Chapter 147
Watching his reaction, a rush of indescribable pleasure surged through me. The thrill urged me to say more. I felt dizzy, and my body seemed burning, but my spirit was wildly excited. I couldn’t care about anything else. I just wanted to vent, desperate to let it all out. Facing his eyes, I forced a smile and spoke with utmost cruelty, “Yes, I just found out back then. It was only five weeks along, tiny, with no heartbeat yet. There was even a threat of miscarriage. I kept having stomach pains all because I was pregnant.”
Bryant looked at me, disheveled, his lips quivering. “Why… didn’t you tell me?”
“It was our third wedding anniversary when I found out. I was to share the exciting news with you. I prepared a candlelit dinn hid the ultrasound in a homemade cake, hoping to surprise you Bryant muttered, “I didn’t see the cake…”
happy and couldn’t wait for our anniversary and
“You didn’t care about me at all that day!” I chuckled, “You were with Margaret, putting the long time around her neck. You orgot our anniversary, necklace I had been fond of for only celebrating her divorce!”
“A few days later, I wanted you to accompany me for a follow-up visit to the hospital, hoping you’d hold the ultrasound report in your hands.”
Watching him fall apart bit by bit, I said faintly. But when I woke up that morning, you had. gone to be with Margaret. You told me to go to the hospital alone! Oh, and the day of the check-up, I was planning to tell you then…”
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