My husband got into a car accident as he went on a family vacation with his first love and my son.

Because my son was not wearing a seatbelt, he was thrown out of the car. Meanwhile, his first love was bleeding because her pregnant belly was held back by the seat belt.

At the hospital, there was only one operating room left. My husband who was in charge of them both chose to save his first love first instead of our son.

When I arrived at the hospital, I kowtowed to him and begged, “The child is still young. His body cannot bear to lose so much blood without surgery. Please let our son be operated on first.”

Shaun touched his first love's belly and looked at me with disgust, “She is pregnant, we save two lives at once if we save Kathryn first.

“Besides, our child has been given a blood donor, so he will be fine even if the surgery is postponed.”

The doctor could not do anything because he knew how powerful my husband was, so he finally operated on Kathryn first and let my son die from internal organ bleeding.

When I was crying in the Emergency Room, Shaun accompanied his first love in her ward while telling fairy tales to the baby in her belly all night long.

I held my son's bloody body and found Shaun's grandparents, "You saved my life back then, so I repay by marrying your family. Since your grandson doesn't love me and my son anymore, I will leave, I have repaid you so much."

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Mr Howard, Shaun's grandfather who came, was so anxious that he was pacing back and forth and he comforted me guiltily, "Don't worry, Isaiah will be fine. I've sent the best doctor to take care of him. Then…."

Before the old man finished his words, the doctor shook his head regretfully, "I'm sorry, the child was too young, so much internal bleeding happened and the wound was not sutured in time and the blood loss was too much. We have done our best.

"And we found that there was no pain medication in the child's body. The child was dying of pain while in the Emergency Room."

I raised my head in disbelief and said hoarsely, “What did you say?”

In an instant, Isaiah's hoarse cries rang in my ears again.

I thought he was afraid, but I never expected that Shaun would even refuse to use painkillers on the child.

Mr. Howard was so angry that he stomped his cane loudly and barked, “What a beast! What a beast!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the delivery man brought a bag of cheap candy and said that Shaun asked him to buy it.

“Bastard!” Mr. Howard kicked the bag of candy away, “He did this to his own son without even showing his face. He even asked others to run errands for him to buy candy. 

“He must be accompanying that vixen to protect her pregnancy. That thing that stole other people's credit wants to give birth to our Howard Family's child? Dream on!

“I’m going to call that bastard right now and ask him to kneel down and admit his mistake to you.”

However, after he called more than ten times, Shaun still did not answer any of them. Instead, he called me.

As soon as I pressed the answer button, Shaun's impatient voice rang out, “Carmen, haven't you been weaned? Is it worth complaining to the old man about such a trivial matter and even going to the hospital?

“Isn't it just that Isaiah was not given an operation sooner? You should be grateful that I brought him to the hospital with Kathryn, I also have already had someone send some candy, it's Isaiah's favorite flavor, what else do you want? 

“Don’t disturb me anymore, I’m busy making maternity meals for Kathryn. Just bring him to the operation room, I will cover every penny you spent on him!”

I looked at the candies scattered on the ground, all of them smelled like durian.

Isaiah was naturally allergic to durian.

It was ridiculous that Shaun, as his father, did not even know this. But still forces Isaiah to go with them to the amusement park just because Kathryn wanted to have the experience of having a child before giving birth to her baby.

The arrogant Mr. Howard knelt down in front of me, tears streaming down his face and kowtowed in fear and trepidation. “It's all my fault. I didn't discipline my grandson well and allow him to do such a beastly thing. He even killed his own son. I will definitely teach him a lesson.

“You even gave up your youth to become the daughter-in-law of the Howard Family and gave birth to Isaiah at a young age, but this is the cruel thing that my grandson did to you. I will make amends for his fault and give you the shares, I will also give Isaiah a proper funeral. Please don't abandon the Howard Family."

I leaned over tremblingly and put my lips to Isaiah's cold little face and tears completely burst out.

Seven years ago, Mr. Howard also knelt in front of me and begged me to marry Shaun because he was broken after being abandoned by his first love.

Because they had saved me once, I agreed and married Shaun at a young age.

After that, Shaun became more lively and managed to achieve many great achievements in the Howard Group, not apart from me who always accompanied him.

But I did not expect it to have such a tragic ending after his first love came back a few months ago.

He even had a child with Kathryn and started to neglect me and Isaiah after that.

After a while, I picked up Isaiah's body and looked at Mr. Howard as I explained quietly, “You saved my life back then, so I agree to help your family. This is to repay your kindness.

“But things have come to this now and our son is dead because of his father’s neglect, so I will not stay in this family anymore.”

The crematorium at the funeral home burned all night and I cried at the door all night.

The next morning, Mr. Howard handed me Isaiah's ashes and asked, “Are you really not going to attend Isaiah's funeral?”

