###Chapter 6
“Oh my God…” Robert took two back steps, looking like a helpless child. He apologized in panic, “I’m sorry, baby. I didn’t know you went through all that. Why didn’t you call me back then?”
He added, “But still.... This isn’t Silvy’s fault! You shouldn’t take your anger out on her.”
I almost laughed. Even now, Robert was trying his best to protect that woman.
When anger reached the extreme, only exhaustion remained. I didn’t want to say another word. More explanation would only show that I was pathetically desperate for him.
“Stay away from me!” I slapped Robert hard. While he was still stunned, I rushed into the guest room and slammed the door.
Outside, I saw Robert’s shadow stayed under the small gap of the door for a while. Then his phone rang, his footsteps hurried away.
The world became silent again. My tears quietly soaked the pillow. Suddenly, my stomach started to twist in familiar pain. It was an old problem from years of overworking for the Kleinn Corporations.
The pain was so strong that I curled up on the bed. Half-conscious, my fingers unconsciously dialed Robert’s number. It rang for a long time before he finally answered.
“Robert… my stomach hurts…” I whispered.
“I’m sorry, Ayla. I can’t leave right now. Silvy is having a panic attack. I have to stay with her.” His voice was hoarse and tired. “The medicine is in the left drawer of the bedside table.”
On the other side of the call, I could hear a girl’s weak crying. Then the call was cut off.
I held my phone, not even knowing what stupid thing I just did.
After suffering all night, I finally fell asleep near dawn. Soon I got woken up by violent shaking.
Robert sat by my bed, looking exhausted, his voice cold. “Because of the rumors you spread at the Kleinns, Silvy is being attacked online.”
He continued, “You need to do a livestream and explain everything. Say you were jealous of her and framed her on purpose.”
I couldn’t believe my ears. Robert rushed back home, not to check up on me, but to save his precious girl’s reputation?
“I won’t do it!” I refused hoarsely.
“I knew you’d say that.” Robert’s face darkened. His tone turned threatening. “Look at this.”
He showed me his phone on video call. On the screen was Silvia. Around her neck was a light gray scarf. My mother made that scarf for me with her own hands before she died. It was the only thing she left me.
My voice trembled. “Do you really love her that much? So much that you have to hurt me like this?!”
Something hurtful and guilt flashed in his eyes, but soon it was replaced by cold determination. “I love you, Ayla. But I will never let Silvy suffer.”
I suddenly laughed. This bastard always knew exactly how to hit my weakest point.
My voice became frighteningly calm. “Fine. I’ll do it.”
Robert had already prepared everything. The livestream soon started.
In front of the camera, my face was pale as paper. I read his script word by word. “I was jealous of Silvia. I didn’t want to lose my position as Mrs. Kleinn, so I spread rumors to hurt her reputation. She did not seduce my husband, her brother…”
The comment section exploded instantly. Endless insults flooded the screen. Looking at those hateful words, I couldn’t even cry anymore.
When the livestream ended, I collapsed by the sink and vomited violently, as if I wanted to throw up all my organs.
Footsteps came from behind. I raised my head and looked at him in the mirror, my voice broken. “Now, are you and your precious girl satisfied?”
Robert froze.
I wiped my mouth and said clearly, “Let’s get a divorce.”
He immediately looked away. His voice was stiff. “Divorce? Impossible. I will never let you leave me.”
I didn’t understand. He kept hurting me, but refused to let me go. What kind of love was this?
“Brother… Kayla? Am I disturbing you?” Silvia’s weak voice came from the door.
I glared at her. Robert immediately said, “Silvy came to return your things. You two should talk.”
“I have nothing to say to her!”
Robert became impatient. “Silvy is sometimes spoiled, but she’s kind at heart. You’re her sister-in-law. You should be more mature.”
Then he went to the kitchen, saying he would cook lunch for us. In all these years, he had never cooked for me. But just because Silvia acted cute once, he learned how to cook for her.
After he left, I looked at the scarf on Silvia’s neck and said coldly, “Give it back to me.”
The girl smiled. The innocent look disappeared. Her eyes turned cruel. “You’re really stupid. Why haven’t you left? Sooner or later, I’ll be the real lady of this house.”
How ridiculous. I didn’t even want to fight her for it.
I slowly relaxed my fists. “Give me the scarf. I’ll leave soon and give you your ‘family of three.’ Then you won’t have to be a secret mistress anymore,” I said with a mocking smile.
Silvia got angry, but soon her smile became even more evil. “Oh, you still don’t know why I was adopted by the Kleinns, right? You should thank yourself.”
My breathing stopped. “What do you mean?”
She crossed her arms proudly. “A few years ago, didn’t you anonymously donate bone marrow? What a coincidence, I was at the same hospital that day. After you left, I paid someone to fake the donation record.”
“The bigger coincidence is... the rich man who needed the bone marrow was Robert’s father.”
My head went dizzy. I could barely stand. “So… you took my place…”
“Thanks to you, I became the Kleinns' precious daughter.” She stepped closer, her smile twisted. “But what I want is more than that.”
She touched her flat stomach. Her eyes turned vicious.
Suddenly, she grabbed my arm tightly and pulled me under her, then threw me violently toward the edge of the bathtub!
“Ah!”
Two screams rang out at the same time.
A tall figure rushed into the room.
“Silvy?!”
Seeing Silvia holding her stomach in pain, Robert’s eyes turned red instantly. He didn’t help me, even though my head hit the bathtub and blood was flowing.
Instead, he rushed to hold Silvia, asking her anxiously if she was okay, shouting for doctors.
“My stomach hurts, brother… Kayla, she… she said she wanted to die together with me!”
“I didn’t! It was her—” I tried to explain.
“Shut up, Kayla! Do you even have a heart?!” he interrupted angrily. “Apologize to Silvy!”
My heart sank to the bottom. I shook my head firmly. “Never.”
He wanted to be her “brother” in name, but her secret lover forever, treating her like a princess.
Then what was I? Just a cover, a tool to maintain his image as a perfect husband. Why should I pay the price for their shameful love?
Robert then picked up my scarf. “Apologize. Don’t make me say it the third time.”
His bodyguard appeared at the door and handed him a lighter.
My heart stopped for a second. Rage exploded in my chest. “Stop! That’s the only thing my mother left me!”
He had already taken the lighter. His thumb rested on the wheel. “If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being cruel.”
Cruel?
What a joke.
Ignoring the blood soaking my back, I screamed with all my strength, “Then when you slept with your adopted sister and betrayed your vows! Weren’t you the cruel one?!”
