Roderick accompanied Katie to pick out her wedding dress and didn't come home until the evening. He pushed open the bedroom door just in time to see Josephine hugging the trash can and dry-heaving.

He panicked and handed over warm water. His eyes were full of concern. 

“Josephine, I know morning sickness is very uncomfortable. Thank you for your hard work.”

Smelling the perfume odour on his body that belonged exclusively to Katie, Josephine was even more nauseous. “If you know I feel uncomfortable, don't bring a strange smell home.”

Roderick's face was slightly stiff. “What strange smell? Don't think too much. I'll make time to spend more time with you later.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the phone rang.

“Roderick, it's bad news! Someone exploded Josephine's pregnancy test report on the internet, saying that you and Josephine are secretly married. And I'm the mistress interfering. Now the netizens are cursing and attacking me. What should I do?”

“Don't panic. I'll come over right away.”

Hanging up the phone, Roderick looked Josephine up and down. “Josephine, you didn't send anything to the paparazzi indiscriminately, did you?”

Josephine Marchand was puzzled. “What do you mean?”

“Nothing, something is going on with Katie. I'll go and accompany her first. You have to rest early. Don't need to wait for me.”

The next door, the room door slammed shut. The man who had just said that he would take the time to accompany her more had disappeared.

Josephine calmly withdrew her sight. Fortunately, she had long since stopped believing what he said.

Early the next morning, Josephine’s cell phone rang non-stop. When she opened it, countless Instagram story replies and private messages nearly caused her phone to crash.  

Only after regaining her composure, Josephine saw that the replies and private messages were almost all insults from Roderick and Katie's fans. When she opened Roderick's Instagram, she felt as though she had fallen into an ice cave, feeling cold from head to toe.

[Roderick: Thank you for all the fans' concern. My only wife is only @Katie. And we have and only have one child between us. My manager @Josephine is indeed pregnant. The father of the child is not from the entertainment industry. Please do not believe the rumours and do not spread rumours].

It was strange to say, but Josephine thought she had already made her decision a long time ago and wouldn't be sad or hurt by Roderick anymore. But the moment she realized she had been abandoned. She still couldn't hold back the fine pain that flooded the bottom of her heart.

Roderick rushed home. The first sentence he said was, “Josephine, let's get a divorce.”

At this moment, Josephine's heart finally felt a real sense of closure.

She calmly opened her mouth and spoke, “Alright, should we apply for the divorce now?”

“Well, Josephine, don't worry. You’re the one I love most. We're just getting a fake divorce. And when public opinion dies down, I'll marry you all over again.”

Roderick leaned his head on Josephine's stomach. He swore a promise and said, “At that time, I'll make up a grand wedding for you. So, the whole world will know that you and the baby are my wife and child.”

“It's all right, whatever you want.” 

Josephine's eyebrows were soft, not seeing the slightest bit of sadness. Meanwhile, Roderick felt an unexplainable sense of unease.

“Josephine, you know, I really don't have anything to do with Katie. Even if I get married to her, it's just for publicity. Once the hype dies down, I'll divorce her for the first time.”

“Alright, I understand.”

“Josephine, thank you for your understanding. I will never let you down.”

Roderick finished speaking and rushed out quickly. Katie was waiting for him in the car.

“Roderick, did Josephine agree to the divorce?”

“Yes, she agreed. Katie, don't worry. Once we get the marriage certificate, we will have a wedding. At that time no one will ever use the child issues to blackmail you again.”

The two were happily discussing and neither of them saw Josephine who was standing nearby with the household registration transfer documents. She quietly and detachedly looked at Roderick.

The man who had once made her heart thump was finally killed by himself. And he could never come back.

“Roderick, I will let you go and spare myself.”

Josephine returned to the company after completing the household registration transfer procedures. When she opened the office door, she saw Katie sitting at her desk with her child in her arms.

“Get out of the way. This is my seat.”

Katie raised her eyelids and coldly swept a glance at Josephine. “Your seat? Did Roderick not tell you that as of today, you're fired? And this will be my spot from now on.”

She pushed a divorce agreement and a termination notice of dismissal in front of Josephine.

“Sign it now. Don’t waste each other’s time.”

Josephine laughed lightly. “If I refuse to sign, what can you do to me?”

Katie rolled her eyes in contempt. “Roderick praised you for being atmospheric and understanding, but now it seems you’re nothing more than that. Say it, what do you want before you sign?”

Josephine's eyes flashed with a hint of amusement. Katie was so arrogant now. It seemed that she didn't realize that Roderick had reached his current position entirely because of her.  

In the beginning, she fell in love at first sight with Roderick, who was a hero who saved beauty at first sight. She quietly spent money and resources to push him from a small transparent person in the entertainment industry to the current top position.

Just imagine that a virtuous wife who had helped her husband achieve his dreams would be betrayed by her own husband after he succeeded and instead have an affair behind his wife's back.

“I don't want anything, Ms. lawson. Just make sure you keep an eye on the trash I've discarded, or else someone else might snatch it away. After all, a cat that's tasted fish will never linger for just a single fish.”

Katie choked and was speechless for a moment. Without waiting for her to understand, Josephine had already signed and simply threw away the pen. 

Just as she was about to leave, Katie violently got up and slapped her across the face. She then pushed her to the ground with force.

“Josephine, what gives you the right to act so arrogant as an abandoned woman? How dare you call Roderick trash and curse me for being cheated on?”

“I want you to see the reality. The one who was dumped is you. It's Roderick who doesn't want you and that bitchy seed in your belly anymore!”

The sharp pain in her abdomen caused Josephine to panic. In the next moment, Katie slapped the child hard across the face and then threw the child forcefully at Josephine with force. 

