Abandoned After Giving Birth

Synopsis

On the day I gave birth, Brian Norton's mother sent people to take the baby away. Within hours, the trending lists exploded. I became the biggest joke on the internet. [Amy thought she could secure her place with the child. Turns out it's "keep the baby, dump the mother".] [A wannabe influencer thinking she could marry into the Norton family after having their child. What a delusion.] Brian lounged lazily on the sofa, a cigarette between his fingers. After scrolling through the comments for a while, he read a few aloud to me in a detached tone. When I didn't respond, he said casually, "Still bothered by that? It's better for the child to stay with my family, you know that." The next second, his expression froze when he noticed the entertainment magazine in my hand. On the cover, he wore that unruly smile of his, his arm around a young woman who looked very much like me. Brian stood up slowly and walked to my bedside. "It's just for show," he said. In the past, I probably would have smashed everything within reach until he came over to hug me and say a few soft words. But now, the tearing pain of my wound and the swelling ache in my chest made it hard to breathe. I looked up at the man I had been with since I was eighteen. Then I looked down at the magazine cover of him holding someone else. Suddenly, I didn't even feel like arguing anymore. What was the point of being hurt and crying over someone like him? It really wasn't worth it.