He Had Third Kid, I Walked Away

Chapter 4

He'd already sent men to check the place from his dream, to find out if that woman who'd been so sweet to him in the dream really existed. The truth would be out any minute.

He glared at me icily and snapped.

"Remember how this hurts today. Don't you ever dare get any stupid ideas about me again!

"From now on, you'll behave yourself and be my obedient puppet wife!

"If you behave, I'll keep pumping money into your family's business. Don't push me too far. Got it?"

I twisted my face away, refusing to say a single word back to him.

My dad was sending a car to pick me up tonight. I was finally getting out of this place.

Five years. Five whole years of marriage. He paraded his new girlfriend around everywhere he went, while I rotted away clinging to old memories... every last bit of me turned to ash.

I was done. I'd had more than enough.

Right that second, Felix's phone rang.

"Felix... hurry up... our daughter... our precious little girl..." the voice on the line sobbed. "Why did Ariella send someone to hurt our baby? My heart's breaking..."

Felix hauled me straight off the bed and tore out of the house, speeding all the way to the postpartum care center.

No sooner had we stepped through the door than Selene's palm came flying straight at my face, c***k!

"You b***h! Why did you order the nanny to stab my baby with a needle... my little girl's covered in blood!"

Felix's gaze cut into me like a knife, sharp enough to kill. My face drained of all colors and I shook my head.

"I didn't do it. If you don't believe me, just check the security cameras."

The next moment, the center's nanny thudded to her knees with a loud thud.

"Just admit it, Madam... I'll confess everything... You said Mrs. Cole's baby had the same mouth shape as Mr. Cole," she babbled. "You were jealous, so you told me to stab her with a needle... Now the truth's out, if you confess they'll go easy on you, Madam!"

My brain felt like it exploded.

The other families staying here with their babies erupted in fury, all shouting and screaming that they wanted to cancel their bookings and get their money back.

Someone had even streamed the whole mess live online. Netizens were already posting videos calling for a boycott of the center.

Felix's face was carved from stone as he took the blood-streaked baby into his arms. Rage rolled off him in waves as he roared,

"You just can't stop messing with Selene, can you? I never thought you'd be cruel enough to hurt a child! You're hopeless, stubborn to the core!"

He waved a big hand and ordered his men to drag me away. His eyes were bloodshot with fury as he snarled,

"If my daughter gets hurt one bit, I'll hurt you ten times over! Someone get over here, sew her mouth shut!"

A finger-long needle and thread pushed and pulled through my lips. I tried to beg for mercy, but the pain was so bad I couldn't make a sound.

In the blink of an eye, over a hundred stitches had already crisscrossed my lips, and warm blood soaked straight through my white shirt.

But Felix still wasn't satisfied. He snapped an order for his men to sew my eyes and my ears shut too.

"Looks like you didn't learn your damn lesson last time! Today I'm gonna teach you a lesson you'll never forget! Cross Selene, and you're begging for death!”

I shook all over, wracked with agony, but a gurgling, muffled laugh still bubbled past my sealed lips… I've made such terrible, terrible mistakes.

First mistake: I still married him even when I knew he'd lost all his memories.

Second mistake: I clung to the old memories and refused to walk away even after he cheated on me.

Third and worst mistake: I fell in love with Felix… I let my blind love cloud my judgment and couldn't even tell he was a cold-blooded monster instead of a man… I was so stupid, so wrong.

An hour later, Felix ordered his men to hang my broken, bloodied body upside down inside the maternity center. He snorted coldly and spat,

"Stay here and think about what you did. Learn your lesson."

No one noticed after they all left. A tall, broad man pulled my limp body into his arms, his eyes blazing red as he held me close.

"Ariella, I swear. Every single person who hurt you will pay for this with their blood."

Three days later, Felix figured he'd tortured me enough, and sent his men to bring me home.

Instead, one of his subordinates showed up with a report that stopped him cold.

"Boss, we tracked down that place you asked about overseas.

"The records confirm you actually did live there once. And the woman you were madly in love with back then... it was... it was Miss Ariella Williams..."