After my parents passed away, they entrusted me to Tyler Dickerson. That made everyone in Brimstone knew that I was more important to Tyler than his own life.

Everyone thought I was his child bride, but he just told others that I was his sister. But the truth was, I got pregnant with him after having sex when he was drunk.

When I was about to tell him the news, I saw Mia’s circle of friends. They shared a photo of Tyler holding Mia with a broad smile, with a caption that read, [So this is how it feels to be cared about by others]

I directly went to the hospital, had the baby aborted and submitted an application to go abroad for an interview.

***

I walked into the doctor's office.

“Hello, I want to have an abortion,” I said.

It was also the first time for the doctor to see a woman having an abortion right after becoming pregnant.

The doctor asked to reassure me, “Are you sure? You are pregnant with twins and it is a natural conception. Have you thought it through?”

Before I answered him, I looked at the message on my phone, the one I sent to Tyler. As I saw he had not replied to me yet, I directly answered, “I'm sure.”

The light on the operating table was so bright and dazzling that it made me cry.

After getting off the operating table, I filled out the application form for overseas interviews and submitted it.

But when I walked out of the hospital, I ran into Mia in Tyler's arms after her prenatal check-up.

I was still in a lot of pain at that moment and was not in the mood to pay attention to them. So, I would just pretend I did not see them walk past.

However, Tyler suddenly put Mia down and grabbed me. “What are you doing here?” he asked.

I wanted to shake his hand off, but I was too weak to use any strength. So, I asked him back, “Didn't you see the message I sent you on my phone?”

Suddenly, a trace of guilt flashed across Tyler's eyes. “I was busy just now and didn't see the message.”

Well, well, he should be busy thinking about how to serve Mia well, I thought.

Mia also spoke at the right time, “Karla, what happened to you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?”

“I'm not sick, I just came here to have an abortion,” I answered lightly.

“Abortion? But Karla, you have not even gotten married yet, how could this happen?” Mia asked in surprise, fearing that people around me did not know that I was pregnant before marriage.

I felt really sick looking at Mia's hypocritical look, so I walked around them and moved forward.

Tyler did not react for a moment, so I took the opportunity to pull my hand away and wanted to leave.

“If you are pregnant, then whose child is it?” Tyler yelled at me angrily.

“It has nothing to do with you.”  

After saying that, I wanted to leave. But Tyler suddenly took my hand and walked quickly towards the parking lot. He did not even hear Mia calling from behind.

Tyler's car was driving very fast on the road. 

Then, after arriving home, he pulled me out of the car regardless of my weakness, walked quickly into the house and threw me onto the sofa.

“Tell me, who is that man?” Tyler stared into my eyes, as if he wanted to see something from them.

So, he really did not remember anything he had done.

That night I accompanied Tyler to a charity dinner. However, Tyler suddenly held me tightly in his drunk state. 

He forcefully pushed me down on the bed. I, of course, struggled in his arms, but I was no match for him.

After we finished, Tyler whispered in my ear, “I will be responsible for you.”

That night was what I thought was the happiest night. I thought our relationship would get closer, but the next day Tyler went back to being just a brother.

I thought he was protecting me, but until I saw Mia, I realized that his sweetheart was back.

Mia Andrews was the wife of Tyler's cousin. His cousin died unexpectedly and entrusted Mia to Tyler. 

Since then, Mia was becoming Tyler's sweetheart.

“Anyway, the child is gone now, so does it matter whose it is?” I stared into Tyler's eyes because I wanted to know if he remembered a little bit.

But I found nothing, so I decided not to tell him.

He stood up from in front of me and yelled, “Fine. If you don't want to tell me, then I will check it myself. Don’t you think I can't find it out myself, Karla.”

After saying that, he took out his phone and called someone, “Check something for me. I want to know who Karla has been in contact with recently.”

After he finished giving the order, his phone rang. It was Mia calling. 

Tyler went for a prenatal checkup with Mia that day, but they met me halfway and left her alone in the hospital. So, Mia should be confused at that moment.

“Tyler, I'm still in the hospital. When can you come over?” she asked.

“I'll pick you up next.”

After hanging up the phone, he turned to me and said, “Until I find out who that man is, you stay here.”

I was imprisoned in the villa by Tyler.

But it was fully equipped and there was no problem for me to live there by myself, so I just took it easy.

The next day I received a notification that my application was approved.

“Karla, have you really decided to go abroad for an interview? This is a big project and you won't be able to come back for at least a year or two. Does Mr. Dickerson agree?” my senior asked me.

But Mia had already come back and Tyler's attention was only focused on her, so he probably would not care about any decision I made.

In the end, I answered in confidence, “He agreed.”

