Due to their decision to remain childfree, Sean’s mother had never liked Eve. She had always believed it was Eve who insisted on not having children, refusing to give the Baker family an heir. However, in reality, Eve loved children. More than that, she had always wanted a child of her own.

She was an orphan. She had no family in this world to rely on. A child would have been the only person truly connected to her by blood—the only family she could ever call her own. How could she not want children?

The one who insisted on being childfree was Sean. Back when they had just gotten married, the two of them had once watched a childbirth documentary by chance. The footage was brutally real and graphic. After watching it, Sean was deeply shaken and refused to let Eve go through childbirth, no matter what.

“Childbirth is terrifying,” he had said at the time. “Eve, I won’t let you go through that kind of pain. They say giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell. Just thinking that I could lose you because of it? I can’t handle that.

“Eve, I can’t live without you. If anything happened to you, I’d lose my mind. I don’t want children. I want you.”

Hearing those words back then, Eve had been deeply moved. She truly believed Sean loved her so much that he refused to let her suffer, even if it meant giving up on having children altogether.

Uterine fibroids were never life-threatening. Now that she thought about it, perhaps Sean had started planning on removing her uterus from that moment on. Maybe he had even deliberately shown that documentary about fatal childbirth complications to her…

A few days later, both Eve and Mandy were discharged from the hospital. During those days, Sean had been busy taking care of Mandy. Not once did he notice that Eve had also been hospitalized, right next door to Mandy, no less.

Eve did not bother explaining anything. She had decided she would no longer continue the marriage with Sean anyway.

Yet, Sean acted magnanimously. He sought Eve out and said, “Eve, I forgive you.”

Eve found it ridiculous. What right did he have to say that?

“We’re married to each other,” Sean continued. “No matter how out of line you were, I’ll forgive you. But I hope there won’t be a next time. As punishment, I’ll sleep in the study for a while. You should also take this time to reflect on what you did.”

After saying that, Sean packed up his things and moved into the study.

That very night, Eve received a provocative video from Mandy. In the video, Mandy lay beneath Sean, her clothes in disarray.

She gasped softly, her voice filled with longing. “Ah… Sean, harder… Make me forget the pain. Make me forget everything. Let me think only of you. I love only you…”

Her intimate and emotional confession clearly excited Sean. His movements grew more intense.

When emotions peaked, he held Mandy tightly in his arms and cried out uncontrollably, “Mandy! I love you!”

“What did you say?” Mandy’s face lit up with joy. “Say it again. I want to hear it.”

Sean’s expression darkened instantly. It was obvious that the words “I love you” had slipped out in the heat of the moment. Now that his rationality had returned, he refused to say them again, no matter how much Mandy begged.

Seeing that, tears immediately streamed down Mandy’s face.

“Sean,” she sobbed, “I’m about to die. Are you still refusing to say those three words to me while I’m still alive?”

Sean looked tortured. “Mandy, don’t force me to say it.”

“Then I’d rather just die right now!” Mandy rushed to the window, pretending she was about to jump. “Anyway, no one in this world loves me!”

“Mandy, what are you doing? Get down, now!” Sean panicked.

“I won’t,” she said, biting her lip, tears filling her eyes. “Since you don’t love me, there’s no point in my living.”

As she said that, half of her body leaned out the window. Sean’s heart dropped. He lunged forward and pulled Mandy back into his arms.

“Who says I don’t love you?” he shouted, his emotions spiraling out of control. “I love you so much, I’m going crazy!

“Do you think I’m some scumbag who would betray his marriage and his wife?” His eyes were bloodshot as he roared, close to breaking down. “I love Eve! Betraying her makes me disgusted with myself! But I can’t help it. Your existence drives me insane. You make me someone I don’t even recognize anymore!”

Finally satisfied, Mandy wrapped her arms around Sean’s neck and asked sweetly, “Then, Sean… can I understand this as you loving me more than Eve?”

Sean’s face hardened. “Don’t push your luck.”

The video ended abruptly.

