His eyes were full of concern, but his words were trying to distance himself from me.

The child was only three months old and it was extremely abnormal for him not to cry or make a fuss.

At this moment, he was lying in my arms with a pale face.

But he never looked at the child from beginning to end.

When I thought about the day when he just returned home, he would get nervous as if facing a great enemy whenever Ruth's child pouted.

I was so devastated that I wanted to take my child away immediately.

But my body was already at the end of its strength and even walking a few more steps would make me so weak that I was covered in cold sweats.

After thinking it over again and again, I suppressed the pain in my heart and forced a smile at him. “Nothing, I was just too worried about the child and wanted to come and see him.”

Linwood breathed a sigh of relief and skillfully took the child from my hands, but he did not even bother to take a look at it and just threw it into the crib.

“Jacquelyn, don’t worry. Linwood is my biological brother and Noelle is his only blood relative. I will definitely treat him like my own.”

Looking at my son's face wrinkled in pain, I could not hold it back any longer, raised my tearful eyes and asked with a trembling voice, “Is Linwood... really dead? 

“Or are you Linwood and you just pretended to be my uncle to deceive me?”

The air seemed to freeze in an instant and it was extremely quiet.

After a long silence, the uncle smiled perfunctorily and asked, “Jacquelyn, are you sick and confused?

“Linwood has been dead for more than three months. I am your uncle, how could I lie to you?”

I looked up at his pretending to be sincere and felt a chill all over my body.

Obviously, he had the same facial features as Linwood, even twins could not be so similar.

It was not like I did not have doubts.

But every time I see him and Ruth being so affectionate, I could only suppress the emotions surging in my heart.

I could not forget how deeply Linwood loved me.

Naturally, I would not believe that he would treat other women with the same love.

But that time, the flash of guilt and remorse in his eyes made me realize it very clearly.

The man who called himself my uncle was the husband I had been thinking about day and night.

Tears fell silently and I could not help but want to ask him why he betrayed me.

But when the words came to my lips, I was interrupted by the weak cry of the child.

I looked sharply toward the crib. Only then did I notice that a strange blush appeared on Noelle's face.

I placed my shaking hands on his forehead.

But the moment I touched him, I could not help but scream, “It's so hot, Linwood, please save our child!”

I cried so hard that I was incoherent and Linwood was so panicked that he did not know what to do.

“Jacquelyn, don’t worry, I’ll go to the hospital with you now!”

I stumbled after him and prepared to go out.

But Ruth was holding a pregnancy test stick and standing in front of us with a shy look on her face as she said, “Honey, I think I’m pregnant. You can be a father again!”

Linwood pushed me away, picked up Ruth in ecstasy and walked towards the bedroom.

“You just got pregnant. If you don’t lie down in bed and rest, what if you hurt the baby in your belly?”

The look on his face was one I knew all too well.

When he first learned that I was pregnant, he was also so excited and restrained.

I bit my lips tightly and swallowed the blood in my mouth.

When he passed by me, he looked at me with an apologetic look on his face when he said, “Jacquelyn, your aunt is pregnant, I have to stay and take care of her.

“I will arrange for someone to take you to the hospital. I will come to see you and the child when I am free.”

I pretended not to notice the flash of defiance across Ruth's face.

She just hugged the child silently, turned around and left without looking back.

I stepped out of the door, could not hold back the tears that were gushing out.

After five years of marriage, we had always been very loving.

But at that moment, he even had a child with another woman.

I was completely limp and let the driver help me to the back seat.

The moment the car started, I looked up at the place where Linwood and I used to live.

Since the love was gone, there was no need for me to be trapped in the same place.

I suppressed the sadness in my heart, took out my mobile phone and opened an email that had been sealed for a long time.

The night before Linwood's accident, my childhood friend, whom I had not contacted for many years, sent me an email asking if I would like to participate in a five-year top-secret project.

I was hesitant at first and did not respond.

That time it had become the best opportunity for me to escape from it all.

Just a few seconds after I sent the confirmation message, I received his reply. [I will send someone to assist you immediately. In three days, your current identity will completely disappear. Have you thought it through?]

I replied with just one word, [OK.]

After arriving at the hospital, I held the child in my arms and went through all the examinations by myself.

Noelle suffered organ failure due to excessive blood loss.

Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital in time and after treatment, the doctor barely managed to save his life.

I waited until two in the morning before I rushed home holding him in my arms in a daze.

But as soon as I opened the door of the villa, I heard a groan coming from the main bedroom.

Looking through the half-open door, my eyes widened instantly.

I had never seen Linwood so crazy.

