Chapter 1
My fiancee was pregnant, but the child was not mine.
She held her belly and said there was a rich man's son inside, asking me to treat him as my own and lived a good life together.
I advised her to have an abortion so that we could live a good life.
She refused and conspired with her childhood friend who had already become rich to kill me.
When I opened my eyes again, I went back to the day she found out she was pregnant.
1
"Honey, just agree with me. This child will definitely bring us immense wealth and prosperity!" Thea Clark was now painting a rosy picture for me.
Half an hour ago, she found out she was pregnant. She wanted me to keep this child that didn't belong to me.
I looked at her beautiful and bright face, feeling heartbroken and unable to breathe.
In the previous life, she felt unwell, and I worriedly brought her to the hospital for a check-up.
Who would have thought it was just morning sickness? But we had always kept our relationship strictly platonic!
I loved her, even if she was pregnant, I was willing to continue to be with her.
But Thea was brainwashed by the child's father, thinking that as long as she gave birth to this child, she could have a bright future.
She even colluded with the adulterer Casper Davis to tamper with my brakes, causing me to die in a car accident on the spot.
When I thought of the grief of my parents, the hatred could not be stopped.
In this life, I must make Thea and Casper pay the price!
"Are you really going to keep this child?" I tried to calm down and asked.
"Of course, Casper told me that as long as I give birth to this child, we will have a prosperous and wealthy life in the future!"
Casper mentioned by Thea was her childhood sweetheart, who climbed up the social ladder three years ago and became the son-in-law of a wealthy family.
In my previous life, I didn't believe that pie would fall from the sky. I tried to persuade Thea to be down-to-earth, but ended up dead. Fortunately, God was watching and let me be reborn.
This time, I absolutely changed my strategy.
"OK. You can give birth to it."
I distanced myself from Thea and agreed without hesitation.
"Really! My dear, I know you're the best!"
She hugged my waist and acted spoiled, painting a rosy picture for me.
"When the child is born, I will give birth to a child that belongs to you! Then we can live a good life together!"
I found it ironic. According to Thea's appearance, I guessed as soon as the child was born, she would be eager to become a wealthy wife. How could I have a good life?
"The doctor just said that the baby's development is very good and it is a healthy baby!"
After Thea received the test report, her expression became even more joyful. She cautiously probed by holding onto my arm.
"Dear, if your parents ask when we go back, what should we say?"
After all, she had been pregnant for three months. It was summer. It was inevitable that her pregnancy would be guessed.
"Just tell the truth," I didn't hesitate and said it directly.
It's already suffocating enough for me to be cheated on while dating me, do you also want me to nurture the offspring of your affair?
Thea was not satisfied with my statement.
"I will be criticized for this!"
I sneered, "You're already pregnant. Are you afraid of being criticized?"
How can there be such a good thing in the world where having a child means being worry-free about food and clothing?
Thea gave me a cold shoulder unhappily.
"Don't you love me? If you love me, you should love everything about me, including the child in my belly!"
Thea was very good at moral coercion.
"I only love my own child."
I couldn't love a child who was not my own.
Thea thought I was jealous. She said softly and gently, "I said I'll have another child with you after giving birth to this one! Once the child is born, you just take care of it and treat it as your own child."
Upon hearing this, I frowned slightly.
Isn't this child Casper's? Won't he take it back after it is born?
Although I doubted, I didn't care.
I glanced at the time on my phone and said to Thea, "Let's go back first. Your parents and my parents are waiting."
Chapter 2
As early as the moment I was reborn, I sent a message to my parents and gave them a heads-up in advance.
I wouldn't persuade Thea to have an abortion, but I wouldn't be an unwilling caregiver!
Thea got into the car happily. When she heard what I said after arriving home, she was dumbfounded.
"You want to break off the engagement?"
Thea looked incredulous.
"Yes."
I took out Thea's examination report, which clearly stated that she was three months pregnant.
"We have always kept our relationship strictly platonic, so how could the child in your belly possibly be mine?"
Thea didn't expect that I would suddenly make a move.
"Didn't we agree to keep this child?"
