Felix's mother, Carolyn Hastings, looked at me in disbelief, wondering how a woman as gentle and kind as me could say such a thing.

After all, I had always been so obedient.

Carolyn blushed from anger, pointing at my nose and cursing me.

"You... You! I've known for a long time that you're not a decent woman, and you're a bitch. How dare you cheat on my son behind his back?

"Everyone, come and see. This woman is cheating on her husband!

"Is someone going to take care of this?"

Carolyn slumped down in the entrance to the hospital and cried. Hearing her sound, people around her looked over at her.

I looked at Carolyn indifferently as she made a scene, and I felt nothing but great joy in my heart.

It was crowded at the hospital, and many people were here to see what was going on.

However, this was a hospital after all, so a few doctors and nurses soon came and tried to convince her to leave, but she just wanted to go crazy here.

Eventually, even the hospital director came.

"Madam, this is a hospital. Please don't talk loudly."

"Who are you to tell me to shut up? I'm accompanying my family for a checkup."

As Carolyn looked at me, I fell right to the ground in shock.

"She wants me to abort my baby, so I don't want to live. Boohoo..."

At this point, I was protecting my belly, sobbing constantly, and looking like I was about to pass away. After all, I was pregnant, and everyone would sympathize with me.

I thought, "Humph, isn't she just crazy? She's even so shameless now. Would I let her do that?"

The doctors couldn't do anything with Carolyn, so they asked someone to send her out while those who were watching the fun left.

As I finished my pregnancy check in the morning, the doctor said the fetus was stable. I rubbed my belly and felt the temperature of the little baby inside, but I had mixed feelings.

Felix Hastings and I met at our workplace. He was so handsome, and a lot of girls adored him when he first came to the company. Also, he often received a lot of gifts from the girls, except for me.

I was known as a strict and powerful woman in my company, and I was so competent at my job that I kept getting promoted.

My employees all followed my orders. After all, I had worked here for three years, and I was considered a veteran in the company. Most of them were young and hadn't been through the mill.

When Felix first joined the company, he was assigned to my department and was sitting right beside me. He was so talkative and always liked to ask me some inexplicable questions.

"Joanna, why do people go to work?

"Joanna, why are forms called forms?

"Joanna..."

I was annoyed by him, so I threw him a bunch of papers. He immediately and attentively put those materials in his workplace and worked diligently.

He was such a masochist.

The day we truly got closer on the outside was when we were off work on the weekends.

People who were working loved nothing more than to enjoy life on the weekends, which was why I chose to stay in this company.

When I came out of the office, I was humming a tune and ready to go to a nearby restaurant for some barbecue and beer.

Coincidentally, I ran into my asshole ex-boyfriend, Yohan Blake.

I didn't know if Yohan was waiting for me here specifically because I had a terrible time with him a while ago.

We had dated for a total of three days, but he cheated on me three times. No one could tolerate him. Besides, he cheated on three different women.

"Joanna, I finally meet you. I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I know I was wrong. Let's not break up, okay?"

His attitude was sincere, his eyes filled with tears. If I hadn't bumped into Yohan cheating on me before, and as he always promised me after I found out, but I caught him cheating on me the next day, I would have almost believed it.

"Joanna, I love you. They were seducing me."

I thought, "I admit that you look handsome, but you're shameless."

"If they seduced you, would you sleep with them? If a dog seduced you, you'd go for it, wouldn't you?"

"Joanna, don't be angry. I was wrong."

"Let's break up, okay? Don't embarrass yourself."

I felt annoyed, walked around him, and was ready to leave, but he kept pestering me. I didn't know if he thought about it more after the breakup, his hair even turned gray, and he looked skinny, but even so, he annoyed me.

"Hey, why are you flirting with my girlfriend?"

That was when Felix showed up.

"Alright, I know why you insisted on breaking up with me, and it turns out you found a new boyfriend a long time ago."

"Bitch, yuck."

"If a man can't control his lower part of his body, do you know what such a man will be called? A toad.

"And, sir, I've called the police."

