For me, who was an orphan, having a family was something I had always dreamed of.

Moreover, Mr. Howard had paid for my college education, so I felt that I would never regret coming to the Howard Family.

I even always calmed Shaun down every time he had a panic attack and every time he had a nightmare saying the name ‘Kathryn,’ I woke up and hugged him, telling him that everything was okay.

From that moment, he made a promise, "Carmen, I will never let you down in this life."

So, I thought it was such a gift. I also was no longer sad that I gave up my dream of becoming a psychologist.

Later, when I had Isaiah, Shaun took care of me like crazy and even wanted to bear the pain of pregnancy for me.

At that time, my heart, which had been silent for a long time, beat so vigorously for the first time and it was also the first time that I tasted the sweetness of love from others.

It was not until Kathryn returned to the country that Shaun's eyes changed when he looked at me.

He believed that it was me who made Kathryn break up with him and had to go abroad to leave him.

So, I became the villain who took advantage of the situation, claimed credit and coveted wealth and fame.

Every time Shaun got drunk, he would have pushed me down on the bed, stripped off my clothes and cursed, “Is it this body who seduces me easily? How dare you make Kathryn heartbroken and dare not come back to my side just because you are married to me, huh?

“Your status is indeed Mrs. Howard, but you need to know, you can get that status because you are married to me. If we divorce, you are nothing.

“Mrs. Howard will only be suitable for Kathryn forever, you are just a person who likes to steal other people's things. You are the cheapest thing in the world. If Kathryn suffers, you must bear it a hundred times more!”

As soon as Shaun left, the butler beside him pushed open the door.

He held a barbed iron rod in his hand and looked at me with contempt, “Mrs. Howard, Miss Wilkerson and Mr. Howard are fishing in the garden while enjoying the rain. But Miss Wilkerson's feet are swollen and uncomfortable during pregnancy. 

“Mr. Howard said that you have experience in giving birth, so he asked you to show up within ten seconds and massage Miss Wilkerson's feet.”

I frowned and looked out the window. I did not know when it started to drizzle.

After giving birth and breastfeeding Shaun, I had lost a lot of calcium in my body, so I had difficulty running. 

If the weather is cold, all my bones would hurt so much, so I always locked myself up when it rained outside. 

But that time, Shaun just told me to go to his place quickly?

The butler smiled and waved the whip in his hand as he ordered, “Mr. Howard said that if Mrs. Howard is even a second slower, I will give you a beating. You better hold on tight."

By the time I limped to the pond in the back garden, my back was covered in blood and a long trail of blood was winding behind me.

Shaun hugged Kathryn and lay on the chaise lounge. A huge umbrella covered them. Afraid that Kathryn would be cold, he even asked someone to turn on the heater.

Seeing me soaking wet and covered in blood, he paused for a moment, then said in disgust, “You really did everything you could to act. The person who suffers here is obviously Kathryn. Why are you pretending to be pitiful?

“Don't just stand there, kneel down and give Kathryn a massage!”

I knelt down despite the pain in my knees and back. As soon as my hands touched Kathryn's feet, she exclaimed, “It's so cold! Mrs. Howard, even if you don't want to give me a massage, there's no need to hurt me on purpose, right? Pregnant women are very afraid of catching a cold."

Shaun was so anxious that he kicked me in the chest and I fell into the mud.

“Carmen, you have given birth to a child, don't you know that pregnant women should not catch a cold? You claim to be Mrs. Howard and even make my grandpa adore you, but you have no compassion at all? You are simply a vicious woman with a snake heart, aren’t you?!”

Shaun picked up his Princess Kathryn and left in a hurry without even looking at me.

I could not hold on any longer and fainted in the rain.

When I opened my eyes again, I was already lying in the bedroom.

I left out a set of clothes for Isaiah and burned all the other things belonging to us mother and son.

Since everything had come to this, there was no need to leave any traces.

Just after the burning was finished, the door was kicked open by someone and Shaun saw the urn in my arms and the ashes in the brazier.

Soon, he angrily slapped me and barked, “Carmen, you deliberately massaged her after you drenched in rain and caused her to catch a cold, which caused Kathryn to have a miscarriage, right?”

Without waiting for me to say anything, Shaun grabbed my hair and dragged me and the urn into the yard.

In addition to Kathryn with red and swollen eyes, there was also a man dressed as a doctor.

He gave an explanation about Kathryn's miscarriage, everything he explained made no sense at all, but stupidly Shaun just believed it.

I was sure the doctor was forced to say all those things and used them to blame me, slandered me like I was the villain in their lives.

"Ms. Wilkerson's pregnancy is already weak, so even the slightest mistake could cause her to miscarry."

Kathryn immediately looked at me with tears in her eyes as she whined, “Mrs. Howard, I know you don't like me and think I'm not worthy of being Isaiah's mother, but how can you be so cruel to do this to my child? That's Shaun's flesh and blood too."

Shaun slapped me again and cursed, “Carmen, I was worried that you would catch a cold from the rain, so I had someone drag you back to your room to rest. I didn't expect you to be so cruel.

“Just because I want to give Isaiah to Kathryn, you want to take her child away? You must pay the price!”

He asked the housekeeper to bring a bowl of medicine and forced it into my mouth.

In less than two minutes, I felt a severe cramp in my lower abdomen and curled up on the ground with a pool of blood under me.

