Chapter 1

After my thirty-second round of IVF, I was finally pregnant with Julian Thorne's child.

But the very night I told him the good news, he slipped abortion pills into my milk.

I collapsed in a pool of blood, my eyes burning as I asked him why.

He looked utterly indifferent.

"Seraphina is already pregnant with my child through artificial insemination. I owe her too much; her child *has* to be the sole heir to the Thorne family."

I angrily demanded to know why my baby had to die just because Seraphina was pregnant.

Julian Thorne sneered.

"Whose fault is it that you tried for years and failed to conceive?"

"Seraphina was just trying to help me have a child; I can't betray her good intentions."

"Besides, haven't I already given you the title of Mrs. Thorne? You have more than enough; you have no right to compete with Seraphina anymore."

My tears ran dry, and I closed my eyes.

"If that's the case, I don't want the title of Mrs. Thorne either."

"Julian Thorne, let's get a divorce."