I had also torn up my lower part to be able to deliver my babies.

After I pulled my first baby out, I found that he was no longer breathing.

At that time, blood gushed out from between my thighs, and the second baby was at the torn opening.

The sticky blood smeared my hair, and I hugged my bloody firstborn as I stopped breathing. My eyes were wide open.

How would Mark react if he saw this?

But he only cared about hugging Rachel right then, and he spoke in a regretful, guilty tone. “It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have let Jane show up in front of you and make you sad. I swear that this will be the last time she’s pregnant with my babies. I won’t let you see another pregnant woman in the house ever again.

“You don’t know this, but she lied to me to make me pity her. She said that the twins were too big, and she was worried that she would have a very difficult labor. She even said the doctor suggested she be hospitalized immediately.

“She managed to survive in the wilderness for three days and nights despite starving, yet she has the galls to tell me that she’s scared about giving birth!”

My heart ached so much pain that I could not breathe.

A pregnant woman’s body was different from an ordinary person’s. Besides, from the moment I was pregnant with the twins, the discomfort from the pregnancy tormented me so much that I was exhausted.

There were a few times when my body was in such horrible condition that I had to be hospitalized in order to save the babies.

When I was locked up in the attic, I did my best to beg Mark to let me out because if I was really locked up for three days, I knew that I was definitely going to die along with my babies.

But Mark said to the butler, “Go and throw the keys into a river. No one is allowed to open the door for Jane. Three days later, I’m going to make her apologize to Rachel!”

In order to survive, I removed the painting on the wall to reach the window behind it. I smashed it at the cost of my hands being reduced to a bloody mess, and I forced it open, even if it meant that my nails were torn.

I endured the searing pain and forced myself to crawl to the eaves outside. I then held onto the tiles for dear life and shimmied my way to another room to escape.

But I saw Mark holding onto Rachel tightly and kissing her in the garden.

They kissed wantonly and looked like they were about to go even further.

Then, Rachel pushed Mark away, looked up, and screamed.

Mark looked up and flew into a rage when he saw that I was trying to escape.

He was sure that I had deliberately shown up in front of Rachel again, so he ordered someone to get a crane. After that, he piloted the boom and pushed it against my stomach to force me back into the attic.

Pain shot up from my stomach, and blood flowed endlessly from between my thighs.

In the end, I held onto my bloody firstborn with my eyes wide open as I took my last breath.

Mark fed Rachel the milk he had brought over for her.

“I already sent someone to bring Jane over to apologize to you. If she’s sincere about it, I’ll have them send her to the hospital. If she’s not, she can give birth in the attic.”

Rachel took small sips of the milk but still choked and coughed so harshly that she teared up. She looked pitiful.

“Mark, you can’t do that to Jane. It’s very dangerous for women when they give birth.”

Mark sighed and stared at Rachel dotingly. “You’re too kind, and that’s why Jane bullies you. Jane is an expert survivalist. Even if she doesn’t have anything to eat or drink, she can still survive for three days. As for you, you’re so weak that you’d even choke on milk.”

He flicked her nose. “How can you say that it’s dangerous for women to give birth? You make it sound like you gave birth before.”

Panic flashed momentarily in Rachel’s eyes, but she immediately lowered her head and said sadly, “Mark, you’re the only one who can see just how frail I am despite the tough front I put on…”

She looked up again, and her eyes welled up with tears. She bit her lip to make it look swollen and moist.

She wrapped her hands around Mark’s neck and pushed her body forward against his.

Mark could no longer hold himself back. He panted as he kissed her, and Rachel moaned.

They kissed passionately and touched each other eagerly.

But just before they went all the way, Rachel shoved Mark away.

“You can’t! You have a wife now, and Jane is pregnant with your children. I can’t be a homewrecker!”

Desire burned in Mark’s eyes, and he said hoarsely, “Alright. I won’t ever let your love down. Wait just a little longer, and I’ll be single again. Then, I’ll be worthy of you!”

He planted a longing kiss on her forehead as if he was protecting something precious.

Rachel looked smug.

Mark might not have seen it, but I did.

She did not want to become a homewrecker?

I found that hilarious.

She had approached me repeatedly and boasted to me that even if I was pregnant, I was just giving her babies, and my children were going to end up calling her their mother in the future.

What was that, then?

…

Rachel had moved into my house with the lame excuse that she was sick and had no one to take care of her.

But she flirted with Mark so wantonly at the dining table that even our cook could not stand it and mocked her.

Rachel immediately slandered the cook by saying that she did not clean the vegetables properly, which had caused her gastritis. She even demanded that the cook be fired.

At that time, I had no appetite due to my pregnancy, and only the cook’s meals suited my tastes.

Since I was supposed to be the host, I went to Rachel and said that I could hire another cook for her, but she slapped me.

“It doesn’t matter whether she cooks well or not. What’s important is for her to understand just who the real matriarch of the house is! Jane, I’m telling you right now: Mark will only have one wife, and that’s me!”