Yohan awkwardly cursed me for a while longer, but he was no match for Felix at all, so he quickly left.

Finally, I invited Felix to dinner.

"Joanna, I knew from the first time I saw you that you were a tender and kind girl. As long as I'm around, those bad men can't get close to you."

Felix stared at me affectionately. I had been complimented like that before, but it did make my heart flutter to be as passionate and blunt as Felix.

Later, we fell in love naturally. He asked me to marry him the year before, and I got pregnant earlier this year.

If Carolyn hadn't shown up, I would have thought I was married to my true love.

It was almost six o'clock when I got home.

I had just walked in the door when I heard Carolyn's cries.

"Felix, you should help me. There were so many people at the hospital, but she was cursing me...

"I worked so hard to raise you, and all I want to do in my old age is enjoy life, but... but she hasn't even come back to cook at this hour already.

"At this rate, how will she take care of you in the future?"

I was silent, and I had no idea what to say.

When we got married, I knew Carolyn didn't like me, so I desperately tried to learn how to cook delicious food in order to get closer to her. However, Carolyn purposely made trouble for me every time. Sometimes she said that fish had thorns, which Felix didn't eat, and sometimes she said that Felix would get diarrhea if he ate the rice I made.

I was so angry that I threw those dishes right into the trash can ruthlessly.

I was just married to him, but I wasn't here to be a nanny.

Seeing that I came in, Carolyn immediately fell silent and pretended to be pitiful. Felix had just gotten off work, and he was exhausted all over. Until he saw me enter, he asked indifferently, "Where have you been? Why are you so late?"

I truly didn't want to pay any attention to Felix right now, and I hoped he wouldn't mess with me, or I would go crazy.

But I didn't realize he was crazier than I was.

"I'm asking you!"

With that, Felix slammed the ashtray on the coffee table heavily at me.

I was shocked. Luckily, the door behind me was open, and I covered my stomach and took a few steps back before I was hit.

"Felix, are you crazy?"

Felix had hit me before, but it was just a couple's fight.

It was the first time he hit me since we got married. Besides, I was pregnant with our child.

I couldn't help but feel scared. If I hadn't just dodged him, he would have hit me, and I felt extremely horrified.

"Felix, calm down."

Carolyn was also taken aback. She nervously patted Felix's shoulder, but she was thrown off by him.

"Whose baby are you carrying anyway?"

It seemed that Carolyn had told Felix what I had said, but it was just something I told her to discourage her from aborting my baby. Since we got married, we had been together almost every day. When I got pregnant, I even took a long vacation in order to stay home and nourish my fetus. I rarely left the house normally, but Felix actually believed what Carolyn said.

I was dumbfounded, and I didn't want to argue with Felix. Even if I said more, someone who didn't believe me still wouldn't.

"Tell me, which asshole did you go out with behind my back?

"You came home so late today because you were dating him, right? I worked so hard outside, but you cheated on me..."

The more he talked, the more disgusting he got. He said a lot of dirty words, and no one had ever called me that since I was a kid.

I was shaking from anger, and I slapped heavily right across his face.

"Felix! Bitch, how dare you hit my son?"

Carolyn worriedly ran over to Felix, holding his face and looking at it closely, as if I had broken her darling son's face with a slap.

When she came back to her senses, she tried to pull my hair.

"I'm warning you, I recorded the video from the moment I walked in the door, so you can try to hit me. I want to see who's going to be famous online first."

I did record the video as soon as I walked in the door just in case there were any accidents, but I had no intention of exposing them on the internet as long as they didn't mess with me.

"Get out of here!"

"Get out? Why do I get out? I bought this house."

I took the phone and sneered.

When we first got together, Felix only got four thousand dollars a month while I got over ten thousand dollars a month as a capable veteran employee. I paid for everything when we dated, and even when I celebrated my birthday, he just bought cheap stuff for me, but he lied to me and said he had saved up his paycheck for a long time to buy it. If I hadn't seen that gift at a riverside stall when I was out for a walk the day before, I might have believed his nonsense.

When we got married, Felix said he was from the rural area, so I agreed that he wouldn't have to spend a lot of money on the wedding.

