Chapter 4

Vivian sped through red lights, rushing Ethan straight into the ER.

When the doctor finally emerged from the room, he let out a heavy sigh.

"It's acute food poisoning. High dosage. Luckily, you brought him in just in time."

Ethan walked out, leaning weakly against the frame, offering Vivian a fragile, pale smile.

"This morning, Luke said he knew he was wrong. He made a bowl of soup dumplings to apologize to me... That was the only thing I ate all day."

"He's your fiancé. It's only natural he hates me."

Vivian clenched her fists so hard her knuckles turned white. "Luke... How dare he!"

A bitter sneer crossed my ghostly face.

The exact same trick.

After my tendons were cut, Ethan claimed I poisoned him.

Vivian personally smashed my finger bones to dust.

I had tried to explain through my despair, but Vivian refused to believe a single word I said.

She was a ruthless corporate powerhouse. How could she not see through such an obvious setup?

It was simply that in her eyes, Ethan was pure, innocent, and incapable of deceit.

The doctor pushed the door open again, holding another file, an awkward expression on his face.

"Ms. Lin, your lab results came back as well. You're pregnant. About four weeks along."

The air in the hallway froze instantly.

A second later, she whipped around, grabbing Ethan's hands, her voice trembling with sheer joy.

"Ethan, did you hear that? It's our baby!"

"Baby."

The word twisted like a dull blade inside my long-dead chest.

Three years into our engagement, she had gotten pregnant with my child too.

Back then, she was in the middle of a major career promotion.

Without telling me, she went to the clinic and had an abortion.

When I found out, my eyes burning red, I asked her why.

Vivian's tone had been completely indifferent.

"We're still young. It's not the right time."

Now, Ethan pulled Vivian into a tight embrace, practically vibrating with excitement.

"Vivian... A baby! I'm going to be a father!"

While they were celebrating, the clinic door was shoved open from the outside.

Chloe stood at the entrance, her hair disheveled.

"Where is Luke?! What did you do to him?!"

Vivian sneered coldly.

"I was just looking for you, and here you are walking right into my hands."

"Fine. I'll take you to Luke right now. We're settling everything today."

She grabbed Chloe by the arm and dragged her out.

Ethan leaned back against the headboard, his lips parting as if to say something, but he never made a move to stop them.

The car tore through the streets back to the house.

Vivian hauled Chloe inside, practically kicking the front door open.

The housekeeper rushed over in a panic.

"Ms. Lin, you're back! Mr. Luke, he..."

"Drag Luke out here right now!"

The housekeeper turned stark white, trembling violently on the spot.

Vivian didn't wait. She stormed straight toward the basement stairs.

"Luke, get your ass out here!"

Seeing me lying motionless in the far corner, she walked over and kicked my body hard.

"Get up! Stop playing dead!"

The body rolled over under her kick.

My face had already decomposed into a hollow, rotting nightmare of exposed bone.