SOME THINGS ARE MEANT TO BE

CHAPTER 98

“You want to see him?” Ruby’s voice went a pitch higher. “May I know what rights you have to see my husband? What position are you going to take when meeting with a married man? Do not forget that I am his wife now, and I don’t think he will want to see his ex-wife who has committed a******y. Julianna, we are doing very well now without you. Please do not come and disrupt our lives.

“Please leave and never show yourself before me. I have no wish to see your face. You disgust me.”

Four years had passed. Julianna was no longer who she was; neither was Ruby.

In the past, Ruby was always below others. Not anymore. Now, she was legally wedded to Diego. Whereas, Julianna was just an ex-wife who had been unfaithful to him.

“I want him to save someone. Please? It doesn’t require a lot of money.” Julianna looked down in embarrassment. This was not the first time she had been humiliated. The pain still suffocated her. Everyone had dignity and was afraid of pain. She was not made of wood or stone. There was no other way for her. She would have died a long time ago if she was worried about her dignity.

“Miss Li.” Julianna bowed humbly.

Besides this, she did not know what else she could do.

“Please address me as ‘Mrs. Hanson’. Don’t forget that I am Diego’s wife now.” Ruby cut her off promptly. She hated it when she had called her ‘Miss Li’.

“Mrs. Ruby.” Julianna’s voice sounded hoarse as though a fire was burning her throat. Calling her ‘Mrs. Ruby’ had caused a violent pain in her heart, all the way to her spine.

“Mrs. Ruby, may I see Diego, Mr. Hanson?” She pleaded.

Ruby’s expression turned colder. “Don’t bother. He won’t see you.” Ruby rejected her with a sneer. There was no room for negotiation. She wasn’t stupid. There was no way she would allow an ex-wife to see Diego.

She gave Julianna a cold glare before she turned around to walk towards the entrance. Some women liked to be in the rain, but Ruby was never one to do that.

“Mrs. Ruby, I want to ask him for help to save my daughter. She is sick.”

The voice from behind stopped Ruby at her steps. The umbrella in her hand shook, and it almost fell onto the ground.

“What did you say? You have a daughter?” She turned around. A deadly gleam of light shone in her eyes with sinister and jealousy. It wasn’t unbelievable.

She said she had a daughter. Whose was it? Diego’s?

“Yes.” Julianna nodded. The view before her blurred. “I have a daughter, but she is sick. I am begging you to save her.”

But now, in a state of frenzy, she had forgotten that a woman couldn’t possibly allow another woman to bear her husband’s child. Especially when that woman was an ex-wife.

Julianna had belittled a woman’s jealousy; she thought too well of Ruby.

Four years had gone by. Anyone would change, and not everyone thought of the child as an innocent party. Neither would they love the child who had been unknown for the past four years.

“Is the child Diego’s?” Ruby walked closer to Julianna. She almost strangled Julianna. She was scared out of her wits now.

This can’t be true. How could Julianna have a child? While she had had nothing for the past four years, how could Julianna—the one whom everyone despised— have a child?

Julianna pursed her lips. Looking at Ruby in her crazy state now had scared her. She took a step back, turned her face away, and kept quiet. Diego was the only man in her life. Even if the doctor had said that she could not conceive, who was to say that there are no accidents in the world?

Raya was a pleasant surprise from heaven.

Ruby flung her umbrella away. Julianna remained silent, which only made her heart sink more. The rain had drenched her as well, from head to toe, as her body started to shiver.

“Ha...” She laughed abruptly. “That child must have belonged to that man. You thought of using another man’s child to pass it off? You are too naive. You said your daughter is Diego’s, but don’t forget how your divorce with Diego went, Miss Julianna.” She emphasized ‘Miss Julianna’. Every word was spat out between her teeth with an emphasis.

“Don’t you think of using that child as a way to gain an advantage over my husband? Because you will never be able to. He had not loved you four years ago. Neither will he now.”

Ruby walked away. While Julianna’s eyes were lowered as rain beat on her eyelashes. The powerless weight of the burden came crashing down on her. There was not an ounce of warmth in her as her frozen lips chattered.

“Don’t think about it. Diego will never save a bastard, especially yours. Never forget how much he had hated you. Even if your daughter were to die before his eyes, he would not spare a glance.”

Ruby sneered out loud as a mixture of confused feelings appeared on her face.

She opened the door and entered, leaving the umbrella by the doorstep. She had forgotten to pick it up.

The view before Julianna turned hazy as the door slammed in her face. Beneath the huge villa, she had seemed like an insignificant ant. One could have easily killed her.

“He would not love your daughter. Even if she were to die before him, he would not spare a glance.”

“He loathed you. So, he will also hate your daughter. Especially a bastard.”

Julianna looked at the sky and allowed the rain to beat down on her.

Raya, I am sorry. Mommy is useless.

She turned around and left the place. Was this the hope that she had been harboring? He would not love her child. Even if she was his child, too, would he have loved her?

Every scene from the past four years flashed past her mind. He had sent her to another bed with his own hands for the sake of divorce and another woman. He had ruthlessly ruined her innocence, causing her reputation to be destroyed and making her homeless. That’s not true. Julianna had never had a home.

She walked faster and faster to the point where she was almost running in the rain. However, the sound of sobs stayed choked in her throat, unable to materialize.

In the Hanson villa, Ruby pulled the curtain aside. With the exception of the umbrella, there was no sign of that woman.

She sighed in relief. Yet, the feeling of unease began to unsettle her.

She was really scared that the daughter Julianna had mentioned would be Diego’s. Her hand went to her belly. She had wanted a child so much, but it never happened. Not once.