Chapter 1

The bitter truth finally hit me when Chloe got pregnant: her heart had never belonged to me.

She'd stayed by my side purely to keep tabs on me, to ensure I wouldn't hurt the man she truly loved.

Because she was someone who'd been reincarnated.

She knew what a twisted, villainous man I'd been in her past life.

But what she didn't realize was that the soul in this body wasn't from this world.

And I wasn't the evil man she thought I was.

Holding the pregnancy test results, my hand gently caressing the tiny life growing inside my wife Chloe, I felt a peace I'd never known before.

I'd lived in this world for thirteen years, and in this moment, it finally felt like I'd found a real home, a true connection.

After I died, I'd been reborn into this novel world as Liam Miller - the villainous side character who shared my name and had committed countless atrocities.

But I considered myself lucky. When I arrived, the story hadn't fully started, and I hadn't done anything to antagonize the main characters.

In fact, since Adam was so outgoing, we'd become best friends, sharing everything with each other.

I played matchmaker, encouraging him to pursue his true love, plotting and celebrating as he and Skylar fell deeply in love. I even stood beside him as best man when he married the woman of his dreams.

In this world, my wife was my only family. So he was the first person I thought of, the first one I wanted to share this wonderful news with.

I gently kissed Chloe's lips.

My wife, Chloe, was originally the gentle secondary female lead in the novel, always silently devoted to Adam.

Maybe it was the butterfly effect of my presence, but she wasn't Adam's follower anymore. Instead, she poured all her attention and affection into me.

After thirteen years of walking hand in hand, I truly felt loved, so I jumped into marriage with her without any regrets.

Now our little family was about to welcome a new life, and I could barely contain my excitement.

But thinking about her health, I still managed to keep my emotions in check.