Their conversation froze me in place.
“President Dorance said it himself,” Kenney said. “A woman like Saylor doesn’t deserve to give birth to his child.”
He sneered. “Good thing you all moved quickly. The moment the baby was cut out, you smothered it. She had just passed out—no way to tell whether the baby died inside her or on the operating table.”
The doctor’s voice trembled. “H-Hey, you promised… No one would ever find out.”
My eyes widened. My hand flew up to cover my mouth, stifling a scream.
“Relax,” Kenney replied nonchalantly. “Besides you and me, only President Dorance knows.”
He let out a mocking laugh.
“That baby died because Saylor deserved it. She dared to be jealous of the CEO’s ex and dared to criticize him at the company for slacking off… She thought just because her family’s powerful, she could walk all over him? President Dorance just taught her a little lesson.”
A loud bang echoed inside my skull, and for a moment, I couldn’t move. It felt like a second dagger had pierced straight through my heart.
So… I lost my child not because I got into the accident. It wasn’t the umbilical cord wrapping around and suffocating him. My child had died—because Cortland had never intended for our child to live!
My knees gave out beneath me, and I collapsed to the cold, hard floor.
The pain… It was unbearable. It was like a gaping hole opened in my chest, and nothing could fill it.
I opened my mouth to scream, but no sound came out.
For Cortland, Thalia was not just an ex-girlfriend. She was the one that got away.
Five years ago, they had been on the verge of marriage. But at the time, the Dorances were under siege from a rival corporation and teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
That’s when they chose me.
I was the perfect daughter-in-law, with a hefty money and financial backing that could rescue their empire.
Cortland and Thalia were torn apart by his parents. He was forced to marry me—his secret longtime admirer.
And with the money I gave to marry him, plus the secret investments I made behind the scenes, the Dorances were pulled back from the edge.
Back then, I didn’t even know about Thalia’s existence. I was just happy I could marry Cortland.
It didn’t matter that he didn’t love me, I told myself. I was young—I believed that as long as I gave enough, he’d eventually love me too.
That fantasy shattered a year ago when Thalia returned to the States.