Chapter 4

On the day of my mother's surgery, the hospital issued a critical condition notice.

When I received the call, my mind went blank.

When I rushed to the hospital, I learned that the doctor performing my mom's surgery had been intercepted halfway by Anna and turned around to treat her mother instead, causing my mom to miss her surgery window.

I called Torres and demanded to know why things had gone wrong.

He actually said, "Your mom is just like you—a mistress. She deserves to die."

"I'm in Anna's mother's hospital room right now. Anna is unfortunate to have a sister like you. Back then, your mom insisted on marrying your dad and interfering with his relationship with her mom. It's only fitting that she's ended up like this."

I begged him humbly, "Torres, for the sake of the years we've been together, please send the doctor over quickly... My mom really can't wait any longer..."

He sneered and hung up.

The only light in my life went out.

The remaining doctors were doing their best to save my mom, but they still came out every few minutes to tell me.

"The situation isn't optimistic..."

Four hours later, the operating room lights finally went out.

My mom was wheeled out, a white cloth covering her face, peaceful as still water.

Just then, the phone rang. It was Anna.

She said mockingly, "Vivian, your mom died, didn't she? You and your mom are equally despicable. For money, you rush to seduce men. You deserve this ending."

"Remember, from now on, don't covet things that don't belong to you."

The call ended, and the last string in my heart snapped.

She didn't know yet that I had evidence of her betraying Torres years ago and getting pregnant with someone else's child.

With a cold face, I sent all the videos, pictures, and other materials to Torres.

Torres had severe mental cleanliness issues. When he received the information, his fingertips trembled.

Anna wrapped her arms around his waist, her voice dripping with sweetness. "Torres, thank you for saving my mom."

When she met his sinister eyes, an ominous premonition surged in her heart.

"What... what's wrong, Torres?"

Torres turned his phone around, his face dark.

"You'd better explain to me clearly whose child this is."

Anna looked puzzled and focused her eyes. Her face instantly turned pale.

Due to extreme fear, her speech became incoherent. "Torres, let me explain..."

He pushed her away and grabbed her wrist. The force was so strong that she screamed in pain.

Torres's voice was frighteningly cold. "I'm asking you, whose child is it?"

Anna knew that even if she covered it up, Torres would use every means to find out the truth.

She simply came clean. "Your friend, Carter's."

When the name Carter came out, Torres exploded with rage. He slapped Anna hard across the face.

"Do you know? Back then, he almost caused our family to go bankrupt..."

The past unfolded like a scroll before Torres's eyes.

Anna frantically threw everything within reach at Torres.

"Heartless bastard! I called you so many times. Why didn't you answer?!"

He gripped her hands tightly and said helplessly, "I've told you countless times, I was in a meeting, a very important meeting. Why do you call over and over again to disturb me?!"

Anna continued to be unreasonable. "Haha, so you used to answer my calls no matter what, but now you can't? Once you've got what you want, you don't treasure it anymore, is that it? Fine, I'm leaving."

He didn't notice that Anna took his company's USB drive.

No wonder their product information appeared in Carter's company's presentation a few days later.

He'd humbled himself to keep her, given her money, even knelt before her, but still couldn't win her back.

She'd betrayed him all along...