I was still faithfully listening to Dalbert's conversation with Mike. How stupid I was to have been fooled by Dalbert's attention and sweet demeanor all this time.
I should have suspected that since Dalbert was always on business trips, he would lie and meet Gloria. During my pregnancy, Dalbert never took care of me.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Dalbert, I'll keep quiet and keep this all a secret," Mike replied fearfully as Dalbert gave him a sharp look.
"Good, anyway, if you were me, you would do the same thing, Mike. Who would you care more about, your first wife or your second wife?" asked Dalbert as he tapped Mike on the shoulder.
"Of course, my first wife, Mr. Dalbert," Mike replied fearfully.
"That's what I do, I care more about my first wife, Gloria, than I do about Daisy, my second wife," Dalbert replied, leaving me shocked again.
My chest felt very tight when I heard that I was apparently a second wife. I cried, how could Gloria be Dalbert's first wife? I was the first woman he met and became his lover.
"Mr. Dalbert, you are so great to have two women in your life," Mike replied, complimenting Dalbert.
"Sure, I am. Back when Daisy was my girlfriend, she never took care of me, she was too busy with her work. Then Gloria came and made me fall in love, so I decided to marry Gloria," Dalbert replied.
It turned out that Dalbert's betrayal had apparently happened a long time ago, when our relationship began to be formalized.
"If you were already married to Mrs. Gloria, then why did you marry Mrs. Daisy?" asked Mike.
"Because I wanted to have it both ways. I married Daisy because of popularity. You know how popular Daisy was when she was an actress. I wanted love and popularity," Dalbert replied.
I closed my eyes, feeling my heart break. Now all was revealed, Gloria was not Dalbert's mistress but his first wife.
My marriage to Dalbert was a sham. Dalbert didn't love me, he was using my popularity.
I gave up my career to marry Dalbert. Now not only is my career ruined, but my life is.
I cried and swore as Dalbert was about to leave the room. I tried to calm myself down and follow where Dalbert was going.
I stopped when I saw Dalbert enter a room.
My mouth dropped open as I saw Dalbert hugging a woman I recognized. That woman was Gloria, my coworker. One year ago, she disappeared from the entertainment world.
I heard from someone that Gloria was pregnant, I thought she was living happily with the man she loved. And that man turned out to be my own husband.
My heart began to break when I felt this betrayal. Gloria was like a sister to me. I brought her into the entertainment world. She was like a thorny rose, silently pricking and wounding me.
I stared jealously at Gloria's luxurious-looking hospital room while I was in an ordinary-looking room.
My swollen eyes welled up with tears again when I saw Dalbert holding a baby, he was smiling so happily.
"Your son is handsome and looks just like you. I'll give you a name, Sean Louis Carter," Dalbert said to the baby.
"What a beautiful name, Dalbert. I love it. And there is something I want to talk to you about," Gloria said.
Dalbert smiled and looked at her so tenderly that I felt the water boiling over my body.
"Will your mother accept Sean? He's not like other children, he'll be a late bloomer. It doesn't show now because he's still a baby, but when he gets older, your mother will know, Dalbert," Gloria said sadly.
"My mother will not know Gloria. I accepted our son's shortcomings, I brought him into my family so that he would be happy despite his physical and brain deficiencies. You can rest assured, we will take good care of him," Dalbert replied, hugging and stroking Gloria's hair.
"What about Daisy? When are you going to divorce her? Isn't it all over? I want the two of us to be together without any hindrance," Gloria said.
"Now that Daisy is paralyzed, she also can't have children anymore because the accident damaged her uterus. I'm sure she'll ask for a divorce because she'll feel unworthy of me. I will make Daisy slowly give in," Dalbert replied and gave Gloria a quick peck on the lips.
Gloria smiled and pulled Dalbert into her arms, their faces were close to each other, and both of them started to get busy in their world.
As for me, I cried, I was devastated after learning everything. I was already paralyzed, my son was dead, and most shockingly, I couldn't have children forever.
Dalbert had ruined my beautiful life, he lied to me.