In the five years of our marriage, he had always treated every action with me as a routine, trying his best to restrain himself.

But that moment, there were the constant banging sounds and the groans that he could not control.

They were like a sharp blade, completely crushing my heart.

I collapsed on the ground and looked at them masochistically.

Not until everything had calmed down did Linwood step out of the room with a satisfied look on his face.

The next moment, his panicked voice exploded in my ears, “Jacquelyn, when are you back?! You saw everything that just happened?”

I closed my eyes numbly and let the tears fall.

When I opened my eyes again, I keenly noticed the guilt flashing in his eyes.

But soon, he regained his calm and composed appearance.

“Jacquelyn, why are you crying again? Is it us who made you miss your son?

"It's my fault. I should not have let you see this. We will be more careful in the future.”

He sighed and reached out his hand to help me up.

I stared blankly at the man in front of me whom I had loved for many years.

It took eight years from dating to marriage.

I thought I could leave decisively, but I found out that I could not do it until that day.

After eight years of knowing and accompanying each other, loving him had almost become an instinct for me.

When I thought about the fact that our child was still so young and would completely lose the opportunity to feel fatherly love because of my decision, I could not help but waver.

After taking a deep breath, I reached out my hand to Linwood with trembling hands.

“Can you stay with me for one night? I have something to tell you…."

Before I finished speaking, Ruth's coquettish voice came from the room, “Hubby, I want more, why don’t you come in and accompany me!”

Linwood suddenly let go of my hand.

I did not have time to react and fell straight to the ground.

The wound that had not yet healed was torn open and blood flowed all over the ground.

But he did not even look at me and turned and rushed into the room.

Looking at their backs hugging each other, I smiled to myself.

He finally chose to give up on me.

Then I would give him back his freedom completely as he wished.

I staggered back to the bedroom and fell asleep with my child in my arms.

In my dream, I seemed to have returned to the day when Linwood confessed his love to me.

At that time, we were all members of the Scientific Expedition Team.

During a mission, I slipped and fell into an ice crack.

He rushed over to me like a madman and in order to hold me, he gritted his teeth and persisted even though his wrist was rubbed and bleeding.

After I was rescued, he hugged me trembling all over and confessed his love to me while crying.

Everyone said that he loved me dearly. 

But it was also him who pushed me into the abyss.

I was slapped hard in the face while I was dazed.

I opened my eyes in horror, only to meet Ruth's malicious eyes. "Bitch, how dare you come back? Why don't you just die in Antarctica?!

“You don’t really think that I am your aunt and the person who is with me every day is your uncle, right?”

I closed my eyes tiredly, my face indifferent as I answered, “It doesn't matter who he is. Don’t worry, I will take the child away from here soon.”

I thought if I made my position clear, she would stop making things difficult for me. But she laughed even more viciously. “It seems that my guess was right. You already knew the truth.

“But you are too naive. Do you think I will let you take Linwood's child away?

“When the child was still in your belly, he had someone check your blood type. He said it was just a bastard. As long as he could save my son, it did not matter even if he died!”

I looked at her in disbelief and it felt as if the blood in my body was flowing backwards.

The anger that suddenly rose in my chest made me completely lose my mind.

I raised my hand and slapped Ruth hard across the face.

But the next second, she knelt in front of me with her face covered and kowtowed to me desperately. “Jacquelyn, I beg you, please save my child. 

“The doctor said that with one last blood transfusion, he can survive. As long as you are willing to save him, I am willing even if you kill me!"

When I saw the bruise on her forehead, I finally realized something was wrong.

I picked up the child with a wary look in my eyes and turned to leave.

But it happened to bump into Linwood.

He could not hide his anger and asked harshly, “Jacquelyn, what are you doing! Why are you forcing your aunt to kneel down?”

I could not bear it any longer, grabbed his sleeve and cried out loud, “Linwood, she is the one who is forcing our child to donate blood. He is still so young, if he has his blood drawn again, he will die!

“You are his father, you won't bear to watch him die, right?”

Linwood did not answer immediately, but just looked at me with guilt in his eyes. “Jacquelyn, hand the child over. Your aunt has begged you so much, please don’t be so stubborn, okay?”

I was shocked all over and subconsciously hugged the child tightly and backed away as fast as I could.

However, Linwood grabbed me and tried to take the child from my hands.

Seeing that I refused to let go, he broke my fingers one by one.

My scalp was numb from the pain and I could not help but scream.

Linwood was so distressed that his eyes turned red.

But no matter how much I begged, he still cruelly snatched our child and gave it to Ruth.

I struggled desperately to rush over.

But he held me tightly in his arms, turned around and yelled at Ruth who looked very proud.