Chapter 3
Early the next morning, Matthew left.
The mess at home was all cleaned up.
Charles called me and asked me to come downstairs.
When I pulled open the car door, Anna was sitting next to Charles.
She smiled provocatively at me: “Sorry, Catherine, I’m also going to visit Grandpa Adam. You don’t mind, do you?”
Before I could speak, Charles glared coldly at me: “Catherine, don’t be unreasonable.”
I closed my eyes briefly and ignored Anna’s provocation.
After getting in the car, I asked Charles,
“You didn’t buy me breakfast?”
Charles froze. I deliberately smiled sweetly: “You forgot? This morning you said you’d get breakfast for me.”
I didn’t notice when Matthew left.
But Charles’s face darkened. Anna gasped:
“You two… slept together?”
Her voice couldn’t hide her glee.
Instead of answering, I feigned surprise while looking at Charles.
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Charles grunted, his expression grim.
He pulled out a cigarette, ready to light it.
I poured fuel on the fire:
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“Didn’t you promise last night you’d quit? Smoking’s bad for the baby. We need to prepare for pregnancy.”
Clatter.
The cigarette hit the floor. Cold fury swirled in Charles’s dark eyes, as if to devour me.
Anna smiled meaningfully:
“Is that so? I’m looking forward to meeting your baby.”
I smiled back, blushing as I looked at Charles:
“I’m looking forward to it too. We’ll have a complete family.”
Charles was visibly agitated.
His agitation peaked when Matthew appeared.
Matthew stood with hands in pockets, clearly here for the drama.
Several others accompanied him, unrecognizable to me.
But judging by Matthew’s demeanor, they must be Charles’s other three impersonators.
“Charles, aren’t you going to introduce us?” I linked arms with him. “Are they friends of yours?”
“Matthew.” Before Charles could speak, Matthew extended his hand
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toward me. “Pleasure, Mrs. Charles.”
He deliberately emphasized “Mrs. Charles.”
Charles sometimes experimented with calling me “sister–in–law” during
intimate moments.
Hearing it now carried an indescribable intimacy.
Charles slapped my hand away, pulling Matthew toward the exit.
Anna’s eyes gleamed with triumph.
She smiled at me. “Catherine, is Charles always this difficult? He’s only
tolerable around me since we’re close.”
“Not really,” I replied, matching her smile. “He’s been quite kind to me lately.”
Anna snorted with laughter.
The others burst into laughter.
to
Feeling uneasy among the group, I checked my phone to find an anonymous message: [Come to the back garden.】
Skeptical but curious, I slipped outside.
Charles stopped after a few steps, hearing his own voice from behind the ornamental rockery:
“Did you touch her? Why’s she talking about trying to get pregnant?”
Matthew stood with hands in pockets, leaning lazily against a tree. “What? Getting possessive now?”
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“She’s my wife!” Charles grabbed his collar in frustration.
“I didn’t touch her.”
Matthew impatiently swatted his hand away:
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“Would it matter if I did? She’d never know. Even if she found out, worst
case is divorce. Then you’d be free to chase after Anna.”
Charles hesitated, reaching irritably for a cigarette.
But after a moment’s thought, he put it back.
“Changed your mind about divorcing her?” Matthew narrowed his eyes, his voice turning cold. “Not worried Catherine might find out and lose
- it?”
“No,” Charles said firmly, “She loves me too much to get angry. In a few days on her birthday, when the game ends, I’ll settle down and build a life with her.”
“Just don’t touch her. Catherine wants a child, I’ll give her one. Consider it compensation for deceiving her these three years.‘
“What about Anna?”
Charles stayed silent.
”
I lowered my gaze to my phone, staring at the divorce agreement from the lawyer in my inbox.
Before marrying him, I truly wanted to build a life together.
–
I never even demanded his love – mutual respect would’ve been enough.
From discovering the truth until our wedding day, I gave him chance after
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chance, waiting for him to confess to me willingly.
Charles was nowhere to be seen.
Three years it’s been, whether with Charles or with Matthew.
I’m tired of playing this game.
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