I looked at the time. There was only half an hour before Flora arrived and one hour before I died.

10:00 a.m., April 15, 2015. This time was engraved in my mind.

After Maria and Amy left, I quickly got out of bed and ran to the storage room.

There are a few surveillance cameras I bought some time ago.

The villa was quite large. In my previous life, I had suggested installing surveillance cameras indoors, but Maria and Edward disagreed, so I put the cameras here.

I turned on the camera according to the instructions. Fortunately, I bought a dual-purpose charger for convenience, so it was fully charged.

I moved a stool over and used double-sided tape to stick the camera to the shadow of the mural. It wouldn't be noticeable easily.

Then, I adjusted the angle according to the picture displayed on the phone screen.

In the picture, I could see the hall on the first floor clearly, including the staircase.

When everything was ready, I heard the sound of a car outside.

Edward was back.

In the third year after we got married, he knew that my business was getting better and better, so he decisively quit and came to be a supervisor in my company.

Actually, we had loved each other before.

Edward was an old customer of my first restaurant. He often came to the restaurant to eat, and we gradually became familiar with each other.

Knowing that I was single, he started pursuing me.

His pursuit was passionate. He basically spent all his spare time with me, showing his concern for me.

Edward's family was not good. His father died when he was a teenager. Maria raised him and Amy and sent them to college.

Therefore, even though he grew up in a city, he was not lazy. Instead, he was very good at cooking and doing housework.

My restaurant was small at the very beginning, but the food was delicious. I was always busy during meal times.

Edward always came to help.

He served food, wiped the table, and washed dishes.

The two waitresses in the restaurant praised him as a good man.

I liked him. So, I didn't hesitate to agree to be Edward's girlfriend not long after he started pursuing me.

A year later, he came to my house to propose marriage. My parents had no objection, and we got married smoothly.

After getting married, I thought I was still young, so I wanted to grasp the opportunity to expand my career first and then planned to have children after I had a solid economic base.

Edward had no objection at the very beginning.

However, when I really had enough money and wanted to have a baby, I couldn't get pregnant.

After going to the hospital for a check-up, the doctor said that I had a congenital fallopian tube abnormality and it would be difficult for me to conceive.

It didn't mean that I was infertile.

But Edward's family thought it was the doctor's euphemism, and I had infertility.

Edward didn't ask for a divorce, but he always mentioned this matter to provoke me.

Maria looked for many doctors, got countless folk remedies, and asked me to take these medicines in a soft but compelling manner.

Edward's mistress, Flora, was my former assistant, who worked for me for two years and resigned four months ago because of her pregnancy.

I didn't care much about my employees' privacies, so I didn't even know when Flora got married.

I just asked the financial staff to give her two extra months' salary as a gift.

After Edward knew this, he teased me, "Do you want to get some blessing of Flora's pregnancy in this way?"

I was annoyed.

Edward knew it was difficult for me to conceive, yet he still joked about it.

I retorted, "There are so many pregnant women in the world. Why do you think so? Can't I give rewards to my employees who get pregnant in the future?"

Edward said indifferently, "Look, you're jealous. Don't deny it."

I was sulking all day that day.

Yes, I did feel jealous.

It was hard for me to feel relieved. Others easily obtained something I had been longing for.

But I never expected that the two unrelated people had actually hooked up with each other for a long time.

When I was thinking of the past, a group of people entered the villa.

They were Edward, Flora, Maria, and Amy.

They looked surprised when they found that I was not in the room but on the sofa in the hall.

I turned around and saw Flora, asking and pretending to be surprised, "Flora? Why are you here?"

Flora cried and fell to her knees, just like what she had done in my previous life.

She said tearfully, "Kristen, I'm sorry, but the baby in my belly is innocent. He can't live without a father.

"Please have pity on me and forgive Edward!"

When I heard this in my previous life, my mind went blank.

The pregnancy test stick was still on my bedside table. I sat in the living room excitedly, waiting for Edward to come home to tell him the good news.

I even planned to go to the hospital for another check-up in the afternoon to avoid being disappointed.

Unexpectedly, what awaited me was not Edward's surprise look but my death.

I looked at Edward sarcastically and sneered, "Is the child yours? When did you hook up with Flora? I didn't find anything wrong at all."

Edward felt displeased, and his face darkened.

Ever since I was diagnosed with the trouble of conceiving, no matter how successful my career was, it seemed that I owed him.

It was widely considered that no matter how capable a woman was, she could not compare to youth, beauty, and fertility.

Having trouble conceiving was one of the reasons why many outstanding older women were looked down upon in the marriage market.

Although I tried my best to hold on before, I couldn't completely ignore public opinion.

However, having died once, I only wanted to live for myself in this life.

Edward didn't respond. He helped Flora sit on the sofa and then sat next to her. Their relationship was evident.

Maria sat next to me and pretended to scold Edward and Flora.

After that, she started persuading me. "Kristen, it has already happened. Let's discuss what to do next, okay?"

I ignored her and looked at Edward. "Since you have admitted it, we have nothing to talk about. Let's get a divorce, but you must give up the property."

Edward was stunned as if he didn't expect me to be so calm and say what he wanted to tell me.

Before he could speak, Amy yelled, "What did you say? Kristen, you are infertile, so Edward can only let another woman give birth to his children. Why should he give up the property?

"You can't be so selfish. My family is wealthy. Edward must have an heir!"

I looked at Amy coldly. "You seem to have forgotten something. I earned all the money, and the property is mine!"

Edward was furious. "Kristen, you are unable to conceive. It's your fault. You should be the one to give up the property!"

"He is right!" Amy quickly echoed.

Maria didn't say anything. Obviously, she thought so, too.

It was the same in my previous life. They were in cahoots and pushed me into a desperate situation.

While I escaped upstairs in a trance, they sent me to hell.

But today, I would let them pay for their betrayal.

I stood up and said, "Well, I'll sue you."

After saying that, I turned to go upstairs.

Seeing that he had failed to achieve his goal, Edward chased after me and tried to hold me back.

I dodged his hand and quickly walked on the stairs, deliberately slowing down under the camera.

Edward grabbed me and explained anxiously, "Kristen, don't be like this. I don't want to get divorced. I just want to have a child.

"I've told Flora. After she gives birth to the child, we'll give her five million dollars, and she'll leave. Then, you can raise the child, okay?"

His words were exactly the same as he had said in my previous life.

Edward wanted to fool me. I had to raise Flora's son, and eighteen years later, Flora came back and picked up her son for free.

Those people actually treated me as a fool.

I snorted in my heart, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw Maria approaching.

When she got close to Edward, I shook his hand off and slapped him.

In my previous life, it was because of this slap that Maria couldn't hold back her anger and pushed me down the stairs.

In this life, she still lost her composure. I was prepared. When Maria was about to push me, I grabbed the railing.

Maria lost her balance and bumped into Edward, who was stunned.

Edward couldn't stand firmly. I took advantage of this moment and stepped on his foot. He fell and rolled down the stairs.