Eight years after marrying into a wealthy family, I finally got pregnant.

On the day of diagnosis, Stephan pushed me down the stairs.

He watched me struggle in a pool of blood with cold eyes, his expression was as rebellious and indifferent as his father.

"You bitch, it's not enough that you took my mother's position, you even dared to dream of giving birth to a child to steal my property. As long as I am here, I will never let you do what you want!"

The blood spread and the pain from my lower abdomen made me tremble all over. But there was no sadness in my heart, only relief.

I calmly looked up at the child who was raised by me. Then I slowly said, "In this case, we will never see each other again for the rest of our lives."

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Stephan, who was only ten years old, obviously couldn't understand what I meant. He frowned and looked at me coldly. His eyes were distant and defensive.

He said coldly, "You, a scheming bitch, what tricks do you want to play again?"

The pain swept over and the unexpected child had left forever.

I couldn't explain, so I took out my phone and tried to call 120. Stephan rushed over viciously and smashed my phone.

"Are you going to call dad to complain? Don't even think about it!" He scolded. His tender little face was full of hatred that didn't match his age.

I didn’t understand. Why did the little boy who was so well-behaved and cute become like this today?

Before I could think about it, the pain had already enveloped me. I lost consciousness in Stephan's ridicule.

When I woke up, Sonny was sitting in front of my bed. He glanced at me casually, without any ripples in his eyes.

"Meredith, you shouldn't have secretly gotten pregnant without telling me."

I didn't have time to explain.

The doctor had already walked in with my physical examination report.

"The patient suffered a violent blow to the abdomen and missed the best time for rescue. It will be difficult for her to have a child in the future. Please accept my condolences."

Sonny paused. He slowed down his attitude a little.

"I will ask Stephan to apologize to you. This incident will be a lesson for you. Don't act on your own in the future. In this family, you only need to do your job well and don't have any thoughts that you shouldn't have."

I knew Sonny didn’t love me. After eight years of marriage, he would stare at me and force me to take birth control pills after each rough venting.

But at the beginning of last month, he suddenly hugged me and whispered softly in my ear. "Give me a child, a child that belongs to both of us."

He was stubborn and overbearing, not giving me any chance to refuse. I was also confused at first.

Now I thought about the tenderness of that night. It was just because he mistook me for Stephan's biological mother. But it was okay this way. Anyway, if there was no accident this time, I wouldn't let this child be born.

I nodded gently without saying much. Seeing this, Sonny left with satisfaction.

Until I was discharged from the hospital, he never saw me again.

The day I returned to Monroe house. Stephan was waiting for me at the door holding a box, looking at me strangely.

"Dad asked me to apologize to you," he said.

I took the box with some surprise. When I opened it, a skinned puppy was lying in the middle of the box. I was panicked, but Stephan laughed with satisfaction.

"Hahaha, you idiot, you deserve me to apologize to you." He scolded me.

"I am the future heir of the Monroe Family, you are just a parasite who stays in the Monroe Family and deliberately seduces my father. I warn you, if you don't get out of here, I have plenty of ways to torture you!" he said coldly.

Blood dripped out of the box, bright red. I looked at the unrecognizable puppy. Suddenly there was a moment of trance.

When I was sent to the Monroe Family, I was only eighteen years old. As a teenager, I didn't know how to take care of a child.

Facing Stephan crying all day, I had no choice but to find a puppy to keep him company. Two-year-old Stephan followed me around with his puppy in his arms all day. At that time, he said that the puppy and I were the most important things in his life.

Who would have thought that eight years later. He killed the puppy with his own hands. It also broke my heart.

I took a deep breath and looked up at Stephan. "Okay. As you wish, I will leave tomorrow."

As soon as the voice fell, Sonny's voice suddenly came from behind.

Sonny walked slowly. "You want to leave? Meredith, is it necessary to get angry over a beast and a child?"

He sat on a chair at the door. He waited for me to change his shoes and undress him with a nonchalant look.

Seeing that I was hesitant to move, Sonny frowned unhappily. "Stephan has already apologized to you, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

He continued, "Have you stayed in the Monroe Family for too long, making you forget your identity and position?"

Stephan made a face at me and ran away triumphantly. Sonny shook his head helplessly and held me in his arms. Regardless of my body that had just had a miscarriage, he began to touch me randomly.

"Meredith, don't be willful. You should know how hard it is to have everything you have now. You should also know how to make me happy."

