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Five months pregnant, | got called back to the hospital for an emergency C-section on New Year's Eve.
Halfway through the surgery, | heard a man’s desperate voice from the door.
“Sar! Don’t be scared. I'm here! After you have the baby, I'l marry you, okay?”
The familiar voice madefreeze for a bit.
As soon as the surgery was done, the guy rushed in to hold Sarah Mitchell with red-rimmed eyes.
Seeing his face, | recognized who he was-my husband of five years, AntoKaufman.
| stared at him, stunned.
After a moment, | rasped out, “Congrats. It's a 2.86-kilo baby boy.”
Antodidn’t even glance at the baby, let alone notice me.
“Sweetie, thank you for givinga son. You're my one and only. Sar, | love you.”
He trembled with excitement as he pecked Sarah's forehead.
It was so sincere and beautiful.
Exactly like the scene | had dreamed of when | imagined
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Except, | wasn’t the one in the spotlight.
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A few newly recruited nurses whispered to each other, their faces full of admiration.
“They're so in love! I've never seen a man go to his wife first after childbirth!”
“I'm so jealous! She’s dead lucky to have a man like him.”
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| trembled all over, my blood running cold.
Just five hours ago, Antohad been peeling shrimp forat our New Year's dinner.
Srelatives teased him for being over-caring.
But he wasn’t bothered at all.
After gently wiping the corner of my mouth, he said, “Since Grace got pregnant, she’s been craving everything.
I'm always the one peeling her shrimp. If | don’t, she throws a fit and says. | don’t love her!”
I was a bit confused, as I'd never thrown a fit.
But | didn’t say anything.
When his dad offered him a toast, he actually said no.
“Grace's pregnant. The smell of alcohol is gonna turn her stomach. As her husband, | gotta take care of her.”
| felt so touched.
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But now, all that was left was disappointment.
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| stood there, watching as the nurse wheeled Sarah into her ward and took the baby from my arms.
Chloe, my bestie, yanked off my mask, her face full of
concern.
“Grace, is there skind of misunderstanding between you
and Antonio?”
| looked down, tears welling up in my eyes.
The image of Antonio's hesitant look when | told him | was pregnant flashed through my mind.
Back then, | thought he was just overwhelmed with joy.
Soon, he heldtight, kissing my forehead.
“Grace! I'm going to be a dad! I'm so happy!”
When he found out | wasn’t planning to quit my job, his face darkened, his tone a bit harsh.
“Won't it be too hard on you? Pregnancy is gonna affect your work, and you'll have a hard tbalancing both! If
you don’t want the baby, we can go get an abortion.”
I turned him down.
Now, | couldn't help but feel regret.
Turned out that hesitant look and his suggestion about getting an abortion were exactly how he felt.
It made sense, though.”
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With two kids, he'd have a hard tjuggling both.
One would be easier.
One from his beloved.
| changed out of my scrubs. On my way out, | passed by Sarah's ward. Seeing them cuddling up together, |
couldn't help feeling bitter.
When | left the hospital, Chloe pulled up in front of me.
| rubbed my forehead, my hand resting on my protruding belly.
My voice was hoarse but firm.
“Coco, | remember the hospital's holiday ends on January 7. And work starts on the 8th, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Then... please bookthe earliest appointment for an abortion on the 8th.”
Ignoring the shocked look on Chloe's face, | got in the car and drove halone.
Almost as soon as | pulled up, Antotexted me.
“Grace, a big project just cup at work. | won't be able to chfor New Year.”
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| paused for a moment.
Then, he called.
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“Grace, don’t throw a tantrum over something so small, okay? | can handle your pregnancy mood swings once in
a while, but if it goes on, I'll get frustrated too. Just be reasonable.
“I'm working late to earn more and take care of our kid. If you're going to make a fuss over this, maybe we
should just terminate the pregnancy while the baby’s still small. And didn’t you get called back to the hospital
too?”
He'd said things like this before.
When | was two months pregnant, | couldn’t keep anything down because of morning sickness.
He snapped and dumped my food in the bin.
“It’s just pregnancy! | see other women handle it fine. Why can’t you eat anything?
“Are you putting on an act or something? Did one of my coworkers put this idea in your head to makebabysit
you, Grace? I've got a busy schedule too!”
My intuition toldthat his coworker had more than a professional relationship with him.
But | was too sick to care.
| just asked him to geta glass of warm water.
“What do you need warm water for at this hour? Should I really boil you some? Can't you just drink it cold like
everyone else? You think you're so special?
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