Chapter 4

Zoey looked at me with red eyes, her lips trembling, but in the end, she still lowered her head, gritted her teeth hard, and swallowed all her words back down.

I slowly raised my head and looked at Ethan.

We had not seen each other in six years, and he had become much more mature than before.

The young man who once stayed up until his eyes were bloodshot for a project now wore a crisp suit, his brows and eyes cold, and every gesture carried the calm confidence of a successful man.

That was good.

He had finally become the person he wanted to be.

It was just that I probably would not be able to watch him much longer.

I looked greedily at his face, as if I wanted to carve his appearance into my mind bit by bit.

After this, I would never see him again.

But Ethan frowned under my gaze, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.

“Have you looked enough?”

I withdrew my gaze, lowered my head, and gently stroked my high, swollen abdomen.

Under my palm was cold and heavy ascites.

But in my mind, another tiny life that had disappeared long ago surfaced.

That child only stayed in my body for a short few dozen days.

During that time, I secretly downloaded countless pregnancy apps.

Every day, I would look up which fruits I could eat, what things I had to avoid, when the baby would start moving, and how to sleep in late pregnancy...

Later, the child was gone.

But I never forgot that knowledge.

I gave a soft smile.

“Okay. I will carefully teach you what to pay attention to during pregnancy.”

Susie’s eyes immediately lit up.

She pulled Ethan to sit by the bed like a student listening carefully in class.

I suppressed the bitterness surging in my throat and said softly,

“Do not overwork yourself in the first trimester, and do not stay up late.”

“Keep taking folic acid, keep your diet as light as possible, and eat less cold and raw food...”

I paused, and my voice grew softer and softer.

“A pregnant woman’s emotions are very important. Her family should spend more time with her.”

“Do not let her overthink alone.”

I looked at Susie’s slightly swollen belly, and my nose stung.

“After the baby is born, their stomach is very fragile for the first three months. Remember to burp the baby after feeding, do not make the bathwater too hot, and do not cover the baby with too many blankets at night...”

These were things I had once imagined I would tell Ethan myself one day.

I would tell him how we should take care of our baby in the future.

But now, the person beside him was no longer me.

A scoff suddenly sounded in the hospital room.

Ethan leaned back in his chair and looked at me with a faint, mocking smile.

“You sure know a lot.”

“Looks like you have given birth plenty of times these past few years.”

The air instantly froze.

My fingertips tightened little by little.

He said coldly,

“Since you have so much experience.”

“Let me ask you one more question.”

He spoke slowly, his tone full of ridicule.

“During pregnancy, can a couple still have sex?”

My face instantly turned white.

I bit my lip hard, my nails almost digging into my palm, and I was so humiliated that I could not say a word.

Ethan looked at my pale face, and there was not the slightest warmth in his eyes.

“What?”

“Should you not have the most say in this kind of question?”

“Or did none of your men teach you?”

Every word was like a dull knife cutting my heart open inch by inch.

I lowered my head, tears spinning in my eyes, but they never fell.

After waiting a long time without getting my answer, Ethan gave a cold laugh.

“Forget it.”

“Asking you only dirties Susie’s ears.”

After he finished speaking, he reached out and pulled Susie into his arms, the movement natural and gentle.

“Let’s go.”

“The air here is bad. Do not let it affect the baby.”

Susie looked back at me once, hesitant to speak, but in the end, she still followed him out of the hospital room.

The hospital room door slowly closed.

I stared blankly at their backs as they left hand in hand.

His hand was carefully protecting another girl’s belly.

That place had once belonged to me.

Tears rolled down without warning.

Although I had known for a long time that this day would come.

But when I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, the man who once said he would stay with me for the rest of my life had already given all his tenderness to another girl.

My heart still hurt so bitterly that I could barely breathe.