Before I even opened my eyes,I heard voices beside me.“Mr.Harvey,the drug you asked for hasn’t been tested on humans yet.It could seriously damage her body.”

The doctor’s voice trembled with shock.

“No excuses,Dr.Hudson.I said to use it.All memories from today must disappear from her mind.Our divorce isn’t finalized yet.She cannot know the truth.”

Noah’s voice was threatening.He sounded like he was trying to convince someone,but he was very firm.

The room fell into a dead,heavy silence.

My heartbeat raced painfully in my chest.

“Doctor,I can’t let Shannon become a danger to Eine.If you refuse,I’ll replace you immediately.And who knows where the evidence of your bribery will end up.”

Hearing that,sweat poured down the doctor’s face.In the end,he agreed.

When the drug was put into my mouth,Noah showed a satisfied smile.

After seeing the doctor push my bed toward the operating room,Noah finally left.When the sound of his footsteps faded,I spat the medicine onto the floor.

The doctor froze in shock,his mouth open,ready to call for help.

I looked at him coldly.“Dr.Hudson,right?All information about your family and every piece of evidence of your bribery is already with my lawyer.If I don’t send a message by tomorrow,you’ll go to prison.And your family won’t be safe either.”

“Don’t ask how I did it.I’m the CEO of Shanell Group.That’s all you need to know.”

I fought to control my painful breathing and kept my back straight.

As expected,the shock on his face slowly turned into hesitation.

After a moment,he finally whispered,“Ma’am…I can refuse the surgery.But promise me Mr.Harvey will never find out.If he does,I’m finished.”

Looking at this accomplice of Noah,I swallowed my hatred and nodded.

Once everything was covered up,they returned me to the hospital room.

When I opened my eyes again,my husband was already sitting beside my bed.

His face was filled with fake worry.“Shannon,are you hurting anywhere?I’m so sorry…I should have protected you.That accident was my failure.”

The man who had just run me over with his car now acted as if nothing had happened,pretending to be a good husband,even holding my hand.

I bit down hard on my lip until I tasted blood.When Noah’s expression started to shift with suspicion,I spoke with a weak,trembling voice,“What…what happened to me?Why can’t I remember these past few days?”

Hearing that,a small,barely visible smile flashed across his face.

Right then,Eine walked into the room.She boldly wrapped her arm around Noah’s and gave me a bright smile.

“Shannon,you ran a red light and caused your own accident.Noah has been taking care of you day and night.”

She acted like she had no idea about our marriage and stepped closer.

I frowned and moved away from her,feeling uncomfortable.“Noah taking care of me doesn’t concern you,does it?”

Hearing that,Eine immediately showed a hurt expression.

“How can you say that,Shannon?I’m only worried about Noah.I know you’re still upset that the project was transferred to me,but that wasn’t my decision.”

“If it means that much to you,I can give it back.”

As she spoke,she pretended to move casually and then stabbed her sharp nail into the wound from my surgery.

Pain shot through me and I struggled,but she kept twisting her sharp nails inside the wound until blood and flesh mixed together.

Unable to bear it any longer,I shoved her away with all the strength I had.

Immediately,she showed a triumphant smile and let herself fall backward hard.

The force of Eine’s fall knocked over the thermos on the table.Boiling water splashed across my arm and neck.

In seconds,my skin turned white from the burn,then red.

My whole body trembled from the pain and I bit my lip hard.But Noah didn’t notice me at all.

The moment Eine fell,he rushed to her with a worried face.He didn’t care when his own arm slammed hard against the floor while trying to shield her.

“Shannon!”

After making sure Eine wasn’t hurt,he turned and glared at me with fury.“How dare you hurt Eine right in front of me!”

He didn’t ask.He didn’t listen.He had already decided I was guilty.

My chest tightened painfully.

Before Eine came into our lives,even a small cut on my finger would have made Noah worry endlessly.No matter what others said,he used to believe me without question.

But now,he didn’t trust me at all.

I struggled to speak.“It wasn’t me.You can check the security cameras.”

Noah frowned tightly and for a second,there was hesitation in his eyes.

Seeing this,Eine quickly grabbed his arm.“Noah,it’s fine.Please let it go.Maybe Shannon is still upset about the project.”

Immediately,Noah’s face filled with disappointment.

“It was just a project.She already apologized,but you still used violence against her?Shannon,when did you become such a cruel woman?Apologize to Eine.”

His voice left no room for rejection.

I froze.“I told you,it wasn’t me.Check the cameras.She was the one who…”

“Enough!I don’t want to hear your excuses.Shannon,I’m very disappointed in you.Stay in the hospital and think about what you’ve done.When you understand your mistake,I’ll come back.”

Noah cut me off completely.Without a second glance at me,he lifted Eine into his arms and carried her out.

***

For days,they kept me locked in the hospital room.

Half a month later,Noah finally had someone bring me back to the villa.His face was calm,as if nothing had ever happened.

“Shannon,I’ve brought Eine and her child here.”

I stared at him,shocked and full of disbelief.“Why?”

He frowned.“Because of what you did,Eine can’t sleep alone at night.And the child needs care.I’m giving you a chance to make up for your mistakes.”

