Chapter 2

Hearing this, I was stunned. I thought Asher would continue to lie to me, but he straightforwardly suggested adopting a child, using the excuse of needing an heir.

Asher was truly impatient.

Suppressing my sorrow, I nodded. "Okay."

Asher was overjoyed. "I'll have someone look for a suitable child right away!"

Then, realizing his behavior was inappropriate, Asher looked at me awkwardly. "Honey, don't be mad."

"I was just... worried you'd be heartbroken over losing our child, so I wanted to find a child to ease your pain."

"Don't worry, I'll never have another woman in my life. Once we find a child, we'll treat him like our own son."

Hearing this, my heart ached with bitterness again. My child was killed by the robber Asher sent. And my future hopes of having a child were destroyed.

Asher still wanted me to raise his and Freya's child. He was truly cruel.

Overwhelmed with grief and anger, I clenched the bedsheets tightly, my fingertips turning white.

"Honey, what's wrong? Is your wound still hurting?"

Asher looked concerned.

I shook my head.

Just then, a video call came through.

Asher looked uneasy.

"Honey, there's something at work I need to handle. Rest well."

With that, Asher hurried out of the room.

Watching his back, I was filled with immense hatred.

I picked up the tablet he left behind, unlocked the screen, and opened SnapChat logged in on both his phone and tablet.

Freya's chat window appeared before me.

[The current video is being answered on another device.]

Seeing this short line, I gave a bitter smile.

Sure enough, it was Freya calling him.

With my bandaged hand, I scrolled through their chat history.

"Honey, the baby kicked me today."

"Honey, the doctor said our son is healthy."

"Honey, the baby learned to smile today."

"Honey, how do you plan to bring the baby to the White Family?"

...

Most of the time, it was Freya talking to herself and sending pictures of the child. Asher rarely replied, but every night there was a video call lasting four to five hours.

No wonder he was furious when I entered the study to bring him tea.

"Why are you in here?"

"This room is full of computers and other electronic devices. The radiation could harm our child!"

"You're a mom now. Can't you think things through?"

Now I realize Asher wasn't worried about me and my child. He didn't want me to interrupt his nightly sweet video calls with Freya.

I felt guilty for a long time, thinking I was stupid.

I coldly looked at the chat history on the screen, feeling like I had swallowed a bitter pill.

Just then, Asher's mother sent a message.

"Asher, today Freya and I took Little Finn for a check-up. He's very healthy."

"Did you tell that fool Adeline? When will Little Finn officially get a place in the White Family?"

I was stunned, feeling as if all the blood in my body had frozen.

Even my mother-in-law knew about this!

My heart ached to the extreme.

After getting married, I quit my beloved job to take care of this family because my mother-in-law said she didn't like housekeepers.

I treated her like my own mother, yet she helped Asher deceive me.

I was suddenly filled with disappointment.

Maybe this family never truly welcomed me.

I decided to leave.

I took out my phone and booked a flight to Maple Country for a week later.