Leaving It All Behind (Teresa and Cameron) novel Chapter 1

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By the time Teresa Sutton returned to Willowbrook Garden, it was already 10:00 pm.

Today was the 15th—her ovulation day.

Their first child was a girl, and her in-laws had been urging them to have another.

If it were anyone else, she definitely would've asked if the Langdon family had such great wealth to be inherited.

But the Langdon family was the richest family in Riverford. There truly was a fortune of hundreds of billions waiting to be inherited by their heir.

When she arrived in the bedroom, Cameron Langdon had already showered and gotten ready.

Without a single caring exchange, the two got straight to the point.

Three minutes later, Cameron went to the bathroom to wash up.

Soon, Cameron came out of the bathroom. He put on his clothes with his back to Teresa and said, "Monitor it regularly. Call me again only if you see two lines!"

After five years of marriage, he had always been this sparing with words toward her.

Their marriage was one that existed in name only.

Cameron had a woman on the side. Teresa had combed through all of his social media accounts to find a trace and finally managed to locate the woman's account.

Since then, she had secretly kept tabs on it.

The woman frequently posted updates, from daily meals to holidays and birthdays.

Before the plan for a second child, Teresa hardly ever saw Cameron. But now, they met once a month.

Teresa knew Cameron was in a hurry to leave, so she quickly stood up and said to him, "Let's talk."

Cameron turned to look at her, his face expressionless as he asked, "About what?"

Teresa lowered her voice and spoke in an almost pleading tone. "I want to live a proper life together."

Although Teresa knew this marriage might no longer be worth continuing, she still wanted to try.

What if it worked out?

She had worked hard to marry the man she wanted to marry and had given birth to their daughter. She didn't want her marriage to fail.

But her words seemed to fall on deaf ears. She didn't know if Cameron genuinely hadn't heard or was just pretending not to.

He finished dressing up, put on his wristwatch, and headed for the door.

A second before Cameron was about to leave, Teresa suddenly broke down and questioned, "Cameron, you only come to Willowbrook Garden once a month. You never take the initiative to call me, and we haven't even had a meal together. Our hearts are divided. What kind of marriage is this?"

Cameron paused in his tracks. After a long moment, he turned to look at Teresa. He ignored her tears and resentment, simply replying, "Once you're pregnant with a second child, I'll come back to live at Willowbrook Garden."

With that, he left without hesitation.

Teresa stood where she was and didn't chase after him.

She had liked him for eight years and was married for five. She had given everything during this time. When she gave birth to their daughter, she had suffered an amniotic fluid embolism. The doctor had issued critical condition notices three times because of it.

Yet even then, she was still willing to risk walking through the gates of death again for the chance of having a second child.

But at this moment, she suddenly felt lost. Was this actually worth it or not?

After taking a shower and coming out of the bathroom, Teresa habitually picked up her phone. She logged onto her TikTok account and went to the "Frequently Watched" section. There was only one account with a gentle-looking avatar and the username "Lil Cece".

Teresa tapped into the homepage and saw a video posted two minutes ago. The video only showed a photo of two people's shadows under a streetlight, but in the bottom-right corner, their hands were inadvertently shown interlocked. They were also wearing matching couple bracelets.