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Sadie Brooks was Brookveil's most renowned specialist in pregnancy preservation, but after four years of marriage, she'd suffered ten miscarriages and could barely conceive anymore. Rumors were flying everywhere, and a bunch of spoiled heirs were betting on when Sadie would get booted from the Hawthorne family. Everyone was waiting for someone else to take the title of Mrs. Hawthorne. No one saw it coming when Stephen Hawthorne went and got himself sterilized, vowing to love Sadie for the rest of his life. Sadie felt a deep sense of guilt toward Stephen. Determined to give him a child, she secretly used his frozen sperm and went through IVF. When her tenth IVF finally worked, Sadie was so happy that she cried. She grabbed the test results and rushed to find Stephen, who was on a business trip overseas, eager to surprise him. But when she got there, she saw all the employees at the branch office fawning over a little boy. "He is so adorable." "Well, look at Mr. Hawthorne. He's more handsome than the top stars in showbiz. His son could never be anything less." Just then, a beautiful woman with a baby bump walked over. "He's already totally spoiled by his father. If you keep praising them, he'll get way too full of himself." It was Jessica Sutton, the same girl who was so crazy about Stephen that she nearly ended her own life back then. One of the employees beamed and said, "Mrs. Hawthorne, I'm being honest. You and Mr. Hawthorne had two kids in three years. I'm seriously jealous." Sadie felt like her world had been turned upside down. Mrs. Hawthorne? Two kids in three years? What were they talking about? Sadie clenched her palm so hard that it hurt, refusing to believe the man everyone praised as the perfect husband could actually cheat on her. But then she remembered how Stephen had been coming home less and less in recent years, always claiming he was busy with overseas business. Sadie rushed, nearly tripping over herself, straight to Stephen's office, desperate for answers. As she was about to push the door open, she caught the sound of teasing voices coming from inside. "So it's another business trip excuse, huh? And Sadie actually fell for it again? "Hasn't she noticed how often you're gone? Well, I guess it makes sense. When she was pregnant, you swapped her meds for ones that would make her lose the baby, and she didn't realize it. She's adorably naive."