On my wedding anniversary, while I was preparing dinner and waiting for my husband Keith Spencer to come back, I accidentally slipped and felt a sudden pain in my abdomen, but I could not get up. My first reaction was to take out my mobile phone from my pocket and call my husband.
But when the phone was connected, there was a noisy voice and Keith's impatient voice coming from the other end of the phone. "I'm very busy now. I don't have time to accompany you for dinner. You can eat first, don't call me if there's nothing else." At the same time, there was also a clear background sound coming from the phone ....
"Clara, happy birthday!"
"Wait, wait, where is the male lead?"
"Keith! I'm waiting for you to go over and make a wish with her."
He quickly explained. "Everyone is celebrating her birthday. I'll go back later, so don't rush me! Don't call over to rush me again!"
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I knew that Clara Delevingne was my husband's first love. I could not care less about being sad and upset. I just need to keep the child in my belly now, so I said, "I fell at home and I can't get up. Can you come back and take me to the hospital? I feel so uncomfortable ...."
But then, the voice of his good friend, William Smith, came through. "Anastasia, let Keith celebrate Clara's birthday with us. Don't be jealous and pretend to be sick on the phone. He told us you love to pretend, but now I didn't expect you to even pretend to be sick with the baby in your belly!"
As soon as those words fell, there was laughter from others, including Clara's voice ....
"Oh my god, I didn't expect what Keith said was true. That woman likes to pretend to be sick so much to trick Keith back! She's so scheming ... it's so terrifying! I've never seen such a woman before."
The phone was hung up and I could only stare at the disconnected phone blankly. A chill seeped out of my heart and spread throughout my body, making me feel cold all over.
I did not expect that in my own husband's eyes, I was a person who loved to pretend, nor did I expect him to say such things about me in front of others, portraying me as a scheming woman who loved to pretend to be sick.
Out of unwillingness, I once again dialed his number, but this time his phone was turned off or unable to be dialed. I realized ... he had blocked me.
I never thought that my husband, who used to be so gentle to me and obedient to me, would become so cold, speak ill of me in front of others and even throw dirty water on me.
The more I thought about it, the sadder I felt and the more pain in my abdomen. A warm current flowed out from between my legs, which made me even more panicked, but I could not do anything. Soon, I lost consciousness ....
As soon as I woke up, I was already lying on a hospital bed and my mother was sitting next to me, staring at the infusion bottle on the bedside.
"Anna, are you awake?" My mother quickly noticed that I was awake.
"Mom? I ... how could I be here? How could you be by my side?" I looked at my mother in confusion. I could not help but touch my stomach and felt uneasy. "How is the baby?"
"The baby ... can't be saved." The mother sighed softly. "I called you many times last night, but you didn't answer. I was worried, so I came to see you, but who knew ...." At this point, my mother sighed again.
"The baby ... is gone?" I stared at my mother blankly, feeling extremely distressed. "Where's Keith? Has he returned home? Does he know about this?"
Chapter 2"Keith? I wanted to ask you too! I used your phone to call him, but it was turned off. I called him with my phone, but he said he was busy. When I called him again, his phone was also turned off! I was wondering if you two were having some conflict? Why did you start blocking each other's phone numbers?" My mother looked at me in confusion.
Hearing my mother say this, my heart felt a pang of bitterness.
Just at this moment my phone rang. When I took it, I saw Keith's name appear on my phone screen.
I immediately swiped the "answer" button. "Hello?! Where are you? Where did you go? The door at home is not even closed and it's in a mess. Are you trying to make things difficult for me?" The man's impatient voice came over.
Listening to his impatient tone, I had completely given up on him. "Aren't you busy celebrating your first love's birthday? How could you bear to come back? Why don't you just spend some time with Clara, so that you don't tell others that I'm pretending to be sick to trick you."
I feel sick when I think about how Keith accused me of pretending to be sick to deceive him in front of others. No wonder his colleagues were either sarcastic or rolled their eyes at me every time I went to visit him in the company.
I thought it was my own illusion at first, but then their actions were too obvious and I did not want to cause trouble for him, so I endured it. Unexpectedly, the culprit turned out to be Keith, who said he would love me for a lifetime.
"What are you getting angry about again? I'm just celebrating someone else's birthday. With so many people around, why do you doubt me? I said, can you please stop being unreasonable? You're jealous every day and it never ends! It's not enough that you call me yourself, you also want your mother to call me and bombard me with messages. I've had enough of you!" His voice was mixed with anger.
I almost laughed at his words. "If that's the case, you've blocked me and my mom's phone numbers and you hate me so much, then why are you still calling me?"
My mother could not bear it anymore and snatched the phone from my hand. "I said Keith, you're really being unreasonable. Your wife is hospitalized and you still have to argue with her. Do you have any conscience or not? I called you and you blocked me too. I don't even know what's in your mind. Come to the hospital right now!"
After giving the address, she hung up the phone and stared at me. "What's going on between you two? I remember he didn't treat you like this before!"
I gave a bitter smile and told her everything that happened last night. The more she listened, the darker her face became.
"What an asshole! We still believed he would treat you well, but we didn't expect that he was just pretending!" she said angrily, "Fortunately your dad didn't invest in him! I remember that after marrying you, he often came to your dad to discuss investment matters."
Not long after, Keith came over, along with his good friend, William.
As soon as he saw me lying on the hospital bed, he did not have a good expression either. "Anna, can you please stop pretending? Now you are lying on the hospital bed. Isn't this a waste of medical resources?"
"Anastasia, you are really a natural talent for acting. It's a pity that you don't become an actress. Keith is right, you really like to pretend!" William said with disdain.
"Stop pretending and go home. What have you done to the house? Go back and clean it up! It's enough!" Keith said as he was about to grab my hand, but my mother slapped him hard.