onto her finger.
Petals rained down as they kissed passionately, surrounded by cheers from the crowd.
The scene before me was a cruel echo of Louise’s proposal to me years ago.
So that song, One and Only, had never truly belonged to me. It had always been meant for Karen.
That jade ring he once claimed was a family heirloom, a keepsake for his daughter-in-law—it wasn’t meant for me at all. In his heart, Karen was always the true daughter-in-law of the Darren family.
He wasn’t too busy to pick me up from the hospital after my surgery. He was busy proposing to another woman.
I wiped my tears away and dialed my brother overseas.
“I’m divorcing Louise.”
As though he had expected this, he didn’t sound surprised.
“Are you absolutely sure?”
“Yes. Brother, please send someone to help me with the divorce proceedings.”
