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I also wanted to keep this child…but your didn’t give me a chance.
I took a deep breath and said calmly, “What’s the point of lying to you?”
Dwayne came over and grabbed my hand, his brows furrowed together, and his tone was full of disappointment, “You did all this because you hate Annie and want me to
leave Annie!”
“Tricia, you know my physical condition and threaten me with your child. Aren’t you. afraid that I will divorce you?”
“I’m already married to you, and I’ve given you the life you want…what else do you
want?”
I couldn’t help but ask myself, what do I
want?
When I married her, we were extremely
poor.
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I sold the house my parents left me when they were still alive, and used the tens of thousands of savings I had to support him in starting a business.
Now that life is better, our feelings have
changed.
I have nothing to say about Dwayne.
Seeing that I didn’t respond, Dwayne had no choice but to retreat: “I know you hate Annie, I can fire her and never see her again.”
“I only have one request, please give birth to the child safely, okay?”
Dwayne’s eyes were full of pleading, just like I begged him that day.
Seeing that I didn’t speak, he took out his mobile phone again and blocked Annie’s Messenger account and phone number in front of me, as if to prove his
determination.
“Are you willing to believe me now?”
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Of course I won’t believe what Dwayne
said.
But after this incident, I understood that if I want to get rid of Dwayne completely, I must let him receive the punishment he deserves.
I stretched out, sat on the sofa, glanced at the roses next to me, and said coldly, “The rose is beautiful, but it has too many thorns.”
Dwayne seemed to have found a breakthrough point and immediately answered, “I can buy you other flowers, as long as you like them, I can buy them.”
I looked at him coldly and said nothing.
Dwayne once said that I was like a rose, beautiful but at the same time, I kept others away.
He also said that he would let me put away the spikes and protect me by his side.
I believed it.
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When I think back to what I said back then, it feels like a joke, mocking the grievances I have endured over the years.
My silence was taken by Dwayne as acquiescence. He casually ordered a bouquet of flowers, packed two sets of clothes for me, and booked the nearest flight home.
On the way back after getting off the plane, Dwayne’s cell phone kept ringing, and he hung up in frustration.
It wasn’t until the sixth call from the other party that Dwayne finally couldn’t help but park the car on the side of the road, held down the screen of his phone, and deliberately avoided my eyes and said:
“I’ll answer work calls as soon as I get
there.”
After saying that, he got out of the car and answered the so–called work call at the
side.
I wasn’t angry about it, but felt extremely
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calm.
After eight years of getting along with him, I know a lot about Dwayne.
He is nostalgic and will always keep his cell phone even after it has been replaced, let alone his secretary who has been with him for several years.
I sat in the car and quietly looked at Dwayne not far away. His expression changed from disgust to his brows gently spreading, to his tender and sweet smile
that resurfaced.
In several choices, he chose Annie.
I have no need to commemorate this kind
of man.
The first thing Dwayne did after arriving home was to make an appointment for a prenatal check–up.
I asked to go to the hospital where the abortion was performed. Although Dwayne was unwilling, he couldn’t get over me and
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had no choice but to agree.
He put his arm around my waist, gently caressed my belly with his palms, and said softly, “As long as you give birth to the child. safely, I will promise you anything.”
I didn’t say anything, pushed Dwayne away and walked closer to the familiar bedroom. I found that the baby products that I had burned were placed on the bed again.