“Okay, I will arrange it as soon as possible and let you know when it's done.”

His sweetheart was back and it was time for me to leave and stop being a third wheel there.

People outside might be thinking that I was important to him, but inside, I actually understood my place. 

I was the only one who was aware that I was not that important. Tyler just was too chauvinistic and felt uncomfortable when his things were coveted.

I nodded my head and found that the money I had earned over the years. It was also the scholarships I had saved during college that were quite a bit, plus there were subsidies from the station.

Fortunately, the money was enough to support my life abroad. 

After packing, I laid on the bed in a daze and prepared to sleep. But I was woken up by the heat in the middle of the night.

I took out the thermometer and measured it just to find if I was 39 degrees. I wanted to go out and take a taxi to the hospital, but there was a bodyguard guarding the door. 

The time he saw me, he called Tyler, “Sir, Miss Schmidt is going out.”

I heard a buzzing voice on the other end of the line and after a while the person replied, “What could she be worried about at this late hour? Give her the phone.”

I picked up the phone and heard a sweet voice from the other end, “Tyler, who's calling?”

I was very familiar with that voice. Tyler really could not hide that from me again.

Tyler's gentle voice said, “You go to sleep first. I will take a call and come back in a while.”

Tyler walked to a quiet place over there and asked, “What brings you out so late?”

“I have a fever and need to go to the hospital.”

Tyler sneered on the other end of the phone, “Karla, you should find a better excuse. You can think of any excuse to meet that wild man.”

It was futile to explain what Tyler had determined, so I hung up the phone directly.

The moment I turned around, everything went dark and I woke up in the hospital.

The doctor stood by the bed and explained, “You just had a miscarriage. You need to rest and be careful not to catch a cold.”

After the doctor left, I picked up the phone on the bedside table only to find that it was full of missed calls from Tyler.

When I saw Tyler called me again, I hung up directly. I did not need Tyler’s fake sympathy after all.

I received a message from my senior after that. He told me that I would be leaving in a week.

So, during this period, I had to take care of my health first.

Fortunately, without Tyler's interruption, I had a very happy time in the hospital.

However, when I was discharged from the hospital, I saw Tyler waiting for me at the hospital entrance. With his connections, I was not surprised at all that he knew I was there. 

I walked around him and headed to the side of the road. But he got out of the car and grabbed me

“Why didn't you answer my call? You didn't even tell me you were in the hospital.” Tyler looked concerned, but the hand he was holding on to my arm was secretly exerting force.

I knew he was in a bad mood at that moment, as if something under his mind was out of his control.

“I told you, but you didn't believe it. So what difference does it make whether I tell you or not?”

Tyler recalled the call I made to him that night. I looked at him, wanting to explain something but not knowing where to start.

But I did not want to see him being hypocritical there, so I took a taxi on the roadside and booked a room in a hotel. There was no need to argue with Tyler during the period before going abroad.

The station arranged a cameraman to accompany me on that overseas interview. So, we agreed to meet at a cafe to discuss going abroad.

Shawn Hayden was the name of the cameraman. He was one year older than me and we went to the same university. He joined the TV station earlier than me and he took care of me like an older brother.

After the discussion, Shawn took me back to the hotel.

As soon as he arrived at the hotel entrance, he ran into Tyler, who came up and punched Shawn.

So, I protected Shawn behind me. “Tyler, don’t be insane!”

“How could I stay calm when I waited for you here so late, but then found you back with a strange man? You really can't stand loneliness at all, huh?”

The truth was, I had loved him for ten years. But, it turned out that I was such an unbearable existence in his heart.

Shawn could not stand it anymore, “Please be respectful. Karla and I are just colleagues. It's not what you think.”

Tyler saw Shawn speaking for me again and was about to take action. But his phone rang at that moment.

“Tyler, my stomach hurts. Is the baby uncomfortable? I'm so scared.”

“I will be right there.”

After saying that, he glared at Shawn, turned around and said to me, “Karla, I hope you can learn to respect yourself and don't let yourself fall into depravity.”

After he said that and left with such a disgraceful existence in his eyes.

Then, I could feel Shawn looked at me with uncontrollable worry in his eyes. So, I smiled at him and said, “I'm fine, you can go back first.”

After seeing Shawn off, I returned to the hotel. 

As soon as I opened my phone, I saw the message Mia sent me. It was a photo.

But, after I downloaded it, I saw Tyler was putting shoes on Mia in the photo. He even sent me a text, [It feels good to be taken care of]

But then, the message was withdrawn two seconds after it was sent.

She sent me another one that read, [Sorry Karla, I sent this to the wrong person.]

The second message just made my anger overflow. Was it necessary to show off in front of me?