"This child is yours, so it's natural for you to want to keep it," I said calmly, soothing my parents' excitement. "I just don't want to be a cheap father. I want to break off the engagement."
"Do you think the child is not yours because you said that?!"
Thea's father reacted quickly and snorted coldly.
"My daughter is with you, so if the child is not yours, then whose is it? You can't deny it!"
As early as when I was dating with Thea, my parents investigated her family and everyone said that Thea's father was a scoundrel.
Now it seemed that his reputation was well-deserved.
"She is three months pregnant. I was on a business trip three months ago and just came back two months ago."
After I finished speaking, Thea's father remained silent for a few seconds.
"Well, we don't care. This child must be yours!"
"Then have an abortion." I stared coldly at Thea's belly. "Since you said this child is mine, then I want to abort it. Do you have any objections?"
Thea's parents didn't know whose child it was and wanted me to take responsibility, but Thea disagreed.
"The child is mine! I won't abort it!"
She gritted her teeth and refused to say who the father of the child was.
In fact, if it weren't for Thea's slip of the tongue at the hospital, I wouldn't have known that she was involved with Casper, nor would I have persuaded her to get an abortion!
This fool only remembered the food but forgot the beating!
Three years ago, she was abandoned by Casper, but three years later, she was still rushing to have a child with him!
Thea refused to have an abortion, and I didn't want this child.
The only solution was to cancel the engagement.
But Thea stubbornly refused to return the betrothal gifts to me.
"I've been with you for three years, and I've lost my youth. What's wrong with giving me some money?"
I was amused by Thea's shamelessness.
"You lost your youth, but what about me?"
Back then, when she was dumped by Casper, I always put her first, and I spent all my money on Thea!!
I thought this was a manifestation of love, but I didn't expect it to only increase her appetite!
Thea didn't listen to my reasoning and insisted on not returning the money.
I dared not push Thea too hard. Who knew what this crazy woman would do!
The thought of my parents giving away their hard-earned 65,000 dollars as the betrothal gifts to such a woman made me furious.
It seemed that I could only think another way.
Chapter 3
My wedding with Thea was originally under preparation. Now, telling our relatives and friends not to come made my parents lose face.
My mom comforted me, "Being able to see through a person before the wedding is considered our blessing. A fortunate person does not marry an unfortunate woman."
I suppressed the choking in my heart and said okay.
My parents hadn't been affected yet, and as the pillar of the family, I must also be strong!
I quickly dealt with the matter and planned to return to work.
I was a lawyer, mainly dealing with divorce cases. Because of my strong professional skills, I had some reputation in the field.
I lowered my head and looked at the time. There were some traffic jams on the road today and I was going to be late for work.
At the thought of this, I slightly pressed the accelerator under my foot. As the distance to the front car got closer, I wanted to brake, but found that the speed of the car remained the same.
I was so cautious, but still fell for Thea's trick!
Every time I got in the car, I would check the equipment inside in advance. Everything seemed fine when I got in the car, but now...
There was no time for me to think at all, and my car crashed into the car in front at a rapid speed.
After I saw what the car in front of me looked like, I finally understood what it meant to be heartbroken.
This was a Cayenne.
The owner of the car was a young girl with big sunglasses on her face, bright and rebellious.
"How did you drive?"
This accident was indeed my fault, I apologized with a mild attitude, trying to minimize the situation.
"Forget it, since you have a good attitude, I won't hold it against you this time!"
I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard her words, and thanked this wealthy person repeatedly as she left.
While waiting for the insurance company, I asked for a leave from work.
Then I started to check the surveillance cameras in the community.
Someone must have tampered with my car, and that person must be Thea.
Sure enough, at eleven o'clock last night, Thea appeared next to my car.
I looked gloomy and kept these screenshots of the surveillance.
All of these will become evidence for me to bring down Thea!
After I finished dealing with the matter, I was bombarded by Thea's continuous phone calls.
I was annoyed and didn't want to answer, but she kept calling me incessantly.
She even bombarded me with different phone numbers.
I answered the phone, but there was a strange voice inside.
