Chapter 6

After that, I did not feel sick for long before we arrived at our destination.

When I got out of the car, Ethan carried me.

When I fell into his arms again, for one instant, I almost could not hold back my tears.

But fortunately, after Ethan quickly carried me out of the car, he immediately placed me in the wheelchair.

He even seemed disgusted by me, and after putting me in the wheelchair, he urgently asked Susie for two wet wipes and wiped his hands desperately.

Susie also stood to the side and awkwardly explained to me.

“Sorry, Lily. Ethan is a clean freak. Other than me, if any woman touches him, he feels disgusted.”

Looking at Ethan’s actions, I lowered my head and pressed my lips together, pretending I had not seen what he did and had not heard Susie’s words.

After that, I let Ethan and Susie hold hands while pushing me into a postpartum care center.

As soon as we walked into the lobby, a staff member greeted us warmly.

“Mr. Reed, Mrs. Reed, welcome. Thank you for coming to visit.”

“This way, please. We will first show you the recovery area for mothers, then the newborn care room.”

Ethan nodded.

Susie happily held his arm.

And I silently followed behind them.

Along the way, the staff member kept explaining.

“We offer twenty-four-hour one-on-one care here.”

“Newborn baths, baby massage, jaundice monitoring, and postpartum nutrition meals will all be handled by a professional team.”

“After the baby is born, the father can also learn how to take care of the child with us.”

Listening to the staff member’s words.

My heart felt bitter.

Because I had looked all of this up back then.

I had even bought a thick copy of a newborn care handbook.

But later, that book was never opened again.

The staff member led us into a model room.

Inside the room were a crib, tiny clothes, and all kinds of bottles and toys.

The staff member smiled and said,

“Mrs. Reed, you can experience the environment for your postpartum recovery in advance.”

Susie nodded with a face full of happiness.

Ethan suddenly said, “I am going to the restroom.”

After that, Ethan did not look at me again, nor did he look at Susie. He turned and walked toward the restroom.

And as I looked at his back, waves of bitterness rose in my heart again.

So.

Had I messed up again?

Guilt spread through my chest.

But Susie, who was sitting across from me, directly picked up a cup of hot water and suddenly splashed it onto my face.

“You fake little bitch, do you think I am stupid?”

“You keep pretending to be pitiful again and again to seduce my fiancé.”

The cheek Susie splashed with hot water began to ache.

But I only clenched my palm tightly.

Then I said guiltily,

“I am sorry.”

“If I made you misunderstand, I apologize.”

Susie only stood up with a mocking laugh.

After that, she walked over and slapped me across the face.

“Do you think that by acting like you are about to die, you can make Ethan change his mind?”

“I am telling you, Ethan will be mine for the rest of his life.”

“Do not think you can take him away just because you were his first love.”

My cheek hurt and went numb from Susie’s slap.

I could endure her splashing water on me.

After all, I was shamelessly clinging to Ethan’s tenderness.

But she could not hit me.

So without thinking, I pushed her away.

“Susie, if you dare lay a hand on me again, I will call the police.”

But the moment my words fell.

For some reason, Susie suddenly fell to the ground.

Then she suddenly began to wail.

“Ow, my stomach.”

“Help! Someone is attacking a pregnant woman.”

I looked at her lying on the ground and stared at my own hands in disbelief.

After all, I had been sick for six years.

Even putting on clothes exhausted me.

Sometimes I could not even hold a cup of water steadily.

I did not have the strength to push Susie down at all.

When I pushed her just now, it had only been to stop her from hitting me again.

But who would have known.

Susie suddenly lay down on the ground.

And just when I was at a loss.

Ethan suddenly appeared in the lobby.

When he saw Susie lying on the ground.

He rushed toward Susie anxiously.

“Susie, Susie, how are you?”

Susie immediately started crying.

Crying, she gripped Ethan’s collar tightly.

“Ethan, save me. Save the baby in my belly.”

“She wants to kill me.”

“As soon as you left, she started insulting me, saying you were trash she did not want, and that whenever she wanted you back, you would shamelessly crawl back to beg her.”

“I could not hold it in. I could not hold it in, so I splashed a cup of water on her.”

“But who knew she would get even angrier and start cursing at me, calling me a vicious fake bitch and saying I am a slut who only picks up men she threw away.”

“I could not hold back, so I slapped her.”

“After that, she angrily pushed me away.”

“You know I am pregnant, and my health is not good. I cannot take even the slightest bump.”

Listening to Susie’s words.

I froze in shock where I was.

My lips and teeth trembled several times before I could speak.

“Ethan, listen to me. It was not like that.”

“I... I really did not.”

But who knew.

Ethan erupted in a furious roar.

“Lily, how can you be so vicious?”

As he spoke.

He walked over and angrily kicked me hard.

My head slammed heavily into the corner of the display cabinet.

Blood instantly surged out.

My head buzzed.

Even my body was trembling.

But Ethan did not look at me once.

He only anxiously picked Susie up.

As Susie cried, he anxiously kissed the corner of her lips.

“It is okay, baby. It is okay. Do not cry.”

“I will take you to the hospital right now.”

After that.

He did not look at me again.

He turned and carried Susie toward the door.

And I looked at Susie’s provocative smile.

And Ethan’s back.

Suddenly, I laughed.

I laughed until tears flowed out.

This also made me think of the year we were eighteen.

A man on the bus had harassed me and grabbed my butt.

Back then, Ethan was still an impulsive young guy.

Furious, he grabbed that man, who was a head taller than him and much stronger than him.

Like an enraged beast.

He punched that man’s face again and again.

“You worthless piece of trash. How dare you touch my woman?”

“I am going to beat you to death.”

At that time, all the passengers on the bus were frightened.

Only I cried as I held Ethan’s arm tightly.

I begged him.

I cried and told him to stop, and only then did Ethan stop.

Before, Ethan’s woman was me.

So he would protect me with his life.

Now, the person in Ethan’s heart had become another woman.

So he would protect her with his life.

Even if the person he hit was me.

My heart hurt so badly it trembled.

The staff members around the postpartum care center gradually gathered around too.

After that, the police came.

The moment I saw the police appear.

My strength suddenly drained away.

I gripped the officer’s hand tightly and said,

“Tell my family not to pursue this.”

“This was all my own choice.”

My heart felt bitter.

But for some reason.

I had no regrets anymore.

After all, I had fought cancer for seven years.

And I had waited for seven years.

My greatest dream was just to see Ethan once.

I saw him, so my dream came true.

I could die smiling now.