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The day I found out I was pregnant, I saw a video of my husband marrying another woman.
It came through an anonymous text.
The video showed the bride and groom laughing with everyone around them.
The groom was none other than her husband, Gabriel Hayes.
In the video, someone asked, “Isn’t Gabriel already married? Bigamy is illegal in Ireland.”
He laughed and said, “It’s just a fake certificate. I only used it to trick Anna.”
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Anna Mitchell stood frozen in place, clutching her phone as her blood turned to ice.
She thought she’d heard wrong, but the next words in the video made her feel like she was falling into an icy pit.
“Rachel and I are in true love. Rachel is a wonderful, gentle girl. Years ago, she voluntarily donated a liter of blood to save Anna, and afterward, she was willing to live in Anna’s shadow. Such a kind girl–I couldn’t bear to see her lose.
“What Rachel wants is simple. She just wants to be with me forever. I’m willing to give that to her, and I can afford to.”
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Gabriel gently wrapped his arm around Rachel Davis’s shoulder, speaking slowly and deliberately, each word carefully chosen.
On the other end of the phone, Anna staggered back two steps and nearly fell to the ground.
She stared at Rachel’s mature, alluring face in the video, lost in a daze.
Five years ago, Anna had been in an accident. Rachel, who was just starting high school then, had rushed her to the hospital and donated blood to save her life.
Rachel’s family wasn’t well off. Her parents were divorced, and she lived alone with her seriously ill mother.
To thank Rachel, Anna, and Gabriel had covered all her expenses during school.
On top of that, they’d arranged for her to study and travel abroad, even buying her luxury items.
Gabriel had said that Rachel saved Anna’s life, which meant she saved his, too.
So he was willing to give back, just to express his gratitude.
But Anna never imagined that Gabriel’s way of showing gratitude included raising Rachel until she was old enough to marry and bring home as his wife.
What was even more ridiculous was that she hadn’t noticed anything for five whole years.
Anna didn’t even know that Gabriel’s promises back then were all lies.
All that talk about only being able to marry once in a lifetime, about
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Ireland only having widowhood and no divorce–it was all just lies Gabriel had woven.
The video wasn’t over yet. Someone asked curiously, “Gabriel, can you really keep this hidden? Aren’t you afraid Anna will find out?”
Gabriel held Rachel even tighter.
He looked down, then smiled after a moment, his voice full of certainty. “I’ll keep loving her just like always. She’ll never find out for the rest of her life.”
The guys exchanged glances, and Gabriel warned them, “All of you keep your mouths shut. Don’t let Anna hear about this.”
After saying that, Gabriel pulled out his phone and typed a text message to Anna.
She suddenly remembered that Gabriel had indeed sent her a message the day before. The content was so sweet that it had made her happy for a long time.
So this was the situation when he’d written it.
“Honey, I miss you. I don’t want to be on this business trip at all. I just want to be with my wife.
“Every second without you is torture. I’ll come back right away and try to get home by our anniversary. Love you.”
Anna gripped her phone as a tear fell hard onto the screen.
In the video, Gabriel received Anna’s reply and immediately smiled.
“See? I told you Anna would never find out.”
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No!
This absolutely wasn’t her Gabriel!
Her Gabriel was the gentle, kind boy she’d grown up with.
The boy who would cheer her up and always put her first.
The boy who climbed to the top of a snowy mountain at 18 just to confess to her, swearing to love her forever and never lie to her.
The man who wrote 9,999 love letters by hand at 20 and made her a hundred different cakes to propose.
The man who personally planned a wedding of the century for her at 22, the man who clung to her day and night after marriage, never wanting to be apart…
This liar in the video, who said he loved her while marrying another woman, absolutely wasn’t Gabriel!
At this moment, Anna’s heart felt like it was being cut by knives as she bit her lip hard.
The video continued, but Anna didn’t have the courage to keep watching.
At the same time, her phone vibrated again. Gabriel was calling.
She wanted to answer, but as her finger slid across the screen, she hesitated.
In the past, when Anna forgot her phone and Gabriel couldn’t reach her for two hours, he would mobilize all the company employees to go out and find her, making sure she was safe.
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The moment he found Anna, he didn’t blame her. He was just panicked and heartbroken.
“Anna, I thought you were leaving me. I can’t live without you.”
After that, Anna never forgot her phone when going out, and she never failed to answer his calls.
But now, Anna didn’t want to answer.
Gabriel, still at the wedding venue, immediately changed his expression. He gripped the phone nervously and called again.
Anna still didn’t answer. Gabriel’s heart lurched, and he interrupted everyone else’s conversation.
“Stop talking, everyone. Why isn’t my wife answering her phone?”
As soon as he said this, Rachel gave Gabriel a strange look.
She seemed like she wanted to say something, but ultimately remained silent.
The wedding venue fell quiet for a moment before someone spoke up to comfort him. “Don’t worry, Gabriel. Maybe Anna just didn’t see it.”
“Just call one more time. Gabriel, you’re just too nervous. It’s normal for Anna to miss a call sometimes.”
The guys laughed, but Gabriel suddenly shouted, “It’s not normal! You don’t understand the love between me and my wife!”
At this, everyone fell completely silent, not daring to say another word.
Gabriel felt a wave of unease, worry, and anxiety written all over his face.
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He paced back and forth with his phone, calling her over and over again.
Anna watched Gabriel’s calls come in one after another, finding it absurd.
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Right now, he was probably holding Rachel, wasn’t he? He should still be at the wedding venue.
He’d clearly fallen in love with someone else, yet he could still care about her so much.
Even with another woman in his arms, he could still brazenly contact her.
Could his heart really hold two people?
Anna felt annoyed and texted him back, “Taking a shower, will call you later.”
His expression visibly returned to normal, even brightening with a smile.
“Honey, I can’t live without you. Never leave me.”
They’d been together for seven years, married for five. He constantly expressed his love for her in such direct language.
But in reality, he hadn’t even given her a legal marriage.
Later that afternoon, Anna stayed at the villa to rest. Just a few hours later, Gabriel returned to the villa with everyone else.
Anna quickly hid, quietly observing the newlywed group.
Rachel wore a red high–slit, tight–fitting dress, her figure graceful, her
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face showing a seductive charm that didn’t match her age.
Throughout it all, she kept clinging to Gabriel.
“Honey, does this dress look good on me?”
“Beautiful. My woman looks good in anything.”
His gaze stayed on Rachel the entire time, completely unaware that there was anyone else in the room.
Anna’s heart felt like it was being cut by a dull knife, the endless pain making her suffocate.
At this moment, she had to admit that Gabriel had truly fallen in love with another woman.
Nearly crying herself unconscious, Anna slowly stood up.
She would never accept him loving two women at the same time.
Since they were already legally married, she would let them have each other.
She would disappear completely from Gabriel’s world.
Anna took a taxi to the airport and bought a ticket on the earliest flight back to the country.
The first thing she did after getting back was go to the hospital to schedule an abortion.
