- 3.
Seeing the familiar name, the pain eased.
I briefly reported my safety.
Holden eyed me suspiciously.
“Whose call?”
“Someone from the Holden family.”
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Holden wasn’t surprised.
He warned me not to snitch and stopped
questioning.
In his eyes, I couldn’t have contact with other
men.
After marriage, Holden cut off all my social
connections.
I revolved only around him and the Holden
family.
Ignoring the couple’s flirting, I grabbed my
phone to leave.
Dizziness hit me.
As I fell, Holden caught me.
A flicker of concern in his eyes.
“Um…after you recover, come to the
Maldives with us, relax.”
“No,” I said coldly.
Holden took me on a vacation, a
“honeymoon.”
It turned out Susan couldn’t handle foreign
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food, making me her unpaid maid.
I refused.
Holden threw my phone and passport. Leaving me penniless in a foreign country.
I almost got trafficked, returning with great
difficulty.
This time, I wouldn’t fall for it.
My coldness angered Holden.
He wanted to scold me.
Seeing my pale face, he swallowed his words.
“Rest well. I’ll bring you a gift.”
Gifts Susan rejected?
I chuckled, saying nothing.
I went for my test results.
The hospital staff were with Susan..
An intern finally arrived.
She looked at me sympathetically.
“The accident wasn’t serious, just minor
scrapes.
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“But Ms. Shen, this is your second
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miscarriage, if you don’t take care, you’ll have
lifelong consequences.”
She wanted to continue.
Someone urged her to check on Susan.
Their conversation reached my ears.
“Why are you so nice to her, everyone knows
she’s just Mrs. Holden in name only, Ms.
Susan is the one Mr. Holden loves!”
“Now that Ms. Susan is pregnant, this old
woman will be kicked out any minute.”
Anyone who helped me got fired by Susan.
I didn’t want to involve anyone, taking my
report, I left.
On the drive home, fireworks exploded.
The driver commented.
“I heard the Holden CEO’s wife is pregnant,
they’ve been setting off fireworks for a
month. The rich sure spoil their wives.”
Remembering my lost children, I was
heartbroken.
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I looked at my phone.
Headlines were all about it.
Holden bought a million–dollar jade Buddha
for his wife’s pregnancy.
He bought all the baby supplies in the city. He built schools to pray for his wife and child.
He made a grand spectacle, announcing his
fatherhood.
I felt a pang of bitterness.
With my first loss, I cried all night.
I wanted Holden to go to the temple with me.
He found me unlucky, ruining his time with
Susan, leaving me on a mountain.
Holden didn’t dislike children.
He just disliked me.
I sighed, dragging myself home.
Packing, Holden returned.
He looked at my suitcase.
Reluctantly, he said, “You don’t have to move
out.”
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“I know you miss me, move to the guest
room. Susan’s generous, she won’t bother
you.”
My wounds ached.
I shook my head.
“We’re divorced, I shouldn’t live here.”
“I don’t need anything, just give me my dowry
shares.”
Holden looked like he wanted to keep me.
I added, “So Susan won’t be upset seeing my
things.”
Holden quickly opened the safe.
After searching, he found a crumpled contract
under the table.
He explained casually, “Susan and I were
playing in the study, used it as a coaster.”
I lowered my head, smoothing the creases.
Tears fell uncontrollably.
“Holden…you’re too much.”
My family’s company wasn’t as big as the
Holdens, but it was my parents‘ life’s work.
Mom, before she died, gave me everything so
I could live well with the Holdens.
This kindness shouldn’t be treated like this.
This was the first time I showed vulnerability
to Holden.
He panicked.