Josephine subconsciously caught the child. But her entire body was knocked to the ground.

The baby was shocked and cried out tearfully. Katie obediently knelt in front of Josephine.

“Josephine, please give me back my child! I'll never dare to compete with you for Mr. Girault anymore. Please, let my child go!”

Roderick rushed in when he heard the noise. “What's going on? What happened to the baby?”

“Roderick, I don't know why Josephine did this. I just told her that the public opinion on the internet is not friendly to her right now. And asked her to sign a resignation notice of dismissal to temporarily block the mouths of the netizens.”

“She suddenly called me a slutty mistress and said my child was a bastard. She also suddenly went crazy and snatched my child and slapped him hard. The baby has been crying nonstop. He must have been very scared.”

“Josephine, if you have any grievances, take it out on me. Why do you want to hurt my child?”

Roderick's eyes were filled with disappointment. “Josephine, how could you be like this?”

He picked up the child. He quickly left with Katie. Roderick did not pay the slightest attention to Josephine, who was pale-faced as she covered her belly and weakly paralysed on the ground.

“Roderick…”

The pain in her abdomen became more and more intense. Josephine cried out Roderick's name in despair through her tears. But she only saw his back walking farther and farther away.

Josephine panicked and dialled 911. And when she saw the emergency personnel, she finally couldn't hold on and fainted.

When she woke up again, she frantically looked at the doctor. “Doctor, my child?”

“It's fine. I have been given Atropine. The baby is saved now.” 

The doctor spoke softly to comfort her, “You need to rest well in the future and be careful not to bump into anything again.”

“By the way, where is your husband? It's such a time, why doesn't he come to stay with you?”

“I'm divorced and don’t have a husband.”

The doctor was stunned. His face looked ashamed. 

“Then have a good rest. You can be discharged after the drip.”

When Josephine returned home, she saw Roderick and Katie. They were sitting side by side on the sofa chatting in low voices to each other. 

Upon seeing Josephine, Roderick's face instantly darkened. Katie, on the other hand, her eyes were red. And she scrambled to stand up from the sofa with her arms tightly around her child.

“Josephine, don't be angry. I'll stay far away from Roderick. Please, don't ever hurt my child again. He's still so young and innocent. If you have any grievances, you can just come to me!”

Josephine snorted lightly, “Katie if you used your acting skills to frame me in a movie, you might even win a Best Actress award this year.”

Roderick finally could no longer stay seated. He stood in front of Katie to block her.

“Josephine, apologize to Katie right now! It was your fault to snatch the child. Katie is magnanimous and doesn't hold a grudge. Yet you still dare to slander her?”

Josephine's gaze landed on Roderick's face. He suddenly felt utterly absurd. He actually believed Katie's words and believed that she would harm an innocent child.

After knowing her for so many years, was she so ruthless and heartless in his eyes? Katie poked her head out behind Roderick and smiled faintly at Josephine, full of provocation and complacency.

Josephine coldly lowered her face. “I will never apologize. I won’t admit to something I didn’t do.”

Roderick pinched his eyebrows. His face filled with impatience. 

“If you didn't do it, how did the child end up in your hands? Look at his face, it's still swollen even now. Josephine, when did you become so cruel like this?”

“In order to not get divorced and do this kind of unethical thing. Aren't you afraid that retribution will come to your own child?”

“Shut up!” 

Josephine's eyes nearly blazed with anger. For the sake of Katie's child, Roderick dared to curse the child in her womb. He was not worthy of being the father of her child.

“Early tomorrow morning, see you at the City Hall.”

Josephine turned around and went upstairs. And in a short while, she walked out with her suitcase. Roderick grabbed her hand. His expression changed slightly. 

“Where are you going?”

Josephine shook off his hand. “I’m moving out so that if anything happens later, you can’t blame it on me again.”

“Josephine Marchand!” 

Roderick said angrily, “You want to threaten me with running away from home?”

“Think whatever you want, but don’t forget to go to the City Hall tomorrow.”

Roderick darkened his face. “Okay, don't you regret it?  Since you're so stubborn, don't come begging me when you want to remarry.”

“Josephine, remember this, I'm not obligated to you. The day you don't apologize to Katie, the day I won't forgive you.”

Josephine was too lazy to pay attention to him and left without looking back.

***

The next morning, Josephine waited at the entrance of the City Hall for an hour before Roderick finally arrived.

“You are late.”

He frowned as he walked in front of Josephine. “Are you so impatient?”

“What else can I do?”

Roderick walked into the City Hall with a cold expression and said nothing.  Twenty minutes later, the two successfully obtained their freshly issued divorce certificate.

“Josephine, if you realize your mistake, apologize to Katie. And by the way, help take care of the children at home. Otherwise, I will never agree to remarry.”

Before Josephine could reply, the phone rang.

“Josephine, the divorce procedures are done, right? Three days from now, you will attend a birthday banquet on behalf of your father. And then I’ll send a car to take you to the airport.”

Josephine nodded. “Yeah, everything is done. Then I'll go straight back in three days.”

Roderick snapped his head up to stare at her. “Where are you going back to? You haven't apologized to Katie yet. You're not allowed to go anywhere!”

Josephine found it funny. “We are already divorced. What does it matter to you where I go?”

“It's up to you, Josephine. In three days, I’ll be getting married to Katie. You can come or not!”

After saying that, he opened the car door straight away, ready to drive away. Meanwhile, Katie sat in the passenger seat. She smiled provocatively at Josephine.

She used her lips to speak silently, “You lost. Roderick is mine now.”

Katie didn't know that Josephine didn't want Roderick a long time ago. A man who had been tainted like him, she would never look back to pick him up again.