Eve cried and cried, and then suddenly laughed. As it turned out, Sean knew he was a disgusting man. What right did he have to act like the victim when he was the one who betrayed the marriage and betrayed her?

Eve wiped away her tears. In silence, she downloaded every video Mandy had sent her and forwarded them all to her lawyer.

“This is proof of his affair,” Eve said calmly. “And he removed my uterus without my consent. I won’t appear in person during the divorce. I don’t want to see Sean ever again. You’ll represent me and handle all the procedures.

“Name your price. I don’t just want a divorce; I want you to help me get my uterus back.”

After Eve seriously began preparing for divorce, Sean was busy indulging in a frenzy of secret affairs with Mandy. Perhaps he believed Mandy did not have long to live. That was why he felt the need to seize every chance he had, afraid that if he did not take her again and again now, there would be no future opportunity.

Whenever he found an opening, he would pin her beneath him, and every single time they slept together, Mandy secretly recorded it. Then, she would send the videos to Eve.

They did not just sneak around in the study. During morning runs, they would have reckless encounters in a nearby park. Sometimes, Sean even brought Mandy to the office while he was at work. In the videos she sent, there were even scenes of her kneeling beneath his desk, servicing him while he sat above her…

Mandy’s stamina was nothing like that of someone who was supposedly dying. No matter how hard Sean pushed her, she could endure it. More than that, she clearly enjoyed it.

Eve had investigated in secret and found out that Mandy never had lymphoma at all. The illness was nothing more than a lie she fabricated so she could openly move into the Baker’s residence, and it was a lie so crude that Eve uncovered the truth with minimal effort. If Sean had wanted to investigate, how could he possibly have missed it?

It showed he simply did not want to know, because as long as he did not look too closely, he could continue fooling around with Mandy without guilt.

“Eve, you really are spineless.”

After sending so many videos and receiving no reaction, Mandy finally lost her patience. She came over to provoke Eve.

“Sean pins me down every night. My legs are so weak from it. I can barely stand anymore. Are you just going to watch all this happen? You’re pathetic. You don’t even have the courage to confront Sean.

“Are you that afraid he’ll leave you? You pretend to be calm, but inside, you’re terrified, aren’t you? You’re scared that if you make a scene, Sean will choose me instead of you.”

Eve lifted her eyes and glanced at Mandy calmly, asking, “Are you that sure that Sean would choose you?”

“Of course.” Mandy smiled smugly. “If you don’t believe it, just wait and see.”

Just then, a car suddenly sped straight toward the direction where Eve and Mandy were standing. Sean, who was standing nearby, noticed something was wrong instantly. Without hesitation, he dropped everything in his hands and lunged toward Mandy.

“Mandy, watch out!” he yelled, wrapping his body tightly around her, shielding her behind him.

Eve did not have time to dodge. The car slammed into her, sending her flying through the air. Before losing consciousness, the last thing she saw was Sean holding Mandy tightly, using his own body to block all harm meant for her. Blood and tears blurred together.

As her awareness faded, a memory suddenly surfaced. Once, when she and Sean went tandem skydiving together, there had been an accident where the parachute malfunctioned and refused to open. As they plummeted toward certain death, Sean suddenly pulled Eve into his arms, placing himself beneath her. That way, no matter how they landed, he would take the impact first.

He had once used his body to protect her, but now, he had abandoned her to protect another woman.

After some time, in the darkness, Eve faintly heard Sean’s voice.

With great effort, she opened her eyes to see Sean holding her phone, looking irritated as he spoke into it, “A divorce lawyer? You’ve got the wrong number. My relationship with Eve is fine. There’s no way we’re getting divorced. Our marriage only ends in widowhood—never in divorce.”

After saying that, Sean hung up the phone with a grim expression.

Eve closed her eyes wearily. “You shouldn’t have taken my call without telling me.”

Only then did Sean realize she was awake. He hurriedly sat beside her, his hand clutching hers, full of worry.

“Eve, you’re awake? That’s such a relief! Do you know how much blood you lost? I nearly lost my mind!”