In order to prove that the one Mark truly loved was her, she curled up in his arms like a kitten and sobbed while telling him that she was very unfortunate and could not give birth to his children for him.

She then said that she felt sad when I walked around with my pregnant belly.

“I already tried my best to avoid Jane, but I still can’t avoid running into her every day. I should just move out. Living here makes me so sad!”

Mark immediately lost control of his emotions. With an icy face, he slapped me so hard that I fell to the floor.

“You know that Rachel gets upset when she sees pregnant women, but you still walk around in front of her?! What are you plotting?!

“You’re evil! You’re unworthy of being a mother! I’m going to lock you up in the attic and make you suffer for this!”

His bodyguards grabbed my limbs and threw me into the dusty attic.

“The doctors told me to go to the hospital and wait for my delivery! If I go there, she won’t see me!”

I grabbed the door frame and pleaded for him to let me go as I cried.

But Mark only sneered. “If you’re going to lie, at least get your facts straight. Your delivery date is three days away!”

He refused to listen to my pleas and slammed the door shut.

My fingers were jammed against the door, and the sharp pain made my insides wither as I pulled my hand back. I could no longer say anything.

Mark shot me a smug look and locked the attic door.

…

At this moment, they were still being intimate with each other when the butler ran over and panted. His voice was full of panic. “Mrs. Frank… is gone!”

“She’s gone?!”

Mark whipped his head up and looked displeased because the butler had ruined his fun.

The butler wiped his sweat away and said fearfully, “The attic is covered in blood, and Mrs. Frank…”

He could not continue.

Mark straightened out his disheveled shirt.

“What blood? I get it! She’s bleeding because she’s about to deliver, isn’t she? Send her to the hospital.”

The butler gulped and braced himself as he continued, “Mrs. Frank… is no longer breathing…”

Mark’s breathing came raggedly, and I detected panic in it. Just when I wanted to listen closer to determine whether my ears were deceiving me, he spoke, and it was ruthless.

“She’s just pretending! Fine! I’ll see how long she can keep this up!

“She managed to survive in the tough conditions of the wilderness, and she can hold her breath for more than ten minutes underwater! She’s just scaring all of you because you have no medical knowledge! Get my doctor here, and I’ll expose her lies right in her face!”

The butler’s eyes widened. “Mr. Frank, her babies are already—”

“Whose orders are you going to listen to?!” Mark interrupted him impatiently. “Is she the one paying you, or am I?”

“Understood… I’ll call the doctor now…”

The butler sighed in resignation and left.

Rachel approached him.

“Calm down, Mark. You’ll get sick if you’re too angry.”

“Jane is seriously good at getting other people’s support. It’s only been a few years, and everyone treats her like she’s the matriarch of the household!”

Mark’s words shattered my pride like a hammer.

In just three years, he had forgotten the promise he made to me.

On our wedding day, Mark had lovingly said, “This is your home, and you’ll be the sole matriarch of the place.”

Tears streamed down my face.

I had foolishly hoped that when Mark learned I had died during labor, he would feel a little guilty and regretful.

What a joke I was! I was such an idiot!

I had actually believed that Mark would actually love me.

…

Mark and Rachel were childhood friends, and they were engaged at a young age.

But Rachel found out that she could not get pregnant through conventional means during a checkup.

So, she got on a plane and flew to another country, thereby cutting all ties with Mark.

At that time, she had claimed that Mark was the sole heir of the Frank family, and she could not bear the thought of ending his family line just because of her.

In order to forget the pain of having been dumped so abruptly, Mark joined a wilderness exploration team.

I was the captain of that team.

Later, when he proposed to me, he told me that my decisiveness and unyielding nature were the personification of all that was good in the world.

He said that I was the one who gave him direction in his life when he felt lost, and he knew in an instant that I was his home.

After we got married, he claimed that exploring the wilderness was dangerous, so I resigned and focused on getting pregnant so that I could give birth to an heir or an heiress.

After Mark broke up with Rachel, he kept drinking and staying up late, so his body was drained.

Facing the mounting pressure from his parents as they demanded me to get pregnant, I helped him get better while I got myself ready.

Finally, in the third year of our marriage, I was pregnant with twins.

His parents were so happy that they organized a press conference and declared that the children I gave birth to would be the sole heirs of Frank Corporation.

Right then, Rachel returned, and she said, “I’m not interested in inheriting the company. I’ll be satisfied with just being with Mark.”

From then on, Mark started staying outside more, and I found red lipstick stains on his white dress shirts that could not be washed away.

I asked for a divorce, but Mark said that my babies were the heirs of Frank Corporation and refused to let me leave.

He said that Rachel was sick and needed someone to take care of her, so he brought her back with him.

Rachel could not get pregnant, so she got upset whenever she saw pregnant women. He shut me in an attic even though I was nearing my delivery date.

Mark should be the one to die!

Jacob Grant, the doctor, soon arrived. As Mark’s friend, Jacob had always been in charge of Mark’s health.

Mark crossed his arms and followed behind Jacob in annoyance. “Let’s see how long you can keep your act up, Jane!”