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I glanced at the lobster bisque–only broth remained in the plate..
The so–called lobster meat had probably been sent to Grace long ago.
I took the plate of lobster bisque, and under Wyatt’s expectant gaze, I simply set it aside.
Sure enough, Wyatt immediately lost his
composure.
He couldn’t help but say, “Mom made this soup herself. If you wait any longer, it’ll get cold and won’t taste good. Try it quickly–don’t waste her kind gesture.”
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“She has kind gestures for me?” I almost laughed out loud, my tone dripping with
sarcasm.
Wyatt’s mother, Hayley Courtland, had always despised me for not being gentle and considerate enough. She thought I wasn’t the type who could keep a household running smoothly.
looked down on my ordinary ground–my parents were from the countryside. Compared to Grace, a war hero’s descendant, I naturally fell far
short.
Her favorite line was: “Sigh, why didn’t I set up Grace and Wyatt back then? I
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adore Grace so much more than that cold
Rylee.”
After we both got pregnant, she only had eyes for Grace.
Whatever good things the family had, she gave them all to Grace. My turn never
came.
Wyatt knew all of this.
Remembering Hayley’s attitude toward me, a flash of guilt crossed his eyes.
But quickly, he found an excuse: “Rylee, Mom just has a tough exterior but a soft heart. She’s actually very kind. How could she possibly not care about our child? She
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made this soup with her own hands. Just don’t hold it against her, okay? She’s my mother!”
I said nothing more, as if convinced by his words, and picked up the plate of soup, draining it in one go.
Wyatt breathed a sigh of relief and contentedly took away the empty plate.
I knew that plate of soup definitely contained labor–inducing drugs.
Before long, I pretended the medication was taking effect, clutching my stomach and crying out in pain: “Oh no, my stomach hurts so much! Am I going into labor? Wyatt, get me to the hospital
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quickly!”
Wyatt and Grace exchanged glances, barely containing their excitement.
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Grace immediately pressed her hands to her stomach too: “Wyatt, I think I’m going
into labor too!”
“Perfect, Grace is going into labor too! I’ll take you both to the hospital right now!” Wyatt eagerly ran to a neighbor’s house to borrow a car, then drove Grace and me to the hospital.
Just as we arrived at the hospital, Grace’s pants were already soaked, and she was crying pitifully: “It hurts so much… Wyatt, am I going to die?”
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He tenderly picked her up, only throwing me a single line: “Grace’s situation is more urgent. I’ll take her first–figure it out yourself!”
I rolled my eyes at his retreating figure and leisurely walked into the private delivery room I had arranged in advance.
Standing in the room was the very doctor Wyatt had paid off.
What he didn’t know was that a few days ago, I had already renegotiated terms with this doctor, offering him a higher price to work for me instead.
I lay on the hospital bed for several hours,
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finally waiting for Wyatt’s arrival.
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Wyatt was carrying a baby blanket. Seeing me lying with my eyes closed as if asleep, he tiptoed in, heading straight for the “child” placed beside me.
He carefully set the blanket by the bed. Before he could get a good look at “our” child, I called out to him: “Wyatt, what are you doing?”
Caught off guard by my voice, Wyatt was so startled he nearly dropped the bundle
in his arms.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly, securing the child and forcing a weak smile in my direction. “I wasn’t doing anything. Look,
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Grace has already given birth. I just wanted to come see you and our child.”
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At that moment, Grace’s baby in his arms seemed to sense the change in environment and suddenly burst into loud
cries.
Wyatt’s eyes flickered as he pulled back the swaddling cloth.
With just one glance, his expression changed drastically, fury blazing in his eyes. “Rylee, is this really your biological child? You actually had an affair?”
This angry outburst caught the attention of all the patients and families in the
ward.
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People crowded around, wanting to see what was happening.
The Courtland family, who had just received the news and rushed over, pushed to the front.
Hayley immediately spotted the
mixed–race child.
She shrieked, “Rylee, you shameless woman! My son Wyatt is accomplished and handsome. When you two got
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married, we prepared so many wedding gifts for
you. How have we ever wronged
you?
You actually had an affair with a foreigner
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and gave birth to his child. You’re absolutely shameless!”
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She collapsed to the floor, wailing and crying, saying she wanted to drag me out
and beat me to death.
Her performance won the sympathy of the onlookers, who joined in condemning
- me.
In the chaos, Grace also struggled out on her weak legs.
Seeing the situation before her, a flash of satisfaction crossed her eyes, but she covered her mouth and feigned surprise, saying, “Oh my, Rylee, you actually had an affair and had someone else’s child?
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No wonder when I was at home, I always saw you writing in characters I couldn’t understand…”
After saying this, she put on an act of looking at me with some remorse, as if she was afraid.
She said, “I’m sorry, Rylee. This was your secret. I shouldn’t have said anything.”
Wyatt immediately shielded her behind him and righteously scolded me: “Rylee, I never imagined you were this kind of person, actually corresponding with foreigners?
Did you leak military intelligence from my
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unit? You were once a soldier too-
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don’t you know this information can’t be
shared?
Even if you’re my wife, I absolutely won’t cover for you! Mom, Dad, contact the FBI immediately and tell them we’ve discovered a spy!”
Hearing the word “spy,” everyone’s gaze
me filled with hatred.
raitor, bitch! Lock her up in prison!”
“She’s shameless! Mr. Courtland did the right thing reporting her. She doesn’t deserve such a good man!”
“Stone her! Let’s see if she dares to be a
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spy again!”
In this sensitive era, emotions ran high, and the crowd was furious, ready to beat me to death on the spot.
Someone threw a precious egg they normally couldn’t bear to eat, hitting my bedside and splattering yolk on my face.
Seeing my disheveled state, Grace hid behind the crowd and smirked.
But when our eyes met for an instant, her
heart trembled and her smile froze.
In her imagination, I should have been frantically trying to defend myself.
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But I just stared at her coldly, as if I
could see through all her pretenses and
schemes.
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Grace felt a wave of unease.
Her gaze fell on the baby in Wyatt’s arms, and she suddenly froze.
This baby seemed to have barely cried from the beginning.
Just as she was about to pull Wyatt aside to say something, commotion came from
outside.
“We’re with the FBI. Please step aside, everyone!”
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