I made a deal with my husband Daniel Allen to be childfree, but he changed his mind halfway.
He even said that I can't have children, so he can only find another woman to have them for him.
But I forgot to tell him that he's the one who can't have children.
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"Let's get a divorce."
"I want a baby, and since you can't have one, I can only find another woman to have it."
Daniel's expression was cold.
"A baby?"
I felt like I heard the biggest joke and couldn't help but laugh coldly.
"Didn't you insist on being childfree at the beginning? Didn't you keep saying that you hate children?"
"It was you who threatened me with divorce and refused to have children!"
I gave up the opportunity to be a mother, but now I'm too old to have children, and he wants a child.
Then what was I?
Daniel remained silent for a moment and slowly said, "I'm sorry, but I regret it."
"When I was young, I only thought that children were noisy."
"But now that I'm older, all my friends have children, except me. Every time I come home from work, it's empty."
"Julia, I love you, but I really want a baby."
I just felt absurd.
He insisted on being childfree and repeatedly told me the benefits of not having children.
I agreed, and now he wants to go back on his word.
Why?
"For the sake of a baby, are you going to give up our fifteen years of love?"
Is this the man I have loved with all my heart?
I couldn't hide my disappointment, but thinking of our fifteen years of love, I decided to tell him the truth.
"Daniel, give up, you won't have..."
"You can't have a baby, naturally there are other women who can!"
My mother-in-law Dolly interrupted me.
Chapter 2"If you can't even have a child, if I were you, I would have no face to live!"
"Daniel, divorce her quickly and make room for Cora."
I was so angry that my vision went black. It was clearly Daniel who wanted to be childfree, but now she blamed me.
After hearing what she said, I instantly calmed down.
"Who is Cora?"
Thinking about Daniel's abnormal behavior these days, I had a guess in my heart.
"Daniel, are you having an affair?"
Daniel turned his head, avoiding my gaze, "Sign it, the house and car are all yours."
His attitude explained everything.
I felt even colder.
He knew very well that the thing I hated the most was a cheating man, but he still chose to betray our marriage in this way.
My heart was in so much pain that I almost suffocated, but my mind became even clearer.
I accompanied him from being a poor boy in the countryside to the current president Allen. He said he wants a divorce? On what grounds!
Thinking of this, I tore the divorce agreement in my hand into pieces.
"I've been with you for fifteen years, starting from scratch and building up this family business."
"You think you can get rid of me with just a house and a car?"
"What a disaster! This is outrageous!" Seeing this, Dolly got so angry that she jumped up and tried to hit me.
Chapter 3In the moment before her slap landed, I took the initiative and slapped her fiercely.
She stumbled and fell to the ground, covering her swollen face in disbelief.
"Julia! Mom is an elder, how can you lay hands on an elder?"
"I've been wanting to give her a slap for a long time."
"Elder? Ha, what kind of elder is she."
Looking at Dolly lying on the ground, I felt a sense of relief in my heart.
My parents died early, and my mother-in-law looked down on me as an orphan and treated me badly.
I used to endure it because I cared about Daniel's face.
But now I don't want to endure it anymore.
"Don't bully Auntie Dolly, it's all my fault, blame me!"
Chapter 4"It's all because I love Daniel too much, I'm sorry for you." A figure rushed in and knelt down with a thump.
"But I really love him, I don't want to leave him, please let us be together!"
The woman cried weakly, and when I looked over, she unknowingly protruded her belly.
Pregnant?
I stared at the woman's bulging belly, and a ridiculous thought came to my mind.
Daniel's next words confirmed my guess.
"Get up quickly. The floor is cold, otherwise our baby's feeling hurt."
My face turned pale instantly.
Chapter 5"Julia, Cora is pregnant. Just for the baby, sign it."
He took out the divorce agreement again with a more determined attitude.
Showing that he was not going to make it a stop.
The woman called Cora Lynn leaned against his body softly, with a valley girl accent. "The baby needs a father. Help us just for the kid."
Help them?
Looking at Daniel holding her in his arms, his eyes laid on me cautiously, as if worried that I would hurt his baby.
In an instant, I felt exhausted.
After getting married with him for a decade, I truly believed that he once loved me.
After the affection faded, he really wanted to abandon me for the sake of the child.
My eyes welled up with sourness, and I let out a sigh of relief.
Forget it.
I looked up and met Daniel's gaze directly, "Divorce is fine, but I want half of the company's shares."
Before he could refuse, I spoke again.
"Do you still remember our baby?"
"He was so young, he didn't even have a chance to see this world before he left me forever."
In the early years, Daniel and I had a child together.
But at that time, the company was just starting out, and Daniel was afraid of being burdened by the child. He didn't want to keep the child no matter what.
I will always remember Daniel's furious reaction when he saw the pregnancy report.
"We agreed to be childfree before we got married! I won't keep this child. Either divorce or have an abortion! You choose!"
Daniel threatened me with divorce.
I can't bear to part with Daniel, so I have to abort the child with tears.
Memories are like knives pulling at the tip of my heart, and I can't help but wet my eyes.
"When you forced me to have an abortion, did you ever think about today?"
When it comes to that child, Daniel's lips tremble, and he can't say a complete sentence for a long time.
He regretted it.
Regretting being young and impulsive, abandoning his own child.
Hearing my questioning, guilt can't help but appear in his eyes.
But the company's shares were important, and he was still hesitating.
Seeing this, I let out a sigh of relief, wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes, and completely gave up on this man in my heart.
"Her belly... is about eight months, right?"
I glanced at Cora's belly, my face unclear.
"Just a divorce. I can choose to have a lawsuit against you, either one or two years, or a few months."
