"She's the rightful daughter-in-law of the Maguires."
"A hen like you, who can't lay eggs, shouldn't be sitting in this position."
Sienna did have a good luck. She got pregnant with Dwayne's child before I did.
I kept it a secret on purpose, only to wait until the pregnancy was stable and the baby's gender was confirmed.
For several years of marriage, I had placed 100% trust in Dwayne. I had completely forgotten how ruthless a man could be when his heart had changed.
While I was hospitalized to prevent miscarriage ....
While I was taking care of my parents ....
Dwayne, along with his peers in the same industry, sought to destroy my family.
He had long since begun an affair with Sienna. He had already been plotting to set up a big scheme for a long time.
The Ridley Family’s businesses had been largely taken over by the Maguire Family over the years since our marriage.
The senior executives were observing the situation, waiting for their chance to strike and the pillar industry was teetering on the brink of collapse.
I, who had long lost any use, kicked out of the Maguire Family.
At that time, Dwayne still had some affection for me. He agreed to pay me compensation to part ways amicably.
"I know you love children and I also know it's not easy to get pregnant at your age."
"Consider this money as my compensation to you. Don't contact me again in the future."
I should have stabbed him to death, but I still had something on my mind. I told myself, there was plenty of time, I had to survive first.
Sienna, on the other hand, still refused to let me go.
She put on a show, getting rid of her baby and framing me. And with her fake tears, she shattered the last vestige of affection the man had for me.
In the eighth year of our marriage, on the cold and windy winter night, Dwayne personally sent me to prison.
I was sentenced to three years in prison for intentional assault.
In the first year, he filed for divorce. He took away the child I had cherished and risked my life to give birth to.
In the second year, the company went bankrupt. In the hospital, my parents passed away tragically due to unpaid medical bills and I never even got to see them one last time.
In the third year, I set free from prison early for good behavior. With all my savings, I buried my parents together.
That day was the winter solstice, with heavy snow falling. Dwayne lit fireworks across the city to propose to Sienna.
In that bustling night, I was the only one filled with loneliness.
I stood by the river, trying to jump, till the fireworks illuminated the scar on my belly. I, then, remembered that I still had a son.
I wished to see him one last time.
To my surprise, when I arrived at the Maguire Family, I saw my son, Noah Maguire, kneeling on the ground, scavenging for food from trash.
A two- or three-year-old boy, looked emaciated and shabby. He couldn't even speak, all he knew was to lie on the ground and bark like a dog.
Seeing me come, a group of people eagerly tossed him to me like trash.
They couldn't tolerate an ex-wife who was completely useless to them, nor could they tolerate a child born weak and sickly. From that moment on, this burden to the Maguire Family became my only reason to live.
Noah and I depended on each other for survival. I did everything I could to raise him until he was eight years old. In the end, last year, I buried this little life with my own hands.
Fate was not even on my side, torturing and shackling me and I had no choice but to endure, between love and hate, between life and death.
I was forced to make peace with myself and opened this hamburger and fries small shop.
The cigarette burned out, then I casually flicked the ash and responded, my tone flat, "Noah is buried next to my parents', but you have no right to see them."
Dwayne remained silent for a long time. Until he finally mustered up the courage to step forward.
But as he turned around, he knocked over my phone on the table.
The screen lit up and Sienna's voice came through the video.
"Yes, the incident back then was something I deliberately set up."
"Happiness is something you have to fight for yourself. How could I possibly genuinely like an older man?"
“What I like is this life of comfort and ease I have now.”
"What's wrong with saying I love him? As long as he gives me money, I'll do anything!"
Dwayne's hand clenched slightly once again.
How ridiculous!
The lover he cherished in exchange for abandoning his wife and children didn't love him. The partner he spoke a lot of things didn't understand him.
Yet, for the sake of such a woman, he caused his wife's family to be destroyed and his eldest son to die with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
I watched how his gaze shifted from shock to despair, how his expression changed from pain to contortion, how he hesitated several times, unable to muster the courage to speak.
And then, when he finally mustered the courage to step forward,
A familiar voice came from outside.