I let out a short,broken laugh.“Make up for mistakes?What mistake did I make?”

His eyebrows tightened even more.The next second,a small child walked out from the upstairs room,rubbing his sleepy eyes and calling softly,“Daddy.”

In that moment,I wanted to strangle Noah to death.

He had put his and Eine’s child in the room I had prepared for my baby.

“How dare you?How dare you put him in that room!”

It was the room that you and I had prepared together!

Facing my anger,Noah looked away and said calmly,without any care,“It’s just a room.So many babies have already died and it hasn’t been used for anything.Better to give it to someone who needs it.”

I stared at him in shock.I never imagined he could say something so cruel.

All my children were gone because of him.How could he tear open that wound as if it were nothing?

Heat rushed up my throat.My nails dug deep into my palms as I glared at him with burning eyes.

“Noah!”

Seeing the emptiness in my eyes,he froze for a brief second.Because of all the years he once cared for me,he reached out his hand automatically.

But the next second,Eine appeared in front of us with the child in her arms,pretending to look hurt.

“It’s all my fault.“I shouldn’t have brought my child here.I didn’t know you two would fight because of me.I’ll leave right now.As long as you’re both okay,I’ll do anything.”

She turned to walk away dramatically and Noah instantly reached out to stop her.The child in her arms burst into loud cries.

Noah looked at me with burning hatred.“Do you really have to push them this far?You were the one who hurt Eine first.I’m only trying to apologize on your behalf.”

“Shannon,you’re cruel to a mother with a child.No wonder you lost ten babies.Maybe if you had even a little kindness,one of them might have lived,but…”

“Shut up!”I screamed and shoved him away hard.

He stumbled back and the child shifted in his arms,revealing the small lucky charm necklace on his neck.

“Why is he wearing the lucky charm I bought for my baby?”I shouted.

Noah instantly pulled Eine and the child behind him,glaring at me like I was dangerous.I couldn’t control myself anymore.I rushed forward,reaching out.

“Give it back!Give that charm back to me!”

Eine took the charm off the child’s neck and pretended to hand it to me.

“Shannon,I didn’t know it belonged to your baby.Noah saw that Timothy liked it,so he gave it to him.Please don’t take it to heart.”

I forced myself to stay calm and reached out to take it.

But right then,her mouth curled into a small triumphant smile and she loosened her fingers.

The charm hit the floor and shattered into tiny pieces.

“Oh no!”Eine gasped,hiding behind Noah as if she were terrified.“I really didn’t mean to.I didn’t think it was so fragile.”

But in her eyes,I clearly saw pride and satisfaction.She wanted to break me.

I stared at the shattered pieces on the floor.The entire house had already been cleaned of every trace of my lost children.That charm was the only thing left.

I dropped to my knees,gathering the pieces with shaking hands.My tears fell so fast they blurred everything.I clutched the broken fragments to my chest.

“This was the last thing I had from them…”

Eine tilted her head and said like it was nothing,“Don’t be sad.They’re already gone.Maybe you’ll have new children in the future.”

Her words were like fire,burning everything inside me.

I ran past Noah and slapped her hard across the face.

She stumbled backward and even the child fell to the ground.The whole villa was filled with crying.

“Go to hell!All of you go to hell!”I screamed with all my strength.

Ignoring the blood running down my hand,I slapped her again and again.Her face swelled instantly.

Only then did Noah finally react.

He shoved me violently away and roared,“Shannon!What the hell are you trying to do?”

I hit the floor hard and I heard the clear sound of a bone breaking in my wrist.But Noah didn’t even look at me even once.

“That charm was a gift from me to Timothy.Can’t you even tolerate a child anymore?”

“She dropped it on purpose!”I cried,staring at his eyes full of disgust.My tears finally fell uncontrollably.

For a moment,he hesitated.But then Eine tugged weakly on his sleeve,tears shining in her eyes.

“Noah,I didn’t mean it.Maybe Shannon is just…sensitive,because she lost so many babies…”

Her words cut through me like knives.

I screamed and grabbed her hair.“Give it back!Give my baby back to me!”

Eine didn’t expect it and cried out in pain.

Noah exploded.He slapped me hard across the face to protect her.

I was forced to let go and fell to the floor.My lip split open from the force.I held my face,shaking,staring at Noah in disbelief.

He froze too,like even he didn’t expect himself to hit me.Regret flashed in his eyes,but when he heard Eine sobbing again,his expression became cold.

“It seems your time in the hospital taught you nothing.Maybe someone needs to show you proper manners and the morals a Mrs.Harvey should have.At the very least,you should learn not to attack a child or Eine ever again.”

He waved his hand and guards rushed into the room,pinning me to the floor.

Without looking at me once,he ordered coldly,“Send her to the family etiquette training center.Until I say otherwise,she is not allowed to leave.”

My blood went cold.Noah knew exactly what the Harvey family called“training.”It was torture.And he was still willing to send me there for her.

I fought with everything I had,but they dragged me away.

Out of Noah’s sight,Eine looked directly at me with a cold,evil smile.Then,she slipped a bank card into the etiquette trainer’s hand.