Shaun looked at me coldly and said, “From now on, you can't even think about giving birth to my child and Isaiah must be adopted by Kathryn. You owe her this!”

Kathryn winked at the doctor and asked in a weak tone, “Doctor, in your opinion, can I get pregnant again after this miscarriage? I am very sad because I lost the child I was carrying. I also want to give Isaiah a sibling, so he won’t be lonely anymore.”

The doctor immediately understood and said, “You can get pregnant again if you throw away all the dirty things in this house, including this ash. Because you are very sensitive, so this house must be clean from dirty things like this, Ms. Wilkerson.”

Such a nonsense, but Shaun immediately snatched the urn and said to the butler, “Throw all of this away, don’t let me see dirty things like this in my house again. If necessary, search Carmen’s closet and see if she still has a lot of dirty things that could harm Kathryn in the future.”

“Yes, Sir.”

I immediately begged, “No, no, please. I will throw all of this away myself, so don’t ask the butler to pick it up. I promise I won’t take any of the.…”

My mouth felt heavy as I tried to say ‘dirty stuff’ with my own mouth. But Isaiah’s soul has passed away, so I would not allow his ashes and his remains to be destroyed like this.

I continued, “I will clean this stuff up. Let me clean it up.”

As soon as Shaun showed a look of hesitation, Kathryn immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to me crying, “Mrs. Howard, how can you lie with your eyes open? I know you would just get rid of it and bring it back if Shaun wasn’t home, right? 

“Do you hate me so much that you stopped Shaun’s butler from following his orders? You have already killed one of my children, do you want to kill the second one?

“Please let me go. I don't want my future child to be killed. At worst, I will stay away from you and never get in your way. Can you not be so stubborn?”

Shaun's face immediately turned cold and scolded, “Carmen, you are really stubborn about this. You are not willing to give Isaiah to Kathryn, but you took the only child she has.

“Now you even want to kill the other child by not letting my butler throw away your things. Do you really think I'm a fool?” 

“I just saw you burning things in the house. You have deliberately wanted to kill Kathryn’s baby since the first time, haven’t you?

I watched him have someone take Isaiah’s ashes and mix it with the ashes from his burnt clothes, then pack it into a bag. 

The sound of the ashes being scooped up and ready to be thrown away made my heart torn into pieces.

Kathryn gave me a provocative look, then lay in Shaun's arms and said softly, “Shaun, although these things have been dealt with, if Mrs. Howard wants to harm me again in the future…."

Shaun lowered his eyes and looked at me, thinking for a while and said in a deep voice, “Someone, tie her and don’t let her come inside today.”

Before I could react, my wrist was clamped tightly. I was tied up so that I could not move and left in the yard.

In an instant, the sky was covered with dark clouds and the rain dropped heavily.

I numbly watched Isaiah's ash being taken away by the butler, who knew where it was thrown.

So, I could only cry under the rain that covered my tears and cursed the Howard Family's luck was completely gone because they had tortured me.

Shaun subconsciously took a step towards me and Kathryn suddenly covered her stomach and said, “Shaun, my stomach hurts so much. It might be a heavy bleeding after the miscarriage. I'm so scared."

Shaun immediately picked her up nervously and looked at me with a frown as he said, “This is just a lesson for you. If you dare to hurt Kathryn again in the future, I will never let you go!

“Tomorrow morning, I want to see Isaiah in the hospital and hear him call Kathryn mommy. You'd better stop playing tricks on me.”

After saying that, he carried Kathryn away without hesitation.

I did not know how long it took, but Mr. Howard and his men arrived, quickly carried me into the house and asked someone to call the doctor to check my condition.

After knowing the whole story, Mr. Howard knelt on the ground and kept repenting and admitting his mistakes.

I was afraid he also knew that the Howard Family was doomed.

At the same time, I saw my friend from the orphanage come there to pick me up. I did intend to return to the orphanage and become a nurse there.

“Carmen, what happened to you all the time?”

I just shook my head and said, “Don’t worry.”

Then, I gave Isaiah 's clothes to Mr. Howard and left with them in the heavy rain, holding an umbrella.

The next day, Shaun was peeling oranges for Kathryn in the hospital. He waited and waited but did not see me, instead Mr. Howard who showed up.

He frowned and said, “Grandpa, is it that Carmen is complaining to you again? She just refuses to give Isaiah to Kathryn, right? I really gave her too much face..."

“Shut up!” Mr. Howard slapped him in the face, his chest heaving with anger as he scolded, “You beast, you killed your own son. Today is his funeral and you, as a father, don't even show up. How dare you be so shameless as to peel oranges for a vixen?!”

Shaun was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something and frowned, “It's fine that Carmen used Isaiah to lie, but why did you, Grandpa, who is so old, follow her to make trouble?

“What sweet words did she use to deceive you this time? Don't think I don't know that she hid Isaiah with you.”

Kathryn's eyes turned red and she looked at Mr. Howard aggrievedly, “Grandpa, you watched me grow up and you know the relationship between Shaun and I. How can you call me a vixen?”

Mr. Howard did not even look at her, he picked up his cane and hit Shaun on the head as he barked, “Nonsense? You are the one who is really making trouble!

“My Howard Family has had several generations of men who were loyal to their wives, but you are worse than a beast. For a vixen, you killed your own son, fed your wife sterilizing drugs, let her outside when it’s raining and even didn't attend your own son's funeral. And you are still flirting with a vixen?!”