The next morning, I went to the hospital.

After paying for the surgery, I waited for my abortion. I saw Jake supporting Winnie as they came out of the ultrasound scan room.

Once they sat down to check the ultrasound scan, Winnie pointed at the report to say something while Jake listened to her seriously. Occasionally, he would record something on his phone.

When I saw this, I instinctively touched my belly, and my eyes stung.

I did not want to make myself unhappy seeing them, so I prepared to leave, but Jake looked up and saw me.

He stood up and frowned as his voice turned sour. “Did you follow me?”

Before I could say anything, Winnie tugged his sleeve and said in a troubled voice. “Jake, did Luna misunderstand? I’ll explain it to you. I don’t want this to affect your relationship.”

She then stood up to walk toward me.

But Jake immediately pushed her down so that she would not move.

“You’re pregnant. Sit down. I’ll talk to Luna.”

I was not interested in watching them flirt and turned to leave, but Jake grabbed my wrist, and I nearly fell.

When I finally regained my footing, I saw Jake’s enraged face.

“I already told you very clearly yesterday, Luna. Why haven’t you gotten this through your thick skull yet? I can’t believe you’d even come to the hospital.”

I used all of my strength to break free of his grasp, but my wrist was already swollen.

“Sorry, but I have no time to follow you two. You’re reading too much into this.”

Clearly, Jake did not believe in me.

“Why are you in the hospital, then?”

I showed him my receipt. “To see the doctor.”

Jake frowned. “You’re sick? Why didn’t I know about this?”

He wanted to grab my receipt, but Winnie suddenly came forward to grab my hand through teary eyes.

“Luna, I was too lonely after Henry left, and I just wanted a child to keep me company. That’s why I asked Henry for help. I never wanted to destroy your relationship with him.”

If Winnie just wanted a baby, she could get her sperm from a sperm bank, but she just had to get Jake’s.

She was also making herself sound so, so, so close to Jake.

Once I saw reality as what it really was, I discovered plenty of details I never took notice of before.

The mockery in my eyes faded away, and I freed my hand.

But Winnie cried out in surprise and fell backwards. Jake immediately caught her, and his expression was full of fear.

“Are you okay, Winnie?”

Winnie hugged Jake’s neck as she teared up even more.

“Jake, I’m okay. I just wasn’t expecting Luna to…”

Jake flew into a rage. When he looked at me, his eyes burned with fury.

“Luna, you know that Winnie is pregnant! How could you be so cruel?!”

I never thought that Winnie would do this, much less that Jake would believe in her so unhesitantly.

I stared at them coldly. “I didn’t push her.”

It just made Jake even angrier.

“I saw it, and you’re still trying to argue with me?! Thank goodness I caught Winnie in time! If anything had happened to her, I wouldn’t forgive you!

“I was thinking about going back with you after you finished seeing the doctor, but I’ve decided against it. Go back alone. I’m sending Winnie home!”

He carefully held Winnie in his arms and left.

As I watched Jake’s worried expression, I called out to him, “Jake, if I told you I was pregnant and am here for an abortion, would you stay?”

Jake froze.

Winnie cradled her stomach and cast him a glance before saying something to him.

Jake turned his head to look at me.

“Luna, you don’t have to lie to me like this. No matter what, I’m not leaving Winnie behind.”

They left and never once turned back.

At that moment, disappointment filled my heart.

A child whose own father did not long for him should not come to this world.

Cracks had appeared in our marriage, and it was going to crumble to pieces.

When I returned home after my abortion, I found the house still dark.

He did not come back for a few days, and I did not call him to ask him where he went either. I just focused on recovering at home while I also called a lawyer to ask about getting a divorce.

I saw Jake again from Winnie’s Instagram.

He never liked taking photos, but he had gone the extra mile and worn a cartoon hair clip in a pregnancy photo with Winnie.

They caressed her belly gently as they stared at each other lovingly. They looked just like a loving couple, eager for their baby’s birth.

For that instance, I liked the post.

Jake, who had not called me for a few days, called me right then and told me to go to his parents’ house for dinner.

