Chapter 4

I walked into the bridal shop where we had picked out my wedding dress. A shop assistant was packaging up a six-figure, diamond-encrusted wedding gown.

"I'm so jealous of this Chloe Miller woman; she's so lucky. Her fiancé must adore her. I heard they're having a wedding of the century next week..."

Tears welled up as I lowered my head. My wedding dress had long since been burned.

That was the first time I discovered his affair with Chloe. I stormed into his office, ready to make a scene.

When I opened the door, they were tangled on a sofa, their clothes disheveled.

He shielded Chloe behind him, angrily yelling at me, "Get out, you shrew! Get out!"

"Chloe is innocent. Whatever you want to do, do it to me! If I had met Chloe earlier, I probably never would have fallen in love with you..."

His words were like poison, and in an instant, bitterness spread through my entire body.

Later, he burned all our wedding mementos, every single token of our love.

At one point, I had given up all hope and thought of leaving, but then he cried and told me he was wrong.

I never imagined his apology was just a ploy to make me keep having his children.

Suddenly, Chloe Miller walked into the bridal shop to pick up her dress and saw me in my hospital gown.

She was about to greet me when I slowly spoke.

"Are you even human? For a minor role, you caused me to lose three children!"

Chloe's face darkened, and she smirked. "Yes, I did. So what? You can't have any more kids anyway!"

"Oh, Liam just adores me! When he saw I couldn't get this role for three years, he just paid to get me into the cast!"

"And I'm about to become Liam Hayes's wife. You're just a home-wrecker, the mistress in someone else's marriage. Tsk tsk tsk, how pathetic..."

I clenched my fists in anger. Seeing this, Chloe just laughed harder.

"Hahaha, furious, aren't you? What if I told you that the whole 'fighting for a role' thing was a complete lie? I just wanted your children to die..."

"Not only will I make you experience the pain of losing a child, but I'll also ruin your reputation!"

I lunged forward and slapped her hard. "You wicked bitch! How can someone be so evil?!"

The next second, I was kicked away, falling heavily to the ground. Blood instantly soaked through my hospital gown.

"You wicked woman! How dare you lay a hand on Chloe?"

"Why don't you just die with your children? You're nothing but bad luck!"

It was Liam Hayes. He quickly pulled Chloe into his arms, utterly distraught.

His eyes burned with rage, as if he wanted to tear me to shreds.

"Even if the baby is gone, you shouldn't have laid a hand on Chloe! Don't you know she's pregnant? If anything happens to her or the baby, I swear I'll never forgive you!"

Liam Hayes left with Chloe, completely ignoring me as I lay bleeding profusely.

The shop assistant shrieked and called for an ambulance. In that moment, my heart died completely.

I lay in a pool of blood, gradually losing consciousness. As I was rushed to the operating room, I thought of my lost children.

I had already picked out names for each of them, but each time, they left me forever...

"Dr. Hayes, Ms. Thompson has a severe laceration and massive hemorrhage. We might not be able to save her uterus."

Liam didn't hesitate. He instructed the doctors to perform a hysterectomy on me while simultaneously setting up equipment to continuously draw my blood.