Chapter 7
After I calmly finished speaking, Erik’s face finally showed a hint of panic.
He glanced at me helplessly for a moment, then angrily shouted into his phone, “Mom, why didn’t you tell me Dad was sick?”
“…I didn’t want you to worry. Besides, you were about to get promoted. If I told you, it would only make you anxious…”
“Erik, what happened between you and Sid? Why did Sid say you’re getting a divorce?”
“Erik, you can’t divorce Sid! Your dad’s
illness… she still needs to ask Dr. Welch for help…”
Erik’s face darkened a little.
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After casually handling a few words with his mother, he hung up the phone.
He threw the phone at me, his expression somewhat awkward.
“Why didn’t you tell me meeting Myles was for my dad?”
I sneered, “Didn’t you hear what your mom just said? She was afraid it would affect your promotion. If I had told you, she would’ve made my life harder.”
From the very beginning, Erik’s mother didn’t like me.
In her eyes, I was never good enough for her precious son.
Only after helping my father–in–law did she
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start to show me a little bit of kindness.
“You always obey your mom like she’s a saint, who am I to disobey?”
My sarcastic tone seemed to hit a nerve.
Erik suddenly flew in
stop with the sarcasm!”
a fit of anger. “Sidney,
He looked at me, and suddenly gave a cold, sinister smile.
“Heh, who knows if before helping my dad, you had been secretly meeting Myles?”
“Maybe my dad’s illness just became your excuse to meet Myles openly?”
He tapped his tongue, looking like a shameless street thug. “So, should you thank my dad for that?”
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“…You’re insane!”
I was beyond speechless, coldly grabbing my suitcase to leave.
But Erik immediately grabbed my arm, his voice a bit awkward. “My dad’s illness. has relapsed. Can you help him get an appointment?”
I pulled my hand back, sneering. “Now your don’t mind me meeting Myles? Erik, can you have some dignity?”
“I’m not helping your family with anything anymore! Figure it out yourself!”
I opened the door to leave, but Erik quickly followed.
At that moment, Angela suddenly rushed
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forward and hugged Erik from behind.
“Brother Erik, don’t chase after her! If she wants to leave, let her go! Don’t you remember? My parents are both doctors! I can help Uncle!”
“Brother Erik, I’ve liked you for so many years. Sidney never loved you. Can you look at me instead?”
I turned around to see Erik standing frozen, his expression complicated as he looked at
- me.
In fact, when we first got married, we were an enviable couple.
Erik, he had once truly treated me well.
But after Angela posted a photo of me and Myles eating together in the hospital
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cafeteria, Erik began to have suspicions.
Every time I came home late from work, he would assume I was out with Myles.
That’s when he started deliberately going against me.
He knew I hated gambling, so he would go out drinking and playing cards with unsavory people, staying out all night.
He grew increasingly distant toward me.
When he found out I was pregnant, things only got worse.
He ignored me completely, even speaking harshly to me.
Looking at his eyes now, filled with inner turmoil and indecision, I smiled faintly.
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“Erik, deep down, you know there was nothing between me and Myles.”
“You’re just insecure.”
“You’ve always believed that I could never truly love you.”
When Myles suddenly left to study abroad, he didn’t leave me even a single word.
At that time, my mother’s health had taken a turn for the worse.
I had to hold back my immense sorrow and drop out of school to care for her.
Later, when I found out I couldn’t afford her medical bills, my classmates secretly raised money for me.
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When Erik found out, he immediately sent me a bank card.
“Sidney, this is all the money I’ve saved since I was a child. Take it to pay for your mom’s treatment.”
“Don’t refuse. You’re not going to just watch your mom die, are you?”
“You can pay me back when you start earning money.”
I accepted Erik’s kindness, my eyes red.
After that, he came every day to help care for my mother.
He was so frequent and so considerate that the people in the hospital, even the doctors and nurses, began to joke about us.
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They called us the “loving couple.”
And I just watched Erik, seeing his former self before me.
My eyes blurred for a moment.
I quickly wiped them away.
He thought I married him because of that bank card.
But I really did love him.
I trembled as I spoke.
“Erik, you killed our child with your own hands.”
I took a deep breath, and said no more.
I didn’t know if it was the resolute expression
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on my face, but Erik suddenly panicked.
He struggled free from Angela’s grip, his voice trembling. “Sid… Sidney, please don’t leave, you…”
Too late, Erik.
I wiped my tears, pulling my gaze away, closing the door behind me.
Turning, I left.
No hesitation.