I touched the jar in my arms lovingly and shook my head as I answered, “It’s just a ceremony, I don’t need to show my face again in front of your family’s acquaintance. I will only bring Isaiah’s ash and live quietly with him, so that he can rest in peace.”

Isaiah was my child, I would not leave his ashes with Shaun.

But I promised Mr. Howard that I would leave him a set of Isaiah's clothes so that he could keep it to always remember Isaiah every time he wanted.

As soon as I got home, I saw Kathryn and Shaun lying on our bed in dishevelled clothes. Shaun stroked Kathryn’s belly and smiled happily.

Kathryn even said sweetly, “This baby is already kicking, I think our baby will be a genius kid. It knows his father’s sound and love now.”

Shaun kissed her earlobe, his voice ambiguous, “Of course, he is our child after all. He will be very genius and win many competitions in the future.”

“It’s embarrassing to hear you already think about the future, Shaun.”

Listening to them talking about the future without even feeling guilty for Isaiah whom they killed, made me clenched my fists tightly, letting my nails pierce into my flesh.

When he saw me, Shaun was not guilty at all. He walked up to me with his arm around Kathryn.

He looked at the urn in my arms with disgust, “You finally decided to come back? What dirty things did you bring home again? You've been messing around with these weird things all day and you've made this house a mess.

“Don't think I don't know. It was you who drugged the old man and made him say that he didn't acknowledge the child in Kathryn's belly and only recognized Isaiah as his great-grandson as the heir.

“In that case, from today on, Isaiah will be adopted by Kathryn. Since you have already taken her position as Mrs. Howard, I must give Kathryn to her as a guarantee. Where is Isaiah? Call him out to foster a relationship with his new mother.”

Looking at his face, the tragic scene of Isaiah's death kept appearing in front of my eyes and I wished I could die with him.

But the next second, Isaiah's last words in the Emergency Room rang in my ears, “Mom, Isaiah just cried out in pain. Will Dad blame me for not being brave enough? Will Dad come to see me? I miss him so much.

“Mom, please don't quarrel with Dad. It's Isaiah's fault. Next time, I will be braver. I'm sorry.”

I closed my eyes, trying hard to suppress the dull pain in my heart and turned around to leave, but was grabbed by Shaun.

He winked at Kathryn and Kathryn left reluctantly.

Shaun frowned, his voice full of dissatisfaction as he asked, “What do you mean by this? I haven't even investigated why you didn't come back all night, how dare you put on airs in front of me? 

“If you go out and have fun, don't blame others for occupying your bed. How can you say you are a loyal person? You are just a lowly bitch in front of me.

“Why, which rich young master have you fallen for again? Do you want to trick him into sleeping with you again? It's shameful for Isaiah to have a mother like you!”

Seeing that I was expressionless and silent, Shaun completely lost his patience.

He threw me onto the bed, which even had traces of his and Kathryn's lovemaking.

Shaun rushed over and ripped my clothes roughly, cursing non-stop, “Isn't he just a child? I'll give you another one, so stop pretending!

“Grandpa's eyes are dim and I can't tell what kind of person you are. Only I know that you are a bitch who is greedy for wealth and fame. If you hadn't taken the credit for Kathryn and said that you were the one who saved me, do you think I would marry you?

“I already owe Kathryn too much. The future heir of the Howard Family can only be mothered by her. Hurry up and hand Isaiah over. A woman with your character can't teach a child well anyway.”

I finally could not stand it anymore and slapped him in the face.

“Carmen, you dare to hit me? Have you forgotten who made you today, huh?”

I sneered at him, “You want to find Isaiah, right? Okay, then go find him underground.

“Isaiah is dead!”

Shaun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed and pushed me away fiercely as he snapped, “Carmen, you are even more shameless than I thought.

“Don't you know that Grandpa only recognizes Isaiah as his heir and you are afraid that passing him to Kathryn will affect your interests, so you deliberately hide him with Grandpa.

“For money, not only did you cheat me in the first place, but now you're even cursing your own son. It's really disgusting!”

He pulled out a dozen tissues and wiped his hands vigorously, as if touching me was something dirty.

Shaun crumpled the papers into a ball and threw them at my face as he scolded, “If it weren't for you, Kathryn and I would have been married long ago and have many children. 

“Carmen, you have taken away her credit and position. Now I only ask you to compensate her with a child, which is already a bargain for you!”

Shaun turned and left angrily.

The time he had passed on to me gradually decreased along with his curses and the Howard Family's fortune also began to decline.

At that time, the Howard Family suffered a devastating disaster. Not only did the family business face bankruptcy, but Shaun and his family of three were also hunted down by their enemies.

In order to protect their son, his parents died on the spot. Even though Shaun was rescued, he was unconscious all day and when he was woken up, he got into depression.

It was me who had learned as a psychologist who helped him to be him now. I helped him with the prescription and session, so that he could live again as usual.

Because of that, he was grateful to have me at that time and our marriage was full of love in the end.