"But I'm afraid that her baby is not so patient."
"If someone exposed it on the Internet... wow, this baby's going to be labeled an illegitimate child in a lifetime."
I played my fingernails in a careless manner, sure of the fact that Daniel would agree.
I knew him very well. He won't let anyone else hurt the one he loves.
The one Daniel cared once was me; now is the baby.
Sure enough, Daniel finally agreed after hesitating for a moment.
"The company shares are of great significance, so I cannot give them to you."
"But I can supply you with an equivalent amount of cash."
"10 million dollars, credited within one day." I held up five fingers and wiggled them.
"Okay."
Daniel didn't have any objections. After being married for many years, he still had some feelings for me.
Chapter 6While negotiating with Daniel, Dolly and Cora stood by, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Especially Dolly, her eyes were about to pop out and fall to the ground.
She was unwilling to let me take away Daniel's property, but she was also afraid that I wouldn't divorce him, which would be detrimental to her grandson.
When I was packing my luggage, she stood outside the bedroom door and kept pointing fingers at me.
"If it were in our hometown, a woman who can't bear children would be hanged to apologize to her husband's family."
I couldn't be bothered to deal with her, but she kept talking and I couldn't help but retort, "There are still rules in our hometown. Useless old people over sixty have to be thrown into the mountains to feed the wolves."
"When are you going up the mountain, since you're already in your sixties?"
Dolly is sixty-three this year, and I made her so angry that she walked unsteadily.
Daniel is fine, leaning against the door watching me pack, with an unclear expression.
I left with my suitcase, and on the way, he suddenly said, "Actually, you don't have to leave."
"I don't have such a good tolerance to share a room with the other woman."
I walked straight past him and headed towards the door.
When I reached the door, I suddenly turned around and looked straight at Cora.
She was startled and couldn't hide the expression on her face. She could only awkwardly force a smile, trying to maintain her innocent and pure image.
After a long time, I sneered.
"Daniel, you will regret it."
I glanced at Cora's belly with a meaningful look and left gracefully.
Chapter 7After leaving the Allen family, I found a hotel and lay there for half a month in a row. It's fake to say that I'm not sad.
When my friend heard about my situation, he came all the way from the neighboring province to visit me.
I made an appointment with her at the coffee shop.
"Did you hear that Daniel's mistress is pregnant? Is it true or not?"
"Yeah."
"But isn't Daniel...?" My friend gestured twice, suddenly realizing.
"The child isn't Daniel's?"
My face looked ugly for a moment, but I still nodded.
As early as six years ago, Daniel lost his fertility.
That's also the reason why I haven't mentioned the child for these years.
Besides me, the only person who knows about this is my friend who is a doctor.
I felt sorry for Daniel at that time, and I was afraid of hurting his self-esteem, so I didn't tell him about this.
"What are you going to do?"
I looked at the coffee absentmindedly and said after a while, "Whether he gets divorced or not is his own business, and I won't interfere."
Although I no longer have feelings for Daniel, and even have some resentment, the past feelings were not fake, and I don't want to ruin his expectations for the child.
"Let it be like this, sometimes not knowing is a kind of happiness."
My friend nodded without saying anything.
Just then, a figure suddenly walked over.
Chapter 8"Julia Ann!"
It was Daniel.
Daniel tightly grabbed my wrist and said, "Where have you been these days? You didn't answer my calls or messages. Do you know how worried I was about you?"
A series of questions made me a little confused, and I couldn't help but say, "What's it to you?"
Does he think I'm trying to commit suicide? I thought.
I shook off his hand, feeling speechless in my heart, and said, "Who do you think you are? Do you think you're worth me dying for?"
Daniel didn't answer, his gaze locked on my friend sitting across from me, with an unpleasant expression on his face.
"It's only been half a month since the divorce, and you're already eager to find a new partner?"
Anger appeared in his eyes, and there was even a hint of grievance in his voice.
I was quite speechless.
I glanced at my friend, who had a look of enjoying the show on their face.
I was instantly at a loss for words, "What? Is it not allowed?"
"You are allowed to have an affair while married? But I'm not allowed to be single and date?"
"Why didn't you care about this before?"
Daniel was momentarily speechless after being confronted by me. When I mentioned the affair, all his anger suddenly dissipated.
After a long while, he lowered his eyes and said, "During the half month you were gone, I missed you a lot."
"Julia, I regret it. I can't let you go."
"All I want is a child. When she gives birth to the child, I will give her some money, and then we can remarry."
Daniel's voice was low and his tone was indescribably gentle.
"Is that so?"
My gaze went past him and landed on Cora behind him.
Clearly, she had heard everything.
But she didn't say anything, and even smiled.
"Daniel, look at the clothes I bought for the baby, are they cute?"
She took out a small piece of clothing and gestured with her hand.
Daniel's expression instantly softened, and he smiled gently, "Cute, just as cute as our baby."
"Julia, I know you like Daniel, but we are already married. I hope you stop bothering my husband."
Cora suddenly changed the subject and shouted loudly.
In an instant, the eyes of the entire coffee shop fell on us.
"And I'm already pregnant, Julia, please be kind and don't destroy my family, okay?"
She said, suddenly kneeling down to me, implying that I am the third party, and leading everyone to attack me.
I almost laughed, "What? Kneeling down so easily? It's really hard for you without becoming a slave."
"Daniel Allen, manage your mistress! Don't come out and disgust me!"
Daniel's face turned pale, and he was about to pull Cora up with a black face.
But before Daniel could act, Cora suddenly rushed towards me and tightly hugged my legs.
I was startled for a moment and instinctively pulled my leg out, trying to distance myself from her.
But with just this simple action, she seemed to be hurt and fell backwards.