After all, I had enough money.

My mother gave me two houses, a car, and half a million dollars, but Felix spent less than a third of what my mother gave me. I didn't know why I agreed to it then, and I had put up with it, but now I just thought Felix and Carolyn were disgusting.

"This house was obviously bought by Felix after he worked hard for it!"

I thought, "It's ridiculous. With Felix's skills, how much money can he make?"

Carolyn felt proud when she spoke, but she should have known who she was.

"Really? How about you ask your son to take out the property license and see whose name is exactly written on it?

"As his mother, aren't you aware of how much money your son will make in a year?"

I said that for a reason. Later, I learned that Felix would give Carolyn at least half of his paycheck of four thousand dollars every month.

No wonder Felix only ate very cheap food, and he only drank wine that was discounted by 99%.

I folded my arms, looked condescendingly at Carolyn, and said, "What's the matter? Are you sure you want to stay here?"

"Why can't I stay here? My son bought this house."

Carolyn was protecting Felix while still arguing with me.

I felt dizzy from Carolyn's loud noise. "Fine, you can stay here, and I'll leave."

I was speechless as I watched Carolyn give a horrified smile as I intended to leave voluntarily.

There was no way I was leaving, and I just didn't want to be in a house with two disgusting guys.

As I went back to my room and simply packed my things, I took my wallet and called a cab on the way.

Ten minutes later, I was standing at the intersection waiting for the online car.

My cell phone kept ringing with messages from Felix, even when he said something threatening.

Felix: [If you leave today, don't come back.]

It was a nice try. I called the property management company and explained the situation to them. I informed them that I wanted to sell the house, and the staff knew me. After all, this was an upscale community, and they didn't want to neglect every owner.

I hung up the phone with satisfaction when I heard them promise to be there tomorrow morning to do an appraisal on the house.

The car just arrived.

I had a detached villa in Hamilton Garden that my mother bought for me. At that time, Felix and I were in a relationship, and my parents were strongly against it, but I was already under an obsession of it. My mother was worried about me, so she bought me two houses and a car, and told me to come home if I got aggrieved.

When the online car pulled up in front of the villa area, and I paid, I suddenly saw an unread message in WhatsApp.

I couldn't believe it was my boss who sent me the message.

He asked me when I was going to be done having babies.

I had never met the president of my company. At that time, I had a project in hand that I needed him to sign for, so I asked my department manager, Daniel Cooper, to give me his WhatsApp account. We hadn't talked to each other since then.

I didn't reply to his message. Immediately afterward, he asked when he was coming back to work.

In truth, I could go back to work now, and I took my vacation because Felix kept urging me to. He said he was afraid I would be too tired, so he told me to stay home and enjoy myself, but I didn't realize that he looked like a different person after only the past three months.

So I quickly typed on my cell phone screen.

Joanna: [Tomorrow.]

I was bored at home. Anyway, there were still seven months to give birth, so it didn't matter.

Since it was my first day at work after my maternity leave, I woke up especially early to put on my makeup.

I seldom dressed up after I got married because Felix said cosmetics were bad for a woman's skin, especially after I got pregnant.

I didn't doubt it, and Felix threw out all my makeup at home afterward.

I ordered this set of cosmetics last night, and they were delivered temporarily.

I looked at the woman in the mirror as if I had gone back to the time when I was gorgeous, and I was still as pretty as ever.

When I arrived at work the next day, I went straight to my position.

"Joanna, you can stay here from now on. It's too noisy over there, and the boss said he was afraid it would affect you."

Daniel took me to my new office personally, and I expressed my gratitude to him. When I first arrived, he took me to familiarize with the company, make proposals, and change the planning.

The new office was situated in the south, facing the north. Moreover, the decoration inside was simple yet elegant, and I was very satisfied with it. I had the opportunity to change my office before, but I turned it down at that time in order to spend more time with Felix.

Now that I thought about it, I felt that I was too careless and gave up the job I love for a man.

"By the way, the boss said he would buy you dinner after work today, so you should wait for him at the office for a while."