Tears suddenly rolled down my cheeks and a bitter smile appeared on the corners of my lips as I confronted, “So? You want me to look at the child you had with another woman every day and remind me of the mistakes you made every day?”

“Calvin, I can't do it. Sorry.”

As soon as I finished speaking, he roared, “Okay, remember what you said and don't regret it if you can!”

“What man with this family background doesn't have a lover outside? I've handed Freida over to you. I've done my best.” 

“If you can accept it, we will get married. If not, get out of my life. I will still choose my child no matter what.”

After the call ended, my disheveled figure was reflected in the French window.

Suite No. 13520 was once his favorite date spot.

He said it was filled with memories of our love.

Valentine's Day, birthdays, anniversaries.

The room almost became ours alone.

But that time, I was the only one who still remembered it.

Calvin told my parents of the news of the broken engagement and they immediately called to inquire about it.

“Terrie, what happened? Why did Calvin say you wanted to break off the engagement? This is not a joke. You can't fool around.”

I buried my body deeply in the quilt, my voice choked as I answered, “His lover is pregnant.”

“What man doesn't make mistakes? Just get rid of the baby….”

I immediately interrupted, “I'm not going to break off the engagement, I'm just changing the person, you know him, Carlos.”

My father swallowed his words of persuasion, while my mother was so surprised that she lost her voice.

“Carlos? Aren't you two sworn enemies? Have you forgotten that he almost burned your hair when you were a child?”

I smiled and tried my best to keep my tone light as I explained, “That’s why, I want to marry him and torture him for the rest of my life.”

I tossed and turned, the pain from the wound in my abdomen kept me awake all night.

The next morning, I contacted the agent to sell the wedding house.

I went back to pack my things, I saw Calvin's private plane still parked on the lawn.

When I opened the door, I could see a wall full of heartwarming photos. But the figure in the photo was not me, it was Freida.

Arctic glaciers, the Eiffel Tower, the burned Notre Dame. He took Freida to all the places we had been to together.

He once said that he hated taking photos, since being in a high position, who knew what those reporters and opponents would do with his photos.

No matter how much I begged and promised, we never had a photo together.

But that time, Freida had become his exception.

The two stopped under the photo wall, Freida touched her not-so-obvious belly with a cute smile as she asked, “Calvin, when the baby is born, let's take him out to play, okay? 

“He must like these places. After all, once I said that, the baby suddenly kicked me as if he agreed.”

The sound of the door opening attracted the attention of both people.

He turned around and saw me appear.

Freida knelt straight in front of me, hugged my waist and begged me, admitting her mistake, “Terrie, it's my fault. I didn't keep my promise to stay abroad. Please don't blame me, okay?

“I really like Calvin so much. I swear, I will leave after the baby is born and will not be a nuisance to you."

Without waiting for me to speak, Calvin sneered twice, “You don't need to apologize to her. You met me because you were drugged. So, I am the one who owes you.”

He looked up at me and explained, “Terrie, I have already found out who drugged me. That company will close within a month.

“Freida is innocent and was forced to do something wrong. You shouldn't blame her. I can let this matter go. Just apologize and let it go.”

I looked back, my eyes were cold without any emotion.

I just thought it was ridiculous.

“I apologize? Calvin, are you crazy?”

The next second, the hand on my waist suddenly exerted force and poked my wound.

I gasped in pain and my whole body was soaked with cold sweat, so I quickly pushed the person away.

Without much effort, Freida fell directly on the cabinet.

“What are you doing?!”

Calvin pushed me hard and my forehead hit the door frame heavily. Blood immediately seeped out.

“I think you are the one who is crazy! Freida has already bowed to you and I've explained it to you, what else do you want?

“Apologize to her now!”

Gritting my teeth and swallowing my grievances, I spoke word by word, “No way! I will never apologize to your lover, Calvin. Don’t you dare dream of that!”

“You choose to be stubborn? Fine then.”

Calvin's eyes turned red with anger and he quickly carried Freida into the bedroom to rest. 

When he went out, he called the servants of the villa and ordered, “Where's the chain? Take it out. 

“The madam has gone mad. Let her kneel down in the manor and sober up!

“Don't let her get up without my order.”

My eyes suddenly turned red and I looked at him in disbelief as I confronted, “Calvin, you are crazy! She is just a mistress, how dare you do this to me?

“This is the house I bought.”

“But I am the master!” Calvin snapped.

After glancing at me coldly, Calvin said nothing more.

The servant quickly dragged me out the door.

The blood left a long trail on the ground.

The moment the door of the villa was closed, a loud thunder suddenly sounded in the clear sky.

Then, heavy rain fell.

I was soaked all over quickly.

I knelt in the rain and the wounds on my forehead and abdomen began to feel hot.

My consciousness gradually became blurred.

