After the year as DINK Olivia’s husband Nathan suddenly brought home a pair of twins.]]
He asked her to raise these twins as if they were her own flesh and blood, and even planned to leave his billion–dollar family fortune to them
Olvis thought Nathan had changed his mind about their child free lifestyle, so she headed to the hospital to have her HD removed to prepare for pregnancy.
But the doctor’s next words froze her blood–her uterus had been removed five years ago!]
“Some women are born without a uterus, but Mrs. Reed, that’s not your case,” Dr. Morgan said, her face grave. “Your uterus was purgically removed.
years ago, she had only undergone ene surgery
Olivia was completely stunned. Five y
That was the surgery to insert an IUD, which her husband Nathan Reed had accompanied her to }]
Getting an UD doesn’t typically call for general anesthesis, but via had always been a wimp about pain. Nathan spoiled her rotten back then, so he threw his weight around–all that old money influence–and pressured the hospital into knocking her out completely..
is that when they took her uterus?]]
No way. Nathan had herp right outside the operating room the entire time. No hospital would dare pull something like that.
While
Olivia was walking through the hogstal cor
corridor in a daze, she caught her sister–in–law Diane’s voice echoing from around the corner.
“Christ, Nathan you’ve gone too far! Bringing those two of your Meghimate children home is one thing, but now you’re even moving your mistress Claire in too? What are you two planning to hook up right under Divia’s nose”
“Come on.DL. It’s not like that, Nathan shot back, his face darkening. “Claire and aren’t screwing around. She saved my
once. I’m just paying back a debt.-
“06. please!
! Yes Test your direist
knocking her up with rising? Men can’t be such jerks, you gotta have some principles “||
“It wasn’t what I wanted.” Nathan snapped. “Claire’s dad was dying of cancer. His dying wish was to see his daughter married with kids“]]
1owe Claire my bite. Giving her a baby was the least I could de. I had no choice.
“Another debt,” sh? So thats why you secretly married Claire behind Olivia’s back, then tricked your actual wife into what she thought was IUD gery, only to be them remove her entire uterus and transplant to Claire so she could bear your kids? ||
Those words struck lightning from a clear sky-
Olivia fell dizzy and could barely stand.
The person who had beruteras removed was actually her husband??!||
“Look, Olivia’s terrified of pain–childbirth would destroy her,” Nathan continued, his tone maddeningly reasonable. “If she’s not using her uterus anyway, Claire night as
“Everything’s worked out perfedly. Claire ga
gave birth to twins, our Reed family has its heirs, and Olivia was spared nine months of hell and a delivery room nightmare.“] “As for Claire–bar’s terminal. Stage four. Maybe a week le. After everything she’s done for me, hospital room.“]
Including giving me children, I can’t just let her die alone in some sterile
Nathan’s face look on that self sacrificing expersion Olivia une found so noble. “Look, what I did might seem extreme, but everyone wins here.“||
“Just keep your mouth shut around via, okay? Claires sely got a month. After that, this whole mess would go away.”
Olma dain’t remember how she got back home
She just felt cold. The hour that was once warm now it as cold as an ice cellar ||
Every corner of their place showcased memories of Bathan and her. She had always believed that Nathan was the man who loved her most in this world | They kised bearoth the Northern Lights in Iceland. They’d skydived hand in hand over the Grand Canyon. They’d explored underwater caves in Bali, holding each other as they swam through bioluminescent waters that looked like merged galaxies
Nathan come from New Lagland money–the kind of wealth where i Nitas delled them all to adventure with her []
family patriarch forbids “reckless endangerment of the heir. But it lived for adrenaline, so
Tor you, I’d rük everything.” he once whispered, holding her close on a chiude in Santorini. “If death came for me what I was by your side. I’d welcome it with open arim. In this lifetime and the best, there’s only you
Those passionate declarations now only left a bitter taste in Divia’s mouth, like milk gane sour
Tears streamed down her face as she stared at their wedding photo on the mantel. She couldn’t stand another second surrounded by these hes. With shaking hands, she In the gas replace and began burning those photos one by one
As she was burning them. Nathan suddenly returned home. With him was Chire, looking weak and wearing a hospital gown.!!
“Olivia, this is Claire, you know her, my mentor’s daughter, Nathan said, not noticing what Olivia was burning. With a gende
“My mentor and his wife have both passed away. Claire is all alone now, and she has late–stage lymphoma…||
smile on his face, he led smoothly
“She doesn’t have mich time, and I couldn’t bear to leave her alone in the hospital. So I brought her here to make her comfortable.“]
“Don’t worry–Fe hired round–the–clock nurses. You won’t have to lift a finger. Hell, you can pretend she doesn’t even exist if you want.
Every word made it crystal clear; her husband had made his decision without her, as if Olivia’s feelings or thoughts were completely irrelevant
“Tine.” she said, throwing the last photo into the flames. She watched as the paper curled, blackened, and disintegrated.[]
Just like her marriage.