I had already packed up pretty much everything, and my lawyer had also finished drafting out the divorce agreement. It was time for me to tell him and his family about my desire for a divorce, so I agreed to it.

When I arrived at his parents’ house, I found Winnie sitting in my spot.

Gertrude, Jake’s mother, held Winnie’s hand while she spoke amicably to him. Over the past five years, Gertrude had never smiled at me, but at this moment, her smile never faded.

Gertrude had always been displeased with me, and since I had never gotten pregnant despite being married to Jake for five years, she found me even more of an eyesore.

I had wanted to use my baby to improve my relationship with Gertrude, but there was no longer a need for it.

Seeing me, Winnie gave me a bashful smile.

“Luna, Gertrude insisted that I come here after learning that I was pregnant because it’s easier for her to care for me. Don’t read too much into it…”

I could not be bothered dealing with her act, so I pulled out a chair and sat down.

Gertrude sized me up and patted Winnie’s hand while she said earnestly to me, “Luna, you’ve never gotten pregnant even after being married to Jake for five years. I can’t wait to hold a grandchild now.

“Winnie is also a pitiful girl. Her husband passed away, and she’s all alone. Thank goodness she has Jake taking care of her.

“She’s also pregnant with Jake’s baby. Are you fine with me bringing her over so that I can take care of her?”

She might have phrased it as a question, but she was really reprimanding me. In any case, I was used to it.

Even so, no matter what happened between Winnie and the Greens was no longer any of my concern.

I nodded.

“Yeah. I’m okay with it.”

Gertrude looked at me in surprise. When she saw no signs of anger on my face, she relaxed a little.

“I’m glad you understand. After all, we can’t let the Green family end like this. Thank goodness Jake is a man who cares about his friends. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to have a grandchild so soon.”

As she spoke, Gertrude caressed Winnie’s stomach with joy on her face.

I found it all ironic.

Cared about his friends, she said.

If Henry learned that Jake took care of his wife so much that she was pregnant with his baby, he might be so angry that he would end up crawling out of his grave to kill Jake.

When I said nothing, Winnie gave me a fearful look.

“Luna, are you still angry at me and Jake? I really just want a baby of my own. I’m just too lonely and scared alone.”

As if she had just been bullied, Winnie started sobbing.

Quickly, Gertrude grabbed some tissues for her to wipe her tears before glaring at me.

“Luna, if you can’t get pregnant, then you have no right to kick up a fuss. Winnie’s baby is part of the Green family. She must give birth.”

As I watched them working together to hurl insults at me, I said coldly, “Sure, I’ll step back for Winnie. Once she gives birth, the baby can openly declare that Jake is his father and doesn’t have to live in shame of being illegitimate.”

I wanted to say something else, but Winnie suddenly knelt in front of me and cried as she tugged at my trousers.

“Luna, I know that you’re still angry, but the baby is innocent. You can’t just kill an innocent life like this!”

Did Winnie even understand English? I frowned and wanted to pull her up, only to hear a furious roar.

“Stop!”

When Jake came in, he saw Winnie crying while kneeling on the floor as she talked about how the baby was innocent, and he immediately thought that I was asking her to abort the baby.

He did not even think. Jake kicked my stomach, and I crashed on the floor along with the chair.

My womb was still fragile since I had just undergone an abortion, and I could not withstand that kick.

At that moment, chills wrecked my entire body, as if I had plummeted into icy water. My vision turned black, and my stomach hurt.

Even so, I could still hear Jake yelling at me.

“Luna, I can’t believe you’d ask Winnie to abort her baby! Aren’t you satisfied after attacking her in the hospital?! You’re so evil!”

While clinging to the last bit of my strength, I stood up, grabbed the divorce agreement from my handbag, and threw it at Jake’s face.

“I’m divorcing you, Jake!”

Then, right before Jake’s disbelieving gaze, I stumbled toward the door, but soon after I started walking, my vision turned black entirely, and I fell forward again.

Right before I lost consciousness, I heard shouting.

“Mrs. Green is bleeding!”

“Call the ambulance!”

“Luna!”