I looked at the servant who was supervising me and said in an extremely weak voice, “Let me go. Help me call Calvin over, please."

The servant glanced at me as if he was watching a show and stood under the eaves with a sneer on his face, “Forget about it. I've seen you act pitifully many times.”

“Mr. Hatfield just called a private doctor, who is now busy treating Miss Steele's wounds.”

Looking up hard, I saw a figure looming on the terrace on the second floor. The next second, my eyes went dark and I collapsed to the ground.

In a coma, I heard the servants shouting anxiously, “Oh no, Miss Williams is in a coma!

“There's blood on the ground. Let's get a doctor to take a look.”

Familiar footsteps approached and an umbrella was held above my head.

Calvin's voice was exceptionally cold, “Have you finished pretending? For the person who doesn't know, they might think you're the one who's pregnant.

“Terrie, it's time to control your temper. I'm doing this for your own good.”

The footsteps faded away, he and Freida hugged each other under the eaves and looked in my direction.

Freida delicately hid in his arms, her voice aggrieved, “Calvin, Terrie doesn't seem to be pretending. Are we being too harsh on her?

“After all, she is your fiancée. If the Williams Family knew about this…"

Calvin's face turned cold as he interrupted, “I have worked hard for so many years and I don't have to look at the Williams Family's face.

“She was the one who was being unreasonable first. You still have eight months to give birth. You can't let her bully you everywhere. She must change her temper.”

Freida's eyes flashed with pride and then quickly replaced with an innocent expression.

“I heard that there is no love in the marriages between wealthy families. Is it the same for you and Terrie?”

The rainstorm fell mercilessly, washing my pale face again and again.

For a moment, I seemed to feel my heartbeat stop.

The next second, Calvin's emotionless voice rang in his ears, “If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. Born in the Hatfield Family, marriage is a mission I cannot escape. Since I have no choice, I can only accept it.

“Terrie is pretty and simple. Compared to other domineering young ladies, she is the best choice.”

Tears slid down the corners of my eyes and flowed into the soil.

Calvin looked at Freida lovingly and finally there was emotion in his eyes as he said, “I thought I would spend my whole life like this, but your appearance is a gift from God to me.

“Thank you, Freida.”

The stinging words pierced my heart one by one.

I could not even tell whether my body hurt more or my heart hurt more.

The memories of childhood sweethearts gradually blurred.

I thought we were childhood sweethearts, I thought we were deeply in love, but in the end, they were all lies.

It was ridiculous that in the past twenty years of my life, my only wish was to marry him. I even helped him to have smooth career development and rapid advancement in career.

The boy under the willow tree who broke branches for me to make a crown was eventually lost in my memory.

The tense nerves suddenly broke and blood gushed out of the abdomen.

Calvin finally realized something was wrong and shouted at the servant beside him, “What are you waiting for? Go up and take a look!

“If something happens to the madam, you all won't have to work here anymore!”

While unconscious, my body was constantly being shaken.

Then, I fell into a warm embrace.

The familiar pine scent seemed to bring me back to the past when we were just the two of us.

But when I opened my eyes, I had been moved into the guest room. Calvin was sitting beside the bed.

His face was full of anger and coldness as he asked, “Why didn't you tell me you were hurt?

“Terrie, are you so stubborn? When will you change your temper?”

Ignoring his emotions, I turned and looked around the room. 

It was shabby and messy, even worse than the servants' quarters and it was self-evident who was living in the master bedroom that originally belonged to me.

A sneer appeared on my lips, but I did not even look at him as I said, “My temper is none of your business. The person you should care about most now is Freida.”

I stood up and tore off the gauze wrapped around my abdomen.

“Also, let me remind you that this is the house I bought. Please have your lover move out as soon as possible.”

Calvin was completely enraged by the indifferent attitude. He immediately stood up and shouted angrily, “That's enough! Are you so intolerant?

“I let Freida live here so that you can take care of each other, not so that you can make trouble unreasonably!

“Forget it. It's still eight months before Freida gives birth. You should calm down and wait for the baby to be born. I don't want his mother to be a lunatic!”

After saying this, Calvin left without looking back.

When I lifted the quilt, I saw that the wound on my knee had been treated by a doctor.

I could not help but sneer. Everything that happened was caused by him, so why was he pretending to be a good guy then?

The laughter downstairs continued. I took out my mobile phone and lowered the price of the villa again. 

I did not want to see this sad scene again.

That night, the servant prepared a meal. Most of them were seafood that Calvin was allergic to.

Standing on the second floor and taking a look, I remembered the time when Calvin was ordering food in the restaurant and was unwilling to bow his head for me.

It turned out that love and hate were so obvious.

When I returned to what used to be the master bedroom, the luggage that originally belonged to me had been thrown away.

It saved me a lot of effort.

After calling a taxi on my phone, I turned around and wanted to leave.