Eve stared at him coldly, saying nothing.

Seeing her silence, Sean looked a little guilty. “Eve, are you mad at me? Don’t be mad. It’s not that I didn’t want to save you… It’s just that from where I was, I couldn’t see you at all. I only realized you were there after saving Mandy. My heart broke when I saw her in danger. If I had known you were there too, I would have saved you first, I swear!”

However, Eve realized she could not tell which of Sean’s words were true and which were lies.

How tragic. They had shared a bed for five years. The man in front of her should have been the one she trusted the most and the one closest to her heart. Yet now, looking at him, she only felt estranged. The man she had once loved so deeply was gone, buried in her memories, never to return.

“I’m tired,” Eve said, closing her eyes again, not wanting to see him any longer.

Sean clearly wanted to say more, but seeing her eyes shut, he sighed and said, “Alright, rest. I’ll handle some company matters and be back soon.”

However, no sooner had he left than Eve received another provocative video from Mandy.

In the video, Mandy clung to Sean’s arm, a sweet smile on her face. “Sean, are you really going to pass down all of the Baker family’s fortune to Zack and Annie?”

“Yeah,” Sean said in a firm tone. “I’ve instructed my lawyer to draw up the documents. After tonight’s dinner, I’ll sign them publicly, in front of everyone and the media, officially recognizing Zack and Annie as my only heirs. Zack will inherit Bakers Corporation, while Annie will inherit over half of the Baker family’s real estate, along with all the precious jewelry that belonged to my mother and to Eve.”

The jewelry alone was worth millions or even tens of millions each… Together, it was priceless.

Mandy could not hide her smugness, yet she pretended to ask, “Does Eve agree to this, though? After all, Zack and Annie aren’t her biological children. What if she has children of her own someday…”

“Eve won’t have children,” Sean said decisively. “Zack and Annie will be her only children. She doesn’t have a choice. I won’t let her have children of her own, so she has to raise them as her own flesh and blood.

“Mandy,” he continued, holding her hand firmly, “even if I can’t give you a marriage, I promise this: all my inheritance belongs to our children. Eve has my heart, but you and the children have all my wealth.”

The video ended abruptly. Eve gripped her phone so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

He had taken her uterus, and now he expected her to raise the children he had with another woman? Fine.

Taking a deep breath, Eve called her divorce lawyer.

“Are the divorce papers ready? Send it to Sean immediately.”

“There’s a dinner party tonight. He plans to announce publicly that all Baker family inheritance will go to the illegitimate children. You need to get there before he announces it and make him sign the papers first. He can give half of his fortune to whoever he wants. My half? Not a penny goes to them. I’d rather dump it into the sea.”

After finishing the call, Eve received a message from the professional team that would help her disappear.

[Ms. Watson, everything is ready. You can leave at any time.]

A faint smile finally appeared on Eve’s tired face. She sent her location, and within half an hour, the team had arranged for her pickup.

With the team’s accompaniment, she boarded a plane bound for another country. Before takeoff, she forwarded every video Mandy had sent her straight to Sean, adding a message.

[You don’t need to apologize. I do not forgive you.]

Then, she threw her phone into the trash and boarded the plane.

Meanwhile, the Baker family dinner party had begun. The event was extravagant, full of high society elites. A crowd of media journalists waited with cameras ready, all eager for Sean’s big announcement.

“Thank you all for taking the time to attend this dinner with us at Bakers Corporation,” Sean said, his tone serious. “I have an important announcement tonight.

“Some media may have caught wind already, but recently, my wife Eve and I have adopted a pair of twins. I’ve always believed that adopted children are no different from our own biological children. So tonight, I will publicly declare, in front of everyone and all media–”

Before he could finish, Eve’s divorce lawyer stepped forward in a single stride, raising his voice to say, “Mr. Sean Baker! I am Ms. Eve Watson’s divorce lawyer. She has entrusted me to divorce you! Here are the divorce papers. Please sign it!”