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."

I felt confused because I hadn't even met my boss, but why did he ask me out to dinner?

After Daniel left, I officially resumed my work.

By noon, I stretched and took my cup ready to go to the rest room to get some water. I had a tough job, and I thought it would be better to take a vacation.

I rubbed my sore neck and walked to the rest room.

As I was about to push the door in, I suddenly heard a conversation going on inside.

"Felix, why is that woman here again?"

"Ignore her. Sarah, I missed you..."

Hearing the voice, I realized that she was Sarah, the intern I had taken before, and the other guy was, of course, my asshole husband.

I was surprised. This intern had come in the month before I took my leave, and she was pretty and cute, who was indeed many guys' type. I thought Felix was just like that because of his mother, but I didn't realize he was disgusting at his core.

I heard rustling and indescribable sounds coming from inside, mixing with the sound of a woman moaning.

It turned out that flattery was actually Felix's usual trick, and I had once thought he was a simple man.

I resisted the urge to throw up and pressed the record button. When the time came for us to get divorced, it would serve as evidence that he was cheating on me, and I could get back the money he took from me after we got married.

After it was all over, I rushed to flee the scene before they came out. Unexpectedly, I bumped into a man, and I took a deep breath from the pain, touching my forehead where I'd been hit.

"Are you okay?"

The calm sound came from above my head, and I looked up to see the man. He was tall, and his eyes were gorgeous, as if he was hiding certain emotions. He was dressed in a suit, his hair combed back to perfection.

He looked exactly like a condescending president.

I anxiously distanced myself from him and fled after signaling that I was fine.

It wasn't because of anything else, he was my crush from college, James Thompson.

When I returned to my office, I took a deep breath of fresh air. I had been working for this company for three years, but why had I never seen him here before? Could he be an intern who was recently transferred here?

The company I worked for was one of the top investment and finance companies at home, and we would recruit thousands of college students from prestigious colleges every year. I took a three-month vacation, so it was indeed normal that I hadn't seen him.

By the time I got off work, I finished packing and opened my office door to see Felix very frustrated. I wanted to laugh, but the baby in my belly kicked me a few times, and I felt a lot of pain, so I smiled helplessly.

I guessed Felix got a call from the property management company. Anyway, I wasn't in a hurry, so I just stood there and waited for him to speak.

"Did you sell the house?"

"Not yet. They're still valuing it. Are you going to buy it?"

Felix said in exasperation, "We're married, and that's our joint property. How could you sell it without telling me?"

I thought what he said was ridiculous. Was that our joint property? It was property my mother gave me before I got married, so it wasn't our joint property at all.

"Have you never studied law or do you have a low IQ? That's my personal property, I can do with it as I please."

Felix was now with his mother, so they had no place to stay, and he came to me. It was my house, and I could sell it if I wanted to.

I held my sore back and glanced at Felix up and down. I used to think he was handsome and ambitious, but now I thought he was shameless and disgusting.

"Do you know why I sold the house?"

"Because you and your mother lived in my house, and I thought it was dirty."

Felix immediately looked angry and annoyed. Finally, he blushed and started cursing out. By this time, there was no one left in the office, and he had no regard for his dignity.

He even raised his hand to hit me. Suddenly, a man stood in front of him, his hand stopped in mid-air.