In Sonny's eyes, I, an orphan, could become a rich and wealthy wife. It was a blessing that I had cultivated for several lifetimes. Even if I was in this family, I was just a nanny who allowed him to vent his desires and took care of his children for him. I should be grateful to him.

In the past, I might have done this. But today, I raised my face stubbornly and looked at Sonny fearlessly.

"Mr. Monroe, our contract has expired."

The hand covering my thigh exerted a little force. The initial ambiguity disappeared. Sonny's face was stained with a bit of anger.

"Meredith, don't be ungrateful. I took time out of my busy schedule to come back and accompany you, not to see you give me a cold shoulder."

He pinched my face, his tone cold as he said, "Don't think that just because you have a face like hers, you can challenge my bottom line. Meredith, you are just a substitute."

The "her" in Sonny's mouth. It was Stephan's biological mother Jennie. It was the original mistress of the Monroe Family. It was also Sonny's first love and wife.

She died of illness when Stephan was two years old. Sonny was heartbroken. In order to please him, the people of the Monroe Family found me who was 80% similar to Jennie. I was sent to the Monroe Family by coercion and inducement.

Sonny didn't like me. But he was obsessed with my young body and my face that looked like Jennie. So he kept me by his side and signed another agreement with me.

"Jennie died when she was 26, so I only want to remember what she looked like before she was 26. After eight years, you can leave. I will treat you well in these eight years."

It sounded nice. In fact, it was just that a woman was past her prime after she turned 25. He wanted to find a younger and prettier replacement.

I pushed Sonny's hand away and took out the divorce agreement from the bedroom.

"Mr. Monroe, I should leave. I have sorted out the precautions and tasks that need to be handed over in advance and handed them over to the housekeeper."

From now on, I didn’t have to endure the pain all over my body and get up at four in the morning. Just to made a breakfast that suited the father and son.

Sonny was stunned for a moment and then he threw the divorce agreement to the ground.

He said angrily, "Meredith, are you looking at me? Have you forgotten who the master of this house is?"

After that, he roughly grabbed my arm and dragged me to the bed. "Want to leave? I can help you. But before you leave, you have to serve me well first!"

Without giving me time to refuse, the huge body pressed over. He was rampaging. I was like a small boat on the sea, drifting up and down with the surging waves. Every breath was filled with pain and fear. After an unknown amount of time, the waves gradually subsided.

Sonny signed his name on the divorce agreement. He threw down a few hundred dollars.

With a bit of contempt, he sneered, "I almost forgot that the contract has ended.

He continued, "This money is your hard-earned money last night. Don't think it's too little. A rag who has been played with for eight years is only worth this much. But I'm really curious. Where can you, an orphan without parents, go after leaving the Monroe Family?"

I turned around painfully.

What caught my eye was the wedding photo of Sonny and Jennie. The two people in the photo. One smiled like a flower and the other was full of tenderness.

I murmured as if talking to myself, "Will he do the same to you?"

There was silence all around, no one responded. Only the roses outside the window were fragrant. I know he wouldn't.

When he mistook me for Jennie, Sonny would show all his affection. He would give me jewelry worth tens of millions, thousands of gifts. He would be so generous and careful, gentle and tender. Even if I wanted to see flowers blooming in winter and snow falling in summer, he would satisfy me.

But I also knew that, all of this belonged to Jennie. Sonny also had many dissatisfactions with this arrogant and willful wife. But at the moment of her death, she changed from an unqualified wife to a perfect first love.

No matter how hard I tried. I couldn’t replace a dead person in the hearts of this father and son.

My body hurt so much, I wanted to find some anti-inflammatory medicine for myself.

As soon as I walked out of the room, I was drenched in water.

Stephan stood at the stairs, looking at me with malicious eyes.

"You bitch, you pretended to leave, but you turned around and seduced my father. You are so shameless!" he mocking me with sneer in his eyes.

The cold water soaked my body and froze my heart. Eight years of dedication. Meticulous care. It seemed so ridiculous at this moment.

I returned to the room silently.

In the midst of pain and confusion, I received a call from the senior of the crew.

"Meredith, congratulations on passing the pilot assessment. On behalf of all members, I welcome you to join and look forward to the day when you fly side by side with me!"

This phone call was like the warm sun in winter. It dispelled the chill all over my body.

After the phone was hung up, my heart was still pounding.

My only dream since childhood was to become a pilot.

Eight years ago, I successfully received the admission letter from the Aviation College.

However, the day before preparing to enroll.

The Monroe Family found me.