Later that night, I got up to go to the bathroom.
In the stairwell, I overheard Hock Lee’s stifled breathing.
“Not here. Someone could come by any minute. It wouldn’t be good for you.”
Yulia Jones reached out, pressed Hock Lee’s head against her chest, and said playfully.
“What’s to be afraid of? Isn’t this thrilling?”
Suddenly, she looked up in my direction and continued.
“Tell me, who’s better, me or Lily?”
Without hesitation, Hock Lee said, “Of course, you are.”
Hearing that, Yulia Jones looked over with a smug expression.
That’s when I realized they’d been sleeping together even after we got married.
After using the restroom, I went back to the hospital room.
I saw a figure standing at the bedside, forcefully smothering the little darling’s face, and my blood ran cold.
My hands trembling, I grabbed the figure and realized it was Yulia Jones’s child, Cheney. Cheney glared at me, full of hate.
“You’re a bitch! It’s all your fault, you and that little bastard, for stealing my daddy! I’ll kill you
both!”
Cheney started punching and kicking me. Before I could react, he was trying to push the baby off the bed.
I was terrified and frantically tried to stop him.
But before I could even touch Cheney, he fell to the ground, covering his face and crying. Hock Lee heard the commotion and rushed over, only to see this.
He slapped me across the face immediately.
Lily, I never thought you could be so cruel, abusing a child like that.
I was stunned, holding my face and staring at him..
So, is that really what you think of me?
Panic and a flicker of pain crossed Hock Lee’s face, and he started to say something.
Yulia Jones ran over, looking disheveled, and hugged Cheney, crying with red, swollen eyes. She deliberately made sure I saw the red marks on her body.
It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have gone abroad to have Cheney, and I shouldn’t have asked Hock Lee to pretend to be his father. But Cheney’s innocent; how could you hit him?
- me.
Cheney chimed in, crying loudly and choking out the words.
I just wanted to see my little brother, but the auntie called me an illegitimate child and hit
