Chapter 2

When I woke up in the hospital the next day, the doctor confirmed I was fine and discharged me.

On the way home, I saw Sophia and Jack.

Jack was walking a dog while Sophia clung to his arm, looking like a newlywed couple.

"Jack, from now on you're Fluffy's daddy."

"Sure thing, Fluffy's mommy."

I touched my belly that wasn't showing yet and laughed bitterly: "How ironic. Let's just get divorced then."

3

Two days later was Jack's mother Laura's birthday.

In the car.

"We still need to pick up Sophia. Don't make a sour face. She's our sister-in-law, you need to learn to respect her."

I didn't look at him, silently accepting everything.

When we saw Sophia, I realized her dress matched Jack's tie perfectly.

They were wearing couple's outfits.

"Lucy, I get carsick. Can I sit in the front?"

Sophia asked with a smile, but her eyes looked expectantly at Jack.

Jack opened the front passenger door.

"Lucy, hurry up and move. You should take care of your sister-in-law."

I didn't move.

Sophia tugged Jack's pinky and said softly: "It's okay, Lucy's just like that. Let's just let her be."

We?

So I was the third wheel now.

"No way, the front seat should be for my sister-in-law."

Jack looked relieved.

Sophia sat in the front.

"Oh no, I can't figure out this seatbelt."

Jack immediately helped her pull out the seatbelt. As he leaned in, their faces were extremely close. Sophia deliberately brushed her lips against Jack's neck.

Jack's Adam's apple bobbed up and down. His ears were red when he pulled away.

There were only four people at Laura's birthday dinner.

Laura didn't like big crowds since her eldest son's accidental death.

Laura didn't like me much, preferring the more ingratiating Sophia.

Now that Sophia was widowed, she felt even more sympathetic.

"Let mom take a good look at you. You've suffered since James passed. I specifically told Jack to take care of you. Has he been doing a good job?"

Sophia smiled bitterly, hesitating to speak.

"Jack's been great, it's just..."

Anyone could tell what she was implying - that I was jealous and mean to her.

Laura was displeased and scolded me to my face.

"I didn't agree to you marrying into the family from the start. But Jack liked you, so I had no choice. I said back then that you came from a humble background and wouldn't be presentable. Now it's all come true."

"I'll say this even if it makes you angry - if you and Jack really can't make it work, you might as well step aside. I think Sophia and Jack are much more compatible."

I replied calmly: "What a coincidence, I was thinking the same thing as you, mom."