hapter 4
Chapter 4
I woke up to the sterile smell of disinfectant. The nurse, with a regretful expression, informed me that I had lost my baby, almost two months along
My mother–in–law also passed away because there wasn’t enough money to save her in time. She died with resentment, calling out for John in her final moments, hoping to see her son one last time.
It felt like a thousand arrows had pierced my heart. The pain was so intense that my whole body trembled
Despite my weakness, I forced myself to handle the funeral arrangements for my mother in law.
After all, she was John’s mother, so I texted him, hoping he would come to pay his respects to the woman who had raised him with such difficuity.
Ball I got in return was a big exclamation mark.
Three whole days passed without a word from him.
As I left the crematorium, holding my mother–in–law’s urn, a notification popped up on my phone a suggestion of someone I might know on Tik Tok
It was Emily, lying on a couch with her long legs crossed. John was seated at the other end, gently massaging her foot, the two of them sharing an unmistakably intimate gaze.
The caption read: “Someone’s being spoiled silly!”
I took a deep breath, then captured a screenshot and recorded the screen, saving the evidence.
Suddenly, my eyes caught something in the screenshot.
That couch in the background… it looked so familiar!
I looked closer and realized the couch was identical to the one in the apartment I owned before we got married–the very same one. Even the painting on the wall was one I had personally chosen.
I stared at my phone, seething with rage.
These despicable people–they caused my mother–in–law to die with a grudge and made me lose my baby, and now they’re even occupying my house!
Without taking the time to properly secure my mother–in–law’s urn, I hailed a cab and rushed to that apartment.
Emily was lounging around in a revealing camisole, not even bothering with underwear.
When she saw me, she arched an eyebrow, “What are you doing here? Come to watch me and your husband being all lovey–dovey?”
Her smile was full of smug satisfaction.
“Sarah, you’ve walked right into this one!”
She smirked, then suddenly slapped herself hard across the face.
“Sarah, let me explain… Ah!”
A sharp scream, along with the sound of a slap, echoed through the entire apartment as Emily covered her face and fell to the floor.
“Emily!”
The sound of the shower abruptly stopped, and John, dripping wet and wrapped in a towel, came rushing out.
When he saw me, he froze, a guilty look flickering across his face.
Emily, adjusting herself to show what she thought was her most attractive angle, put on a pitiful expression, her voice quivering, “John, I don’t know what happened, but the moment she walked in, she slapped me…”
Seeing his beloved in tears, John’s guilt quickly turned into anger. He pointed at me, shouting, “Sarah! Why are you here causing a scene? Get out of here right now!”
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1 scoffed/1 think it’s you two who should be the ones to leave! Did you ask for my permission to bring her here and mess around?”
John seemed to suddenly remember that this was my apartment.
His expression darkened as he tensed up. “Messing around? Isn’t that a little over the top?”
“I’ve already explained–there’s nothing going on between Emily and me. She hurt her leg, and I’m just helping her out. You’re the one with a dirty mind, jumping to conclusions…”
1 looked at his bare chest and Emily’s skimpy outfit, my tone dripping with sarcasm, “Oh, helping out, huh? Naked in broad daylight–taking care of her in bed, is that it‘?
John’s eyes darted away, but he kept denying it.
ched down, leaning in close to Emily’s pretentious face, and slapped her hard across the cheek.
“You said I slapped you, right? Well, I wouldn’t want you to lie about it–I’ll make sure this one counts!”
I cut her off, glancing disdainfully at the exposed skin peeking out from her low–cut top.
“You’re deliberately dressing like this, trying to seduce a married man. How low can you go?”
As I crouched down, the black cloth covering the urn in my arms slipped off, revealing the dark, solemn box inside.