"You are Thea's husband, right? Your wife fainted because she's pregnant! Hurry to the hospital!"
I wanted to say that I was not, but the other party hang up first.
Coincidentally, I was planning to settle accounts with Thea, so I just went straight to the hospital.
After I arrived in the ward, I looked at the well-served Thea and the man next to her. I frowned and discreetly started recording.
"Shawn, it's been so many years since we last saw each other!"
Casper acted like we were good buddies and hugged me, but I avoided his gesture and didn't give him any face.
"In the blink of an eye, you have a wife and a child. I'm really envious, my buddy!"
Casper didn't mind my little action and continued to smile to me.
"You know better than anyone else whose child is in her belly, right?"
I don't understand. It is just the three of us at the scene. What is he pretending to be?
Seeing that I didn't give him any face, the smile on Casper's face faded.
"Since you know whose child this is, how dare you break off the engagement?"
Casper's tone was arrogant as he took out two stacks of cash from his briefcase.
"This is your hush money. Prepare for your wedding and I won't treat you unfairly!"
I was amused by Casper's arrogant appearance.
"I won't be a cheap daddy. I can't stand your adultery."
I can't bear to be a cuckold.
"Then you can wait to lose your job," Casper proudly said. "The company you work for is my wife's business. I can make you unemployed with just a few words!"
Including my previous life, I have lived for decades. It's the first time I've encountered such shameless person!
"Aren't you afraid your wife will find out your affair?"
Actually, I'm very puzzled. As a son-in-law, where does Casper get the confidence to be so arrogant?
"This is not something you should worry about!
"You must have had a car accident, right?"
Casper held his phone and threatened with a smile, "If you don't want to live, you can continue to cancel the marriage. Anyway, I have many ways to make you die without a trace."
I was shocked by this explicit malice, which shattered my worldview.
I didn't expect Casper to be so arrogant!
"Yes, Shawn, Casper is also doing it for your own good."
Thea hugged her stomach and laughed triumphantly, "Who can be as lucky as you? Once you get married, you have a wife and a child!"
I listened, indifferent and unwilling to speak.
Do you want this luck?
"I won't accept this child," I said coldly, with a firm attitude.
"Why should I take over a bastard?"
It was an insult to Casper.
He couldn't hold back and cursed at me directly, "You're bastard! Damn it! I let you raise my child because I think highly of you!"
I was scolded by Casper, and I looked up at his greasy appearance with disgust.
The atmosphere seemed to suddenly become tense.
"Shawn, don't you think it's unfair?" Thea looked around and said afterwards.
"You have given my family 65,000 dollars as the betrothal gifts!"
Of course I felt cheated, not just because of the money, but also because of my kindness to Thea over the years.
"This is not a reason for me to accept a child not belong to me!"
After I finished speaking, I didn't want to talk to scum like Thea anymore.
I walked towards the outside, but Thea caught up with me.
She was only three months pregnant, but she was carefully protecting her baby bump, as if she thought she was about to give birth.
"Shawn, I know you are not convinced in your heart!"
Thea came up panting. She still didn't realize her position, thinking that she was very important to me.
"You don't have to marry me, but we won't break up."
Thea looked like she was giving in. "But during the time we were dating, you need to fulfill the responsibilities of a boyfriend!"
Looking at Thea's appearance, I really didn't know where she got her confidence from.
"Thea, it doesn't make much sense for you to pester me," I said coldly.
"Instead of wasting your time on me, you'd better curry favor with your God of Wealth!"
I thought of Casper's threat just now, so I threatened back.
"If you're not afraid of people knowing about your affair with Casper, you can continue to mess with me!
"As long as something happens to me, I guarantee that the scandal between you two will spread throughout the country!"
I'd never been a good person. It was just that I liked Thea too much before, which made me lose myself!
Sure enough, after listening to what I said, Thea's face became a bit ugly.
"How dare you!"
I looked at Thea's reaction and became even more certain in my heart.
Thea's appearance is obviously very afraid that her relationship with Casper will be known by others.
So why does she treat the child in her belly as a lucky star?