But then I saw a woman pouncing into his arms, and he embraced her, smiling.
We had been together for five years, and I had never seen him dote on anyone like this.
Turned out that he wasn't cold or didn't know how to love someone. It was just that I was not worth his love.
I put my hand in my pocket and crumpled the pregnancy diagnosis form.
No need to tell Dale about my pregnancy. I could raise the baby on my own.
After this, I knew his true colors.
I didn't want anything to do with him from now on.
Just as I was about to leave, Dale saw me.
He walked over with a stern face, separating me from Opal.
"Why are you here?"
He used a questioning tone and was almost accusing me of following him.
If he cared a little about me, he would have noticed that I was pale and sickly.
But he didn't, and he thought I had ulterior motives.
"It has nothing to do with you."
Dale was stunned for a moment.
He was surprised to hear me talk to him like this. After all, I was always meek when I was with him.
He frowned and then said, "Perfect timing. Opal has been doing worse. The doctors have developed a special medicine, but it hasn't been tested clinically yet. You and Opal are about the same height and weight. Give the medicine a go. I wanna know if there are any side effects."
I widened my eyes as I stared at him. He said that so bluntly? He didn't feel guilty at all?
"Are you with me just to use me to do tests for her?"
Dale and I were college classmates. He was the president of the student union back then, and I had always had a crush on him.
But he was so perfect, and I thought our paths would never cross. Surprisingly, he told me he liked me at a gathering.
I thought he knew I liked him, too. Yet the fact was that Opal, like me, was a music major, and I once defeated her in a competition.
He pursued me just to upset her.
And there was more. Ever since the beginning, I was just her substitute.
"What are you talking about? Opal is just my friend. Stop being so paranoid."
He picked up his phone and made a call, saying, "Patrick, get me the medicine."
I frowned, displeased with his tyranny.
I tilted my body and was about to walk away. "Try it yourself."
I wasn't crazy. Why would I test for Opal?
I wasn't some cheap woman.
Moreover, I was pregnant.
I was so angry that my stomach hurt a little. I didn't wanna waste time here with Dale.
Yet Dale grabbed my arm forcefully, and I almost stumbled and fell to the floor.
I instinctively protected my belly.
Dale looked at me coldly and said, "You want a child, right? Go through the medicine testing, and I'll have one with you."
He swiped his phone a few times and sent a few messages.
"I have already asked someone to get the wedding ready."
We got the marriage certificate, but because he was busy, we never had a wedding.
He knew that I wanted a wedding of my own badly.
I looked at Dale coldly.
He was still as cold and noble as when he was in college.
After all these years, I still couldn't change him and get him to love me no matter how hard I tried.
