I Loved You in the Dark Until Someone Loved Me in the Light novel Chapter 17

Valery heard the crowd cheering and immediately whipped her head around, glaring at Gillian.

She leaned in and whispered furiously, "What the hell is this? His mistress is pregnant and you're just sitting here taking it like a saint?"

Gillian offered a faint smile. "We're getting a divorce anyway. What does it matter?"

"That girl has no idea you're married to him! York is the absolute bastard here!"

Valery refused to accept that her best friend was letting this mistress walk all over her. "How do you even know if she actually doesn't know, or if she's just playing dumb?"

"Whatever, I don't care if she knows or not. I'm sick of watching her parade around like she owns the place."

Valery aggressively rolled up her sleeves, fully prepared to wage war.

She relentlessly poured drinks for York. Because Hailey was pregnant, he blocked every single shot aimed at her and ended up drinking them all himself, his eyes soon glazing over with a heavy buzz.

Hailey sat glued to his side, dabbing the sweat from his forehead and gently rubbing his back.

They truly looked like the perfect, loving couple.

Gillian gripped her glass tightly, her eyelashes lowered to hide her pale face.

Despite being surrounded by such a lively, chaotic crowd, her small frame radiated an overwhelming sense of isolation and profound loneliness.

Miles, sitting next to her, noticed every subtle shift in her demeanor and leaned in with quiet concern. "Is your stomach hurting? Can I get you a glass of warm water?"

Gillian froze, her heart skipping a beat. Miles was incredibly perceptive and a top-tier doctor—had he noticed her pregnancy?

Seeing her tense up, he quickly clarified, "Don't misunderstand, I know girls have their time of the month. If you're really uncomfortable, I can drive you home right now."

Hearing this, Gillian let out a quiet sigh of relief and shook her head. "I'm fine, really."

Right then, Valery aggressively suggested a game of Truth or Dare. She held the cards, successfully rigging the deck.

The dare landed squarely on Gillian. A strong sense of impending doom washed over her.

Valery smirked wickedly at Gillian. "I dare you to kiss the most handsome guy in this room who used to have a massive crush on you!"

If York got to parade his mistress around like royalty, Valery was absolutely going to serve him up a massive green hat on a silver platter by pushing Gillian toward Miles.

The entire room erupted in wild cheers, everyone instantly shifting their gaze to Miles, fully aware of who Valery meant.

Gillian's expression tightened. She was already physically exhausted, pregnant, and overworked. The sudden drop in temperature outside had given her a chill, and her head was spinning with a heavy, throbbing ache.

Everyone in the room stared intently at her and Miles, cheering them on.

Hailey clapped her hands in excitement. "York, look how cute they are! I heard all the campus rumors about them, and I always thought they were the perfect couple. I don't know why they didn't end up together; they're so compatible!"

The person he was trying to protect definitely wasn't her. This tenderness had never belonged to her.

The moment the lights came back on, he would undoubtedly accuse her of throwing herself at him to play the victim.

Gillian began to struggle even more violently.

"Gillian?" Miles's anxious voice called out through the chaos. "Are you okay?"

The woman in York's arms thrashed fiercely, fighting him with such desperate intensity that he could barely restrain her. If he didn't let go, she was going to end up hurting herself.

Gillian never expected that, right at the peak of her struggling, the man would abruptly release his grip. Losing her balance in the pitch-black room, she pitched forward and crashed heavily onto the hard floor.

Her face drained of blood as she curled around her stomach. Blinded by the darkness, she tried to push herself up, only for someone's heavy shoe to blindly stomp down onto her hand. She let out a sharp gasp of pain and collapsed onto the floor once more.

Right at that second, someone finally managed to turn on their phone flashlight, casting a dim beam across the room. The sudden light revealed Hailey throwing herself frantically into York's arms. "York! I was so scared!"

Immediately after, half a dozen more phone flashlights flicked on.

The room lit up brightly. Hailey was nestled securely in York's embrace, clinging to him like a terrified little rabbit.

And Gillian was slumped on the floor, her face ghostly pale, looking utterly shattered and pathetic...